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Difference between using は and を in 遊びでも手は抜かない
全員この場で野々村の宣戦布告を受け取る。
We all accept Nonomura's declaration of war.
たとえ遊びでも手は抜かない。
Even if it's just for fun, we will go all out.
How would these lines have read differently if it said たとえ遊びでも手を抜かない. ...
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Please help me understand the tadoushi/jidoushi distinction
I’m trying to understand the tadoushi/jidoushi distinction. I read an article in wikionary.org
Here
which seemed to make sense. In particular it stated that the tadoushi/jidoushi distinction is a ...
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Wa and wo differences
Hi? What's the difference in terms of usage of wa and wo in some sentences like this one
"are wo kudasai" and "are wa nandesuka?". But I'm sure it's not because of wether it is a ...
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Strange usage of を-Particle inside a 俳句 (haiku)
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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Strange sentence construction: を今
So, I'm back again with another translation help, from a line in the song "Yoake to Hotaru"
夏が来ないままの街を今
I've known, naturally as a basic, that を functions as an object marker for a verb. ...
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Confusion about まっとうに, 青春をする and the subject and object of this sentence
I'm re-reading a light novel and I don't think I'm going to figure this sentence out anytime soon...
Quick context: one day a man meets a teenage girl, makes it clear that although he finds her cute, ...
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Another use of particle "wo"?
君の目が貫いた 僕の胸を真っ直ぐ
This is one of the lines in a song I recently heard.
I was confused why the particle "wo" is in between the direct object and an adverb that modifies the verb, 貫いた.
Can ...
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てを form grammar [duplicate]
I encountered this sentence with を directly after て:
バックヤードの小包も減っては増えてを繰り返していたが、今日あたりから減る一方になっていた。
Is this a proper usage of を? I normally see を after either a noun or の. Here's how I think what the ...
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Why を and not に in 今日は先輩に2回**を**注意されました。?
今日は先輩に2回を注意されました。
[today][by senpai][2 times were adviced/warned]??? does this make any sense?
Shouldn't it be rather:
今日は先輩に2回に注意されました。
[today][by senpai][2 times （I/He/She..etc) were adviced/warned]?...
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Meaning of を in 博士たちは水際を歩いた。
By now, I know that motion verbs (行く, 来る, 歩く, 走る, etc...) can take the particle を to indicate something being traversed (going "through" something). There are already plenty of answers ...
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Is it possible to use を with any intransitive motion verb like 戻る in the same fashion as「駅を出る」?
Is it possible to use を with any intransitive motion verb like 戻る in the same fashion as「駅を出る」?
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Usage of の vs を for the direction of a place
I learnt that in Japanese, the の preposition is used to describe the direction of a place (up, down, right, left, next to, etc. For example:
部屋の中 (heya no naka): Inside the room.
テーブルの上 (te-buru no ...
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What is the difference between 写真を撮る and 写真に撮る?
As I understood so far, 撮る is a transitive verb, so "to take a photograph" is 写真を撮る in Japanese.
However, I've just come across a sentence in my textbook that uses the expression 写真に撮る, and I'm not ...
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ここを行かれる meaning [duplicate]
I found the sentence in my textbook.
ここをまっすぐ行かれますと、右手に受付がございます。
Why を is used with 行かれる (行く) here ? I think it should be に/へ.
If possible, I'd like a translation. Thank you very much !
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を at the end of a sentence?
せっしゃは…！！ひっく
いつかこの国を！！
Why is there a を there? Is it a word or does it have a specific structure?
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Correct way to append a noun to a action
What is the correct way to append a noun to a action. For example
書きで頑張ります
書きを頑張ります
I think both the above means "I will do my best at writing". In the example above, the stem of a verb is a ...
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を-, と- and に-particle usage with 合わせる
Recently, I found out that 合わせる can go with many particles.
Jisho gives here (https://jisho.org/search/%E5%90%88%E3%82%8F%E3%81%9B%E3%82%8B) some examples on this:
あなたの計画{けいかく} を 私{わたし} に 合わせなさい。...
