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| bio | website | github.com/nickhall |
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| location | Yatsushiro-shi, Japan | |
| age | 23 | |
| visits | member for | 7 months |
| seen | 11 hours ago | |
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日本語でどうぞ。
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Mar 17 |
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Using と to mark a question People talk that way down here in Kumamoto as well.. |
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Mar 14 |
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How are these two sentences not negating their premise? and by here I more accurately meant here eow.alc.co.jp/… |
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Mar 14 |
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How are these two sentences not negating their premise? Yes. 「ない」の決まり文句 probably refers to set expressions that end with ない, not necessarily negation. Look here: eow.alc.co.jp/… |
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Mar 13 |
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When to use 聴く vs 聞く vs 訊く? Aha sorry, I just have extraordinary amounts of free time lately.. maybe I should hold off a little. |
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Mar 13 |
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When to use 聴く vs 聞く vs 訊く? actually to ask you might even use 訊く |
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Mar 12 |
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The topic is the restaurant, or the conversation is at the restaurant? No worries, this answer is better than mine! |
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Mar 12 |
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The topic is the restaurant, or the conversation is at the restaurant? This says pretty succinctly some of what I was trying to capture but didn't include very well for whatever reason. Important to note that this guy went there basically to be able to talk about it. |
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Mar 12 |
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What is the origin of the phrase 一石二鳥? To be honest I posted the question before even looking. Thought I'd kill two birds with one stone and share my question with others while improving the number of questions per day. |
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Mar 12 |
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The topic is the restaurant, or the conversation is at the restaurant? At least that's the conclusion that I arrived at after discussing it with a native speaker. If someone wants to rule more authoritatively on that then by all means correct me. |
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Mar 12 |
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The topic is the restaurant, or the conversation is at the restaurant? Yes, however it doesn't have to be that. Without context we don't know. |
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Mar 11 |
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どうか, どうにか, どうかして - differences? @Mike I don't hear it used really, and it seems on alc like it doesn't have a lot of use. So I'd say it's not really commonly used, but you might still come across it in literary stuff or more formal writing. Might be better asking a native how often it comes up, but for now just be ready to understand it and don't worry about using it. |
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Mar 7 |
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どうか, どうにか, どうかして - differences? Reasoning for the downvote? Did I get something wrong? |
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Mar 7 |
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How to express the concept of negation in mathematics Just FYI, codecademy has some basic courses in Japanese that might be useful for seeing basic concepts explained as they would be to a native speaker. |
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Mar 6 |
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“If I may ask a question, …” I second using お尋ねしたいんですけど or variants, or for a little less formal just 質問したいんですが. 質問したいことがある is also ok, though maybe a little more direct than what he's asking for. |
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Mar 6 |
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Is たとえば the ば form of a verb? I'm now absolutely baffled as to how I convinced myself that there was no たとう. I swore I checked, like with 100% conviction was sure that I looked, and yet there it is. I feel really dumb now but I'll edit the question such that it can still hopefully be interesting for others! |
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Mar 5 |
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When speaking with client, how to say “I will tell my coworker” Goes to show how bad I still am at keigo, sorry. |
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Mar 5 |
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When speaking with client, how to say “I will tell my coworker” Do you use that over お伝えいたします or is that the answer you're looking for? |
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Feb 28 |
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How to say “open Pandora's box” in Japanese? The idiom is used as-is the same way in Japanese so I figured that would be enough to be understood. If your problem is with a lack of an explanation then I'll go ahead and add one (lolz) |
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Feb 28 |
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How to say “open Pandora's box” in Japanese? Why downvote this? Are simple answers necessarily low quality? |
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Feb 25 |
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What is the difference between the two kanji pairings for 'jellyfish'? There's a quite rambly analysis of it here |
