#186 最近自分・相手の呼び方が変わっている?| Japanese people start changing the way to call themselves or the others episode artwork

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#186 最近自分・相手の呼び方が変わっている?| Japanese people start changing the way to call themselves or the others

from Real Life Japan 【Learn Japanese from Japan's hot topic】 · host Ernest Mok, Naoya Kinoshita

#186 日本語は自分のことを、「私」「僕」などの第一人称を呼ぶことが多いのですが、実は現在の日本では少しずつ使い方が変わりつつあります。学校や職場でも、お互いの呼び合いも昔に比べて大きく変わったところも多いようです。今回はこの変化について話しました。Japanese often uses first-person pronouns like “私” (watashi) or “僕” (boku) to refer to oneself, but usage is actually gradually changing in modern Japan. Even in schools and workplaces, how people address each other seems to have changed significantly compared to the past. In this episode, we discussed this shift.↓↓お便り(たより))は、こちらまで↓↓Email: [email protected]↑↑ Share your thoughts and request to us↑↑個人SNS / Personal Social Media ACErnest's Instagram: @ernest_mkcNaoya's Instagram: @japanese_teacher_n

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