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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Can adjectives follow the に particle?
https://guidetojapanese.org/learn/grammar/verbparticles lead me to believe that the に particle should be used with a verb. However I have been reading some sentences that have noun + に + adjective.
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Why is にも used here with the passive instead of simply も?
In the first line, the character comments that's he's really 詐欺師 and he skillfully deceived the third person (not in the scene anymore), not letting out he's in 激痛.
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What is the usage of には in this sentence [duplicate]
What is the function of には in this sentence:
子供たちは密集して教師を取り囲み、みんなの眼が教師に向けられて、四方八方から口々に絶え間もなくしゃ べり立てていたが、Ｋには子供たちの早口の言葉が全然聞き取れなかった
It seems to me that は should be in place of には here.
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What does ことになってんだ mean in this sentence? [duplicate]
しばらく構ってやれないが良い子にできるか?
Which is "I won't be able to keep company to you for a while, but will you still be a good kid/behave?"
To which the character screams this reply:
I'm stumbled on the ...
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Is "カバンに本があります" correct?
I asked 2 Japanese teachers (native speakers both) whether the sentence "カバンに本があります" was correct in Japanese. Surprisingly, one claimed it is perfectly fine, while the other claimed it is ...
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What does にだけにはなるか (vulgar text warning/nsfw) mean?
I am stumbled on the second to left of this sentence.
The character mentioned his revenge failed, and in the last line he mentions he at least attempted to sleep with a girl. The character is a ...
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The use of causative + には in this sentence
Upon asking the group if they had a bad experience in the village, they deny and she says this.
I understand the first sentence is akin "Starting with the royal family, the village is quite ...
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Why use に instead of を in 彼に会います/連絡します
Please explain to me why に is used instead of を in these sentences
彼に会います
彼に連絡します
Is that because 会います is a transitive verb?
Please give me more detail.
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Why don't we say「何にも」, in 「別に何もなりたくない」?
I came across the phrase 「別に何もなりたくなかった」 "I didn't want to become anything in particular", in a conversation about future goals.
With [question word / 疑問詞] + も, my understanding is that が or ...
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Is there an optimal placement for timing/frequency words?
I'm using Duolingo to supplement a 101 course I took and it doesn't really explain that well where timing/frequency words should appear in a sentence. For the sentence "I often play baseball with ...
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Why is のに used in this sentence despite the lack of contradictions?
ちょ。。ルーク！ まさか、 その柱を登るつもりー
あー痛かろう。。。
足場もないのに
さすがによじ登れんよ
This sentence is all spoken by a single person. He thinks a character will try to climb a pole to catch an animal.
Why is のに being used? ...
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What is the difference between the に used here and で when specifying a reason for a future action?
The following passage comes from a word game that's indirectly describing the story of Little Red Riding Hood (赤ずきん)
男に質問を繰り返す女｡
とある質問に男は態度を急変させ､ それ以降､ 質問されることはなくなった｡ 何があった?
I had the part
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How to understand どのメニューも工夫されたものばかりです
From chapter 25 of 新标准日本语中级, titled 創作中華料理コンテストの実現:
野田：おかげさまで、今回の創作中華料理コンテストには、全国から１００００件を超す応募がありました。創作カクテル部門にも１０００件以上の応募がありました。
大山：本当ですか。それはすごい。
野田：どのメニューも工夫されたものばかりです。
If どのメニュー takes the ga (...
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Wrong usage of に？
みんなをレストランにさそう。
Here I want to invite everybody to the restaurant but I'm confused about the particles, don't people usually use "に"? Like "Person" にさそう.
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見られたら : Why is this instance of passive "seen as," and not "seen by"?
さっさとカジノから出てってよ
私たちまで貧乏に見られたらどうしてくれるの?
From context, the character lost all his money so the girls he was hanging with say this. I can gather it's "get out of the casino. What do you plan to do ...
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Why cannot verbs like 歩く、走る、泳ぐ be used with に or へ?
I've learnd that: verbs like 歩く、走る、泳ぐ cannot be used with に or へ, and only まで can be uesd in this case. For example:
時間がなかったので、駅 (〇まで/ Xに/Xへ) 走った。
But when it comes to verbs like 行く、来る、着く，both に,へ ...
