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11 questions linked to/from Why can we use の after へ and から?
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When の follows particles
What is the significance of the usage of の in these nominals?
東京からの手紙
東京から手紙
The latter is how I was taught to formulate this nominal form, but I came across a source that uses the first form. I'm ...
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What is the meaning of 巻ノ + number next to a book?
What is the meaning of 巻ノ + number next to a book?
I know that
巻 = volume
ノ = ?
七十二 = 72
So it's Volume [?] 72
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How is というのは different from は?
だが、十香のいる水族館と目と鼻の先というのは、精神衛生上あまりよろしくなかった。
Context: the protagonist (士道) is dating 十香 and they went to 水族館 together. But in the process of watching fishes in 水族館, 士道 runs away, pretending to go to the ...
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what does kara no mean? [duplicate]
Sometimes instead of "kara" which I understand it mostly translates as "from" I see written "kara no", which it seems to have a similar meaning to "kara" alone. What's the difference or what does it ...
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how to complement the させる＋くれる
I'm struggling trying to complement sentences using させる＋くれる/もらう.
In my studies it was said that させる＋くれる meant "to let someone do" kind of, so the following sentence:
先生が質問をたくさん聞かせてくれた The teacher ...
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There is not enough space
I have a query about how to say "there is no enough space for it?" and "it's in the way."
Unfortunately my japanese is not good enough to create a natural sentence, and all I come out with is
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Difference between について and につき
What exactly are the differences between using について and につき? In the following sentences, my grammar book says they are not interchangeable, but I don´t quite understand why. Thank you very much for ...
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の function in 以上の
I found it in これ以上のおしゃべりは.
My question is, why 以上の is translated as no more. It it because の have a specific function here? or it is just an expression.
Thanks :-)
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What is the mean difference between 取引先との付き合い方 and 取引先の付き合い方? [duplicate]
What is the mean difference between 取引先との付き合い方 and 取引先の付き合い方?
Thank for support me.
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Does Xから modify Yの here?
From the Wikipedia article for 源頼朝:
源頼朝は、平安時代末期から鎌倉時代初期の武将、政治家であり、鎌倉幕府の初代征夷大将軍である。
Clearly, 平安時代末期から鎌倉時代初期の modifies 武将、政治家. However, what does the 平安時代末期から modify? Is 鎌倉時代初期の treated as a の-...
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Understanding 「ついての，。。。」
From a dictionary definition:
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③ […] 引き続いて起こる事柄についての、 きっかけを表す。…すると。
First Question: Why is there a の followed by a comma after について? Is it equivalent to any of the following alternatives:
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