Second-Person Pronouns: 君

The Tofugu Podcast: Japan and Japanese Language by Tofugu

May 21, 202100:28:19Education

A Japanese second-person pronoun, 君 (kimi) carries different nuances. It could be friendly, poetic, endearing, or even condescending (!). This is the second episode of our Japanese second-person pronoun series. In this e...

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