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How is のに used in this sentence?
順番違うよ
やってるのに順番もくそもないけど
My understanding is that he's saying "the order is wrong"but then he correct himself and says "since I'm already dong at this point the order doesn't matter ...
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Struggling to parse a specific sentence
From a Bunpro grammar exercise regarding the "-がち" grammar point.
それは初心者にありがちのミスですね。
The given translation is:
"That is a mistake beginners tend to make."
If the sentence were:
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How is 妙なことで different from 妙なことに
師匠 昔気質なくせに 妙なことでやさしいから、いつも お前に 巻きこまれて...
"My teacher is old fashioned, but because he's kind, the always get involved with you..."
How is the で particle used here?
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Does Xの時 need a に particle to indicate when something happened?
I know that absolute time references such as 九時 have に after them to indicate when something happened, and relative time references and parts of the day do not.
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Differentiating に訪れる vs. を訪れる
From the first episode of Death Note:
しいて言えば そのノートを使った
人間にしか訪れない苦悩や恐怖
Question: Why is に here used instead of を? Or perhaps more simply, what is the difference between
人間に訪れる
人間を訪れる
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What does それなりに means in this conttext?
So the character in the top panel asks how much a custom made order suits costs. After he gets told the price he points out is very expensive (高い) to which the other character replies それなりに
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Would it be gramatically correct to say 学校は行きます as opposed to 学校に行きます
My understanding is that 学校は行きます would mean: As for school, I will go there.
While 学校に行きます is: I will go to school.
But is this the first sentence ever used? Or even grammatically correct?
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The use of 様子を見る + に in this sentence [duplicate]
でもあなたの様子を見るに
この件について何か心当たりがあるのでは
My understanding of "様子を見る" is akin to "wait and see" or "survey the situation"
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The use of 感触+ に in this sentence: Direction or cause?
「これからもよろしく」
「上等だよ」
重ねられた左手の感触にそわそわ感を滲ませつつも、本日２回目の「上等だよ」をかまされた。
The character are holding hands (重ねられた左手) and the narrator complains this is the second time he gets 「上等だよ」 today.
そわそわ感を滲ませつつも by ...
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What does 上 without a particle means?
幽霊事件はその特異性上どうしても捜査が後手に回ってしまう
My understanding of the sentence is that she's saying that due to the 特異性 nature of the case in the end the investigation falls behind/stalls 後手に回ってしまう.
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Confused in understanding 僕にしかできない事
I'm confused whether 僕にしかできない事 means
(1) something (you) can do only to me
or
(2) something only I can do
My Korean brain suggests (1) because its naive translation 나한테밖에 못하는 일 means (1). But this ...
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Is たべにいっている in the sentence 「かれはすしをたべにいっている」 correct?
I've got this sentence: かれはすしをたべにいっている。
Why is たべ which is たべる followed after by に and then by another verb? Is this correct?
Apparently it means "He is going to eat the sushi."
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Why is 「人」から「物」を借りる wrong?
An example sentence I've seen is 「彼にビデオを借りました。」 which was prompted with "I borrowed a video from him." and for a long time I would accidentally say 「彼からビデオを借りました。」 instead the first time. ...
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What does でしょうに mean in this situation
I found a related post: https://japanese.stackexchange.com/a/73037/50132.
It seems like the conclusion was that it added a feeling of "当たり前".
According to the other post, （よ）うに can express ...
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ように at the end of a sentence
たとえ分かってもらえなくても
好きだってことを覚えてあげるように
My interpretation was that ようにする
So he's saying
たとえ分かってもらえなくても
好きだってことを覚えてあげるように
Even if I'm not understood.
好きだってことを覚えてあげるように
This should be saying that by doing this,...
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Understanding the に in 「私達家族の他にもたくさん家族が来ています」
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私達家族の他にもたくさん家族が来ています
Even (も) outside of our family, many other families are coming.
Why is there a に after 私達家族の他?
Would the sentence still make sense if it were omitted?
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Could I use わたしのうちには ペットが いません 。instead of わたしのうえ に ペット は いません。
I've learned the expressions:
(Location) の (position) には ありません/いません。 and
(location) に (noun) は ありません/いません。
and I'm kinda wondering whether I could use には with location nouns too? Or does it only ...
