This is the first episode of our "What Should I Call 'You'?" series.

In Japanese, pronouns for "others" (which includes everything besides "I" — "you" "they" / "she" / "he" ) are not generally used in conversation. In this series, the Tofugu crew discusses different ways to refer to others without using pronouns.

In this episode, Kanae, Jenny and Rachel talk about the "zero pronoun," aka simply leaving out pronouns.

After listening to this episode, check out our article for a more in-depth explanation of the topic: https://www.tofugu.com/japanese/what-should-i-call-you/