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What's the difference between wa (は) and ga (が)?

jul 29 '11 at 14:18 jkerian♦ 2,003

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What are the valid potential forms of special “suru” verbs?

grammar verbs

mar 29 '12 at 21:53 Ian 803

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How do I say “He already went to do X for me”, implying he is still in the process of X, not finished?

grammar translation

aug 18 at 17:47 Chris 3,024

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What is the correct veritable meaning of 水無月 and 神無月?

translation etymology source-error ateji

jul 26 at 15:06 Matt 6,415

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aru vs iru : Why is aru in “Watakushi-wa untenshu-ga aru” (私は運転手がある) unacceptable?

verbs

aug 25 at 2:54 user1205935 8,864

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What's the difference between には and では

particles particle-ni particle-de

may 7 at 11:07 user3454 16

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得意とするところ explanation?

grammar usage translation particles

aug 20 at 14:04 Chocolate 6,910

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思っている/言っている with third person subject?

grammar

aug 22 at 16:17 jkerian♦ 2,003

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What is the correct usage of 承知しました, 了解です and かしこまりました, the more formal forms of 分かる?

business-japanese honorifics

dec 27 '11 at 0:57 sawa 29.5k

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Difference between kara and n desu?

word-choice

dec 13 at 4:17 yadokari 4,389

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Which particle is better に or から?

particles

apr 18 at 14:54 Chocolate 6,910

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Questions with some usages of で

particles

may 15 at 19:11 istrasci 13.2k

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What's the most appropriate negative potential form for this situation?

grammar nuances potential-form

23h ago Troyen 1,013

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Do we use odd day pronunciations outside of calendar ranges?

numbers syntax counter-words

2d ago istrasci 13.2k

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Difference between verb types (verbal nouns, transitive & intransitive: eg 開始, 始める and 始まる)

word-choice usage synonyms

aug 30 at 0:54 silvermaple 3,305

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Why is gaikokujin more politically correct than gaijin?

synonyms offensive-words

dec 31 '11 at 18:54 sawa 29.5k

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と言っても vs とは言え .

word-choice nuances

jul 19 '11 at 9:27 rintaun 3,184

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Are the grammatical forms ものか and だろうか questions?

grammar translation jlpt

jul 30 at 2:17 Chris 3,024

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What is the grammar form with “にした” in this sentence?

grammar jlpt

jul 23 at 14:35 Gradius 519

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What does “気結び” mean?

translation meaning

aug 25 at 16:56 Tsuyoshi Ito 20.9k

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と、て、って　Quoting Particle Usage

usage particles particle-to quotes

dec 6 '11 at 21:02 sawa 29.5k

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Making sense of もん

particles etymology sentence-final-particles spoken-language

may 11 at 16:38 user1205935 8,864

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What is the よっか in はじめよっか?

colloquial spoken-language

apr 8 at 16:28 summea 2,002

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逃げる vs 逃れる What's the nuance?

nuances

1d ago istrasci 13.2k

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What the difference between these two uses of toki?

verbs phrase

apr 21 at 15:17 Chocolate 6,910

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Can a 読点{とうてん} (“comma”) join two complete sentences?

punctuation

may 5 at 6:57 summea 2,002

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Why do English sources for learning Japanese leave out pitch?

learning resources pitch-accent

feb 15 at 20:43 alexandrec 470

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What is the difference between でなくand ではなく？

grammar

nov 3 at 22:05 Jesse Good 6,012

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How do I interpret this question that ends with よ?

grammar nuance

aug 21 at 15:45 Hyperworm 3,168

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Using two or more quotes

grammar

may 5 at 1:04 Chocolate 6,910

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