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Why do we use が instead of を with a 他動詞 in the expression 車が止めてあります?

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How do I say "take a break from (gaming, social media)"?

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What does カンベン mean here?

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How are conjugation endings called by Japanese linguists?

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Is 片付きます a word?

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Why is ある preferrable to 残る in the sentence お金があるうちに欲しい物を買っておこう ? Is 残る still a valid option or is it just wrong?

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What is the meaning of けっこういらっしゃる in the following context?

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Is "カバンに本があります" correct?

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What is the best way to say "online now" in Japanese?

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Etymology of 鞄 (かばん)

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いいがと、Pattern meaning?

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What does "プラついてる" mean, and how to research similar weird lines?

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How to parse上で話し合い

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「買ったやつ」the guy who bought, or the thing that was bought?

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Talking about ロサン and ウサン

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What's the difference between 埃{ほこり} and 塵{ちり} and 塵{ごみ}?

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On the usage of the prefixes お/ご in the plain form of female speech

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What does thing + さまさまだ mean?

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Why is すごく almost always pronounced with an accent on the second mora (instead of the first mora)?

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How ほど is understood in this sentence?

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What does いくつになっても exactly mean?

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Trying to understand ツッコミ and 突っ込まない and similiar

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Is 夜だから some kind of idiomatic expression?

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How does たり + される work?

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What does 浮く mean here?

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What does 休まないでください mean in the given contex?

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How 極めつけは is understood here?

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Why is ‘は’ instead of 'が' or 'を' used here?

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Are questions ending in は polite or plain?

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Why use に instead of を in 彼に会います/連絡します

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What is the で part in ではありません?

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What does nameはnameで mean? [duplicate]

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「大きい方」と「一番大きい」と「最大」の違いはなんですか?

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Are there standards for transliteration into Japanese?

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Meaning of さもあろう

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What does じゃないじゃん mean? Does this count as a double negative?

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How can I tell how much って is quoting?

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How do you say "wardrobe" (furniture)?

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What does 生きる mean in 才能が生きてくる? Is that expression an idiom? Can you provide some extra examples highlighting the same usage of 生きる?

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Which form is the correct causative-passive 聞く?

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[...]のあの[...] Meaning and valid usage

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What does き stand for in 招き猫?

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Why does Bunpro call ないか incorrect here?

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What does "こうと思っていたことを思い出した" mean?

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Japanese term for homography such as that in 一行{いちぎょう}一行{いっこう}?

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Is 私は明日がスポーツを 遊ぶ。correct?

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How to "reverse" 〜てから〜てはなりません?

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Confusion with interpreting NHK title and subject scope when using て form


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