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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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The Ga Let Us Inite Itea

i mis we younger people don't li dot, wouldn't notice it. I'd be interested if any of our older american listeners are aware of the ga let us inte itea. It's common to kind of omit the pronounce ah after after saying the word once. In writing, tho, i think we may use cottin njoa little bit. And like novels, for example, a lot rit yet, murakami uses it a lot,. Yes, writing style, doesn't he?  I want to create a feeling that his characters are speaking english because a lot of his novels are set in englis. That probably influenced his style too, didn

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