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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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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What does Noun でして mean? [duplicate]
その鋼の心を支えるものこそ酒でして
The character in question is asking for a drink and says.
What does でして mean here?
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Understanding してでも in 「みずからの精神や命を犠牲にしてでも...」
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みずからの精神や命を犠牲にしてでもこのままじゃ いけないんだ
The way I would understand this sentence were it using しても (instead of してでも) is:
More literal translation: Even (しても) sacrificing my own spirit and life, the ...
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The use of the expresssion 首の皮一枚繋がっている + で particle
This is said at the beginning of the chapter. The character is contemplating that he managed to finish without his secret leaking out.
As far I understand 首の皮一枚繋がっている is an expression that means ...
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Does で in this sentence 「日本の昔話は代表的なものだけで、２，３百はあります。」 mean that the noun before it is a tool for the proceding sentence?
I would translate this sentence
日本の昔話は代表的なものだけで、２，３百はあります。
as "Japanese folktales has about 200, 300 as only representative of it". My question is does で after だけ mean that the noun before ...
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Why is "Kore de ii" correct? [duplicate]
So I've learned that the de particle is used to indicate the location where an action takes place or indicate the means by which something is done.
However in "Kore de ii" Kore is neither ...
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What's the difference between 公園を散歩する and 公園で犬を散歩させる?
Normally we say 公園を散歩する because 散歩する is a verb that expresses movement in space, and is thus followed by を, which also expresses movement in space.
But if the verb is changed into 犬を散歩させる, in this ...
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What's the difference between "プロジェクトチームでの懇親会", "プロジェクトチームで懇親会" and "プロジェクトチームの懇親会"? [duplicate]
Context:
プロジェクトチームでの懇親会は初めてだったので、メンバーのいろんな面を知れて楽しかったです。
Why is there "で" in "プロジェクトチームでの懇親会"?
What's the difference between these phrases?
プロジェクトチームの懇親会は初めてだった。
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「noun」は、「noun」でも代用かのうです。 - What is the role of でも here？ [duplicate]
For example if you have the sentence "ストッキングは、靴下でも代用かのうです。"
Is でも a single word or is it the で-particle followed by the も-particle? If the latter one is the case, then も can be left off ...
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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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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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Meaning of あってほしい in this sentence
けれど、気が合うから。相手のことに探りは入れずただ話して、遊ぶことだけを望む。
変だけど、別にいいじゃないか。
友達って楽しいことを共有して笑い合うためにある、そういう明るくて優しいもので俺はあってほしいから。
それがきっと、疲れてしまった時の救いになるんだって
友達って楽しいことを共有して笑い合うためにある
Here he explains friends are something that ...
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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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Grammatical usage of "で" in the sample sentence: 「～～で正解だと思います。」
"Do you mean the red haired boy?"
は、「赤毛の男の子のことですか？」で正解だと思います。
So this is an explanation I got from a Japanese person.
And I wanna understand what does exactly "で" mean here. Why ...
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「２０歳以上での年齢」- Why include this で? [closed]
In a store's liquor section in Japan, a sign reads: 「20歳以上での年齢であることを確認できない場合には酒類を販売致しません。」
What is the purpose of the particle で in 「20歳以上での年齢」, and is the meaning any different if 「20歳以上の年齢」 without ...
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Particles can be put before copula だ?
In the anime Relife ep1, I met this line "酔ってた勢いでだ".
I don't know what is で here.
Is it an abbreviation, dialect, or particle? Or this is a casual speech that is ungrammatical?
If it is a ...
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The use of で in a sentence not related to action or means
The particle で typically marks the means of an action, and the location of an action ([1], [2]).
But why is it used after から, in many sentences such as:
お時間がない方はまずは、ご相談からで大丈夫ですよ 'If you don't have ...
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Why is the particle へ used for direction here and does particle で here mean because of?
大手電力4社「規制料金」値上げ申請へ 燃料費高騰で
Link to article: https://news.tv-asahi.co.jp/news_economy/articles/000276919.html
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Understanding 「(verb-たら) + (verb-past tense) + で」
Consider
休んだら休んだで、たくさんやることがある。
From having taken a break, I have a lot of stuff to do.
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一段落したらしたで、次の難問が待っている。
Just from following down one step, the next difficult problem awaits.
What is going ...
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the usage of で in: 人を守りながらでは刀も思い切り振れない
人を守りながらでは刀も思い切り振れない
does this imply some condition like as in "in the condition of while protecting people i cant swing the katana as much as i would like to" this is really bad and ...
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Particle usage of transitive verb in the passive form (～を占める → ～で占められている)
店内は、外見のぼろっちさと同じように、古めかしい洗濯機や乾燥機で占められていた。
Looking at some example sentences of 占める, it's almost always in the natural form and the particle を is used to describe the direct object, and the particle で ...
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Particle De - Mode or Condition of Agent?
Can anyone explain to what my Anki Card up here is explaining when it comes to mode or condition of the agent? I know what an agent is, but what does it mean by mode or condition?
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Using で to mark location with ある?
My understanding is that the verb ある describes where something is, which means に is the correct particle to mark location. However there have been several cases I've come across where ある's location ...
