Questions tagged [particle-に]
助詞「に」. The particle に (ni) represents motion towards something (English "to") and location (English "at" and "in"). Dative, locative and temporal case particle.
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Missing に particle: ごろ vs ごろに
I am studying Genki I at the moment and I stumbled across the following sentence:
私はよく七時ごろうちへ帰ります
I understand that the meaning is "I often return home at around 7 o'clock".
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what is the meaning of "メチメタ" in below sentence?
I searched on the internet but I didn't find the meaning of "メチメタ" in the below sentence:
いにしえの書物には魂が メチメタこもってっからひとを呼び寄せたり乗り移ったりすっかんね。
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What is the meaning of バ～ロ～?
What is the meaning of バ～ロ～?
I am watching a Japanese TV drama and the word" バ～ロ～" is translated in the subtitles as "idiot" but I want to know the exact word. I checked it on the ...
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what is the role of "立ち" in below sentence?
I know the total meaning of this sentence:
黒田君達 特Sが上に立ち望月君達が それを下から支える役回りというわけなんです。
but I want to know the role of 立ち in the sentence. Is it works as an infinitive verb?
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what is the exact meaning and function of いっちゃいましたよ and しろって in bellow sentence
I know that the meaning of "僕はねはっきり いっちゃいましたよおい黒田をヒーローにしろって。" is “I was clear about it. “hey, make Kuroda the hero!” but I want to know the exact meaning and function of いっちゃいましたよ and しろって
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Location with the verb 寝る: に or で?
As the question says. I'm aware that the use of に with verbs like 座る and 立つ is not actually "location" に, but the "target/destination" に. However with 寝る in particular, it's still ...
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What does the term 信じる心に mean?
So I was trying to translate the lyrics from the 1st OP of Getter Robo Armageddon anime into my language and right now I'm stuck with this "信じる心に".
It would be very much appreciated if ...
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How does に fit in here? [duplicate]
先生にこんなお孫さんがいたんですか
Could someone explain to me how it fits in here and why it works?
I'm still confused about why they use the ''に'' instead of ''は'' here
like this:
先生はこんなお孫さんがいたんですか
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Is it acceptable to include both direction (へ) and destination (に) in a sentence?
The English sentence "I went east to Japan." is quite simple - a direction and a destination together in a sentence. But it seems this is rather tricky to translate into Japanese.
I asked ...
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Use of に particle when asking a someone a question
I saw a post online today where a Japanese person wrote the following:
彼に何時に行くか聞いてみるね
They also gave an english translation, which more or less matched up with what google translate says
I'll ask ...
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How does ''ni'' fit in here?
I'm trying to figure out this sentence, I'm still new but it still doesn't make sense to me.
お金にお困りのようね
Shouldn't it be a "ga" or a "ha"? How is the trouble going towards money ...
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と+に in 棚が手前と奥とに2つあって
棚が手前と奥とに２つあって
How does と+に function here.
And, what does it mean.
In my opinion, I think it's same as
棚が手前と奥、２つあって、
(I think there's no need to add とに)
Full sentence : 棚が手前と奥とに2つあって、...
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Use of the を and に particles together with nouns
I'm not talking about を に する but rather に をする
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NounAにNounBをする
Examples:
恐怖に体を固くする
How one should take that sentence? I've seen some TL mark is "By" but I don't understand why?
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Is using に with 先日 incorrect?
Bunpo-check keeps saying that the に in here is incorrect 先日に歩た時の、校長さんを見た
If it's so, please explain me why. Thanks
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the usage of に in this sentence
腕に当たっただけでこの威力 says a person just got hit. But that に doesn't make too much sense, he never hit his hand, but he says he hit it? Or does he say he was hit and the 当たる just functions as passive?
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What is the に doing in「略語は社内での使用に留(とど)めましょう。」?
This phrase is a heading in a business-Japanese book. Underneath, the book talks about avoiding casual contracted words in the office and on phone calls.
From what I know about 留める(とどめる), which is a ...
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Understanding 食べるに楽しい
味よりも先に香り、温度、食感……。たった一口で何とも面白い。そして当然のように味はこの上ない。
いいモナカだった。
食べるに楽しい、何よりおいしい。
リコリス・リコイル Ordinary days
How should I understand the usage of the bold に?
