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Why is this sentence grammatically incorrect?
On a separate question about Japanese pitch, one of the examples I left was:
'甘美（うまみ）の花は赤を見える' (Your flower looks red [talking to Umami]).
One of the commenters claimed that it was ...
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are there any concrete rules for using いっぱい たくさん and よく？
Of course I can use these but sometimes I am corrected by Japanese people when I use them in the wrong circumstance.
For example
「よくしってるやん」 = "You know it quite well don't you!"
「よくいきます」＝ "I go ...
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Help with adverbs with とする and としている
Taking yadokari's sentence:
彼女は表情が生き生きとしておりとてもかわいい。
The part that I need help understanding is the relation of 生き生きとして with 表情 and 居る.
Looking up the dictionary entry for 生き生き, it is "an adverb ...
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<adv> versus <adv>+と versus <adv>+に
I often see adverbs used in one of three ways:
1) Adverb appears in isolation in a sentence:
あまり 好きじゃないんですが。
2) Adverb is followed by に
別々に お願いします。
1970年代後半、多くの罪もない日本の一般市民が 次々に 失踪した。
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Can totemo be used with daisuki or daikirai
totemo means "very"
suki means "like"
daisuki means "like very much"
If I really like something can I use totemo totemo daisuki desu?
