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22 questions linked to/from What are the general principles of using verbs to modify nouns (e.g. 焦げるトースト/焦げたトースト)?
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Verbs in the past tense as modifiers [duplicate]
Here is a sentence that I encountered in a grammar exercise book.
当分はアルバイトをしながら、自分に向いた仕事を探すつもりだ。
I am puzzled with the choice of the past tense 「向いた」. (Unfortunately the grammar point for the ...
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"太ってる猫" vs "太った猫"
I saw this sentence and its translation in a textbook
彼女は太った猫が好きじゃない。
She doesn't like fat cats
I was under the impression that 「太ってる猫」 means something like “cat that is in the state of becoming ...
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What is the difference between using ている、ていた、た in relative clauses?
I remember seeing in the thread before that there was no difference between ている and た. So then what would be the difference between the usage of them in these sentences below?
最後に立っていたものが勝者だ
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Meaning of (と)した in やんわりとした暖房
What does とした mean in this sentence?
心ばかりのやんわりとした暖房の教室の昼休み。
I saw this, but I think it's a different とした.
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Need help translating a sentence - あるひ?
I'm trying to read a children's book and have already gotten stumped by the first sentence. "context" The picture shows an autumn day.
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ある つめたい かぜの ふく ひ。
So far I've got ... (...
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Difference between 思った and 思っていた?
I was under the impression that 思った meant that, sometime in the past, you did the instantaneous action of "think" and had a thought while 思っていた meant that you kept a thought for a period of time. ...
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Could someone please explain the meaning of 場面に合った?
I came across this sentence today and it stumped me a little.
日本で色々な場面に合った話し方が出来るように、日本に行く前に色々なスピーチレベルの話し方を練習しておいた
The 場面に合った part I’m don’t understand, and why is it in past tense?
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What is the difference between ～たとき vs ～るとき
電車に乗るときは、白線の内側でお待ちください。
電車に乗ったときは、白線の内側でお待ちください
What is the difference between ～たとき and ～るとき?
In particular, what is ungrammatical about the second sentence with ～た? I felt that this sentence, ...
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Why does 音を表したことば use the past tense?
In the sentence
オノマトペとは、ものの様子や音を表したことばです。
why is it 音を表したことば rather than 音を表していることば?
I'm reading https://japanese.stackexchange.com/a/11976 but I'm not sure if this sentence produces a resultative ...
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Why is おもだった in past-tense?
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すでにおもだった犯罪者の名前は書き尽くし徐々に悪人のレベルも下げてる
Here おも means "important", so おもだった犯罪者の名前 means "important criminal's names". But why is もだった in the past tense? Instead of:
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Why the past tense is used in this sentence?
It's about this passage:"インターネットの安全のための仕事などをするＩＰＡによると、銀行やクレジットカードの会社など、本当にある会社の名前を使った、うそのメールが多くなっています。"
First of all, "本当にある会社の名前を使った" is modifying "うそのメール" but the comma is written for more ...
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Nuances and correct usage of verbs modifying nouns
I found this very interesting older post and there are couple of things I am uncertain about.
Could I also technically write "ロックしたSIM/ロックしているSIM" to mean "ロックされたSIM/ ロックされているSIM", ...
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Difference between 溺れた人, 溺れている人 and 溺れる人
そのとき海岸の近くでは、州の職員などがドローンを使って溺れた人を助ける練習をしていました。
At that time, near the coast, some people were practicing rescuing people who have drowned using a drone.
男の子たちが溺れたことを知った人たちは、ドローンを沖に飛ばしました。
The ...
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欠く vs. 欠ける vs. 欠かせる vs. 欠かせない
I can't clearly see the differences between the meanings of 欠く, 欠ける, 欠かせる, and 欠かせない that I get from resources like Google Translate, Deepl, or wwwjdic. For example, if I enter the following in Deepl
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Past vs present tense in relative clause
I found this thread that was really useful, but I'm still have some doubts, especially because this other thread seems to suggest that there isn't significative difference between using one or the ...
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