Is it like 思うに, 察するに, etc.?
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自分になりたい。 自分でありたい。 What's the difference?
I know both sentences more or less mean "I want to be myself", but I'm not sure of the subtle differences.
When would you use でありたい over になりたい ?
Source: Tsurune season 2 trailer. Both are ...
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What does に indicate in "運転手に重大な過失は認められなかった"?
The following excerpt is from a reading comprehension exercise (page 214 of TRY! 日本語能力試験 N2 文法から伸ばす日本語).
交差点で車同士が衝突する事故が起きた。事故原因の調査では、運転手に重大な過失は認められなかった。
Is it correct to recognize 認められなかった as the (...
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What is the correct way to use ”には” as a particle? Also how credible is Duolingo?
How credible is Duolingo? I've heard many bad things about its grammar in Asian languages so I just wanted to see if they got this specific thing right. One of the Questions it asked was how to ...
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"With" / "together" meaning of the に particle
While studying the basic functions of particles, I came across the following sentence:
パンにコーヒーか紅茶を飲みます
(I have coffee or tea with / together with bread)
I don't know if this is the correct translation ...
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Use of particle に
What is the reason why に is used in this sentence instead of が or を?
外国語を使って仕事をしていらっしゃる方々にお集まりいただきました。
Does this いただく here stand for honorific of する or of もらう?
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Using に to make a comparison
I came across the following sentence in an old Japanese text a while ago and am wondering about the use of に here:
工場の規模極めて小さく且使用機械不完全なる為め、製品の品質本邦產品に劣り。
Now I am pretty sure that the に here is used ...
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Does the highlighted に in the following passage correspond to a dative subject marker?
I am having a hard time trying to parse the following passage, in particular the に particle highlighted in bold:
天皇が行っている主な活動には、政府が決めたことを天皇の名前で発表して儀式を行うこと（大臣の認証任命式など）や、災害 に あって苦しんでいる人々に会いに行って励ましたり、...
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帰り道で見た and 帰り道に見た?
I seem to have seen/heard both.
帰り道で見た東京タワーが上空を照らしていた (source)
帰り道で見た景色 (source)
帰り道に見たかもしれない夕日の絵を描きました (source)
帰り道に見た夕日 (source)
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Why で in アパートでペットを飼ってる but に in 心の中に怪物を飼ってる?
で in アパートでペットを飼ってる seems to be common usage, but why に in 心の中に怪物を飼ってる? I haven't found any examples of 心の中・奥で○○飼う, but here are examples of に:
心の中に怪物を飼ってる餅 (source)
すげぇやつはみんな心の中に怪物を飼ってる (ブルーロック)
葛西「...
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omission of に when its used with もらう
デンジ君は早川君の部隊に入ってもらう
デンジ君には早川君の部隊に入ってもらう
Any difference?
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How do で and に differ here?
I have seen both "someoneで(は)わからない" as well as "someoneに(は)わからない"
How are the nuances changed? How do they differ?
Another example would be "私にわかることは....、私でわかることは...."
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海にでも散歩してほしいね Does に work here?
A: 何故台風はいつも休日に来る？
B: 台風も休みだから散歩なんじゃない？
A: (1) 台風も生きてるのか... なら海にでも散歩してほしいね
A native speaking friend made a joke but their use of に doesn't sound quite right to me. Shouldn't it be 場所で散歩?
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Verbs that "should" be used with に without に
当たり前だと思っていた明日が来ること"も"飽きていた
Does the meaning change without に? I would personally say 当たり前だと思っていた明日が来ること"にも"飽きていた, with に since I see 飽きる being used with に almost all the time. Am ...
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When do you use に to indicate a cause or reason for something?
I was reading a children's book and came across the following sentence:
あまりの寒さに目を覚ました。
I can tell that it means "Because of the extreme cold, he woke up," but I was kind of surprised to ...
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Meaning of に in 早くに
These constructions both have Google hits: もっと早くに言う and もっと早く言う.
They seem to mean more or less the same thing. But what exactly does this に mean and when can we use に after an adverb?
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When can 形容動詞 go with で?
A Japanese grammar book will tell you that to make a 形容動詞(な adjective) into an adverb, you add に after it. For example:
静かに歩いてください
そういうのって確かに非常に辛いな
However, recently, I’ve started to notice ...
