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  2. Honne and tatemae - Wikipedia

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    In Japan, honne and tatemae are Japanese terms relating to a person's feelings and outward behaviors. [1] Honne refers to a person's true feelings and desires (本音, hon'ne, "true sound"), and tatemae refers contrastingly to the behavior and opinions one displays in public (建前, tatemae, "built in front", "façade").

  3. Close Range Love (film) - Wikipedia

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    Kururugi Yuni (Nana Komatsu) is a high school prodigy who has a difficult time expressing herself. And whilst having top grades in all her subjects, she isn't doing so well in English and so her English class teacher, Haruka Sakurai (Tomohisa Yamashita) gives her temporary private one on one English lessons.

  4. Honorific speech in Japanese - Wikipedia

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    Japanese uses honorific constructions to show or emphasize social rank, social intimacy or similarity in rank. The choice of pronoun used, for example, will express the social relationship between the person speaking and the person being referred to, and Japanese often avoids pronouns entirely in favor of more explicit titles or kinship terms.

  5. Japanese honorifics - Wikipedia

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    The honorifics -chan and -sama may also be used instead of -san, to express a higher level of closeness or reverence, respectively. The general rule is that a younger family member (e.g., a young brother) addresses an older family member (e.g., a big sister) using an honorific form, while the more senior family member calls the younger one only ...

  6. Everlasting Love (Akina Nakamori song) - Wikipedia

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    "Everlasting Love" (エヴァーラスティング・ラブ, Evārasutingu Rabu) is the 27th single by Japanese entertainer Akina Nakamori. Written by Taeko Onuki and Ryuichi Sakamoto , the song was released as a double-A single with "Not Crazy to Me" on May 21, 1993, by MCA Victor .

  7. Thank You, Love (Kana Nishino album) - Wikipedia

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    Thank You, Love was created with the concept of a "warm album" and reflects Nishino's desire to create a work that includes positive elements. Thank You, Love marked new lyrical directions for Nishino: while Love One. and To Love were solely centered on songs about romance, this work is unique in that it expresses things other than that.

  8. Plastic Love - Wikipedia

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    "Plastic Love" (Japanese: プラスティック・ラヴ, Hepburn: Purasutikku Ravu) is a song by the Japanese singer Mariya Takeuchi from her 1984 album Variety. Written by Takeuchi and arranged by Tatsuro Yamashita , the song was released as the album's third single on March 25, 1985.

  9. Love - Wikipedia

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    The concept amae (甘え), the dependency and emotional bonds between an infant and its mother—a bond that lays the foundation for the archetypal concept of love. Japanese culture traditionally distinguishes between marriage and love, valuing practical considerations and complementarity within family units. [44]