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In a book about Japanese manners for children (written in Japanese) there is a
section which has basic "言葉のマナー", and two versions of several phrases: normal
and more polite.

It says that in response to ”ありがとう" the normal (less polite) thing to say is
"うん", with the more polite ”どういたしまして”.

This translates to ”うん” means "You're welcome", which I've never heard or seen
written anywhere before. I guess the indication is this is said in an
undertone as sort of a 相槌?

I thought いえいえ was another common way to say "You're welcome" but I guess
children don't use this.
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Is "うん" really used to mean "You're welcome" by children?
うん is contextually closer to English "yeah", as a very casual response to
someone saying "thanks". Contextually, "yeah" can be used in place of "you're
welcome" in certain circumstances. So too can うん apparently be used in place
of どういたしまして in certain circumstances. But that doesn't mean that the one
literally means the other.
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