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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What is the difference between "に" and "には"?
The title should be pretty self-explanatory. What meanings does each convey? And in what kinds of circumstances would one be used instead of the other?
For example, what are the differences between ...
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When going somewhere, is there any difference between e (へ) and ni (に)?
Can you use へ and に interchangeably, as in:
北海道へ行く
and
北海道に行く ?
Are there any subtle differences in the use of these two?
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Particles: に vs. で
I have progressed pretty far in Japanese, but when I construct Japanese sentences, I still get these two particles mixed up. For example, when talking about being inside something, I don't know when ...
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What is the difference between 〜となる and 〜になる?
Is it a nuance difference? Is it formality?
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For example:
請求書のお支払いは現金のみとなりますので、ご了承くださいませ。
請求書のお支払いは現金のみになりますので、ご了承くださいませ。
I just made that example up, but for some reason, my gut tells me it's ...
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What's the difference between に and で when speaking of time of an action?
What's the difference between に and で when speaking of the time of an action? I know に is very specific about time, but I'm not sure when, or how to use で. Can で only be used in certain instances?
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What's the difference between には and では
My book has these two sentences and I don't quite understand why they are using には in the first example and では on the second one. It seems to me that only では would be correct in this situation.
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Particle に to enumerate things / to list items?
I encountered several sentences where に was used—from my deduction of the context—to enumerate things. For example a character about to go somewhere, checks his bag if he has everything he needs :
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<adv> versus <adv>+と versus <adv>+に
I often see adverbs used in one of three ways:
1) Adverb appears in isolation in a sentence:
あまり 好きじゃないんですが。
2) Adverb is followed by に
別々に お願いします。
1970年代後半、多くの罪もない日本の一般市民が 次々に 失踪した。
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今までに vs. 今まで - what is the difference in meaning?
I recently used a following sentence in my homework:
今日までに 私は 二百まいしゃしんを とりました。
Now, in my homework I actually used 今日まで, without に, and I got it corrected. What's the difference between 今日まで and ...
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に vs で again: 前に vs 後で
Following the current trend of pitting the particles に and で against each other, here is another question that does the same but from another type of usage and perspective.
When we want to say "do X ...
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Can't に always replace へ?
Me and the particle へ don't get along. It's not that we don't like each other, it's that we don't get each other. I'm in a pretty committed relationship with に.
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が and に interchangeability and difference in meaning
Consider these sentences:
だれ{が・に}これが出来るか
だれ{が・に}日本語が分からないか
When both が and に are acceptable, what is their difference in meaning and practical usage?
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When does a suru-noun require し in front of a purposive-に?
According to Chocolate's comment to a question, some suru-nouns can be followed by the purposive に directly, but others require (the stem of) する in between.
面会しに行く
面会に行く
料理しに行く
× 料理に行く
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How to use へ (-e), に (-ni), まで (made) and の方 (no-hō) with destination and direction?
It is common to ask the difference between just "へ" (-e) and "に" (-ni) but it seems to get even more complicated when you also mix in "まで" (made) and even "の方" (no-hō).
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When to use 他【ほか】の or 他【ほか】に
I always thought only 他の existed, but my teacher uses 他に a lot. Are there differences between when each can be used?
Here are two examples of each from my online dictionary:
だれかほかの人に聞いてごらん (Ask ...
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Is there a difference between ほんとう (hontō) and ほんとうに (hontō-ni) when used alone as interjection or question?
As the equivalent of Enlgish "Oh really?" / "Yes really." as lone utterances I seem to hear both "本当" (hontō) and "本当に" (hontō-ni) in Japanese - is there a difference?
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Why is 一緒に correct and 一緒で incorrect?
This is a mistake I habitually make, even though I know what the right form is.
Earlier tonight, I wanted to tell my friend "Let's go together!", so I sent a mail saying:
一緒{いっしょ}で行{い}こう！
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揺れる with に or で
I rarely have any problems with the に and で particles, but I have been a bit confused since seeing the word 揺れる in a few different sentences.
As far as I know it is ok to say either:
旗が風に揺れている
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Difference between 間 and 間に
I have some problems with understanding what is the difference between these two. According to 初級日本語, 間 refers to certain time frame whereas 間に refers to certain time frame within that time frame. Is ...
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Why is it that some temporal nouns cannot be marked with に? And why do they become more acceptable with には?
Consider the following:
に here is used in its function of denoting the time where an event occurs (に1):
◯ 一時に1
◯ 一時半に1
◯ 月曜日に1
◯ 正月に1
* 昨日に1
?/◯ 昨日には
* 今日に1
?/◯ 今日には
* 明日に1
?/◯ 明日には
* 去年に1
?/◯ 去年には
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に and で revisited
Consider the statement A: ホテル（に/で）泊まる. For both cases would translate to "I stay at a hotel" in English. However they are answers to different questions.
Consider the questions １．どこに泊まる and ２．（ホテルで）...
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Using で instead of に with いる
The example sentence in Why is も used instead of が in the sentence 「日本ではクモを見ると良いことがあると言う人もいますよ」,
日本ではクモを見ると良いことがあると言う人もいますよ
got me thinking "Why is it using で, not に?". I.e., why not
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～にしては vs. ～としては
I know one implies the thing I'm comparing actually is the thing I'm comparing it to, and the other doesn't.
Can someone suggest an easy example or trick for remembering which is which?
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に vs. が in the ~てほしい construction
I know there are already a few questions about this topic on this website, however none of them seemed to really help me with the issue.
The ~てほしい contruction is used to express that someone wants ...
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に vs で: 映画に見る vs 映画で見る
Branching off from the comments to this question: Do I say えいがにみました or えいがをみました ？:
Preamble:
The comment says 映画に見た is valid for "I saw it in a movie". I went to search for example sentences and ...
