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Which Introduction do I use?

Trabu

writer & chicken breeder
23 Mar 2012
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I just wanted to know how I would introduce myself in these different situations. Like whether i should say just my name, or my full name or just my last name.

1. A friend your own age

2. The parents of your friend

3. A teacher in a japanese school

4. A receptionist at a hotel in japan.

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Are you talking about how to refer to yourself when introducing? If so, I would use just my surname for all those cases. It's rare to use only given name in Japanese, imo.
 
Unless you're a foreigner, of course. Foreigners don't have family names; we only have given names.

(The very few times anyone has called me by my surname in Japan it has felt so odd that I sort of wished they wouldn't do it).
 
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