How to ask "How about you?" after answering a question yourself I've run in to many conversations where I was asked something in Japanese: how my weekend was, what kind of music I like, describing family members, etc. After answering, I have the urge to say "And what about you?" or something similar as I would in English. My mostly uninformed intuition is to either restate the original question (which doesn't seem natural to me), or to say something like name. I'm wondering if there is a common way to ask "How about you?" that has blanket use in most situations, or if such a phrase has to be tailored to what is being discussed. I expect the one used for to probably involve a set phrase that may differ from the rest.

are some common ways you could say this. However, you can also return the question; as in English, this especially depends on how long the first answer is. As an example, in:

> A
>
> B **A**

reiterating the question could come off as a bit awkward (but then again, sometimes you hear people do that). However, if B went on and on about how his childhood days were boring because he was the only child, and then decided to ask A, it would make sense to go with something like:

> B……
>
> A……
>
> B: … **A**

Also, you can use A if you want to give the nuance that A's answer is more relevant in one way or another. Kind of like in "Forget about me; what about you?". E.g. (with an informal tone):

> A:B
>
> B…… **A** ……
>
> A:…

etc.