{"id":322,"date":"2013-06-05T12:55:17","date_gmt":"2013-06-05T17:55:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/japanese\/?page_id=322"},"modified":"2013-06-05T12:55:17","modified_gmt":"2013-06-05T17:55:17","slug":"extra-modest-expressions-genki-ii-chapter-20","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/japanese\/grammar-index\/genki-i-ii-grammar-index\/extra-modest-expressions-genki-ii-chapter-20\/","title":{"rendered":"Extra modest expressions ( Genki II Chapter 20)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-modular-content-collection><p><strong>Extra Modest Expressions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We use the verbs below to show an extra amount of deference to the listener and to talk modestly of our own actions. Having one of these verbs is like ending a sentence with words like<em>\u00a0sir\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0<em>ma&#8217;am.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u3044\u308b -&gt; \u304a\u308a\u307e\u3059 (\u304a\u308b\uff09<\/p>\n<p>\u884c\u304f and \u304f\u308b -&gt; \u307e\u3044\u308a\u307e\u3059 (\u307e\u3044\u308b\uff09<\/p>\n<p>\u8a00\u3046 -&gt; \u3082\u3046\u3057\u307e\u3059 (\u3082\u3046\u3059\uff09<\/p>\n<p>\u3059\u308b -&gt; \u3044\u305f\u3057\u307e\u3059 (\u3044\u305f\u3059\uff09<\/p>\n<p>\u98df\u3079\u308b and \u306e\u3080 -&gt; \u3044\u305f\u3060\u304d\u307e\u3059 \uff08\u3044\u305f\u3060\u304f\uff09<\/p>\n<p>\u3042\u308b -&gt; \u3054\u3056\u3044\u307e\u3059 \uff08\u3054\u3056\u308b\uff09<\/p>\n<p>\uff5e\u3066\u3044\u308b -&gt; \uff5e\u3066\u304a\u308a\u307e\u3059 \uff08\uff5e\u3066\u304a\u308b\uff09<\/p>\n<p>\uff5e\u3067\u3059 -&gt; \uff5e\u3067\u3054\u3056\u3044\u307e\u3059 \uff08\uff5e\u3067\u3054\u3056\u308b\uff09<\/p>\n<p>You can use these verbs instead of the normal ones on very formal occasions, for example, when you introduce yourself at a job interview (They are typically used with the more stilted first-person word \u308f\u305f\u304f\u3057, rather than \u308f\u305f\u3057\uff09. Or you can also use these expressions to talk modestly about your own family or about the company you work for.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Extra Modest Expressions We use the verbs below to show an extra amount of deference to the listener and to talk modestly of our own actions. Having one of these [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":209,"featured_media":0,"parent":252,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-322","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/322","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/209"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=322"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/322\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/252"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=322"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}