Questions tagged [particle-で]
助詞「で」. A sentential particle that can indicate the location of an event, or a means, material, cause or necessity.
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What does 「で」mean in 「試合で 失敗しました」? Why not use 「に」?
I just did the listening Mondai 2 for Lesson 33 of Minna No Nihongo 2 (the older ver.).
And in question 5, it says「山田君は 今の試合で 失敗しましたが、次の試合で 頑張ります。」
I've learned that you use 「に」before 「失敗する」, and I ...
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Function of で in this sentence: 「入れ違いで亜美さんが出て行ったところです」 [duplicate]
Back again with another question about で in this sentence:
さっき入れ違いで亜美さんが出て行ったところです。
Which supposedly translates to "You just missed Ami as she went out."
From my understanding of で, it may ...
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Function of で in these lyrics
I've been trying to self-translate the lyrics for Secret Base, and this line somehow confuses me.
突然の 転校で どうしようもなく
What exactly is the use of the で here? And what is its translation?
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Japanese word using で” in this sentence [duplicate]
芸達者で食欲が旺盛な、ごくふつうの犬です。
I'm currently reading a short manga and this sentence was used at the end of the chapter, for context the story is about a タヌキ (usually referred as a dog).
That one day the owner'...
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The difference between の中で vs の中から
This comes from a previous previous question with what I find to be a confusing explanation.
Generally, の中で is presented in all of the English language resources I could find to be an atomic thing ...
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What does で means in this sentence? [duplicate]
中国人で日本語が話せる方
I think it's traduction would be:
Chinese people who can speak Japanese
But I have searched for references of this で usage yet I haven't find anything.
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what is the usage of the でーparticle in this sentence?
context:the article which i was reading is about a female model who has been doing photography sessions with certain companies.
しばらく就職活動で忙しくなるということで、このタイミングで撮影できたのはラッキーでした<
what i don't ...
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なんて言わないで自己申告制, meaning of で?
I'm kinda at a lost here. In what I'm translating (a song), a character says:
なんて言わないで
自己申告制
My main issue is...I have no clue how で is meant to be used here. One person I spoke to translated this ...
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Why do these two sentences take different particles (に and で) despite being broadly similar?
日本人の会話には下の例のように、「～けど」や「～から」や「し」などで文を終わらせる話し方が多く見られます。
日本語の会話では、文の倒置もよく見られます。
These two sentences (which are not in sequence) come from a text from the Tobira Gateway to Advanced Japanese textbook. ...
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Usage of で in this sentence
I have a sentence (jlptN4):
その花屋はいつもきれいな花でいっぱいです。
Could someone please explain why it needs で here, not が?
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Usage of で and までに in certain verbs
Use of Particle
で particle, among other uses, is used to indicate the termination of something, wherein it acts like; "at; on, in". E.g. 大学は10月で終わる (The College will end in October), 2nd E.g....
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Am I interpreting this 出てくる sentence properly?
The sentence is this: よく話で出てきます。
Here's how I looked at it:
よく is the adverb "well".
話で is something like "by means of a story", unless で here is the て form of the copula.
出てきます ...
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Would I use で if I want to say “drawing in an art program”
I feel like this is wrong, but I’m not entirely sure, if I wanted to say “my first time drawing in Paint Tool Sai” would this sentence be correct?
ペイントツールSAIで初めて描画
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Can we use ために instead of で
As we know, で is used for, referring to the things that we use as an instrument/means to perform an act.
So, my question is can we use "ために...を使う" instead of "で" to highlight that ...
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Help with translation of song line - confusing use of particles, unsure how to deal with a pun
So I was trying to translate this song (full lyrics here) but there's this one line that I can't make sense out of.
その餌で凍えて誂えて この折に巣食い尽くす この唄を 捧げます。
With that bait, freeze and make to order. ...
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Translation of 同じで in 同じで分かり合ってる
同じで分かり合ってる is a sentence in a lyrics of this song https://utaten.com/lyric/jb81104032/
Some sources translate this as “We understand each other the same”
Some as “We understand each other because we ...
