When Politeness Isn’t Nice At All
One fascinating but sometimes frustrating feature of anime is that key facts about character relationships are often conveyed by the level of politeness in their speech. This often is not… Read more »
Category: Japanese Language
Polite Speech in Anime
I’ve argued in previous posts that you as a non-Japanese-speaker can pick up a lot of information by listening to the Japanese sound track while watching anime with subtitles–nuances that… Read more »
Japanese Pronouns in Anime
At the moment it seems that the two most popular posts on this blog are the ones about how to pick up subtle points that don’t survive the translation to… Read more »
Japanese Family Titles in Anime
Since my post on Japanese honorifics seems to have become pretty popular, I am going to post my notes on family titles. Once again, this is for the benefit of… Read more »
Japanese Names and Honorifics in Anime
One of the main advantages of watching anime in Japanese with subtitles is that even if you don’t understand Japanese you can pick up a lot of information that will… Read more »