Hot answers tagged particle-no
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Your example is perfectly correct and natural. Using ～の twice in a row is usual. (I am not so sure about particles other than の, but in this answer, I will focus on repetition of の.)
How about more repetitions? I agree with Dave M G that, as far as correctness is concerned, you can use as many ～の as you like. However, if a sentence uses ～の many times in ...
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As you said, コンニャロー is abbreviated この野郎, which means “you bastard.” バーロー is abbreviation of ばか野郎, “you fool” or something. In this case, probably neither of them is directed to any specific person, but both are used just as general phrases for expressing frustration or anger.
Other parts do not have any meaning. Huh?
Well, バーロー岬 is a pun of バーロー and ...
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As I understand it, the term “no-adjective” simply means “nouns which are typically translated to adjectives in English and other languages.” If we treat Japanese as a language in its own right, distinguishing them from nouns as different parts-of-speech is completely artificial.
The particle の makes a modifier of a noun. The exact relationship between ...
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I think the confusion here arises from the fact that English can use the "-ing" form of a verb in two different ways: using a verb as a noun (gerund), or expressing a continuous action (progressive tense).
In plain language, adding の to a verb in Japanese transforms it into a noun and makes it suitable to be followed by は, が, or various other particles that ...
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This の signifies the two words refer to the same thing, and 相手の日本人 means someone who is 相手 and 日本人 at the same time. I do not think that using 日本人の相手 when you mean 相手の日本人 is incorrect. However, 日本人の相手 is ambiguous: it may mean the same as 相手の日本人, but it may also mean an opponent/partner/company of some Japanese person, as in 吉田さんの相手. This is probably why ...
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より, when preceding an adjective as in your examples, means "more" or "-er":
より多くの more [numerous]
より快適な more pleasant, smoother
より長い longer
より良い better
より一般的な more common, more typical
As such, でより and でのより should not be considered together. で and での go with the preceding word, and より goes with the succeeding word.
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Chakoshi to the rescue! (Chakoshi is a tool for searching both the Aozora and conversational Japanese corpora at Nagoya University.)
A quick search for a "[noun]ん[noun]" pattern in the conversational corpus gives 262 results, most of which are what you are asking about. Broken down, there's actually not much variety in the nouns that follow ん:
とき (99): ...
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のに can have several meanings, "despite" being the most common one. But it can also mean "in order to" (~のため）。Here are some examples (taken from here http://www.jgram.org/pages/viewOne.php?tagE=noni-2):
パスポートは海外旅行に行くのに必要です。
A passport is necessary to travel abroad.
電子レンジは冷めた料理を温めるのに重宝だ。
A microwave is handy to heat up cold food.
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Actually I don't find it surprising. It may be just my own experience but,
English:
[a] "When I was in (primary/secondary/middle/high/etc.) school......" (More common)
as opposed to,
[b] "When I was a (primary/secondary/middle/high/etc.) school student......" (Not as common)
Chinese:
[a] "(我在)[小/中/大]学時......" (More common)
as ...
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I suspect it's the nominalizer の, making the noun phrase "...温めるの". Then the 'directional/intention' particle に is appended, giving intention towards which the 電子レンジ can be considered 重宝.
This can be occasionally tricky to sort out from the "in spite of" usage, but it is an alternate parse to be aware of.
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As you correctly note, the が in this context adds focus to the noun phrase:
私が一番
'I am the best.' or 'The best one is me'
私は一番
'I am the best.'
[私]{わたくし} is very formal and polite, and is not usually used other than in business conversations, [私]{わたし} is neutral with politeness, 俺 is rough, and 俺様 is self-appraising. Any of them will work with ...
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With respect to the meaning of たらしめる, you can just follow what Matt writes, but let me add a few things.
こそ is used to add emphasis to that noun. A literal translation will be It is ... that is ....
Your addition of のは simply makes it ungrammatical. 作品を芸術たらしめる is a relative clause that modifies the noun 要素 (I hope this is not too linguistic to you). And ...
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芸術たらしめる is the causative form of 芸術たる. This たる is the たる discussed here. There are nuances, but basically たらしめる means "cause to be". (Roughly equivalent to ... にさせる in many cases, I think.)
So the sentence is complete as it is:
想像力こそ = "Imagination..." + こそ (こそ is a whole other question)
作品を芸術たらしめる要素 = "the element that causes 'works' 作品 to be(come) 'art' ...
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In addition to what the other says, it can also be used as an informal question signifier.
そうなの？ Sou na no? "Really?" [Fem.]
なんでだめなの？ Nande dame no "Why not?" or "What's wrong with it?"
何言ってんだけ分かってんの？ Nani itten-dake wakatten no? "Do you know what you're saying?"
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I believe that the の here is the same の as the の which is explained in this thread: What is the difference between the nominalizers こと and の?
Basically the の here is a noun which means "thing". It is similar to こと (noun) which also means "thing". The difference between の and こと is that の is used when the "thing" is related to the speaker. This is furthur ...
