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If you explain 'keigo' as a form of respect, you might be countered with: 'Well, I don't respect that person.'

Tuesday 12th August, 05:26 AM JST

Hiroko Yamamoto, the principal of KAI International School in Shinjuku. She says teachers sometimes find it difficult to explain to Japanese students the situations in which they are expected to use polite language. (Japan Times)

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