[Japanese] だ (da) vs です (desu) | The Real Secret Beyond Polite vs Casual

Ever sat through a fancy dinner with your boss, only to see a mouse dart across the floor and blurt out ネズミだ! — right there, in the most formal setting imaginable? Or maybe you’ve had a close friend brag about something and you fired back with a weirdly polite やったですね, dripping with sarcasm? If either […]

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