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How to make sense of this construct - “<名詞>、それは<名詞句>”
First, some real-world examples of "<名詞>、それは<名詞句>。" :
イノセンス、それはいのち (catchphrase for the movie イノセンス)
リゾートホテル、それは[極上]{ごくじょう}のサービスに[心]{こころ}[満]{み}たされる[空間]{くうかん} (catchphrase used by ...
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Not directly giving a web address [closed]
I am used to seeing (outside of Japan) that, when a company wants to lead a potential customer to its website, it shows its web address on an advertisement. However, in Japan, in most cases, an ...
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When grandmas tell their kids お天道様がみてるよ, how do the kids know who お天道様 is?
I checked Japanese Wikipedia and お天道様 is an early Edo period word for the sun, as used in some kind of early modern popular religion that is not really described well at all. Anyway, I've never seen a ...
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Translation for “Those who are possessed by nothing possess everything.” [closed]
I am looking for the original Japanese phrase for the above quote by Ueshiba Morihei 植芝 盛平, and haven't been able to find it. It is in his book "The Art of Peace", but I haven't got a Japanese ...
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王将用語 and Chinese [closed]
How does 王将用語 (used at 餃子の王将) sound like to Chinese speakers? Are they completely incomprehensible, stupid , funny, etc? How difficult is it for Chinese speakers to learn them?
イーガーコーテル ソーハンイー ...
