Which Introduction do I use?

Trabu

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• 23 Mar 2012

• #1

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.

ありがと

 

Last edited: 23 Mar 2012

Toritoribe

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• 27 Mar 2012

• #2

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.

 

Mike Cash

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• 27 Mar 2012

• #3

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).

 

Toritoribe

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• 27 Mar 2012

• #4

Ah, right. There seems to be a difference between foreigners and Japanese.

 

Trabu

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• 27 Mar 2012

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• #5

Ah yep. Thanks guys.