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Womansword: What Japanese Words Say About Women
Author Kittredge Cherry
CategoryMiscellaneous
ISBNs4770016557 [COPAC, Webcatplus, Wikipedia]
0870117947 [COPAC, Webcatplus, Wikipedia]

Review by Ben Bullock

One well-known feature of Japanese is that women's language differs from men's in various ways.

This book gives a list of words with feminine connotations annotated with the author's interpretation of what they imply about Japanese women.


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