Re: City Names and Initials

wataritori wrote:
I'm curious about a convention I've seen in several
Japanese books (and websites too) when it comes to
referring to city names. Fairly frequently, the name
itself of the city isn't used, but is referred to, e.g., as
Ｎ市 or S市. For example, in the case I was working
through recently, after checking independently from
other sources, it became clear from the context that
Ｎ市 was referring to 沼津 (Numatsu) [...]

Aka Numazu?

I've read Asunaro twice, and I don't even remember noticing that. I do
recall, though, that that book was my first real-life encounter with the
expression くれて(呉れて)やる.

Bart
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