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Research on Japanese men's speech shows greater use of "neutral" forms, forms not strongly associated with masculine or feminine speech, than is seen in Japanese women's speech. [12] Some studies of conversation between Japanese men and women show neither gender taking a more dominant position in interaction.
Japanese pronouns (代名詞, daimeishi) are words in the Japanese language used to address or refer to present people or things, where present means people or things that can be pointed at. The position of things (far away, nearby) and their role in the current interaction (goods, addresser, addressee , bystander) are features of the meaning ...
In business settings, young female employees are addressed as -kun by older men of senior status. It can be used by male teachers addressing their female students. [5] Kun can mean different things depending on gender. Kun for women is a more respectful honorific than -chan, implying childlike cuteness.
Otokonoko (男の娘, "male daughter" or "male girl", also pronounced as otoko no musume) is a Japanese term for men who have a culturally feminine gender expression. [1] [2] This includes, among others, males with feminine appearances, or those cross-dressing.
In modern Japanese, kare (彼) is the male and kanojo (彼女) the female third-person pronouns. Historically, kare was a word in the demonstrative paradigm (i.e., a system involving demonstrative prefixes, ko- , so- , a- (historical: ka- ), and do- ), used to point to an object that is physically far but psychologically near.
Pages in category "Japanese unisex given names" The following 171 pages are in this category, out of 171 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Aguri;
To specify the gender of the doctor, the speaker can add the morpheme for "male" or "female" to the front of it. Thus, to specify a male doctor, one would prefix nán 男 (male), as in nányīshēng (男醫生/男医生); to specify a female doctor, one would prefix nǚ 女 (female), as in nǚyīshēng (女醫生/女医生).
Naoko Takahashi (尚子, born 1972), Japanese long-distance runner; Naoko Takeuchi (直子, born 1967), Japanese manga artist; Naoko Watanabe (渡辺奈緒子, born 1984), Japanese actress who appeared in Silk; Naoko Watanabe (菜生子, born 1959), Japanese voice actress; Naoko Yamada, (尚子, born 1984), Japanese animator and film director