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Introduction to Special Issue on Writing-Restricted Variation in Japanese 日语限定变体写作特刊简介

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Japanese Studies Pub Date : 2022-01-02 DOI: 10.1080/10371397.2022.2043737

W. Robertson, T. Mihic

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Context-Dependent Script Choice in Emails: The Case of Sumimasen 电子邮件中上下文相关的脚本选择:Sumimasen的案例

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Japanese Studies Pub Date : 2022-01-02 DOI: 10.1080/10371397.2022.2043150

Hitomi Masuji, T. Mihic

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To be Seen, Not Just Read: Script Use on the Votive Prayer Tablets of Anime, Manga, and Game Fans 要被看到，而不仅仅是阅读：动漫、漫画和游戏迷的祷告板上的脚本使用

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Japanese Studies Pub Date : 2022-01-02 DOI: 10.1080/10371397.2022.2031138

D. K. Andrews

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Intimate Disconnections: Divorce and the Romance of Independence in Contemporary Japan 亲密的分离:当代日本的离婚和独立浪漫

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Japanese Studies Pub Date : 2022-01-02 DOI: 10.1080/10371397.2022.2058051

Lynne Y. Nakano

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Urban migrants in rural Japan: between agency and anomie in a post-growth society 日本农村的城市移民：后成长社会中的代理与失范

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Japanese Studies Pub Date : 2022-01-02 DOI: 10.1080/10371397.2022.2057645

David Chiavacci

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Katakana and the Mediatized Other: Script Variation in Fantastical Narratives 片假名与被调解的他者:幻想叙事中的剧本变异

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Japanese Studies Pub Date : 2022-01-02 DOI: 10.1080/10371397.2022.2027749

Hannah E. Dahlberg-Dodd

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Japanese Politeness: An Enquiry 日本人的礼貌：一个问题

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Japanese Studies Pub Date : 2022-01-02 DOI: 10.1080/10371397.2022.2058052

Amelya Septiana, Nursidah, Fikri Yanda

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Public Speaking and Serialized Novels: Kōdan and Social Movements in Early Meiji Tokyo 公共演讲与系列小说：Kōdan与明治初期东京的社会运动

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Japanese Studies Pub Date : 2021-11-19 DOI: 10.1080/10371397.2021.2005460

Alistair Swale

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A Short History of Tokyo 东京简史