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| bio | website | flickr.com/photos/… |
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| location | Kochi, Japan | |
| age | 33 | |
| visits | member for | 8 months |
| seen | Apr 17 at 6:32 | |
| stats | profile views | 15 |
Greetings from Japan! I was born and raised in Michigan where I started studying Japanese in high school. I moved to Japan in 2005 and I have no intention of returning to America except to visit. I love America, but I love Japan.
I'm into photography and Japanese calligraphy when I have the time. I play the bass guitar regularly though I am still a beginner.
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Oct 22 |
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Reading 塞 and 省: When on and kun readings go together According to the 漢字源 dictionary: ソク 漢呉
サイ 漢呉
both readings are both 漢音 and 呉音, which backs up what Zhen Lin said. |
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Oct 21 |
awarded | Scholar |
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Oct 21 |
accepted | Polite form of ～っけ |
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Oct 21 |
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Polite form of ～っけ Awesome answer! I truly feel I've learned something important. Not only that there is no equivalent to っけ, but why there is no equivalent. I think this understanding will help in many different situations. Thank you so much! |
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Oct 20 |
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Polite form of ～っけ @Taro Actually, I think yours is the most accurate answer, but it would help if you specifically said "There is no polite equivalent to っけ. When using 敬語 people would use でしょうか in situations where they would otherwise use だっけ if the situation were casual." Assuming that's what you meant, of course. |
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Oct 20 |
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Polite form of ～っけ @Taro Do you agree that one of the main nuances of っけ involves the feeling of "trying to recall something"? As in パーティーはいつだっけ？ (I'm pretty sure I heard when the party was, and I'm trying to remember that information now) A very useful nuance. I'm trying to find out if there is a polite "word" that carries a similar feeling/nuance since っけ is definitely not OK for 敬語 situations. The first answer I received was a list of a bunch of different endings two of which I had already dealt with in my Q. So I included them in my Q to show how they do not answer the question. The Q is still only about っけ. |
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Oct 20 |
awarded | Editor |
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Oct 20 |
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Polite form of ～っけ Defined terms in question and included examples to get clearer answer |
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Oct 19 |
awarded | Student |
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Oct 19 |
asked | Polite form of ～っけ |
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Oct 19 |
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For the word じき meaning “soon”, what is the difference between the kanjis 直 and 時期? This dictionary also has short/soon as a definition, but it is labeled as a colloquialism. However, clicking on the "sentences" link brings up 42 examples none of which support that definition. ALC has hundreds of examples. Any that appear to mean soon, etc. are coupled with 尚早 or are simply used in a way that the English becomes soon or early, but that doesn't mean that 時期 carries that meaning when understood in Japanese. |
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Oct 17 |
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俺 used for second person singular pronoun Have you actually heard a boss call a worker "boku"? I would think such a thing would be unheard of. |
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Oct 17 |
answered | Usage of 腱 vs 筋 |
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Oct 12 |
awarded | Supporter |
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Oct 11 |
awarded | Teacher |
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Oct 11 |
answered | What is the difference between どころか or ものか? |
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Oct 1 |
awarded | Autobiographer |
