Japanese Language

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2012-01-12 Japan - marrige certficate:

I have never personally obtained a copy of my Japanese marriage certificate from overseas.  I would assume that it can somehow be done, but my first advice would be for you to contact both the Japanese

2012-01-12 Japan - marrige certficate:

You can obtain a certificate of marriage (婚姻届証明書 or kon-in todoke shomeisho in Japanese) from city hall.  The only "Tajimi" I was able to locate is in Gifu prefecture

2012-01-01 Japan - Japanese Names:

Hello again.  And I'm sorry again for taking a bit of "thinking time."    Akari, Kukiko, and Mizuki are definitely human names.  Of course if this is a cat who used to be human and has chosen her name

2011-12-13 Japan - Japanese Names:

Hi there, I'm sorry it has taken me so long to get back to you.  Honestly, I wanted a little more time to think about it... and then I forgot.  I'm sorry!    As far as a human name, there are so many names

2011-11-21 Japanese Language - Romantic context:

Yes, my apologies. I was focusing on the literal aspect of going back and forth when reading 通わせる.  When discussing feelings, "exchange" may be a better descriptor of the underlying