Questions tagged [particles]
助詞. Non-inflecting function words which follow words, phrases, or entire sentences.
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…がいい…のいい difference? [duplicate]
I have been stumbling upon phrases like
「頭のいい人」
「頭がいい人」
Or in relation to my other question
「都合の悪いところ」
「都合の悪いところ」
Are there any differences in meaning/nuance?
And extending on 「のいい」while I am ...
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都合の悪いところ + 見て判断したそう + punctuation of this sentence
I am having several problems understanding this sentence:
「都合の悪いところは破っておいた日記と一緒に持ち帰った、小型デストロイヤーの足を見て判断したそうだ。」
First of all と一緒に持ち帰った、, especially the "、" confuses in the sense of the scope of と一緒に. ...
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what is the correct particle in this particular case, の or で [duplicate]
Which of these two forms is better to say "[This] is the best [something] in the world"?
「なになに」
これは世界で一番の「何々」ですよ
それとも
これは世界の一番の「何々」ですよ
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What is this usage of と at the end of a sentence in this song? And in general?
In the song Chercher by KOTOKO, there are a couple lines that look like completed thoughts/sentences, but end in と
For example
約束｛やくそく｝する 私｛わたし｝がすぐあなたのこと探｛さが｝し出｛だ｝すと
Also she definitely says 「と」...
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相手には when speaking of “two third persons”
I want to clarify my understanding of 相手には in the following sentence...
「人見知りをしない相手には強気なところがあるよな」
It refers to a person that usually acts rather shy around others but scolded one of her ...
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が function in this sentence?
In this sentence 昨日レストランに行きましたがすごく美味しかったですよ, what is the function of が? So far I have learned that this particle is used to emphasize what comes before it or is used as "but". However, I cannot ...
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What is the にはな used for in the following sentence?
「僕にはな、ちゃんとした名前が……」
Is the above にはな made from the に+は particles with a ない (omitted い), or is it something else entirely?
Context provided below if it will help in solving the above issue.
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Enhancing Emacs software to properly transliterate “wa/ha” and “wo/o” [migrated]
I work on Linux, and I use Emacs' "international" and "leim" packages to transliterate romaji to hiragana. I understand how I need to type "ha" when I want the particle "wa" ( は ) and that I need to ...
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Who's afraid in 私が怖い? [duplicate]
In an anime I heard this sentence:
どうして私と戦おうとしないの？私が怖いの？
which is translated as "Why don't you want to fight me? Are you scared of me?". I'm not sure why が is used here: I found that 私は怖い means "I'...
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I need a good resource for looking up particles [migrated]
I have memorize a lot of verbs like at least both Genki books worth and then some.
My problem is i don't understand how particles work at all, i have read dozen of articles asked multiple teacher for ...
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Say I want to speak with someone
How do you express that you want to speak with someone using Kanji? So far I imagine I would us something like マリオ話{はなせ}欲{ほ}しいます。Combining the name of the person "マリオ", expressing a want "欲{ほ}しい", and ...
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NO adjectives list or complete explanation
how can i distinguish between no adjectives and noun? particularly, No adjectives are joined with a ni particles, Is there any full list or something to remember about them ?
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Is there an omitted particle between the いい and 歳 in the following sentence?
こんな、少女と言っていい歳の女の子が殺し屋だと？
I'm wondering if there is an omitted particle between the bolded いい and 歳 of the above sentence, which is the last sentence in the provided context below.
Context: Narrative ...
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Particle Usages [closed]
I have 3 main questions regarding different particles and their use.
1) In the sentence 明日、テストがありますね what is the point of having が instead of は?
2) In the sentence このへんに本屋がありますか how is に being used ...
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What is the の particle doing in this sentence when used after まで?
I have the following sentence from chapter 140 of the manga, 『五等分の花嫁』.
今の父と再婚するまでの私たちは極貧生活でした。
Context: One of the girls (of 5 siblings) is speaking with her male friend and she is discussing how ...
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Which clause is the だけ in 身の危険が迫った時にだけ発現する能力だから attached to?
