I had a Japanese student in one of my evening classes. Let’s call her Yuki.
During the course of the lesson, I’d call out individual students to answer the question I’d put forward to the class.
Whenever I addressed her in the Japanese way, calling her Yuki-san, her immediate reaction would be to say “Hai!” and bow (even while seated).
(I could almost feel the military-style heel-clicking as well…)
(London, 1995)
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