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What is ateji? Are they different from on'yomi?

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Pronunciation of パンツ

meaning pronunciation

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ねん in the Kansai dialect

dialects kansai-ben

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What is the non-slurred version for 叫んどんねん? 叫んでおらない?

colloquial-language manga

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Did the られる potential form come from 得る?

verbs classical-japanese potential-form

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Are there any rules to the intonations they are discussing in this video?

pronunciation pitch-accent

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Why is こと written in katakana in this sentence?

word-choice words nuances

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Uses of the motion verbs （行く、来る） with the te-form

grammar word-choice conjugations て-form verbs-of-motion

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Particle に and は

grammar particles

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What's the difference between 下向く and 見下ろす?

word-choice verbs

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How does「~てほしい」work grammatically? [closed]

grammar linguistics

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Does "彼は昼過ぎに来ます" mean "He'll come after lunch." or "He'll come in the afternoon."?

meaning usage

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お互いに in お互いに頑張ろう

meaning

answered yesterday Eddie Kal 4,544

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I do not understand how 世間 works with 一般 in this sentence

words usage

answered yesterday sundowner 3,621

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origin of western names for eating utensils

etymology

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How to parse this sentence?これらはヘッジファンドを自分のリソースとは無関係の投資先とみなすことのリスク管理上の問題点を浮き彫りにしている。

translation meaning

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「佑里子は私にを教えてくれました」and「私は佑里子のかくせいです」

english-to-japanese sentence

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Confused over which is more grammatically correct here: ～たことをごめんなさい or ～たことはごめんなさい

grammar particles

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How do you understand this sentence? "もうそろそろ何度目かの正直的な感じでしょ！！”

grammar meaning

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How did Classical Japanese's 二段 (bigrade) become modern Japanese's 一段 (monograde)? Especially in regards to the 終止形 and 連体形?

grammar classical-japanese language-evolution

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Is 「如何に～か」a construction on its own?　Understanding「か」 used before「って」

grammar construction

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What's the difference between というものではない、というものでもない and というわけがない?

grammar

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Is the kanji/kokuji "taito" (たいと) with 84 strokes legitimate and ever used?

usage kanji history names stroke-count

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Is kanban (看板) really the same in Japanese and Chinese?

kanji chinese

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Why is 木の下 pronounced このした instead of きのした?

pronunciation

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Is にする always a voluntary action taken by the speaker (or target person)?

usage

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What's the difference between わけです。 and はずです。?

meaning word-usage

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Which verb means "to pet <an animal>"?

translation meaning verbs

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晴れて usage and meaning

grammar words

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ある機会を好機と捉えて - を～と～verb, how to understand this?

grammar particle-と

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Kanjis read differently [duplicate]

kanji readings creative-furigana

modified Sep 18 at 2:35 naruto 246k

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The は in the phrase そこはかとなく

etymology

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Does the slogan「やればやるほどディスクシステム」only mean, "if you play, play more, Disk System"?

meaning translation video-games

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How to say "Please correct my sentences"?

word-choice english-to-japanese

modified Sep 17 at 17:40 Eddie Kal 4,544

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Trying to decipher a Kanji on a bad image source

kanji readings dialects

modified Sep 17 at 17:40 Eddie Kal 4,544

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Transcribing Feuz

names transcription

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What does モンロス mean?

meaning

modified Sep 17 at 17:39 Eddie Kal 4,544

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Pitch Accent for Single-Mora Words

pitch-accent morae

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～とは関係なく - ~is unrelated? Regardless of~?

grammar

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how is に used in this sentence?

grammar particle-に

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Can 〜に modify a noun? [duplicate]

grammar particle-に

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What is the meaning of ならあね in なるようにならあね！

colloquial-language

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How to politely address an older relative's birthday card

politeness

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Is there any continuity behind these verb endings?

grammar etymology

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How do I solve the Dirac equation in Japanese?

keigo academic-japanese

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"Let's not do this"

negation imperatives volitional-form

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How do you say 'to die from...' in Japanese?

translation particles expressions

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How can you express "as long as you want"?

translation sentence

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