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Otsukaresama deshita: A simple two word phrase in Japanese can say volumes in English

Posted by JapanIntercult under Global
From http://www.japanintercultural.com 4048 days ago

Japanese can compact lots of meaning into a short phrase, whereas it takes a lot more words in English to say the same thing. And depending on the situation, the exact words that would be most appropriate to use in English can be very different.

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