BillMad
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- 4 Aug 2015
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Hello I'm not sure this belongs here but here goes..
I'm trying to contact someone (Japanese) via e-mail and I have contacted others and have not got any reasonable responses, which I believe is because of me irregularly naming them (after some googling I found out that adding -san after the family name shows respect) but now I'm kinda in a dilemma because I cant recognize which one of their names is the family name (embarrassing I know)
their names are usually listed in this format [ FIRST second ]
for eg. INOUE Sarakaki
which one is the family name and which one is the forename and what is the best way to address them especially if you dont know them?
I'm trying to contact someone (Japanese) via e-mail and I have contacted others and have not got any reasonable responses, which I believe is because of me irregularly naming them (after some googling I found out that adding -san after the family name shows respect) but now I'm kinda in a dilemma because I cant recognize which one of their names is the family name (embarrassing I know)
their names are usually listed in this format [ FIRST second ]
for eg. INOUE Sarakaki
which one is the family name and which one is the forename and what is the best way to address them especially if you dont know them?