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で contradiction
Best explained with an example:
リンゴでアップルパイを作りたい
The above sentence can either mean "I want to make apple pie with apples" or it can mean "That apple makes me want to make apple pie". How do I know ...
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What's the use of で at the end of this sentence?
the sentence is :
よかった ご無事で！
so is it for emphasis? and if yes mostly men use it or women ? and well when doing Japanese people usually use it?
thanks for reading and I'm waiting for your ...
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Help me translate this (particle で, etc.)
Here is the question: how to translate the following sentence to Japanese.
Inform that the hospital is located between the supermarket and the hotel over there:
病院にあそこでスーパーとホテルの間があります。
I want to ...
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に and で usage help for these two sentences
Sentence 1: テーブルに料理を並べました。
Sentence 2: 公園に花が咲いています。
To my understanding, I thought that で should be the right particle for both sentences instead of に. My rationale is that both sentences show ...
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Difference of では vs には in this sentence context
ここでは事故の危険があります。
I understand that the additional は to で and に is just to add a form of contrast. However, what I am confused about is that why is で used instead of に when the sentence contains "あります"....
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What's the difference between で and と
で and と particle can be used to mean "and" in english. For example:
彼女はお金持ちできれい
AさんとBさんはいません
In the sentences above, both と and で means "and", but they are not interchangeable. When would one use と ...
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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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で to mean “and”
There are various ways to say and in japanese but what I am interested in is で to mean "and". Can someone explain the usage of で. Example sentence:
貴方の背が高いで顔もかっこいで憧れちゃう － You are tall and ...
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“女の子の名前で雪花って変ですか？” “de” and “tte” usage
女の子の名前で雪花{ゆきか}って変ですか？
I came across this question title on a Japanese site while doing some digging about mixing kun and on readings for names, and I understand the overall meaning but I'm confused ...
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Purpose of で particle in sentence from book [duplicate]
I'm reading a book and came across this sentence
トリケラトプスは白亜紀の終わり頃にいた恐竜で、草や木などの葉を食べていた。
My translation
The triceratops a dinosaur, which existed towards the end of the cretaceous period, ate ...
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Difference between どこが and どこで in sentence
I was practicing some writing and attempted to write the following sentence
Where can I find the cat food?
I originally wrote
僕はどこが猫用の食べ物を見つけられますか。
However I was corrected to
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Difference between から and で in context of because
So, I was going across the particle で and から and I found that, both of them have the function of "because". Following are the examples
E.g. of using で as because
病気で旅行に行けなかった (Because I was sick, ...
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Sentence meaning - 「それにしたって」, 「だったっていうんですもの」, 「で」
I'm trying to read this short story, and I can't really understand this exchange; context: a 木馬 was given to a school and put in the garden, and if I understood well it was fixed to the ground; one ...
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What does あなたでは mean in this sentence? [duplicate]
I was studying the grammar for かもしれない and I found the following example:
あなたでは間に合わないかもしれない。
The translation given for this sentence is...
"You might not get there in time."
And then I got ...
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What is the purpose of で in this sentence?
I am currently reading chapter 118 of the webcomic One-Punch Man, and came across this sentence:
検定の日を狙っていた奴がダメ押しでもう一人現れた.
I run across a lot of sentences with the particle で, and I never know ...
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で in 前回で in this sentence
安定のシリーズ四作目。前回で微妙だった部分をすぐに修正してきたのはさすが
about a the 4th game of a series
feels very unintuitive to me, compared to 前回の微妙だった部分 for instance
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Further “で as 動作を行うときの様態 vs で as だ” clarifications
asked this a while back: で as 動作を行うときの様態 vs で as だ. But i don't feel this aspect has ever become intuitive at all, especially for adjectives.
eg.
爽やかで抜けるような青空と、この香りとは対照的に、大きくせり出した柵のグレーが強い拒絶を示している。
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ここ10年でずいぶん's meaning
コンピューターの技術は、ここ10年でずいぶんです。
What does ここ10年でずいぶんです mean.
