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Finding the subject in Japanese. 自分だったら、これを大きくなってから見たら感動するだろうな
This is from the comments on this youtube page where an infant is cuddling with a bemused cat.
The commentator is writing on how cute the scene is. I am having trouble figuring out some of the ...
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“訳分からない” various uses of 訳
Here are a few examples of 訳 that I am having trouble with:
僕は決して農業が嫌いな訳じゃない。
Boku wa kesshite nōgyō ga kiraina wake janai.
By no means do I dislike farming. (Lit: The reason is not that I dislike ...
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Colloquial use of「〜て〔い〕ない」, maybe instead of 「〜なかった」
It's not the first time I hear it, but I've found it in this scene. I understand that, as in 知る or 始まる, a started action whose consequence remains is expressed in continuous form. However, I thought ...
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can we use ねー as a question?
I've read that people usually change ない to ねー to make it more manly, like:
したくないよ becomes したくねーんだ
So basically i often heard questions ending with ない but have not heard anyone end a question with ねー
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What’s the difference between [v] たとしても and just the plain ても
What’s the difference between [v] たとしても and just the plain ても, Example:
(1) 説明書を読んでも分かりにくい
(2) 説明書を読んだとしても分かりにくい
