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The only second person pronoun comparable to English "you", yet still not used as often in this universal way by native speakers, as it can be considered having a condescending undertone, especially towards superiors. [14] [21] [better source needed] For expressing "you" in formal contexts, using the person's name with an honorific is more typical.
Japanese names are usually written in kanji, where the pronunciation follows a special set of rules. Because parents when naming children, and foreigners when adopting a Japanese name, are able to choose which pronunciations they want for certain kanji, the same written form of a name may have multiple readings.
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Chizuru (written: 千鶴 lit. "thousand cranes") is a feminine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: Chizuru Arai (新井 千鶴, born 1993), Japanese judoka; Chizuru Ikewaki (池脇 千鶴, born 1981), Japanese actress; Chizuru Kotō (古藤 千鶴, born 1982), Japanese volleyball player
Japanese names traditionally follow the Eastern name order. An honorific is generally used when referring to the person one is talking to (one's interlocutor ), or when referring to an unrelated third party in speech.
Nanori (Japanese: 名乗り, "to say or give one's own name") are the often non-standard kanji character readings (pronunciations) found almost exclusively in Japanese names. In the Japanese language, many Japanese names are constructed from common characters with standard pronunciations. However, names may also contain rare characters which ...
Akira Arimura (有村 章, 1923–2007), Japanese endocrinologist, biochemist, physiologist, and professor; Akira Asada (浅田 彰, born 1957), Japanese art critic and curator; Akira Asahara (浅原 晃), Japanese Magic: The Gathering player; Akira Back (born 1974), Korean-American chef; Akira Chen (born 1969), Taiwanese actor and film director
Jun Sawada (born 1955), Japanese businessman, CEO of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone; Jun Seba (淳, 1974-2010), Japanese hip hop producer; Jun Sena (じゅん, born 1974), Japanese musical actress of Takarazuka Revue; Jun Senoue (純, born 1970), Japanese video game composer and musician; Jun Shibata (淳, born 1976), Japanese pop singer-songwriter