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assbyHi
t
omiHi
r
ayama
san
bank
Front
(the recipients
address)
(the senders
name)
Back
(the senders
address)
(the name
of organization)
6
(to Japan Institute)
(the senders
address)
at 9 oclock
receptionist :
6
none 5
(the recipients
name)
ga lobby de o-machi de gozaimasu
[ Vertical style] Numbers used for vertical style, or kansu- ji (kanji for numbers)
1... 2... 3... 4... 5... 6... 7... 8... 9... 10...
Male
Adult
5
Shibuya Ginko- no Inoue
desu ga
Child
Female
4 -7-10
none
First name (given name) / last name (family name) for daily conversation. Friends
since childhood or school days usually address each other by their first names or
nicknames. Those who meet later in life usually call each other by their last names.
Yes, Im Kobayashi.
2 desu
hai Kobayashi
3 4
Oda
Miki
Suzuki desu
Back
10
At a restaurant.
Hayashi : My name is Hayashi, I have a reservation for 7 p.m.
7
11
shichi-ji ni yoyaku o shita Hayashi
desu
at 7 p.m.
have reserved
waitress :
Front
Kobayashi :
[Horizontal style]
1
Kobayashi
san does not correspond exactly to Mr., Mrs. or Ms. because people
are addressed in different ways according to the situation. To answer
your second question, it is said that in 1888, when diplomat Munemitsu
Mutsu signed his name on a treaty, he became the first Japanese to write
his name in the given name-family name order. Presumably, he imitated
the Western way in order to show Japans eagerness to learn from other
countries after its period of isolation.
Answers
Answers
sama
1. san
2. none 3. sama 4. sama 5. none
6. sama7. san
8. sama
9. san
10. sama
11. none12 sama
With cooperation from Yasuhiro Koga