Dave

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Many years of living in Japan, none with formal Japanese-language classroom studying, mean I have:

  1. horrible grammar
  2. decent conversational level
  3. pretty good Sprachgefühl...

Gauge my contributions accordingly.


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usage × 11
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particles × 4
9
formality × 2
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history
69
grammar × 16
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verbs × 4
9
dialects × 2
7
compounds
50
words × 12
18
publishing
9
numbers × 2
7
puns
47
vocabulary × 10
17
keigo × 3
9
adverbs
6
negative-forms
43
orthography × 5
17
speaking × 3
9
syntax
6
furigana
32
pronunciation × 6
16
politeness × 2
8
kanji × 3
6
etymology
30
nuances × 9
15
honorifics × 3
8
readings × 3
6
perspective
27
colours
15
register × 2
8
contractions × 2
5
gemination
26
set-phrases × 4
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colloquial × 4
8
homophonic-kanji × 2
5
metaphor
23
translation × 10
14
greetings × 2
8
spelling
5
typesetting
23
synonyms × 3
13
first-person-pronoun × 2
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punctuation
5
name
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culture × 3
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