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There is an exercise in スピードマスターN4 to put verbs in the causative-passive form:
つまらない話を（聞いて）、眠くなった。
The answer key says the correct form should be 聞かされて. While, for example, JLPT Sensei lists it as ...
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In the first lesson of みんなの日本語初級II (lesson 26), the word 片【かた】づきます shows up as "be put in order, tidy up." I looked in a couple of dictionaries, and can only find 片【かた】付【づ】けます, which has the ...
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Ok, this might be more complicated or less complicated than I'm making it out to be but I'm assuming this question will be made up of two unrelated components but I can't figure it out so I'm shooting ...
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I'm trying to figure out what is the significance of なあって in the following sentence:
そのままからかいやすい西片でいてほしいなあって
It feels like it is there for emphasis or something but I just don't get where it comes ...
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I'm trying to figure out what is the best way to say "my friends are online now" or "I'm online right now".
So far, I have considered:
ネットでいます。
オンラインです。
For instance:
私は今ネットでいます。...
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So the old woman explains that in place of her dead husband her kid has been helping. Then she says the kid won't settle into a home much but
I assume この時節 in "these occasions" but how does ...
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In Mushibugyou there is this sentence:
実物の蟲もさもあろうというリアルな夢だな
The speaking character sees a giant mosquito (giant insects are common in the setting), thinks to be in a dream, and that he says that ...
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What does “Itatakimas” actually mean?
Do Japanese use it only before starting to eat or it means more than that?
I was watching an anime and someone used that word when he was leaving the house, and ...
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What's the difference between
'Kore wa watashi no ... desu' (これ は わたし の 。。。 です)
and
'Kochira wa watashi no.. desu' (こちら は わたし の。。 です)
when introducing a person?
Is kore used for inanimate ...
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As per the title, when asking 'What is your name?' or 'What is your job?', why is it 'は' not 'か'? For example, we are taught this:
おしごとは。
'What is your job?'
But I don't understand why it isn't ...
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The English word "Hentai" likely came from 4chan. Thus, like a lot of Japanese loanwords that come from 4chan, I have to ask whether the Japanese actually use the word to mean "Anime porn" like in ...
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Here are the example sentences.
デイビットは料理が上手そうです。
デイビットは料理が上手なようです。
デイビットは料理が上手らしいです。
Firstly, what does デイビット mean as based on reading alone its sounds like 'debit' to me which is a strange name ...
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Text books normally teach that the negative of です is じゃありません.
However it seems very common to hear native Japanese use じゃないです.
Is this slang or somehow less correct than じゃありません?
Would it be marked ...
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I came across to this sentence:
The Japanese say you have three faces. The first face, you show to the
world. The second face, you show to your close friends, and your
family. The third face, ...
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I exchanged messages recently with someone I met from Japan, and I noticed that he often uses ; ; during our conversation. I assumed it was some kind of emoji but I’m not sure what it is. I tried ...
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