Tuesdays and Thursdays are more awkward now.
My Japanese class has a interview project which we will present at the end of the semester. We were to conduct interviews with Japanese people to learn more about Japan’s business environment. I had created a Sunday appointment with a person designated to me by my professor, and I went ahead and completed the interview.
Even before the interview began, I was required to speak only humble and polite Japanese to my interviewee. 尊敬語 (sonkeigo) and 謙è²èªž (kenjyougo) are used to speak to people of “higher” class. By speaking this way, I was recognizing that she was above me, and I was below. Of course, she was also using the same speech to speak to me, but she’s Japanese so it’s easy for her. Anyway, at the end of the interview, I hoped I did not horribly butcher my Japanese and accidentally dishonor her entire family somehow.
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