About this episode

This episode discusses the Japanese business terms 御社 and 弊社, providing insights on their usage and differentiation.

This month, I wrote about 御社 ( onsha ) and 弊社 ( heisha ), two business words used to mean "your (honorable) company" and "my (humble) company." These were difficult for me to differentiate at first, but I have a helpful mnemonic, and a helpful way to understand how they get used: essentially they function as pronouns. Check out the newsletter and the blog . Feel free to reach out with any questions or 悩み事 to howtojapanese@gmail.com . You can also follow How to Japanese on the newsletter , Bluesky , Instagram , TikTok , and Facebook .

People in this episode

Host: Daniel Morales

Topics covered

• business language
• Japanese pronouns
• language learning
• cultural nuances
• mnemonics

Keywords

• 御社
• 弊社
• Japanese business terms
• language learning
• pronouns

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: How to Japanese, Bluesky, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook

Books & works: 御社, 弊社

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