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I've recently begun learning Japanese and was tasked with translating the sentence "The toilet is over there.". My first intuition would have been
トイレはあそこです。
However, it was suggested that
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何でも薄暗いじめじめした所でニャーニャー泣いていた事だけは記憶している。
はてな何でも容子【ようす】がおかしいと、のそのそ這【は】い出して見ると非常に痛い。
Doesn't make too much sense to me. Can someone explain please?
(the sentences are not related to each other)
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Even for English speakers, the lines between novel, novella, and short story are not clear-cut. Wikipedia has 17,500 to 40,000 words as a novella, and 7,500–17,500 as a novelette; anything shorter is ...
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As I understand, they are both very close in terms of meaning.
E.g.
私は歌を歌えないわけではないが、人前で歌うのは恥ずかしい。
私は歌を歌えないことはないが、人前で歌うのは恥ずかしい。
Both sentences would mean: "It's not that I cannot sing, it's just ...
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What does "見てけらしょ" mean? This is the full sentence:
見てけらしょ、おやじさん。なんだかお伽話しみたいだべさ。
(It is from the book 鉄道員 written by 浅田次郎.)
This is the previous sentence for more context:
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As part of my research, I came across the following explanation here:
討論 is a discussion or a debate at one place.
討議 consists of several discussions for a specific subject.
議論 is more general word. ...
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The sentence:
マイクは冬休みでわくわくしています。
Is it "Mike is thrilled for winter vacation"?
If I change it to マイクは冬休みにわくわくしています, does it become "Mike is thrilled in winter vacation"?
I ...
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I'm just wondering a simple way to say "See you soon" when the context is that you are talking to your friend remotely (via phone/messaging) and you plan to meet up with them in the very near future (...
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The sentence "I also ate in Tokyo" can mean three different things:
(Aside from my friends who ate there), I also ate in Tokyo.
(Aside from the other places where I tried local cuisines), I also ...
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Can someone explain the differences between v-ていく and v-てくる for me. I know that they both express some kind of ongoing action (like a place getting crowded). For example, what's the difference between ...
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The Japanese language has a lot of patterns for "if" clauses. What are the differences among the following patterns and how do we choose to use one over the others?:
行くと
行ったら
行くなら
行けば
行くんだったら
行くのなら
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Can anyone explain what is the difference between そして and それから, and when to use which?
Thanks.
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What is the difference between those two ways of saying "to want"?
shitaindesuga
hoshiindesuga
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What's the meaning of this sentence and what does なので mean here? If possible, I would like to know the grammatical rules of なので as well.
英語と日本語なので私にとっても良い勉強になります。
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I am aware of the equivalence of the particules の and が in the case of a relative clause (cf. for instance How does the の work in 「日本人の知らない日本語」?).
However, the following haiku does not seem to fall ...
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あれ？お前ケガ治ってね？
It is at the end, and I don't really understand why. Why would a person choose to use te form? (btw the person saying this doesn't say anything after, so I don't think its some kind of ...
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In reading several Japanese websites detailing how to write a Japanese resume, I ran across a pattern I found curious. There would be a sentence ending in a する verb used as a verb (i.e. with particles ...
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