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にさせる usage in a sentence
I was reading the Japanese version of No Longer Human by Osamu Dazai, and this sentence came up.
嫌な気持ちにさせるのだ
I would like to know why に particle was used before the word させる.
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what is the meaning of みにまかせる?
I've came across this sentence many times in anime songs and I don't know what is the meaning of it and the kanji of it. does the み in there stand for 見?
also, what is the difference between that and ...
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Understanding で over に in Noun + 的 + で
In the song lyrics to "A Piece of Blue Glass Moon":
https://miraikyun.com/reona-seimeisen-lyrics-tsukihime-a-piece-of-blue-glass-moon-theme-song/
Nouns + 的で are used a lot. I would of ...
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〜ような or 〜ように before V-stem + 方 [closed]
I encountered the following multiple-choice question in a JLPT N3 grammar practice test:
仕事と生活の（ ）働き方がしたい。
１ バランスをとるらしく ２ バランスをとるらしい
３ バランスがとれるような ４ バランスがとれるように
I chose 「３ バランスがとれるような」, but ...
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Is the particle に and its multiple functions just the general and reduced version of more specific に phrases like にとって, に対して?
Sorry if it seems like a silly question but since I'm studying Japanese through immersion I have no idea if this is common knowledge or not.
The particle に when used alone can have many different ...
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Understanding に in 砲撃に
稼働を止めたブレードを力任せに敵機に叩きつけ、半ばで折れ飛ぶのも気にせず次の敵機に向かう。至近距離で炸裂した近接信管の砲撃に砲弾片がコクピットに飛びこみ、サブスクリーンの一枚を叩き割るのに視線も揺らさぬ。ただ目の前の敵機だけに意識の全てを向けている、鋭利に凍りついた紅い瞳。
86 ─ エイティシックス ─ Ep.2 ─ ラン・スルー・ザ・バトルフロント ─〈上〉
安里アサト
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教師に歩未ちゃんへの注意を促す程度ですね。 Could you explain which words here are connected by に particle?
About context. It is a sentence from an anime series (charlotte). One of the characters proposes their actions regarding other character (Ayumi, 歩未ちゃん).
Here we have 歩未ちゃんへの注意 (attention to Ayumi). ...
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Is the に in 以上に mandatory in the following context?
I came across the following sentence in a text about 俳句 (emphasis, translation and words in square brackets mine):
携帯電話で俳句を送り合って遊ぶ若者もいますし、外国人が日本人以上にすばらしい俳句を表現することもあります。 There are youngsters who play ...
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見るように meaning in this song
The first two lines of Error by GARNiDELiA are
壊れてしまったモノを見るように
おかしなことだと誰もが言う
I'm fairly confident it means, "Looking at (you) like something broken- everyone says it's strange." This would ...
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Whats the diffrence with に and を in this sentence?
I am having trouble understanding the use of に in this following sentence, and also if putting を instead of に would change the meaning of the sentence.
何に興味がありますか。
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Particle に used to express reason/cause [duplicate]
彼の落ち着いた態度に私の恐怖心は消えた。
My fear disappeared thanks to his relaxed disposition. (given translation by duolingo)
The usage of に is confusing me in this sentence. I would be happy with 態度のために or 態度のおかげで, ...
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Meaning of verb に verb てる
In an anime I heard this exchage:
A: 私は商業作家ですもの。仕事に対して全力で臨むのはいつの場合でも同じ
B: 次回作の小説遅れに遅れてるんです
Given that A is a novel author and is late in delivering her last work, I think B's phrase means ...
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Why is に used here? [duplicate]
Just wondering why the second に is being used here
現行犯逮捕以外に僕に何ができる？
My rough translation is:
What can I do other than catching them in the act?
I understand the reasoning for the first に but the ...
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Understanding 一月分に余裕をもたせた
最終チェックシークエンス完了。起動承認。瞬いて灯ったスクリーンに、見送りの整備クルー達が映る。半年を過ごしたぼろい隊舎と、半年世話になった整備クルー達。見えないと知りつつ頭を下げた。
一月分に余裕をもたせた物資と人数分の生活用品を満載した機動脚付き追加コンテナ五機を連結され、百足のようになったファイドが偵察隊の後ろに控える。
86─エイティシックス─
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