A set phrase used commonly in the Japanese language
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What does 「ハイきた。」 mean?
Also seen as 「ハイきたぁ～！」.
Maybe it's used between young people.
It seems to express the idea that you have achieved your expectations, or something like that.
I hope someone can explain it better.
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how can I say “what about…?” in Japanese?
I was writing to my japanese friends, and I got some doubts.
Hope it wasn't asked here before.
How can I express "what about ..." in Japanese? Particularly:
What about having some breaks?
What ...
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What are the different ways of saying to agree or disagree with a person?
There seems to be many different ways of saying either to agree or to disagree with a person.
Which words are there, in what circumstances should they be used, and are there any relevant examples of ...
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“にすぎない” vs “だけ” and “にかぎらない” vs “だけじゃない”
I am having difficulties to make sense of にすぎない, which is translated by EDICT to mean "no more than that; just; only". Is it not simply equivalent to だけ? Can I use にすぎない as substitute for だけ?
Also, ...
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What are the different ways of saying to agree or disagree with a person?
There seems to be many different ways of saying either to agree or to disagree with a person.
Which words are there, in what circumstances should they be used, and are there any relevant examples of ...
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How to use ～に同意する to agree or disagree with a person?
A couple of times I've tried to say "I agree with..." or "he agrees with..." but I don't know whether I'm using 同意{どうい}する correctly.
In what ways should に同意{どうい}している be used? Also, which particles ...
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Does anyone know which おり this is?
彼女は表情が生き生きとしておりとてもかわいい。
was translated awkwardly on ALC as
She is very pretty for the liveliness of her expression.
Which おり is this? I think I know it from the polite しております but is it here ...
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What is the harshness of についてとやかく言う?
あなたの私生活についてとやかく言うつもりはありません。
I don't give a damn about your personal life.
I have also seen についてとやかく言う translated as "quibble over".
Could another translation of this sentence be:
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Difference of 「なんとかなる」 vs. 「だいじょうぶ」
are 「なんとかなる」 and 「だいじょうぶ」the same?
大丈夫か？
なんとかなるか？
大丈夫よ。
何とかなるよ。
大丈夫さ。
なんとかなるさ。
だいじょうぶだった。
なんとかなった。
大丈夫じゃない/だいじょうぶじゃなかった。
なんとかならない/なんとかならなかった。
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thanks
sorry if ...
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それは彼の身に応えだした。 Can anyone explain this?
それは彼の身に応えだした。 [ex #4531]
It is beginning to tell on him.
can anyone explain this sentence? is it useful or archaic?
is it related to this?
骨身にこたえる
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Temperature abbreviations?
A certain dialog in my book has a man describing the symptoms of his cold to the doctor. It reads thus:
医者：熱はありますか。
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Saying “as if to say” - What's happened to 言う in と言わんばかりに?
Can you help breakdown 言わん?
彼女は当たり前と言わんばかりに答えた
She answered as if it was a matter of fact.
Are these incorrect, have different meanings?
彼女は当たり前と言うばかりに答えた
彼女は当たり前なことばかりに答えた
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How to say “What's it to you?” in Japanese?
What would be appropriate expressions or idioms to convey the typical English response:
What's it to you?
(in a sense that goes somewhere between "None of your business" and "This is not your ...
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When and to whom should I use the expression ご苦労様 (gokurousama)?
In what context and relationship wise to who can I safely say ご苦労様 (gokurousama)?
I often defer to using otsukaresama since I'm not sure if I'm talking down to someone by saying gokurousama. Please ...
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超 vs めっちゃ + explanation [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Significance of the kanji 「茶」 in the set phrase 「滅茶滅茶 / 目茶目茶」 {めちゃめちゃ}
So, in Kansai they use めっちゃ, and in Kanto 超. But what about the other parts of Japan? And from ...
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Grammatically correct expression similar to the {～って感じ} slang
Is there a grammatically correct expression similar to the {～って感じ} slang?
For example, I heard something like the following conversation in an anime:
A: テストはどう?
B: どうって? 「もう死にてぇ」って感じだぜ。
A: ...
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What is the difference between {出来る限り} and {出来るだけ}?
EDICT gives almost similar translation for these two expressions:
出来る限り; できる限り 【できるかぎり】 (n) as ... as one can
できるだけ 《出来るだけ》 (exp) (uk) as much as one can; as much as possible; if at all ...
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Looking for expressions similar to なるほど or やっぱり for situations that are opposite of speakers' previous suspicion
This is an extension of the question: Using 「なるほど」 {naruhodo} and 「やっぱり」 {yappari} in the same situation
From what I understood from the answers to the question above, なるほど and やっぱり imply the ...
