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Mar 30	comment	“からだけ” vs “だけから”, which is grammatical? They both convey the same meaning but the second sentence is better said.
Mar 28	comment	Does subject marker が always have to be before the conjugated verb? You should see Japanese particle as being always after something. What is after the particle is not important. What is before it, is everything.
Mar 27	comment	Meaning of ありじゃないかなぁ I didn't say you said they were the same either by the way.
Mar 27	comment	Meaning of ありじゃないかなぁ That Chocolate cannot say かな and だろう are the same. They are not the same but have a common ground of usage and that is what Chocolate was talking about.
Mar 13	comment	ホワイトデー: use ハッピー or おめでとう? It's not really something you wish to someone actually.
Feb 24	comment	How do I accurately convey “enough to make a difference”? Why not saying it the other way around ? ブンとバンの発音が似てても同じだとは言えない
Feb 18	comment	What's the proper way to use 先 versus 前に or 以前? さっき is usually written in hiragana to avoid confusion? Does it mean you believe there is an other way to write it? Which would be ?
Feb 18	comment	When to use ～ので vs ～から Dave, it's the other way around. ので is the most polite of the two.
Feb 17	comment	“y”-sound insertion after intervocalic ん do you have other example than 円 when the 'y' is pronounced ?
Feb 16	comment	What role does よかった play in this exchange? Intonation does not change its meaning.
Feb 16	comment	What would be the difference in meaning between 違っていた and 違った? I think that it is a good way to literally translate it yes.
Feb 15	comment	In actual Japanese society, how often are second-person pronouns used? あんた is a much less polite version of あなた, not a cute, but a rude version. You can use あなた for people of your rank, like co-workers (not boss). But you would use あんた for less ranked people, close people or people you want to be rude with. Like the only time a girlfriend calls her boyfriend あんた is when she's mocking him or mad at him.
Feb 14	comment	In actual Japanese society, how often are second-person pronouns used? あんた a cute version of あなた? Great one.
Feb 14	comment	How does だからって usually work? A adapted translation would be: I might be stupid but it doesn't mean that I don't know it.
Feb 13	comment	Is it natural to call elderly men ojiisan? Exactly like 'Madam' is begin used actually.
Feb 13	comment	Is it natural to call elderly men ojiisan? Not really. They are not used if you know the person is not married. But they are used if you don't know.
Feb 12	comment	How to sound more manly when sneaking popcorn into the cinema Frankly, I just read the reference you gave me.
Feb 12	comment	Understanding ありやな Since when are あり and なし slang ?
Feb 11	comment	Slang definitions of ハゲ yes, it can be used against non bald people.
Feb 11	comment	How to sound more manly when sneaking popcorn into the cinema Really ? 現在の日本には標準語を定義する機関が存在しないため、法的には標準語は存在しないと言える。しかしながら日常会話において「標準語」という用語は現在もしばしば使用さ‌れ、その場合「標準語」は東京の口語（東京方言や首都圏方言）を指すことが多い。 The whole article only relate it to what is spoken in Tokyo.