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もしもし
おがわ
小川
さんです
Hello, are you Mr Ogawa?
Names
おがわ   Ogawa   (place name, surname)  
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Words
1
interjection (kandoushi)
1. hello (e.g. on phone)
2. excuse me! (when calling out to someone)
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suffix
1. Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; Ms.; -san  (see also: ; after a person's name (or position, etc.); honorific; familiar language)
2. makes words more polite (usu. in fixed expressions)  (see also: ご苦労さん; usu. after a noun or na-adjective prefixed with お- or ご-; polite (teineigo) language)
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Kanji
ショウ   こ-    お-    ちいさい small   
セン   かわ river   
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
stick   
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