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Japanese sentences do not require a subject to be complete.
You don’t have to state subjects as long as you think the listener can guess.
A sentences with a stated subject can even be regarded as redundant if it is obvious from the context.
“I do.” This is one of the shortest sentences in English that are composed of a subject and a predicate. In Japanese, the shortest sentence is composed only of a predicate, for example, 誓います. 誓います is a complete sentence and the implied subject is "I". It is used when you swear your faithfulness during your wedding ceremony, just like "I do." |