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    The Japanese mention the family name first when using full names. For example, with the name Kimura Ichirou, Ichirou is the given name and Kimura is the family name. The Japanese do not have middle names. Everyone knows that people in Western countries put the given name first, so you can introduce yourself without reversing your name. Outside their families or circle of closest friends, Japanese adults are rarely addressed by their given names, even by neighbors or co-workers.

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    LEARNING JAPANESE Lesson 1

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    LESSON 1

    Dialogue in Romaji
    Tanaka: Konnichiwa.
    Kimura: Konnichiwa.
    Tanaka:
    Kimura-san, kochira wa watashi no tomodachi desu.
    Yamada Hiroko-san desu.
    Yamada: Hajimemashite. Yamada Hiroko desu. ou!o "oroshiku.
    Kimura: Kimura #chirou desu. ou!o "oroshiku.
    Yamada: $akusei desu ka.
    Kimura: Hai, %akusei desu.
    Yamada: $o-senmon wa.
    Kimura: Kei!ai desu. &nata mo %akusei desu ka.
    Yamada:
    #ie, hisho desu.
    Translations
    Tanaka: He''o.
    Kimura: He''o.
    Tanaka: (r. Kimura, this is m" )riend. This is Hiroko Yamada.
    Yamada: How do "ou do* #+m Hiroko Yamada. Nice to meet "ou.
    Kimura: #+m #chirou Kimura. Nice to meet "ou.
    Yamada: &re "ou a student*
    Kimura: Yes, # am.
    Yamada: ,hat is "our s-ecia'i!ation*
    Kimura: Economics. &re "ou a student, too*
    Yamada: No, #+m a secretar".
    Kimura: # see.
    Vocabulary and Expressions
    Konnichiwa.
    He''o, $ood a)ternoon
    kochira
    this -erson .#t is used when introducin% someone./
    watashi
    #
    tomodachi
    )riend
    Hajimemashite. How do "ou do*
    .#t is used when meetin% )or the )irst time./
    ou!o
    "oroshiku. Nice to meet "ou.
    %akusei
    student
    hai
    "es
    %o-senmon
    someone e'se+s )ie'd o) stud" .0$o0 is )or -o'iteness./
    kei!ai
    economics
    anata
    "ou
    iie
    no
    hisho
    secretar"
    Sou desu ka. # see. .#t is -ronounced with )a''in% intonation. ,ith risin%
    intonation, it 1ecomes a 2uestion./
    Cultural Notes
    The 3a-anese mention the )ami'" name )irst when usin% )u'' names. 4or e5am-'e, with
    the name Kimura #chirou, #chirou is the %i6en name and Kimura is the )ami'" name. The
    3a-anese do not ha6e midd'e names. E6er"one knows that -eo-'e in ,estern countries
    -ut the %i6en name )irst, so "ou can introduce "ourse') without re6ersin% "our name.
    Outside their )ami'ies or circ'e o) c'osest )riends, 3a-anese adu'ts are rare'" addressed 1"
    their %i6en names, e6en 1" nei%h1ors or co-workers.

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