User ogerard - Japanese Language & Usage Stack Exchange

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

jul 29 '11 at 14:18 jkerian♦ 2,013

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Why were ゐ and ゑ eliminated?

kana history obsolete-kana language-reform

jun 4 '11 at 1:06 hippietrail 3,781

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Differences among -たら、なら、-んだったら、-えば, etc.

grammar conjugations suffixes

sep 30 at 12:43 Flaw 9,207

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When going somewhere, is there any difference between e (へ) and ni (に)?

grammar particles particle-ni particle-e

jun 14 '11 at 10:24 ento 3,952

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When is the katakana form of wo (ヲ) used?

katakana

jun 8 '11 at 7:31 Rei Miyasaka 380

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How indistinguishable is blue from green really?

word-choice usage vocabulary colours

jun 29 '11 at 14:55 Derek Schaab 9,157

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Why does Japanese have two kinds of adjectives? (-i adjectives and -na adjectives)

grammar adjectives na-adjectives i-adjectives linguistics

oct 21 at 10:48 Boaz Yaniv 7,076

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How important is one's pitch when speaking Japanese?

speaking intonation pitch-accent

dec 27 '11 at 17:09 sawa 29.5k

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Origin of the circle in ぬ, ね, and る

history hiragana

dec 15 at 6:25 Mechanical snail 549

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Why are some lyrics' words written in kanji whose usual reading is not how it is sung?

kanji song-lyric furigana

feb 14 at 23:55 istrasci 13.2k

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When should either 「」 and 『』 be used?

punctuation

jun 19 '11 at 21:54 Boaz Yaniv 7,076

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Are bookshelves in alphabetical (kana) order in Japanese bookshops and libraries?

culture practical kana publishing alphabetical-order

dec 25 '11 at 23:26 sawa 29.5k

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What is the meaning of all those “w”s in email and SNSs?

slang internet-slang abbreviations

feb 14 at 16:27 istrasci 13.2k

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The many ways to say “and” in Japanese

word-choice particles usage translation conjunctions

aug 30 at 3:15 Troyen 1,013

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Appropriate ただいま-like greeting for a neighbor?

word-choice honorifics greetings

sep 8 at 11:29 Dave♦ 5,366

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When and how did USA and UK come to be written as [米]{べい}[国]{こく} and [英]{えい}[国]{こく}?

kanji culture history loanwords demonyms

sep 12 at 1:08 Mechanical snail 549

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Are there cases when two or more particles will occur next to each other without intervening lexical words?

grammar usage particles syntax

jun 28 '11 at 16:13 Amanda S 3,766

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Since Japanese already had several words for rice why was “ライス” (raisu) borrowed from English?

word-choice synonyms loanwords food

jun 10 '11 at 2:00 Uronym 101

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What is the difference in meaning between “husband and wife” 夫婦【ふうふ】 and 夫妻【ふさい】?

word-choice vocabulary compounds

jul 9 '11 at 20:58 sawa 29.5k

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Why is the correct counter for rabbits 羽（わ）

etymology counter-words

jan 28 at 4:41 Andrew Grimm 3,610

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Why the “H” is pronounced Sh in some cases.

pronunciation phonology phonetics

jun 23 '11 at 10:12 hippietrail 3,781

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Is Japanese really an agglutinative language?

grammar conjugations linguistics

apr 1 at 8:18 hippietrail 3,781

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When did the “wu” character drop out of use?

history kana obsolete-kana

jun 6 '11 at 15:26 Boaz Yaniv 7,076

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How to say: “I am returning your call”

translation business-japanese practical

jun 28 '11 at 1:03 ento 3,952

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Is the Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT) a good measure of my Japanese language ability?

learning jlpt resources practical

dec 29 '11 at 6:22 sawa 29.5k

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What are the nuances between these three terms for intelligence: 知恵 [ちえ],　知能 [ちのう],　知性 [ちせい]　?

word-choice compounds

jun 19 '11 at 9:56 ento 3,952

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In modern usage how do Japanese natives regard the differences between 外人, 外国人 and 外人さん?

word-choice usage words politeness

apr 9 '12 at 21:00 sawa 29.5k

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Japanese dictionary for mathematics/computer science jargon

resources terminology dictionary computing mathematics

jan 5 '12 at 6:23 Alan 11

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About writing numbers using Japanese numerals vs using Arabic numerals

kanji history numbers orthography

mar 19 '12 at 15:37 Jamie Taylor 417

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Are there any old loanwords from Korean, especially any not written in katakana?

kanji history etymology loanwords

apr 21 '12 at 7:51 hippietrail 3,781

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