Tsuyoshi Ito

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My name is Tsuyoshi Ito in English and 伊藤剛志 (いとうつよし) in Japanese. I am a native speaker of Japanese with a casual interest in languages. I have been living outside Japan for a few years, and my knowledge about trends in Japanese is likely to be outdated.

Aside: My secret goal is to keep being the top answerer in the tag “food.”

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Feb 16	comment	Are there any issues with sexism in the Japanese language? Interesting. I had never thought that some people might use 入籍する only for women, but it sounds possible.
Feb 16	comment	Are there any issues with sexism in the Japanese language? In which sense is 入籍する considered as a sexist word? It is often used as a euphemism for 結婚する, but is there a difference between men and women in the usage of the word? (There could be, I just do not know.)
Feb 15	comment	What's the difference between まだ and いまだ（に）? According to Daijisen, it is not so conclusive that the origin of だ in いまだ is the first part of だに.
Feb 15	comment	Appropriate “wishes” for pregnancy @istrasci: Hmm, I am not sure. 赤ちゃんが無事に産まれるように願っています sounds okay, but it sounds a little scary to me because it sounds somewhat like “Although it is 50-50 whether you will have a baby born safely or not, I hope it will turn out to be safe.” It might be just me, though.
Feb 15	answered	Appropriate “wishes” for pregnancy
Feb 15	comment	Differences between 事実 and 真実 If your dictionary translates 真実 as “fact,” I am afraid that your dictionary is wrong.
Feb 12	revised	What do these two phrases mean? added 12 characters in body
Feb 12	comment	what is the difference between ごとに and おきに? @istrasci: 三日に二日, which Chocolate mentioned, roughly means what you want, but I think that 三日に二日 refers more to the ratio 2/3 than the regular pattern of Yes-Yes-No-Yes-Yes-No-…. I do not think that there is a concise phrase which exactly describes this patter Yes-Yes-No-Yes-Yes-No-…, either in English or in Japanese, unless you count expressions such as 二日おきに休む as what you want.
Feb 12	answered	What do these two phrases mean?
Feb 12	awarded	Enlightened
Feb 12	awarded	Nice Answer
Feb 11	comment	what is the difference between ごとに and おきに? +1 for jkerian’s edit.
Feb 11	comment	How do I use がする? (ex: いい香りがする) “the construction ~がする is used with intangible qualities the speaker wants something to have, like mentioned in the answer”: The answer by Tim does not state that, and I do not think that …がする describes some qualities the speaker wants something to have. Therefore, I am afraid that you may be still misunderstanding something about …がする.
Feb 11	comment	Colour connotations in Japanese language? 赤 and 明るい have the common origin; see Daijisen and Daijirin. I do not know whether the original meaning is 明るい or not.
Feb 11	comment	How does pitch accent work in Japanese? I am not sure what you are referring to as “emphasis.” In Tokyo dialect, なつかしい is pronounced as Low-High-High-High-Low as Dono explained and not as Low-Low-Low-High-Low, and it is not related to putting emphasis. If you mean pitch accent, unless you can pronounce naturally by looking at the high-low notation like this, I strongly recommend a textbook with a CD.
Feb 11	comment	Is 以降 inclusive? Another way to say “I cannot participate after Feb. 16, exclusive” is 16日までしか参加できません: “I can participate only until Feb. 16, inclusive.”
Feb 11	comment	How can I say “counted in (specific unit)”? @atlantiza: It might be what you wanted to ask, but it is not what you actually posted as a question.
Feb 11	answered	What does 母を恋はずや mean?
Feb 11	comment	Is まで inclusive or exclusive when marking a range of dates? @user18597: Although the context is clear to those who know Japanese enough, that is not a valid reason not to include the context in the question. If you want others to treat your questions seriously, you should not be lazy when stating questions.
Feb 11	answered	Is まで inclusive or exclusive when marking a range of dates?