In most workplaces, a supervisor will address the female employees who are younger than her using the pronoun "you" (~kun).
Okay, linguistic norms shift
It took me a while to process the fact that I had heard some Japanese girls use the term "boku" to describe themselves.
Japanese translation help!!!
It's not nearly as complex as English, but as usual we find ways to screw it up.
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