Lesson23 この猫が好きです。 | Easy Japanese | NHK WORLD-JAPAN

:japan: People speak cutely, not only in their intonation, especially some everyday words are reduplicated

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The Japanese are devoted to dressing up their country as a delicate, cute little girl. The image they present to you is vastly different from its true appearance.