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その中( に / で / から ) What is the correct choice of particles?
Excerpt from a JLPT practice question:
Background information: the writer was looking for rental apartments.
次に行ったところは小さい会社ですが、そこの人は大変優しい人でした。 それにいいアパートもたくさんありました。 私はその中[Blank]好きな家を借りました。 今、...
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Combining に/で particles with 等【など】(or other "etc." stand-ins)
I was recently trying to make an open-ended enumeration of places in a construction that would require the use of a に particle. E.g.:
AやBに行こう
or even:
A[and the like]に行こう
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へ or に particle for 曲がる?
i was wondering what may be the difference in nuance between 右へ曲がる and 右に曲がる ?
Example: Take a right turn and you'll see the library.
1) 右へ曲がると、図書館がある。
2) 右に曲がると、図書館がある。
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Use of に and を with 触れる
The verb 触れる challenges my concept of what を does; to mark a direct object.
Consider these uses of 触れる:
（人）の頬に指を触れる (Touch a finger to someone's cheek)
（人）の頬に手を触れる (Touch someone's cheek with your ...
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Difference between ままに and ままで?
What would be the difference between
扉はやはり音もなく、押されるままに動いた。
and
扉はやはり音もなく、押されるままで動いた。
When do you use ままで instead of ままに？
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Using に with adjectives
I want to know if there is a rule or way of thinking that makes it easier to understand which adjectives can be used in the following pattern.
体にいいです。
健康にわるいです。
酒によわいです。
電車に詳しいです。
その場にふさわしかった。
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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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What does the に do in 表情から察するに?
その表情から察するに魔剣を所持している人は少ないみたいだ。
I'm having trouble figuring out what に does here. Does it have the same meaning as と?
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Is 感じる {かんじる} transitive or intransitive? Which particle to use?
Please consider 一段 {いちだん} verb 感じる {かんじる}. Sometimes I see particle に applied and sometimes particole を. In the Jisho.org vocabulary it is not specified if this verb is 他動詞 {たどうし} (transitive) or 自動詞 {...
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volitional + nimo 作ろう＋にも?
What does the 「にも」 after the volitional form 「作る」 do here?
死んだら食べ物は必要ないし、死んでるんだから、物は当然産まれない。作ろうにも材料も何もないし。 がっかりさせて悪いけど、天国にはね、何にもないのよ。(『この素晴らしい世界に祝福を』シリーズ、第一巻)
I would assume it means something close ...
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How does one use the "[V ます stem] に [Vタ]" pattern (as in 待ちに待った)?
Every now and then I hear 待ちに待った, as in:
待ちに待ったライブ a long-awaited concert
I started wondering if this pattern can apply to other verbs, and it certainly seems to, if Google is any indication. I ...
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Why say "〜、皆には出来る。" instead of " 〜、皆は出来る。" in this context?
The sentence in a translation:
将来を見据えながら点と点を結ぶということなど、皆にはできません。
While looking at the future, one cannot see how to connect the dots.
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お仕事に学校頑張って meaning
今日もお仕事に学校頑張って
What is 「仕事に学校頑張って」meaning
Is 仕事に学校 from 「仕事に学校へ行く」(Go to school to work) ?
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Use of に in 「私には本物の若殿様がわかります」
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What function is に serving in this sentence (the speaker has been asked to pick out the real lord from a group of people):
私には本物の若殿様がわかります
I know who the real young lord is
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Why まで and not に?
So I'm reading Chapter 12 (of Minna no Nihongo I) and ran across this sentence:
空港までバスと電車とどちらが速いですか。
It's translated as:
Which is the faster way to get to the airport, by bus or by train?
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Does 関係 use particle に or と?
「さっきから七夕に関係ねェもンばっかり吊りさがってやがるなぁ」
These days they only hang things which are unrelated to Tanabata.
These days, on Tanabata, they only hang unrelated things.
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Why can we not use に to mark absolute time with i-adjectives?
EDIT: Still looking for a complete answer. Please read the edit below.
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中心にする vs. 中心とする
I am currently studying Japanese and one of the recent grammar points I ran into is the construct「〜を中心［に・と］する」.
I was wondering whether the choice of particle has any particular connotation, or ...
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In this location context how are に, で and にて different?
I still have trouble with how に and で differ when dealing with locations, and I just stumbled across にて. Are these all interchangeable? How are they different?
オンラインマーケットにて販売開始しました。
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Meaning of にまで?
A long time ago, I came across this example sentence in Jisho:
彼{かれ}の仕事{しごと}は井戸掘{いどほ}りからゴミの処理{しょり}にまで及ぶ{およぶ}。
His tasks range from digging wells to getting rid of garbage.
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When is it natural to use で and に and when not to use them
In my previous question I wanted to know how to say
If we continue at this rate I will be fluent by Christmas.
Both answers were really helpful and I now know how to say it but there is still ...
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This instance of のに is opposite from my expectations
I have this sentence in one of my JLPT practise books:
電子{でんし}レンジは冷{さ}めた料理{りょうり}を温{あたた}めるのに重宝{ちょうほう}だ。
I thought のに meant something like "in spite of". So, to me, this sentence seems to be saying ...
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Meaning of に in 本当に
In the sentence これは[本当]{ほんと}に[高]{たか}いです, meaning "This is really expensive", I'm having trouble understanding the meaning of に, which usually has some connotation of "to", "on", or "at".
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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?
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私に言われても versus 私が言われても
I am aware that "言われる" means "to be told". My impression would be that "私に言われても" means "Even if I told you..." while "私が言われても" means "Even if I am told...".
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