Oh wow, this is incredibly cool
I really love the humbleness of Japanese culture about not calling yourself honourable
Thank you so much for sharing insight 🤗
This is my Japanese name:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katashiro
It was given to me by our Japanese office staff.
When using somebody else’s name, you can use “San” after the name which means honourable. But it is impolite for somebody to refer to themselves as honourable.
My name can be shortened to KS3, where the “3” is very close to the Japanese symbol for “San”
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Also saying “no” in Japan is extremely impolite, so be careful if you ask a question to give an option to avoid saying “no” directly.
For example:
Don’t ask “Can I borrow 5,000 Yen?”
Instead “How do you feel about lending money?”
The answer would be something like:
“I prefer not lending or borrowing money”
You then know not to ask to borrow 5,000 Yen.