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Pronouns Rule
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Not japanese, but my understanding is that japanese uses a lot of honorifics and their pronouns use them too. So you don't just say "I" but "I, a humble servant," or "I, an esteemed gentleman," or "I, the owner of this establishment,"
Yes, along with changing their word choice and grammar to fit the situation as well - informal vs formal, personal vs polite, business vs political, elder vs youth, male vs female, etc.
Yeah, from my basic understanding of language, it seems like Japanese is a far denser language that something like English. I've heard that people are able to indicate tone and other such things in a way that's just kinda built into the language, whereas with English or similar languages it would require extra sentences that seem awkward
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