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Aug 26 |
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In what situation can I use ~かい (for interrogative question)? You could, but 「かい」 would be something like 「解」 instead in that case. 「何」 requires an open-ended answer, so using 「かい」 as the question particle would be inappropriate. |
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Aug 26 |
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In what situation can I use ~かい (for interrogative question)? Yes, you could. Or you could use 「かい」, if you want to restrict the answer to a firm yes or no, instead of "well, I'm meeting a friend along the way, so we'll see when the time comes". |
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Aug 26 |
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In what situation can I use ~かい (for interrogative question)? 「後で八百屋に行きますかい？」 when the listener is preparing for a shopping trip. The listener is clearly stepping out, but will they also be going to the supermarket? |
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Aug 25 |
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Can 首 be used to refer to students who have just graduated and not yet found a job? Someone needs to update EDICT then. |
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Aug 24 |
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What does this symbol mean? Oooh, it's seal script; that's why I couldn't make heads or tails of it. |
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Aug 24 |
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What does this symbol mean? Do you have a picture of it? The drawing is extremely unclear. |
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Aug 21 |
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What is the pun in 猥シャツ? Probably because 「わい」 sounds like "Y". |
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Aug 21 |
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What is the pun in 猥シャツ? @Karl: It's never, ever called a "Y shirt" in English. |
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Aug 21 |
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Using 伯母 / 叔母 to refer to one's aunt Okay, well, here's the issue I have with your answer. In your first sentence you say that 「叔母」 means "elder aunt", but further down you state that 「叔父」 means "younger uncle". Are they supposed to be flipped for the different genders? |
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Aug 21 |
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Using 伯母 / 叔母 to refer to one's aunt Fair enough. Do you consider the KLD authoritative enough? |
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Aug 21 |
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Using 伯母 / 叔母 to refer to one's aunt EDICT seems to contradict your first sentence. |
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Aug 21 |
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What is the pun in 猥シャツ? @Karl: I'm pretty sure it's just because of the English pronunciation of the letter "Y". |
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Aug 21 |
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Japanese kanji with different meanings in Chinese @Alan: Not really. I'm not saying that it's a bad question per se (and I wouldn't mind seeing any answers myself), it's just a bad question for this site. |
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Aug 21 |
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Japanese kanji with different meanings in Chinese This question sounds a bit too open-ended... |
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Aug 19 |
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Pronunciation and meaning of @Louis: i.imgur.com/HkcMA.png |
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Aug 16 |
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What is the function of と when it's not quoting, or doing exhaustive listing? Is this a question about 「と」+verb? |
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Aug 14 |
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Are there verbs that end with ず,づ, ふ, ぷ, しゅう, ちゅう and じゅう? Why not? There used to be 「ふ」 (and other) verbs, but they were modified during language reforms. |
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Aug 9 |
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Is it true that all verbs have a corresponding noun form? @Pacerier: There isn't one. Use 「食」 or 「食べ物」 as appropriate. |
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Aug 8 |
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Is it true that all verbs have a corresponding noun form? @Pacerier: Sure, that's another outlier. But 「見」, 「寝」, and 「居」 are all nouns, so it's not a 一段 vs. 五段 thing. |
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Aug 7 |
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Is it true that all verbs have a corresponding noun form? Fair enough. I will correct that part then. |
