Japanese uses gender-neutral honorifics for addressing people. Honorifics are usually used with names, except for family members. Dropping honorifics implies intimacy, except in sports or class
Japanese is spoken by around 123 million people worldwide. It is the principal language of the Japonic family. Japanese is agglutinative with simple phonotactics and mora-timed structure. Word order is subject-object-verb with particles marking grammatical functions
やめてください (yamete kudasai) means "please stop" in polite Japanese. やめて (yamete) is informal and casual way to say "stop". やめよう (yameyō) is volitional form meaning "let's stop". やめなさい (yamenasai) is imperative form used by parents and teachers
Japanese uses "大好き" (だいすき) to express deep romantic love. "Show, don't tell" is common in Japanese culture. Younger Japanese people use "I love you" more frequently
Konnichiwa is the most common "hello" greeting used throughout the day. Ohayō gozaimasu means "good morning" and is used before 10:00 AM. Konbanwa means "good evening" and is used after sunset. O genki desu ka is a formal way to say "how are you?"
Japanese uses four basic terms for siblings: Niisan/Oniisan, Neesan/Oneesan, Nee-san, and Nii-nii. Terms are typically accompanied by honorifics like -kun, -chan, -san, or -sama. Baby-talk terms like -tan, -tama, and -chama are used for younger children