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What is the わ in 忌まわしい and 嘆かわしい?
On chat, Chocolate helped me find some examples of adjectives produced from verbs using the しい suffix. In the following examples, it appears to attach directly to the 未然形:
勇む → 勇ま ＋ しい
悩む ...
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Why is the affixal 子 treated specially when abbreviating people’s names?
Often, names are abbreviated using the initial letter in romanization, or some random letter, like "A". However, when the name has an affixal 子, that part is often left, like "A子". I have not seen any ...
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How to use the inflection “やがる”?
こんなくそみたいな帽子かぶせやがって！
"こんな仕事させやがって！"
"こんなまずいものを食わせやがって！"
"あいつは本当に良いものを作りやがる"
I was recently acquainted with the inflection "やがる," as illustrated in the examples above. Would it be ...
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食べたそうだ vs. 食べそうだ, 静かだそうだ vs. 静かそうだ
I saw this as a comment on this question, Why does そう in 「美味しいそう」 not mean "seem" the way I think it should?-そう-in-「美味しいそう」-not-mean-seem-the-way-i-think-it-should,
and would love to ...
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Transitive/Intransitive + にくい (and +られる)
This question is based on the discussion arising from "Unsolvable Problem"
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