Unit 21 · Culture · How people speak
Switching how you speak
Speech · register repair
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{話|はな}し{方|かた}の{切|き}り{替|か}え
Japanese speakers repair conversations constantly—softening a phrase, restarting politely, or switching from casual chat to desu/masu when the listener or channel changes.
- 言い回し
- 敬語
- 相槌
- 丁寧
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