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What's the difference when using と and を to mark a spoken sentence
What's the difference between using と and を in the sentence below:
「食べる」と紙に書いてくれた
「食べる」を紙に書いてくれた
They both mean, He wrote "eat" on the paper
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is を答える similar to を歩く?
In the Duolingo courses I came across the sentence:
この言葉の意味を答えてください。
translated as:
Please tell me the meaning of this word.
The thing is 答える is an intransitive verb (自動詞); and in other sentences ...
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Can one ever use an intransitive verb as a transitive verb?
Note from the OP: The original phrasing of the question was very unclear so, after thinking this over a few times, I decided to rewrite this completely.
Please see here for the new question
In other ...
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Is there a difference between ”をなる” and ”なっていて”
I was understanding なる verb today, as well as adjectives.
I know the fact that adjective + verb can be mixed together with each other. So, I came across an example stating:
"家が赤くなっています" (House is ...
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Using を when not followed by a verb
I understood the sentence below:
この面白い話を落語と言い、落語をする人を落語家といいます。
as to be:
Such interesting stories are known as 落語, and people who tell 落語 are called 落語家.
However, if the meaning is as I have ...
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Can someone help me understand Japanese particles?
This my first post, so hello everyone!
wa vs ga: When I introduce myself to someone, is it always assumed that my name is already the topic even though nobody has mentioned it before? I've never ...
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Saying a sentence without pronouncing the を particle [duplicate]
I sometimes hear japanese natives say a sentence without using the を topic particle. For example, 「ご飯食べる」or 「お茶入れる」as opposed to 「ご飯を食べる」and 「お茶を入れる」
Is it a norm for japanese to neglect to を when ...
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When can を be replaced with に?
In these two sentences, I would've thought に would be used in place, but instead を is used? When is it appropriate to use either?
A: 反対側【はんたいがわ】50メートルあたりを探【さが】して！
Search around 50 metres on the ...
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Questions about a correction, nominalizing, and particles
I was practicing writing sentences and tried to write the following in Japanese:
I heard he escaped from the island.
I originally came up with
彼が島から逃げるのを聞いたそうです。
But then I was corrected by 2 ...
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Elliptical usage of を
I came across the following elliptical sentence:
美しい伝統の国柄を明日の日本へ
How does the particle を work in this case? Is it the end of a clause modifying 明日? Are both, it and the clause preceding へ ...
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Help parsing a sentence with two を
Context: in the Dead Tube manga, a villain is talking about how she turned people into zombies by giving them a hallucinogenic drug and explains that they are "contagious".
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を好き instead of が好き
I saw this dialogue in an anime; 柑菜{かんな} is a girl in love with 海{かい}, and a short before this happened visited 海's house. A knows of 柑菜 feelings, since there was a dialogue in which she kinda ...
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〜ほうを as in 準備のほうを
彩音{あやね} was doing something and 砂子{すなこ} reminded her that she should prepare herself for something else, saying:
彩音さん 準備のほうを
She just answered
は〜い
But I didn't understand that ほうを. Is it the ...
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に vs. を in "to pass a test"
Every time I'm feeling confident about the correct usage of に, を, and で, I get thrown for a loop. Could someone please explain to me the use of に in this sentence:
I will study a lot and pass the ...
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What is the difference between を vs の in 何を勉強します and 何の勉強します?
What is the difference between を vs の in 何を勉強します and 何の勉強します ?
I noticed in sentences both variants. And I wonder which of them more properly or in which case they are should be used?
P.S.Neither ...
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Understanding of をだけを
In a comment on this question it was pointed out that the combination "をだけ" appears a lot in a Google search, despite my thought that it was ungrammatical. On closer inspection it seems that many of ...
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占める and particles
My book says that
AはBの[割合]を占めている
is a structure used to say
A accounts for [fraction] of B
So far, so good. But it also provides the following two alternative structures, which bother me:
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あるか確認 vs あるかを確認
I understand that both have almost the same meaning.
