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彼・彼女: The Japanese Words for "He" and "She" That We Don't Really Use

The Tofugu Podcast: Japan and Japanese Language

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Yo, Advrety Is a New Way of Referring to Boy Friend

The system of bits not really established in japanese. It's funny, maybe she doesn't want a say dona his name,. Maybe that was so a to askbut when shes w wen, she says, i nohito. That always refers to him. Ra, her, boy, fri, dame. The advrety depends te, context, i guess. Y. I can seet being used for complaining about that person. Somehow es got te complaining. Fi, yes, it's kind of affeafectionate way of refra, sonbodylet make sense. Colofels is more old fashioned. Alis sounds more like modern way

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