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Why does sentence ending matter even when the vocabulary is simple?
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How do professional and institutional settings raise the expected politeness level?
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How do you ask a direct safety question without turning it into an indirect social puzzle?
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What should you do when polite language hides whether a request is possible?
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How can a visitor remain warm without switching too quickly to familiar language?
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When is casual Japanese appropriate with friends but risky with staff or instructors?
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How do age, role and setting change the safest level of formality?
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Why should visitors avoid copying slang or casual endings from entertainment?
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What does it mean when a refusal is delivered through conditions rather than no?
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How do service staff use formal language that visitors are not expected to reproduce?
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