Top new questions this week:
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寒い can become 寒くない, which is apparently also an i-adjective. Can it be further conjugated to 寒くなくない?
What about 寒くなくなくない, and so on? Do Japanese speakers regard such expressions as outright ...
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Was practicing and came across some examples of saying what you are.
看護師をしています
学生です
However, they explained that you cannot say the following:
学生をしています
It would have to be gakusei desu. Why is ...
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The above image is screengrabbed from the intro to ロンドン精霊探偵団, a story set in 19th century London. This is a line from the prologue. It reads:
その予感が
人々の中に芽生え始めようとしていたなかで
きままに暮らす ひとりの少年がいた……
I have ...
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There is a company which sells tea in teabags that have a haiku printed on one of the sides (of the teabag).
Recently I came upon the following haiku:
昼寝{ひるね}して
鳥獣{ちょうじゅう}戯画{ぎが}の
中{なか}にをり
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Recently, I bought my first all-in-japanese novel to improve my reading skills. The novel itself uses a modern, very simple grammar (it's Ningen no kouta by Kō Machida) so it's not hard to understand. ...
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I'm playing a game and I came across a dialog where a person says:
置いてくもん置いてきゃ
許してやらなくもないぜオラァ！
And I'm having a difficult time understanding how this grammar was formed. I am mainly lost on the ...
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To be more specific, my question relates to the judo throw named "釣込腰" ("tsurikomi goshi"). The most common translation I've seen is "lifting and pulling hip/waist throw" ...
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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 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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The small っ (tsu) is usually used before a consonant to indicate gemination, less technically known as doubled consonants, which is how they are transliterated in romaji.
I have seen it at the end of ...
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I was told that 'そうですか’ has two basic meanings according to the speaker's accent. One is 'Really? I understand', the other meaning is 'Yes, it is, I know that'.
But what about 'そうですね'? Does '...
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As Derek mentioned in his postscript, both こと and の are nominalizers that can turn a verb into a noun.
ピアノを弾く【ひく】。 I play the piano.
ピアノを弾く【ひく】のが好き【すき】です。 I like playing the piano.
ピアノを弾く【ひく】ことが好き【すき】...
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I am learning how to write kanji using the obenkyo app. I am trying to remember the strokes of each kanji and how to read them (onyomi & kunyomi).
But do I really need to remember the onyomi &...
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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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Can you answer these questions?
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I'm reading a manga called Buchou wa Onee, and in the first pages, we are introduced to the main character and a few peculiar things about him as told by workmates.
https://ssl.standardbook.net/wp-...
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I cannot understand the sentence from the grammar point. Could you please explain "届けるなってな" to me?
Why do the Japanese attach なって after the "る" form. What does the particle "な&...
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聖なるものの持つ一同性が、そこでは否定され、しかも日常的な俗に転落しきることなく、いつも対岸のそこに存在するがゆえに、聖は悪の影を宿す
I understand the first part is talking about how same sex marriage is denied by 'holiness/religion' but I have no idea what the ...
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