In a Japanese sentence the verb generally comes at the end of the sentence, however, word order is flexible. For instance, “Michael yesterday in Shibuya Mami with a movie saw,” would be the standard word order in Japanese. However, you are free to rearrange words as follows: “yesterday Michael Mami with a movie Shibuya at saw.” The standard word order in English would be “Michael saw a movie with Mami in Shibuya yesterday.” Thus if you placed the subject (Michael) at the beginning and rearranged the rest of the words in reverse, it would be the same as the Japanese structure. This idea also applies to writing addresses. While in English, they start with the addressee, and end with the prefecture (county), in Japanese they are written in order of prefecture, city, area name, number, and addressee. English sentences begin with the main point with details following. However, in Japanese sentences the details are mentioned first and the main point comes at the end. The English order is suitable for precisely conveying information, such as news, to others. Conversely, in Japanese you don’t discover the conclusion until you hear the end. Because of this they often end with an unexpected twist. “mami to eiga wo…” may be altered in the end as “eiga wo miru hazu deshita ga, kanojo ha kimasenn deshita” (Michael was to see a movie, but she didn’t show up). The huge influence this sentence structure has had on Japanese culture can be seen in arts such as rakugo or senryu where a big laugh can be created by the final word.