A noun is a part of speech typically denoting a person, thing, place or idea.
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What does ぉ character mean?
Can somebody explain the purpose of ぉ character in the end of the following sentence?
What part of speech can be assigned to ぉ ?
Can the ending の be glued up with ぉ?
アドビにうまいことやられたのぉ。
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Explain Noun + へ particle?
I have a sentence 来年にはテレフォニカが製品投入へ. This is translated by google: "Telefonica is to rollout next year." Where is the verb in this sentence as 製品投入 looks like "noun" + "noun"? And what is へ doing after ...
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How can you figure out whether 鍵【かぎ】 means “lock” or “key”?
Recently, I forgot whether 鍵【かぎ】 meant lock or key, so I looked it up quickly on my phone's dictionary... And then I found out that it actually means both.
What are the best ways to figure out if ...
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い-Adjective declension apparent inconsistency when turning into a noun
Consider these adjectives:
赤い
近い
The い-declension works for sentence ending as well as directly modifying a noun:
Now if I want to express the adjective as a noun, for example I'm talking about ...
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Did standalone noun “好き” mean a person in classical Japanese?
In classical Japanese, did standalone noun “好き” mean a person who likes something? I do not think that it does in modern Japanese, although it sometimes means a person when used as a suffix (e.g. ...
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The different ways of producing nouns
What are the different ways to produce nouns from other parts of speech and how are they different?
For example, 高い has these nouns produced from it:
高さ
高み
For 近い :
近く
Also nouns can be ...
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のちほどスタッフは彼女の元を去りました。 Could someone explain how 元を去りました。works here?
のちほどスタッフは彼女の元を去りました。
This was written on screen at the end of a video skit about a girl at a 女子会 at a restaurant.
元を去りました means the staff left her alone?
If anyone could translate this sentence, I ...
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Is it true that all verbs have a corresponding noun form?
Is it true that all verbs have a corresponding noun form (which is formed by making the -masu form and removing the -masu)?
Like 遊び and 遊びます
飲み and 飲みます
生き and 生きます
死に and 死にます
