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language-evolution

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1 vote

1 answer

91 views

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answered May 24 at 14:01

0 votes

1 answer

102 views

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grammar

naruto

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modified May 23 at 2:59

0 votes

1 answer

135 views

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2 answers

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dungarian

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modified May 24 at 15:07

1 vote

2 answers

128 views

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Skye-AT

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0 votes

1 answer

99 views

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1 answer

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modified May 23 at 7:37

0 votes

1 answer

73 views

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4,735

modified May 24 at 14:18

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2 answers

91 views

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1 answer

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Difference between として (toshite) & ように (youni)

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modified 2 days ago

1 vote

1 answer

46 views

Phrase for "whatever comes to mind" or "whatever I feel like"

phrase-requests

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answered May 23 at 0:34

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1 answer

72 views

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modified May 23 at 0:23

0 votes

1 answer

68 views

How to understand context in Japanese [closed]

grammar ambiguous-relative-clauses

amfunny

3

modified yesterday

-1 votes

1 answer

81 views

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grammar translation english-to-japanese

Eddie Kal

9,167

modified 2 days ago

1 vote

1 answer

96 views

NをNに where the Nを is not clearly associated with any verb

particle-を

sundowner

12.4k

answered May 23 at 4:55

1 vote

1 answer

57 views

て-form+quotation

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12.2k

answered May 23 at 9:39

0 votes

1 answer

73 views

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Qwj_38

569

answered yesterday

0 votes

1 answer

67 views

Does 悍ましい derive from a verb?

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modified May 21 at 22:04

0 votes

1 answer

65 views

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english-to-japanese

user51438

3

modified yesterday

1 vote

2 answers

57 views

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1 vote

1 answer

43 views

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grammar

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answered 2 days ago

0 votes

1 answer

52 views

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meaning

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answered 2 days ago

0 votes

0 answers

56 views

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grammar meaning literature

Eddie Kal

9,167

modified May 23 at 18:49

0 votes

0 answers

49 views

In the Japanese dub of Frozen, Anna says 'unmei' (fate/destiny; the late Sayaka Kanda) instead of 'true love' (Kristen Bell)?

word-choice phrases synonyms anime dub

BCLC

341

modified 29 mins ago

2 votes

0 answers

48 views

Particle に used to express reason/cause [duplicate]

grammar particle-に

user3856370

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asked May 22 at 10:14

0 votes

1 answer

30 views

Whats the diffrence with に and を in this sentence?

meaning particle-に particle-を sentence help

naruto

264k

answered May 23 at 2:55

-2 votes

0 answers

36 views

Learning Japanese for MEXT scholarship exam

katakana hiragana japanese-to-english learning resources

Maaz Khan

1

asked 10 hours ago

2 votes

0 answers

36 views

The function of "demo" in the following sentence: 遥か彼方で炎でも燃え盛っているように、紅蓮の光は形を変え、踊る。 [duplicate]

grammar particle-でも

naruto

264k

modified May 24 at 3:37

1 vote

0 answers

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