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[Facts] Re: Name meaning and how to write in Japanese
in reply to a message by Nuiko
Apologies for the late reply.As Takasugi writes in https://jref.com/articles/kinship.366/, kinship terms in Japanese have two categories: reference terms and address terms (the latter being used to call your family without using their name, the former not being used to call them directly).
That article has a link (http://www.sf.airnet.ne.jp/~ts/language/kinship.html), in Japanese, that goes in further detail regarding kinship terms. The first big table lists out reference terms with address terms coming after, if listed alongside (reference terms and address terms are separated by comma).
Other sources to check out include (in English):
http://www.imabi.net/family.htm
http://www.guidetojapanese.org/learn/grammar/people#Referring_to_family_membersMy PNL: http://www.behindthename.com/pnl/149249
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