身の危険が迫った時にだけ発現する能力だから
I know there are two relative clauses in the above sentence, as shown below.
Example structure is [verb/sentence]noun/main clause]
Relative clause 1: [身の危険が迫った]時]
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Why is there a が in 深淵に臨むが如し?
In the sentence 深淵に臨むが如し why is there a particle が after the verb 臨む? Shouldn't it be 深淵に臨むよう?
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What is the difference between を vs の in 何を勉強します and 何の勉強します?
What is the difference between を vs の in 何を勉強します and 何の勉強します ?
I noticed in sentences both variants. And I wonder which of them more properly or in which case they are should be used?
P.S.Neither ...
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Couldn't “ni” particle be used in this example?
I'm a total newbie learning japanese as you will see, so please be patient with me. I have this sentence from my textbook:
Shiken no toki jisho o minai de kudasai!
Because it was a new lesson, I ...
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What is the meaning of でも 私 あなたのそういうところ すきよ?
I was reading a manga and the character said:
でも 私 あなたのそういうところ すきよ
I translated it as "You like someone such as me." I may be completely wrong because ところ throws me off. I know some particles are ...
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占める and particles
My book says that
AはBの[割合]を占めている
is a structure used to say
A accounts for [fraction] of B
So far, so good. But it also provides the following two alternative structures, which bother me:
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Why is みんな sometimes used with a particle and without?
I've seen in Genki I みんな used without a particle (no particle follows the word). For example:
たいていみんな寝ています
私のかぞくは四人です。みんなとてもしんせつです。
However, I've also seen sentences in which it is followed ...
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What is the meaning of がち + に + Verb?
I understand that がち can be loosely translated as "apt to" "tend to"
and these meanings are present in がち
よく、すぐ、しやすい、することが多い
I can see the meaning of "tend to" easily in this type of sentence
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What で is the で in the expression 「朝寝坊した、それで仕事に遅れたんだ」?
There are a few expressions in Japanese where particle で is used but I don't really know which で that one is. それで (translated as and then; after that; due to that) is one of those cases. I basically ...
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ところ＋particle(助詞) precision
Hy, I am currently working on with 新完成マスター N3 for my grammar part and I get stuck on a small section of the lesson related to ところ(~p.17)。
So far, I understand that, according to this lesson, ところ can ...
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What is the difference between ending a question with んだ？and の？
I thought の when used in questions is for when you’re asking for an explanation or to have a curious tone, but んだ is also for explanation and I’ve seen both used to end questions so what are the ...
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Particle Use When Using Form V-ている/ある at a Location: で or に?
So imagine I get asked this question, perhaps when calling someone:
図書館...何をしている。
Perhaps I am reading a book, so:
［僕は］としょかん...本を読んでいる。
Here is the problem. For "...", I am conflicted on whether to ...
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Given the context, what is the correct way to parse this sentence segment 次に訊くべき言葉が出てこない。?
この寒さをしのげそうな防寒服を手渡され、それを着込みながら僕は彼女に質問した。
「君は……」
[名前なら、ないわ]
こちらから訊くより先に、低く呟くような声が返ってきた。
「呼びにくければアインと呼んで。
いつもそう呼ばれてたから」
質問の出鼻をくじかれ、次に訊くべき言葉が出てこない。
My western brain doesn't ...
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Use of ni or wa for “ I always eat with my older brother on monday”
In my textbooks solution it says
getsuyoubi ha itsumo ani to
isshoni tabemasu
I thought it would be
getsuyoubi ni
Thank you in advance
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Is 「っしょ」possibly a colloquial sentence ending particle?
In this chapter of Chainsawman I saw this 「いいっしょ」 and am confused by what it means.
Are there any other particles like this? I don't see this on any lists online.
Thanks!
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Which Japanese Particle should go here, (ni) or (wa)?
わたしの いえ＿ へやが みっつ あります。
Essentially what I'm trying to say here is, "There are three rooms in my house"...
What should go after ie (house)?
