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Life and study as a foreigner in Japan

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What Japanese do you like?

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Anna
Children's Literature and Translation

When speaking Japanese with my Japanese friends, the inevitable question arises: "What Japanese do you like most?" or, as it is said in Japanese, 好きな日本語はなんですか? "Suki na nihongo wa nan desu ka?" I am always at a loss for how to respond. After all, the Japanese language is full of different dialects, idioms, characters, onomatopoeia, and levels of politeness, all of which could qualify as "Japanese". So, how should I answer this tricky question?