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idiom along the lines of “you get more relatives as you get famous”

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particle-から cleft-sentences

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etymology katakana hiragana

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Why is アタマ written in katakana in the following passage?

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particle-と

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どちら vs どちらの for “which”

word-choice pronouns

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infinitive verb form + よ

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An inanimate object being the agent?

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[subject][に instead of が] before transitive verb

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Use of と at end of a sentence

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particle-に

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What are some informal ways to introduce a question?

politeness questions

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襲名 - Successing to your own name?

words

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I need help to understand this sentence: おじいさんはないをやらせてもだめなんだもの

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grammar

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particle-も

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translation

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on the meaning of と云ったなり

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Question about 際 usage in Shinkansen Master N2

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Loanwords not being pronounced in a normal moraic rhythm?

pronunciation loanwords morae

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How do I know when kana are included in the kanji or inflected?

grammar kanji

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Re:Difference of ている (in Perfect Aspect) and た (Past), based upon Research Paper of Hokkaido University

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cleft-sentences construction

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Leaving out endings to sentences

syntax spoken-language

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A reverse sentence structure?

grammar syntax

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Word for the boundary between multiple kanji in one word?

words kanji linguistics

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Interaction between pitch accent and mi-prefixation

honorifics pitch-accent rendaku

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Example with 〜だけでなくて、〜も patern that I don't understand

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What does 更科 mean? [closed]

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Can と indicante the object or the topict too as well as the を and は particles do?

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Similarities between 四字熟語 and 成语

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