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28 Nov 2022: あれ is employed when two people involved in a conversation are equally distant from the object.

28 Nov 2022: この老人ホームでは元気な老人達に/を毎日海岸まで散歩させる。 In this home for the aged, they send healthy old people for a daily walk to the beach. ... Either に or を can be used in this case, because the walking is an act

28 Nov 2022: It is for this reason that eminent people distribute their cards with care. ... Some people tend to overuse this particle, but it is very useful when you wish to build up a rapport.

28 Nov 2022: sign. Some common examples: 人 ひとびと people 山 やまやま mountains 日 ひび every day, days Key to sentences.

28 Nov 2022: should be used to the fact that people are referred to differently in different contexts. ... This is why people tend to use extremely polite language in such a situation.

28 Nov 2022: まちがっているのは彼だと思う。 I think it is he who is wrong. On the principle that one cannot really know what other people are thinking, the subject of the verb 思う or 考える is ... Thus, a sentence like

28 Nov 2022: With words denoting people, で is used to express ‘by’ as in: せんたく’そうじは全部自分でします。 Washing and cleaning, I do it all by myself. ... By implication, this use of で tends to exclude other people:

28 Nov 2022: see 9.1), is it pronounced なん. For example: 何人 read なんにん means ‘how many people?’.

28 Nov 2022: When these words occur with inanimate objects or animals their use is quite regular, but when they are used in phrases that refer to people, この方 (read このかた) ‘this person’, その方

28 Nov 2022: its English equivalent, this phrase is only used for greeting people in the evening; it is not used when parting.

28 Nov 2022: In fact, you will find that in Japan people are extremely formal on the telephone and use a plethora of polite formulae, which you will have to learn in due course.

28 Nov 2022: principle that other people’s intentions can never be known.

28 Nov 2022: The habit of tourism within the country is an old one that has roots far back in Japanese history, when people would visit shrines and places famous for their spiritual atmosphere.

28 Nov 2022: 人の顔には次第に絶望の色が濃くなっていった。 Gradually the shade of despair became deeper on people’s faces. ... Nobuko Oh dear! It had the addresses of people who might be of help over there, didn’t.

28 Nov 2022: あんな人はきらいです。 I don’t like people like that. そんな話は信じません。 I won’t believe such a story.

28 Nov 2022: 秋になるとどんどん日が短かくなっていきます。 In autumn the days get shorter and shorter. これからは大学へ行く人が増えていくでしょう。 There will be more and more people going to university from now on.

28 Nov 2022: その指導者は人民の眠っている精神を呼び起こしたいと言っていた。 The leader said that he wanted to awaken the people’s dormant spirit.

28 Nov 2022: This principle also operates with reference to people’s feelings and emotions, expressed in Japanese by descriptive verbs (and adjectival nouns on occasion).

28 Nov 2022: There are. lots of people who are taller than her and who’ve got longer legs, but she can run.

28 Nov 2022: この国立公園ではいろいろな設備を整えて一般の人にも自然の価値が. 理解出来るようにするつもりです。 We intend to provide various facilities in this National Park so that ordinary people (too) can