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Are です・ます Always Polite and Formal? #learnjapanese

That Japanese Man Yuta

Dec 2, 2024 • Subscribe

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What’s です desu ます masu in Japanese? (polite/formal/respectful/keigo/honorifics)

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Difference between です desu and ます masu #learnjapanese

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What's The Difference Between 行かないです and 行きません? #learnjapanese

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"私歌得意です sounds awkward." #learnjapanese

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入りませんか? vs 入ります? #learnjapanese

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Mixing direct and distal styles - How to Japanese - December 2024

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Real-life Japanese vs Textbook Japanese #1 ですから・ますから

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Little bits of language - How to Japanese - June 2025

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Formal Japanese Words vs Informal Words #learnjapanese

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"Would it Be これがいりますか?" #learnjapanese

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Dodes’ka-den (どですかでん, Akira Kurosawa, 1970)

The denizens of a small slum on the outskirts of the modern city live largely on wilful self-delusion in Kurosawa’s first experimentation with colour.

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のです and Economic Conditions for Writers in Japan

The podcast is online! This month I wrote about のです (no desu) through an examination of some of Kakuta Mitsuyo’s writing that nicely captures two ideas that I…

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Why Talking About Friends in Japanese Can Be Formal #learnjapanese

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"Do I Use 入ります When Someone is Standing in Front of Me?" #learnjapanese

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What んです ndesu Means And Why Everybody Gets It Wrong

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Hitogoto Desukara, Volume 1 (ヒトゴトですから!)

Hitogoto Desukara, Volume 1 (ヒトゴトですから!) , by Yuni is a very funny, outrageous and ever-so-slightly enraging workplace comedy manga. Komori Mio is a self-proclaimed sales ace. She’s got…

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Hitogoto Desukara!, Volume 2 (ヒトゴトですから!)

In Volume 1 of Yuni’s office life drama, we met Komori Mio a woman who has been transferred into Human Resources instead of getting promoted in sales, at…

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File today’s review under “Wow Erica, took you long enough!” But wait, I had an excuse! Remember when I ordered some stuff from Japan and it took 2…

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I Am Kirishima (桐島です, Banmei Takahashi, 2025)

A former revolutionary’s life on the run ends in victorious tragedy in Banmei Takahashi’s dramatisation of the life of Banmei Takahashi.

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Seiyuu Highlights: Konomi Kohara 小原 好美です

For someone who is as versatile as Konomi Kohara, her professional career spanned across all different fields, genres, and universes. She's truly a gift to the Seiyuu Industry,…

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Basic Japanese Sentence Structure No. 17 ひま #learnjapanese

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Basic Japanese Sentence Structure No. 17 ひま #learnjapanese

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Are Japanese Particles "Usually Required"? #learnjapanese

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"Japanese Verb Terms Are Misleading" #learnjapanese

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Onaji Tokoro De Nemuru Made Matte (同じ所で眠るまで待って)

When I originally read Mizuno to Chayama, (水野と茶山) the thing that struck me, not in a positive way, was the lack of joy or humor or happiness. The…

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或るバイトを募集しています

Aru baito o boshū shite imasu (或るバイトを募集しています) is a collection of eight short horror stories conveyed in the form of documentary-style found footage. Each story is prefaced by…

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Top 5 Anime Characters Who Are Always Broke

There are a lot of broke anime characters. Those that always seem to be out of money when the bill comes. Here are 5 of my faves.

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Eureka Seven, Nora, Noragami

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Are Native Japanese Speakers Always "Correct" About Japanese?

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OtakuGeneration (Show #137) Formal Media

  NOTE: This was also cross posted in the otakugenerationLJ community. Shownotes :: (show 137) :: (website) :: (podcast feed) :: (direct download) :: (direct iTunes link) With the Formal Media…

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Yuri Manga: Ichido Dake Demo, Koukaishiteimasu., Volume 1(一度だけでも、後悔してます。) Guest Review by Mariko S.

Welcome to Guest Review Wednesday here on Okazu! Today we welcome back reviewer Mariko S. as she takes a look at  a book that was mentioned in last…

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