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I'm writing thank you cards to a professor and a postdoc who wrote a letter of recommendation that helped me get into grad school. I worked with them for 10 weeks last summer as part of a study abroad program in Kyoto, so naturally I want to try to write the note in Japanese. I'm looking for any native or near native Japanese speakers to proofread my thank you card draft as well as answer a couple of questions.

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I don't know if the "short informal note" to a superior is ever used in Japan, but that's kind of what I'm trying to shoot for. I'm writing these on hallmark cards and sending it with a small gift.

So I have a few questions:

1) Would it be appropriate to use ÇÒ·¼¡¡and ·É¶ñ? That's how I learned to write letters in Japanese class, but I don't know if it would be appropriate for this kind of thing.

2) If ÇÒ·¼¡¡and ·É¶ñ shouldn't be used, is there a better way to start and end the letter.

3) Any set phrases I can use in the beginning or end of the body I could use?

Thanks for all your help :-)

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