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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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"
So I took the whole sentence akin to "By having you ...
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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
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(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」
In
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?
In the ...
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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".
But I feel like ...
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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
So
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 ?
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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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