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Is there a deep meaning to the fact that the に particle, in a literary context, can be used in place of で
I was looking into the verb 憩う, and was surprised that all the examples I could find use …に憩う rather than …で憩う.
A quick google (に憩う か で憩う) search yielded two types of answers for various forums:
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How is 役に立った ( helpful ) formed?
My guess is that the phrase is derived from the composition of the following:
役 (yaku) : service, use
に：particle for destination
立った：perfective of 立つ (tatsu)
So it's extended meaning like "...
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What does "に" mean in "精神的に疲れたので早く寝ます"?
Context:
精神的に疲れたので早く寝ます。
Is "に" a preposition here?
If "精神的" is a adjective, is it telling that need to use a preposition between a adjective(精神的) and a verb(疲れた)?
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Difference between 近くに and 近く in a sentence
In
お店や学校や駅が近くにあります
would there be a subtle difference in meaning if 近く was used here instead of 近くに? E.g.
お店や学校や駅が近くあります
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Understanding いい顔に撮れてるじゃないか
(Link to the scene in question)
In the Street Fighter 6 intro, Luke looks at the ID photo on the player character's new dojo membership card. He then says this to the player character:
うん、...
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Usage of に を (not を に)
俺に信頼しきった眼差しに子供時代を思い出す
What exact function do に を serve here together?
"His gaze full of trust toward me reminds me of my childhood"?
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When に does not seem to denote change of place
This answer explains that when used to indicate a place, で means the action is happening at that place while に indicated the verbs causes a change in place. That all makes sense until I run into some ...
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How do you differentiate when to use に/が with いる/ある
I am a little confused with when to use に or が with いる/ある。I have 2 sentences I came across during lessons. Please do give more examples if you think it would be helpful.
ユニバーサルスタジオがあるのを聞きました。
I heard ...
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何にもありません vs. 何もありません
Consider a simple dialogue from here
家もありません 家もありません
ベッドもありません お金も
家もベッドもありません
何にもありません
Here 何にも appears to be spoken with pitch なんにも{HLLL}.
Question: Why is なん followed by a に particle here?
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Use of 以前に in this sentence [duplicate]
想いがこみ上げて、目に涙が滲んでいくのがわかった。
会いたい。会って話がしたい。
それが叶わない以前に、今更叶えたらいけないことだと分かっているから、ぐっ…と唇を噛み締めて堪える。
The character is wishing to meet his family (who is alive but he can't meet them for reasons) and he says ...
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The grammar of 教授がハリーをひとり占めにはできなかった
みんなが寄ってくるので、教授がハリーをひとり占めにはできなかった。
Everyone had gathered round, so the professor was unable to monopolise Harry.
I'm struggling with the grammar of the second clause here. The closest structure I can ...
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what does に in this sentence actually mean? [duplicate]
エアコンを掃除するときは、安全上、必ずコンセントを抜いてからにしてください
I know this sentence means that you should pull out plug first if you want to clean air conditioner, but what does this に mean?
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Usage of だけにしか in XとYだけにしか見えない
ハグリッドと自分だけにしか見えないんじゃないか、とハリーは思ったが、...
Harry wondered if it wasn't visible to any one except him and Hagrid, ...
It seems that I could remove だけに from this sentence and preserve the meaning.
I assumed ...
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Parsing XをYにと請われた
ダンブルドアを大臣にと請われたんだがな、... (Japanese TL)
They wanted Dumbledore fer (for) minister ... (original Harry Potter)
The grammar of this sentence confuses me. Is 請う in passive form, or is this honorific? ...
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Corrections causing confusion about using に over で
When talking about chimneys with a native Japanese speaker, I said:
でも、アメリカンの家には普通です
But, for American houses it's normal (for chimneys to exist/be a part of the house).
Which was corrected to:
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What is the purpose of the particle に in the phrase 何歳にみえますか?
In the sentence この人たちは何歳にみえますか, I originally thought to use the particle を since it marks the thing getting "verbed" (and it seems like 何歳 is getting verbed), but に seemed possible as well, ...
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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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