ずいぶん means remarkable (I searched from a website),but I don't know what で functions and what ここ10年 means.
In my opinion, I think it means "...
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で usage in this sentence
英雄はただ、1人でいい。 This sentence, What does it mean. I got 2 meanings in my mind.
1.) Hero is just one person. (Only one hero is enough)
2.) Hero is one person and good. (Hero is one good person)
Which ...
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How to say “In Japan, I want to …”?
I want to say
In Japan, I want to ride a bullet train.
I have
にほん で ぼく は しんかんせん を のります。
Is 「にほん で」 correct? Should it be 「にほん に」? Or perhaps something else?
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I need some clarification with でも as particles!
Here is my question:
I started to learn particles and one of the lessons is that when a location is the topic I can attach は and も to the particles に, へ and で.
I understand most of it, except when ...
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What で is the で in the expression 「朝寝坊した、それで仕事に遅れたんだ」?
There are a few expressions in Japanese where particle で is used but I don't really know which で that one is. それで (translated as and then; after that; due to that) is one of those cases. I basically ...
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What does で mean when ordering food/drinks?
In a TV show, I heard the following exchange:
Man: 生ビール
Izakaya owner: 大？中？
Man: 大で
I thought で was used to talk about location, so I'm a bit confused.
What does で mean in this case?
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What is the use of で in this sentence?
I have the following sentence, ケータイが大きな音で鳴っています. This sentence is translated to meaning, "The cell phone is ringing loudly."
I'm a bit confused as to why で used here? I thought で was the "event" ...
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Is で unnecessary for time references or does direct noun modification have different connotations?
I've seen a lot of sentences where で was omitted, like:
今朝サンタさんが来なかった
Here we have 今朝 which is a point in time so the sentence should be:
今朝でサンタさんが来なかった
But it's not. Is there any difference ...
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Why do we use で in 東京での暮らし? [duplicate]
車椅子利用者からすると、東京での暮らしは便利とはいえない。
Why do we use で after 東京? Is it to show the action in the place? What if we only say 東京の暮らしは?
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Particle to use with 順番
I am writing a report in Japanese, describing how I conducted an experiment. The first two lines are (some information changed for NDA stuff):
Aを30ｇぐらい秤量し、すり鉢で細粒化しました。受皿、粉砕用ふるいの順番でふるい振とう器に乗せ、...
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に or で in the sentence pattern “ニュース(に/で)、…という報道があった”
I made the following sentence:
テレビ東京は、政治に関するニュースに、（中略）という報道があった
However, a Japanese friend of mine advised that I should replace the particle に with で.
I googled and found a similar sentence, and ...
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Help with understanding the use of を in this sentece
言われるままを払った
"I paid as I was told to" Wouldn't it be 言われるままで払った? Are both correct? I mean theres not something called to way I was told that you can pay with right?
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で in a structure
Today, I read one grammar and it explained "前件で結果、後件で理由を言う"
I'm not sure what で functions here. In my opinion I translate 前件で結果 into "Summarize by the previous thing" I think する is omitted from 結果 （...
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How is では used under these contexts?
I'm trying to understand a specific uses of で + は particle, and I would like a more detailed explanation of how it's used.
I referred to these 3 resources: デジタル大辞泉 Weblio コトバンク
Namely, there are 2 ...
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で in the copula である
I have always wondered where the で in ~である (and ~でございます) comes from.
In the answer to the question 「です」, what is it really? Is my analysis correct?, Eiríkr Útlendi states that the で in ~である is the ...
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Difference でない and ではない
What's the difference between でない and ではない. I've read some websites. Some websites say that if I use only でない (in some case) it will be awkward.
I currently know that this is a combination between ...
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“外で遊びに行く” vs “外へ遊びに行く”
I saw the following 2 options in an exam question:
私は__に行く
a. 外で遊び
b. 外へ遊び
The answer is '外へ遊びに行く'
Does 'で' also work here? What's the difference here?
