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SPECIAL TOPICS IN INTERMEDIATE JAPANESE GRAMMAR
(13) a. [The speaker A cannot remember / doesn't know the word geta,
traditional footwear in Japan.]

(You know the stuff Japanese people put on when they wear
kimono-what do they call it?)
B: hh, pgozIIf:ila,
(Oh, you mean geta?)
b. [The speaker cannot remember 1 doesn't know the word genkan,
Japanese version of a foyer.]
H$ogTii, 256, 4EJIIz9f:&e9 126, zl:&a%l:iit
Q$L<II z5, ~TZI;~:, f$E~~i:~--~~-j-d:ila,
(In a Japanese house, ah, what do you call it? The place where
people take off their shoes before entering the house, that's an
interesting space, you know.)
When a word that needs rephrasing is a verb or an adjective, the speaker can
rephrase it by using more basic words or phrases, as shown in (14a, b).
(14) a. [The speaker cannot remember / doesn't know the verb hdsdsuru
'to broadcast'.]
g,
wi:f lfr
60
~oFM? 79.7 ~~&$G;~:~HRL+&~&G:~, &'if
j,
a /uTt7F,
(Is this FM classic music program broad, broad, ah, can we hear
it every day at the same time?)
b. [The speaker cannot remember / doesn't know the na-adjective
nihonteki(na) 'Japan-like.']
bL il 5
13
bjoH&;t: H*A, H*A, H$A~ ~~.\mawdi, atilao
(That lady has a Japanese, Japanese, Japanese-like atmosphere,
doesn't she?)
When the speaker wants to get the word which he cannot remember / does-
n't know, he can use - koto / hito / yosu, etc. o nan to iimasu ka, as shown in
(15a, b).