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What Should I Call "You"? Part 3: Using Family Roles/Social Roles

The Tofugu Podcast: Japan and Japanese Language

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I Don't Like a for Last Name

In Japan, it's common to be called by your last name. Is that true in japan too? Or is it just like in the us,. If you're on a sports team, i think it's common for people to call each other by their last name. But i gess i don't like a for last name. An opista. We don't name don't name manders. It feels really imfrontly like, well, it feels like, from my if it's like a sports team or something.

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