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で・と・が・は - Nuance
ボブと戦ってる
Fighting with Bob (Against Bob/Bob is fighting someone, and that same someone is fighting Bob)
ボブが戦ってる
Bob is fighting
ボブたちが戦ってる
Bob and them are fighting (not necessarily together nor ...
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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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で as an Agent Marker
I read a study that listed the Agent Markers in Japanese as Ga, Ni, Kara, and De
I currently have this understanding of agent marking in Japanese:
GA = Active Sentences
NI = Passive Sentences
DE = ?
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How is this で being used as a question marker?
From からかい上手の高木さん episode 1 高木 is pulling a prank on 西方 while borrowing his eraser, in which she starts to convince him that he wrote his crush’s name on his eraser; thus it makes him believe that his ...
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Particles choice with 飲む when refering to medicine
日本の会社が初めて作った口から飲む薬です。
It's a medicine which you take by mouth that's made for the first time by a Japanese company.
I was surprised to see 口から here. I can only guess that this is from the perspective ...
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ところで as ところ + で
A sentence from this
「神道」が死を排除したところで成り立っているとすれば、その成立は古墳時代以前になかったことになります。
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Understanding the 「内容」 meaning of the で particle
On page 21 of 「初級を教える人のための日本語文法ハンドブック」, the authors make a valiant attempt at compiling the meanings of Japanese particles. The chart is at the bottom of this post. However one has always been ...
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What is the function of で in 「家に帰らないで映画を観に行った」?
In the sentence
昨日は授業の後、家に帰らないで映画を観に行った。
Is で the て-form of だ? Or is it the で particle? In either case, wouldn't the clause before it (家に帰らない) need to be nominalized (の) in order for で to attach to ...
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～することで in a specific sentence
Below is an excerpt from 天声人語 vol. May 5th 2011:
地に足をつけてきた人々が地を追われる無念を思う。とことん考えることでせめて悲痛に寄り添いたい。
The editor of this anthology I have at hand parses the で as によって or を使って. The latter sentence means ...
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Can まで replace で?
Simple question, when まで is used, do I still need to add a で?
I was typing on Google docs, and I wanted to say "the video can end here."
I was going to put この動画はここまで終われる, but as you can see ...
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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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What is the Meaning of "で" in this sentence? マイクは冬休みでわくわくしています。
The sentence:
マイクは冬休みでわくわくしています。
Is it "Mike is thrilled for winter vacation"?
If I change it to マイクは冬休みにわくわくしています, does it become "Mike is thrilled in winter vacation"?
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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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で particle after て form
So i was reading, and suddenly came across this sentence:
俺の力使ってで悪魔を殺すとよぉ、すっげえ痛そうなんだわ。
Can someone explain, or provide a website that is explaining this? I wasnt able to find anything talking about ...
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野原みたいで素敵でしょう？ De purpose
野原みたいで素敵でしょう？
野原みたい素敵でしょう？
Can anyone explain the nuance added by de here? I feel like it may be a conjunctive copula, or perhaps it is meant to be a location marker? I'm not sure if it means "...
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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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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
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Why is それ marked with a で particle in "それでいいですよ"?
それでいいですよ。
I assume this translates to something like "That is good".
But why is それ marked by a で particle here instead of, say, a が or a は particle? It seems that それ is acting as the ...
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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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Can an inanimate concept be the subject of 通報する?
学校で市の保健所に通報しました。
The school has notified the city health centre.
I'm assuming this で is the same as in 二人で, for example, and refers to the school as a collection of people. So a more literal ...
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What can の必要から possibly mean?
From 付（き）合い（つきあい）
つき‐あい〔‐あひ〕【付（き）合い】 の解説
１ 人と交際すること。「彼とは長い―だ」
２ 義理や社交上の必要から人と交わること。「―が悪い人」「―酒」
→交際［用法］
Wouldn't で be better here? I think sounds better imo. (Please correct me if I'm wrong)
And if the ...
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I'm confused about when to use で vs を in this sentence
I want to ask whether or not it is okay to use a pen. Should I use
ボールペンでつかってもいいですか。
or
ボールペンをつかってもいいですか。
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What do the particles で and と (coupled with nouns) mean in this sentence?
どっちの太郎が好き？
どっちも太郎で太郎焼とかぶっちゃう
I can't grasp the meaning of the second sentence. Particularly, I don't understand how the particles で (which I usually understand as 'by means of') and と (usually a ...
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Understanding the で
目に留まった店のショーウィンドウに、自分の姿を映してみる。雑誌で見かけて気に入ったワンピースに、フェイクファーの縁取りのケープ。ちょっと踵の高いブーツは、まだ慣れないけれど挑戦中だ。
この街に来たばかりの頃はテレザや、エルンストの秘書で年の近い人達が見立ててくれたものを着ていたけれど、最近は自分で選んで着ている。可愛いかな、と色々向きを変えて見ていると、...
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How can I distinguish the particle で from the て form of です?
雨で出かけられない。
Can't で in this kind of sentences be both?
雨 + で (particle) + 出かけられない。
Because it's raining, I can't go out.
雨 + で (て form) + 出かけられない。
(雨です。出かけられない。)
It's raining, (and, then) I can't go ...
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