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| location | Yokohama-shi, Japan | |
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| visits | member for | 1 year, 10 months |
| seen | May 13 at 20:08 | |
| stats | profile views | 99 |
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Aug 6 |
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Why did オレンジ replace 橙【だいだい】? @sawa: Huh! You got me there. |
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Aug 6 |
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Why do 適当 and いい加減 refer to both considerate and inconsiderate things? @sawa: Thanks for the comment. I suck at formal language knowledge/linguistic terminology. As a side note though, for many Japanese high pitch = strong is natural. Indeed when you'd ask a Japanese, most will say "強く発音する" rather than "高く発音する". But admittedly it may confuse English speakers. |
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Aug 5 |
answered | Why did オレンジ replace 橙【だいだい】? |
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Aug 5 |
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Why did オレンジ replace 橙【だいだい】? @Mark: It's not widespread yet, but some started to use it to refer to projects in general. Here is a website that explains it: allabout.co.jp/gm/gc/295308 |
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Aug 5 |
answered | Why do 適当 and いい加減 refer to both considerate and inconsiderate things? |
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Aug 5 |
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Why did オレンジ replace 橙【だいだい】? In fact you see a LOT of this occurring. For example, in the IT world some use ジョブ instead of 仕事 with no apparent reason. ディスカッション is also very frequently used instead of 議論 or 会議 or 話し合い. Very interesting topic. |
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Jul 22 |
answered | What is the こと in sentences such as あなたのことが好きだ? |
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Jul 17 |
answered | What are common mistakes made by Japanese kombini employees speaking “manual keigo” (バイト敬語) |
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Jul 17 |
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What are common mistakes made by Japanese kombini employees speaking “manual keigo” (バイト敬語) This is also not really wrong. なります is "softer" than です. It is true that some consider this as wrong, but it's very very commonly used. |
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Jul 17 |
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What are common mistakes made by Japanese kombini employees speaking “manual keigo” (バイト敬語) While I'd say this has become such a common idiom that it is no longer considered incorrect IMO. The 「から」 has the same effect as "なります". It's a softner. I don't think ppl are confusing the subject. But that's my theory :p |
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Jul 16 |
awarded | Supporter |
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Jul 16 |
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Is it proper to thank waitstaff, cashiers, etc. for their service? @Dave M G: Hm, I was thinking of it as listing the source of the info. |
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Jul 16 |
answered | What's does 仮歌 mean here? |
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Jul 16 |
answered | How does the intonation of ありがとう vary between dialects? |
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Jul 16 |
answered | Is it proper to thank waitstaff, cashiers, etc. for their service? |
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Jul 12 |
awarded | Teacher |
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Jul 12 |
answered | 得る vs ～られる potential form |
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Jul 12 |
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得る vs ～られる potential form @Zach: oh, I see. |
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Jul 12 |
answered | 得る vs ～られる potential form |
