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  2. Japanese honorifics - Wikipedia

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    The Japanese language makes use of a system of honorific speech, called keishō (敬称), which includes honorific suffixes and prefixes when talking to, or referring to others in a conversation. Suffixes are often gender-specific at the end of names, while prefixes are attached to the beginning of many nouns.

  3. Yoko (name) - Wikipedia

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    Yoko and Yōko (ヨウコ, ようこ) are Japanese feminine given names. Yōko is sometimes transliterated as Yohko and Youko. The name Yoko is almost always written with the kanji 子 (ko), meaning "child". The syllable ko is not generally found at the end of masculine names. In Japanese, Yoko and Yōko have numerous orthographical variations.

  4. Honorific speech in Japanese - Wikipedia

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    The Japanese language has a system of honorific speech, referred to as keigo (Japanese: 敬 ( けい ) 語 ( ご ), literally "respectful language"), parts of speech one function of which is to show that the speaker wants to convey respect for either the listener or someone mentioned in the utterance.

  5. Sei Shōnagon - Wikipedia

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    It was the custom among aristocrats in those days to call a court lady by a nickname taken from a court office belonging to her father or husband. [1] Sei ( 清 ) derives from her father's family name " Kiyohara " (the native Japanese reading of the first character is kiyo , while the Sino-Japanese reading is sei ), while Shōnagon ( 少納言 ...

  6. Japanese name - Wikipedia

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    Japanese names (日本人の氏名、日本人の姓名、日本人の名前, Nihonjin no shimei, Nihonjin no seimei, Nihonjin no namae) in modern times consist of a family name (surname) followed by a given name. Japanese names are usually written in kanji, where the pronunciation follows a special set of rules. Because parents when naming ...

  7. Hinata - Wikipedia

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    Hinata (ヒナタ), one of Takumi's retainers in Fire Emblem Fates.; Hinata Mutō (日向), a character from the manga series I Am Here!; Hinata Shintani (陽向), a character from the manga and anime series Kaichou wa Maid-sama!.

  8. Japanese profanity - Wikipedia

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    Profanity in the Japanese language can pertain to scatological references or aim to put down the listener by negatively commenting on their ability, intellect, or appearance. [1] Furthermore, there are different levels of Japanese speech that indicate politeness, social standing and respect, [2] referred to, simply, as honorific form (敬語 ...

  9. Sakura (name) - Wikipedia

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    Sakura Mori (森 さくら, born 1996), Japanese table tennis player; Sakura Nogawa (野川 さくら, born 1978), Japanese voice actress; Sakura Oda (小田 さくら, born 1999), Japanese singer and member of the J-pop girl group Morning Musume; Sakura Tange (丹下 桜, born 1973), Japanese voice actress and singer