What is your name?
Onamae wa?
where?
doko
this one (polite form)
kochira (Note: “Kochira” is the polite form of “kore” and may be used to refer to a person.)
Japan
Nihon
Japanese citizen
Nihonjin
America
Amerika
U.S. citizen
Amerikajin
What nationality?
Nani jin?
What nationality are you?
Nani jin desu ka?
What nationality is Jim?
Jimsan wa nani jin desu ka?
China
Chuugoku
Korea
Kankoku
France
Furansu
Spain
Supein
Germany
Doitsu
born in (month)
–gatsu umare
Note “shigatsu”, never “yongatsu”.
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Note “kugatsu”, never “kyuugatsu”.
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ethnically Japanese, but a citizen of another country, i.e., Japanese American
Japanese American(s)
Nikkeijin