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Meaning of 実況してみた

tense japanese-to-english

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Meaning of 『肉』 when used stand-alone, apparently as some sort of insult

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What is the Japanese wording for unsheathing a sword (kanata) for about half an inch with your thumb?

translation words phrase-requests

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この世に生まれてきてしまった - How does this translate to “born into the world”?

grammar meaning translation anime

answered 5 hours ago Shurim 2,569

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What is the function of「のに」at the end of this sentence?

grammar

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Can someone tell me the name of this magazine title? [closed]

manga anime

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Ending a sentence with かの [duplicate]

meaning particles

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Pronunciation of long o (e.g. in Street Fighter)—“oo” or “ou”?

pronunciation rōmaji long-vowels video-games

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「う」 for future tense

verbs suffixes future

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Use of は in indirect quotes

grammar particle-は relative-clauses quotes

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Meaning of 当てをつける

usage definitions

answered 18 hours ago Shurim 2,569

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Word that means “flying” but in the sense of “growing” and “not to give up” and “be free”

meaning translation

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Adding よor ね after つもりです

particles english-to-japanese style

answered yesterday Mobiusx2 52

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ば conditional - combinations of action/state verb and same/different subject

conditionals

answered yesterday InTheProgress 41

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Subject confusion in ~たい sentences

grammar syntax particle-が subjects

answered yesterday Mobiusx2 52

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Is the kanji for sister-in-law and step sister the same?

kinship-terms

answered yesterday SAKAMOTO Noriaki 421

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伝聞：そうだ vs ということだ

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need rhymes for a line in Japanese for a song [closed]

song-lyrics

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What is the difference between ni and ni wa, when talking about a person?

grammar

answered yesterday maasharu charusu 1

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Meaning of「なんじゃって」

grammar colloquial-language parsing

answered yesterday SAKAMOTO Noriaki 421

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Meaning of 「あうあう！」in this context?

grammar translation

modified yesterday Community♦ 1

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When to use 結構 (けっこう）vs なかなか vs かなり?

grammar word-choice

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What does the word [そうすっか」mean?

words colloquial-language manga

answered yesterday Yosh 3,181

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What is どうって in どうってことありません?

expressions set-phrases spoken-language

modified 2 days ago Earthliŋ♦ 49.9k

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「呆れる」とはどういう意味ですか？

meaning words nuances

modified 2 days ago Eddie Kal 2,916

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Can you use 誰(だれ) with animals?

questions

answered 2 days ago Kaho 41

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Is it “あめがふる” or “あめふる”?

grammar particle-が

answered 2 days ago Enno Shioji 14.5k

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Official definitions of kanji forms

kanji handwriting

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っちゅう after a verb

meaning colloquial-language dialects contractions

modified 2 days ago MegaZeroX 123

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新しい回 counter use

grammar counters

modified 2 days ago Eddie Kal 2,916

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contradictory evidence for 何に as (1) なんに and (2) なにに

kanji pronunciation keigo

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Adjective + は + Adjective

grammar adjectives

answered Mar 3 at 11:37 naruto 242k

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How would you translate 通り魔の太陽?

translation

asked Mar 3 at 10:17 Ghost_Dog47 95

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Is 亡くなる a polite form of しぬ?

words nuances

modified Mar 3 at 9:03 aviraldg 103

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Is there a ことわざ similar to “water under the bridge” and “let bygones be bygones”?

phrase-requests idioms proverbs

modified Mar 3 at 6:50 naruto 242k

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Listing the activities I did on each day of the week

word-choice

answered Mar 3 at 5:00 naruto 242k

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Sentence ending かどうか

meaning

modified Mar 3 at 4:43 naruto 242k

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Any differences between ～に志願する and　～を志願する?

particles particle-に particle-を

modified Mar 3 at 3:49 naruto 242k

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What's the difference between 閉じる and 塞ぐ?

word-choice nuances word-usage

modified Mar 3 at 2:33 naruto 242k

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Can フラれて be used in any non-romantic sense?

meaning word-usage

modified Mar 3 at 0:59 Eddie Kal 2,916

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What is the difference between 得意 and 上手?

meaning nuances

modified Mar 3 at 0:56 Eddie Kal 2,916

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What is the nuance of using 連用形 with すれば rather than other forms of conditionals?

conditionals renyōkei

modified Mar 3 at 0:26 naruto 242k

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What is the difference between 〜となる and 〜になる?

grammar particles particle-と particle-に

modified Mar 2 at 22:59 Eddie Kal 2,916

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When should I use な in “na-adjectives”?

adjectives na-adjectives

modified Mar 2 at 20:12 Harro K 21

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Verb てform + くる what does it mean?

grammar て-form subsidiary-verbs

modified Mar 2 at 12:07 Community♦ 1

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Use of になる and で in 同姓同名になる事で

grammar particle-で

modified Mar 2 at 4:43 Jimmy Yang 274

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Cases where として and にとって are overused/ cannot be used

grammar usage

modified Mar 2 at 4:05 Community♦ 1

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もしたし — Grammar point or vocabulary?

grammar particle-し

modified Mar 2 at 1:22 naruto 242k

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