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Both could be が without changing the meaning. In this case, though, it is possible to use の in basically the same way without changing the meaning. This の is not the same as the の that you learned as a noun modifier, like in 私の家, but rather the nominative case (主格). I am not an expert on grammar, but there is a lengthy post on this subject here (in ...
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"の" (no) can be thought of as a "general connective" in many ways just like "of" in English, "de" in the Romance languages, "von" and "van" in German and Dutch respectively, and "的" (de) in Mandarin Chinese.
Unlike English "of" however the items on the left and right of "の" (no) must be switched. This makes it even more like the English possessive ...
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Derek already answered the question well, but let me add an important difference between English and Japanese about comparisons. While “より X” means “more X,” simple “X” can also mean “more X.” In other words, unlike English, the comparative degree does not have to be made explicit in Japanese. The adverb より clarifies or emphasizes that it is about a ...
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One way is to look at them as exclusive (ほかの) and inclusive (ほかに).
だれかほかの人に聞いてごらん Ask somebody else [someone other than me/someone other than this person] for help.
ほかに行きたい人はいますか
[In addition to who already wants to go] is there anyone else who wants to go?
Notice that you can use "besides" in both sentences:
1. Ask someone besides me.
2. ...
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I think コンコン also has an effect to bring smooth transition to the subsequent element コンニャロ in terms of sound. "kon" phonetically is a part of "kon-nya-ro". So, "kon-kon-konnyaro" sounds like a stutter (to me). By the way, do you know ニャロメ, a cartoon character created by Fujio Akatsuka? コンニャロ could be expanded to コンニャロメ, and I cannot help thinking that ニャロメ ...
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I'm going to offer a different answer.
I think it does not work the way you think.
んだ is a statement, which works as emphasis of what is being said/thought now. It can not be used the same way in the past.
忙しいんだ。
It's just that I'm busy.
has as past tense
忙しかったんだ。
It's just that I was busy.
whereas
It was just that I was busy.
cannot ...
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I think that in some cases, ending a question in の is fine for male speakers. For example, I hear
え～、そうなの？
quite often from male speakers. I think, in general, we have that (all male speech)
rhetorical questions are allowed to end in の, e.g. even if it is clear what the other person is doing, you may ask
何をしてるの？ or 何してんの？
What (the heck) are ...
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こと in the sense discussed in the linked question is, as far as I've seen it, only used in the XXのこと form, and it doesn't refer to any one identified part of somebody/their personality.
ところ in this sense is more a specific point or points. You wouldn't use 彼【かれ】のところ to refer to his personality as a whole, but 彼のどんなところが好き？ is a common phrasing. You can like ...
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Hmm, this may be a tough answer to argue against the two previous which are answered by native speakers. But here goes...
To me it just seems like a matter of perspective. With 日本人の相手, it's saying "Out of (the group of) Japanese people, the one who is an 相手." With 相手の日本人, it's "Out of all the 相手's, the one who is Japanese". So it seems like a choice of ...
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Your question is not really clear… Are you asking about "の" or "期限切れ"?
の is used as a back referral
Actually, it's a simple elision..
誰のペンですか？
私の(ペン)です。
Whose pen is it?
it is mine
何のタイアですか？
車の(タイヤ)だ。
Of what kind of vehicle is this tire?
It's a car's one.
As far as "の for an adjective" goes, a famous example would be "色々" which can go with の as ...
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The particle の "no" is mainly used to indicate possession, it's also called the possession indicator. An example could be:
先生／私／和子の車。[sensei/watashi/Kazuko no kuruma.] (Teacher's/my/Kazuko's car.)
Or linking nouns like:
車のトヨタ [kuruma no Toyota] (Toyota the car [company])
For other usages as well, see here.
I'll directly paste them from this ...
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By putting "の", your are making a nominal group from the proposition that precedes it, and you put the focus on the action (there is a nuance with "こと", which takes practice to feel). Then, since you made a nominal group, you need your usual particles after, such as は、 に、 or whatever is required.
Examples:
ケーキを食べるのが好きです。
I like to be eating a cake. (The fun ...
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There are many instances where の and が could both technically be used, but where one is more natural-sounding (or seems more relevant to the intent of the sentence) than the other. I'd think I'd say that this is probably one of those situations, though I'd never say it the second way, personally; I'd always use の.
The clause 「彼女がどんな困難からも逃げない」 is most ...
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"no" performs its role as a genitive case particle.
This structure may appear more familiar/recognizable:
これが私たちのprecious heartbeat(だ)
(the fact that there is no copula superficially doesn't necessarily mean that there is no copula)
"私たちのこれがprecious heartbeat" is one of the possible orders. The possessor can shift (in a relatively non-complex ...
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の as a particle has the very simple function of noun modification. You might find some comparisons between の and the English 's or "of", however these can be a bit confusing once you start running into less directly translatable uses.
For example:
私の車 - My car
昨日の宿題 - Yesterday's homework
アメリカの出身 - To be from America
なんのため(？) - For what purpose(?)
It ...
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