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What is the ちょ in こなしてちょ?
I'm playing a video game (Final Fantasy VI), in which a character is reading her lines and stage directions for a play. The stage directions contain the following sentence:
この芝居を間奏の間にこなしてちょ。
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Is the term 舞妓 used in all of Japan, or only in certain dialects?
The English language article on geisha says
Apprentice geisha are called maiko (舞子 or 舞妓), literally "dance
child") or hangyoku (半玉), "half-jewel" (meaning that they are paid
half of the wage ...
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is there a difference between さみしい and さびしい？
Both mean "lonely" and appear to be valid readings for 寂しい.
Is there a difference in nuance? Is this difference due to dialect?
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超 vs めっちゃ + explanation [duplicate]
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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 ...
