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If you wanted to say "light skin" or "dark skin", would it be correct to say "色白" and "色黒"?

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Does kanji have meaning on their own, or they inherit their meaning(s) from the words they used in?

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What is the exact nuance of ガラ in ガラじゃない

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Meaning and usage of 刺激(しげき)?

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What does the 「いるん」in だれか好きな人がいるんですか。

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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 there a difference between these words for “hero”?

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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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Pitch accent for 金 (かね)

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Why is the same English meaning of ため tied to different Japanese meanings in different dictionaries?

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パソコンが 得意だ/わかる/上手だ

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What does わせ in this sentence mean?

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How do we say "literary register"?

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"kiru" used to refer to a card?

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