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1 answer

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Difference between 抜きにして and 抜きでは

sundowner

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modified 3 hours ago

0 votes

1 answer

80 views

why does "ru" turn into "n" at times?

grammar pronunciation contractions abbreviations informal

Eiríkr Útlendi

32.9k

modified 6 hours ago

0 votes

1 answer

138 views

What is the reading of おー💕?

readings interjections emoji

Ned Reif

1,212

modified 8 hours ago

13 votes

2 answers

2k views

What are the pitch-accent rules for compound nouns?

phonology compounds pitch-accent

Darius Jahandarie

14.3k

modified 8 hours ago

0 votes

0 answers

37 views

Why is に used here?

grammar word-choice particle-に

Xanadulo

297

asked 9 hours ago

2 votes

0 answers

37 views

Implications of using either が/は in 足跡が/は消えない

nuances particle-は particle-が

medea

21

asked 10 hours ago

0 votes

1 answer

140 views

Is the '最高の女' (saikou no onna?) the thing that 'best girl' memes/terms are based on?

manga phrases anime terminology meme

Angelos

9,033

modified 11 hours ago

2 votes

2 answers

167 views

What does ガスッ mean?

manga japanese-to-english sound-symbolism

Yusuke Matsubara

66

modified 11 hours ago

0 votes

1 answer

71 views

What is the difference between どの+noun+も vs 毎+noun for “Every (noun)”?

usage nuances adverbs

Yusuke Matsubara

66

answered 12 hours ago

-2 votes

0 answers

40 views

how to say cultural place in japanese?

words

vinny

1

modified 13 hours ago

1 vote

0 answers

74 views

誰にも優しくしてるよね、誰にも優しくしてあげてるよね、誰にも優しくしてくれてるよね

word-choice colloquial-language giving-and-receiving informal

Eddie Kal

9,046

modified 18 hours ago

1 vote

1 answer

99 views

Does おり serve a necessary grammatical function in this sentence, or is it simply redundant?

grammar particles adverbs

Brian Chandler

116

answered 21 hours ago

3 votes

2 answers

633 views

Which noun is described by 大きな and 滑か in 「真珠貝は大きな滑かな縁の鋭い貝であった」

grammar translation adjectives literature

Chocolate♦

59.4k

answered 23 hours ago

0 votes

1 answer

103 views

I can't understand the answer key for this exercise

grammar

Eddie Kal

9,046

modified yesterday

1 vote

1 answer

157 views

what is the difference between 海に泳ぎに行きます and 海に行って泳ぎます

grammar

CommunityBot

1

modified yesterday

0 votes

2 answers

273 views

how is に used in this sentence?

grammar particle-に

CommunityBot

1

modified yesterday

4 votes

2 answers

485 views

Are browser tabs タブ counted as つ or 個?

counters

dungarian

1,104

modified yesterday

1 vote

0 answers

94 views

What does "dainty" mean in this context? [closed]

translation wasei-eigo

Eiríkr Útlendi

32.9k

modified yesterday

2 votes

1 answer

57 views

Understanding 策に出る

phrases

sundowner

11.9k

answered 2 days ago

1 vote

1 answer

53 views

Understanding であるだけに

grammar

sundowner

11.9k

answered 2 days ago

5 votes

7 answers

2k views

Am I using the word "Hajimari" correctly in judo?

nuances word-usage terminology sports

aguijonazo

11.8k

modified 2 days ago

1 vote

1 answer

73 views

Meaning of 知りたい in the following TV program

meaning

naruto

264k

answered 2 days ago

1 vote

1 answer

167 views

Patterns across Hiragana consonants?

hiragana

dvx2718

493

answered 2 days ago

1 vote

2 answers

70 views

About the difference in these sentences with のを and のが

grammar meaning nuances particles transitivity

dvx2718

493

answered 2 days ago

1 vote

1 answer

86 views

is it wa(わ) or は after subject?

grammar

Eiríkr Útlendi

32.9k

modified May 13 at 22:24

1 vote

2 answers

121 views

Meaning of 貸し and 借り in「この貸しは借りになることなく相殺もしない」

meaning

naruto

264k

modified May 13 at 14:49

0 votes

0 answers

50 views

Difference between kanji にち and び [duplicate]

words kanji

Istiak

111

asked May 13 at 9:18

14 votes

2 answers

5k views

What are the differences between「目的」and 「目標」?

word-choice

oldergod

5,095

modified May 13 at 0:49

2 votes

1 answer

172 views

What does this phrase about a face/expression mean? 少し尖った凛とした表情

meaning expressions japanese-to-english

Eddie Kal

9,046

modified May 12 at 23:56

17 votes

2 answers

1k views

Why is the て-form being used before ん？

colloquial-language contractions

naruto

264k

modified May 12 at 23:33

2 votes

1 answer

70 views

Understanding 一月分に余裕をもたせた

grammar particle-に

Eiríkr Útlendi

32.9k

modified May 12 at 22:25

5 votes

2 answers

2k views

What is the difference between 〜してんじゃねえ and するんじゃねえ?

grammar word-choice

naruto

264k

modified May 12 at 1:44

0 votes

1 answer

151 views

Fish that is "filled with fat"?

translation

Eiríkr Útlendi

32.9k

modified May 11 at 21:33

2 votes

1 answer

82 views

噓憑き: what is it and how is it different from 嘘つき?

kanji nuances slang spelling

Eiríkr Útlendi

32.9k

modified May 11 at 21:26

0 votes

0 answers

64 views

The meaning of 連中を巻いてきたのか？in this context [closed]

meaning verbs japanese-to-english

casualreader

135

asked May 11 at 21:14

2 votes

2 answers

136 views

Need help with the meaning of this sentence [MC failed to catch a strange creature- half cat half bird like, then he said this]

grammar meaning japanese-to-english

Karl Knechtel

763

modified May 11 at 21:04

1 vote

2 answers

359 views

Meaning of なければ + 分かる訳ないだろ

meaning

Karl Knechtel

763

answered May 11 at 14:18

0 votes

1 answer

65 views

How to parse これは、動詞や形容詞のように文の中での使われ方によって形が変化する言葉の、他の形の用法と対立する、最も機能の多い形につけられた名前です?

parsing

sundowner

11.9k

answered May 11 at 11:26

2 votes

1 answer

61 views

でも and other particles: conjunction, exclusion, and word order

particles word-order particle-でも

aguijonazo

11.8k

modified May 11 at 9:40

13 votes

1 answer

1k views

Meaning of "でも" in "食事でもどうですか？"

grammar nuances questions particle-でも

Eddie Kal

9,046

modified May 11 at 3:04

3 votes

2 answers

159 views

Meaning of ごまかす

meaning

naruto

264k

modified May 11 at 0:58

3 votes

2 answers

83 views

Are 片隅 and 隅 synonymous?

meaning word-choice nuances nouns

dungarian

1,104

answered May 11 at 0:58

1 vote

1 answer

74 views

Why "We've worked" can't be in the past?

phrases tense sentence aspect

Eiríkr Útlendi

32.9k

answered May 10 at 22:59

3 votes

1 answer

79 views

What does ネタ mean in 完全にネタだったから一日で変わったけど?

grammar words

sundowner

11.9k

answered May 10 at 22:52

8 votes

2 answers

2k views

If 日本語する is not ok, why is 日本語できる ok?

verbs potential-form

istrasci

42.3k

modified May 10 at 16:47

1 vote

2 answers

114 views

Understanding ずるいわたしもと割り込んでアネットも何度もやらせてもらった

grammar

naruto

264k

modified May 10 at 4:46

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