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The context is that the protagonist went to the roof after being invited by someone and the protagonist was describing his admiration of this place (the roof). Then there's this passage:
それを見ていると、...
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What is the difference between 様（さま）様（よう）in the case of describing the apperance of something? When is one prefered over the other?
Normally this isn't an issue as よう tends to be written in kana but ...
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I was reading up on how quotes are done in japanese, but I can't find anything about how far the quoted part of a sentence extents.
For example this site makes a good example for what I mean:
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From what I understand, they both have the meaning of going public or becoming public knowledge. Is there a more nuanced difference between the two?
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The word for a medical "mask" is borrowed from the English language. Does this infer that these types of masks did not exist in Japan before the arrival of the English? If these masks did ...
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So I was wondering this arcaic means of expressing volitional in Japanese, and the question comes up: Can a native japanese distinguish between ん-negative and ん-volitional in a phrase without or with ...
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『ーーじゃあ、早速いきましょうか士道。相手が相手だからって、あまり気負いすぎないこと。確かに彼女の力は強大だけれど、それは今に始まった話じゃないでしょう？いつも通りのデートができればきっと大丈夫よ』
The 相手 and 彼女 refer to the same person. Could you please explain the usage of the construction ...
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I am interested in Japanese culture and the symbolism used in Japan, specifically I'd like to know what the △ triangle, ◯ circle, ╳ cross and ◻ square mean to a Japanese person.
How are those shapes ...
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My fiance and I will be moving to Japan sometime next year and are trying to prepare our dog for the experience by teaching her Japanese commands so she can be easily handled by kennels/vets/groomers/...
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I've seen this symbol in various places, such as 「日々」, 「色々」, and 「人々」. What is it, and how does it affect the meaning and pronunciation of the word?
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The world is covered in the necessary evil known in English as "time zones".
Given that, historically, it originated in England (some 300 or so years ago), the concept of a time zone was probably not ...
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I came across the term 草生えた on the internet. There wasn't much context, but it didn't seem to mean that grass was growing. Is this a slang term?
What does it mean? I couldn't find it in any of ...
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Last summer my family hosted a Japanese exchange student for two weeks, and we've kept in touch with her a lot. Unfortunately, about 2 months ago I found out she had Leukemia. She said she'll recover.....
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What's the best translation of "weeaboo" in Japanese?
I would define a weeaboo as a (generally derogatory term for a) non-Japanese person who is highly interested in manga, anime, Japanese video ...
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I've studied Japanese for years and I've never come across this expression before. I saw this in a Twitch chat and the full quote was the following (I was the one who asked the thing in 「」 brackets):
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あっし is said by imabi to be a 1. person pronoun, derived ultimately from あたし・わたし and from the "working class dialect of Tokyo Bay" (which presumably refers to 下町言葉). Wiktionary claims it to ...
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If I want to say 'my stocks went up/down', do I use the verbs 上がる/下がる as in
株式が上げました。
or are different verbs used?
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