But I was pointed out.
Is this a preference issue, or is one prioritized?
i.e.
「リンゴマークがあるか確認します。」
「リンゴマークがあるかを確認します。」
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~色がする or ~色をする?
I came across the following sentence in an exercise, with the following propositions:
森さんが飼っている魚は、とてもきれいな色_____している。
A. に
B. を
C. で
D. が
I learnt that する is used with が when talking about something ...
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Why does 電池 take the を particle
The sentence
咲は電池{でんち}を時計｛とけい｝に入｛はい｝れました。
Translates as "Saki put the batteries in the watch" but would would 電池 take を in this case?
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Meaning of を作画 at the end of sentence
In a manual about welding I encountered the following sentences:
(3)FSWを行う継手について，表面(A)に垂直な直線(B)を作画
(4)表面(A)から距離440mm位置の直線(B)上の点(C)を作画
I am not sure if を作画 means "Drawing of the straight line.....
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multiple を particles before a verb [duplicate]
I chanced across this sentence while doing anki.
彼は高齢を理由に社長を辞めたよ
There are 2 を particles before the verb (in this case 辞めた being the verb). From what I understand of the を particle, it marks a ...
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Can the を in ～を通して be replaced with は?
I asked an earlier question What does 通して聞く mean when they are used together? where I was confused by how a sentence used 通して but with a は instead of a を. Can someone help to shed some light on ...
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What does 通して聞く mean when they are used together?
long-time lurker, am hoping that I can get some help on something
I came upon a tweet which has this particular sentence "みなさんのパフォーマンスは通して聞くことでより魅力的..."
I am perplexed by how 通して聞く are used together....
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What are the adverb + 何 +を doing in the following sentence?
In this book I'm translating, the narrative character is told the following line of dialogue by a girl before the sentence I'm asking about (bolded below).
「あなたには、生まれついての才能があるのよ
人を殺す才能。
生き残る才能。
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Is it possible to use the 〜たい form with the particle が instead of を? [duplicate]
For example,
寿司【すし】を食【た】べたい。
寿司【すし】が食【た】べたい。
If it is possible, then what is the difference in meaning or nuance?
Thank you.
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Using もらう with に/を particle and passive/causative forms
I was learning passive and causative forms of Japanese coupled with もらう and particles, and got very confused. A couple of examples and what I think they mean:
AさんはBさんを病院に送ってもらう - A received a favor ...
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What is the implied-verb represented by the sentence-ending を in the following context？
I am trying to understand the dialogue being spoken by the narrative character on the page below, specifically the fourth line of dialogue from the right in the picture.
「……さっきは何で、あんなことを？」
What is ...
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Justifying が into を
How do I handle a sentence in which I would normally have two が?
For example,
彼がその本を読んでる。
彼はその話題があまり分からん。
are normal sentences with slight distinction in meaning between が and は there, but what if I ...
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How does the particle を relate to the verb 行く in the structure「A を + B に行く」?
I came across this sentence in my japanese practicing material (the point is I didn't make up the sentence so I assume it's correct or at least commonly used)
日本についてのアンケートを中国人100人に行った。
and It doesn'...
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What's the nuance behind using を要らない as opposed to が要らない?
I was reading the lyrics of a song and found the following line:
あの人あたしをいらない
From the original English song, I can tell that the meaning is that "that person no longer needs me", but why does it ...
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The particle は before 押す [duplicate]
スイッチは押しましたか。
Can を be used in place of は here? (Have you pressed the switch? / Did you press the switch?)
押す is a transitive verb, so the use of は is confusing. Thank you for your help!
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Is there an actual difference in meaning or nuance between 私達の世話をする and 私達を世話する?
I have seen this pattern where を is replaced by の in many sentences that use a する verb. I got used to this construction by exposure and it has started to look less clunky and more natural to me, but ...
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