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The location crisis を + が + で + に
I realize that an explanation of when to use に or で must be everywhere on this site but i have a rather peculiar question on this topic.
For me alot of things in japanese atart out as "memorize this"...
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When do you use the particles “ga” or “wo” for certain adjectives? [duplicate]
I understand the differences between using "ga" and "wo" for action verbs and static verbs, but what about for adjectives? For example, typically you would say Xが怖い, but I see several cases where it's ...
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Could anyone tell me about how to use か at the end of the news article I see it a lot and get confused about it all the time
I get confused about it all the time
Please explain how to use and how to translate it
Thank you for your explanation
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Meaning of 荷重が乗りきる
Context: a boxer has just landed a great uppercut with an upward movement. His father describes the punch in this way:
荷重が乗りきってからの急激な〝縦〟一閃
I think here 乗りきる means "to overcome", so my rough ...
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Particle を with てある
Which particle, が（は）or を、 is correct to use with てある?
According to my textbook, が（は）should be used. For example,
ヒーターがつけてあります。
But a native Japanese speaker has told me that he'd use を instead of ...
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What is the meaning? — 誰かいないのか
I need your help.
"誰かいないのか"
As far as I understand it, this translates to something like, "I want to know, if there somebody, who is available now"
The questions are:
Is the translation ok?
Could ...
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Explanation of でもあります？ [duplicate]
I saw this in my Genki I book and I don’t quite understand how to use でもあります. Also, how would I say this informally? パットはアメリカ人でもある？
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Are there any consistent rules as to how to distinguish words in Japanese?
I got involved with tokenization (mecab, kuromoji) and got confused as to what a "word" is in the Japanese language.
Scenario 1:
"たべません" analyzed by a tokenizer, outputs the following tokens:
たべ ...
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What's the correct translation for 'Japanese Student': 'Nihonjin gakusee' or 'Nihonjin no gakusee'?
I have seen both uses in different contexts, but I'm having trouble figuring out in which case to use the 'no' particle!
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決めることに賛成です Ni particle
私としては、多数決で決めることに賛成です。 in this sentence why did we use に particle before 賛成です. is 賛成 here working as a noun or adjective ?
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What's the meaning of こそ in this sentence?
While doing some exercises I found one where I am supposed to insert the correct answer in this dialogue, but I don't understand why it goes こそ。
マイクさん:「ジャンさん、歌うまいね」
ジャンさん:「そんなことないよ。マイクさん…………...
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What does なんと mean here? [duplicate]
I'm reading this introduction to mahjong, and found this use of なんと I cannot match to anything in Daijisen.
１回目のツモがまったく関係ない西で、そこでローワンをアンカンしたら、なんとリンシャンからイーソウをツモ。
As I understand it, the line means ...
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What is the correct parsing of お高くとまる?
I had always thought that the phrase お高くとまる consisted of the adverbial お高く combined with the verb とまる. I never actually paid much attention to the literal meaning since it is obviously a figurative ...
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Listing nouns (using “and”)
I'm practicing particles as well as general grammar and I'm wondering if this is an accurate translation of the English statement: "I like sunshine, candy, and apples."
私は日光やキャンディやりんごが好きです。
I have ...
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に or で in the sentence pattern “ニュース(に/で)、…という報道があった”
I made the following sentence:
テレビ東京は、政治に関するニュースに、（中略）という報道があった
However, a Japanese friend of mine advised that I should replace the particle に with で.
I googled and found a similar sentence, and ...
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より vs から to mean “from”
Suppose person A writes a letter to someone. I think the standard way for A to sign it off would be 「Aより」.
Would it still be correct if I replaced より with から?
Is there any difference in formality ...
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Using 場合 with adjectives
I was learning the uses of 場合は from japanesetest4you.com (in the sense "in the event of"), and couldn't help but notice that, although it behaves like a noun, its uses with adjectives were not listed. ...
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Can 「に」, 「は」 and 「を」 be used as 終助詞 (particles at the end of the sentence)?
I would like to understand more about the practical use of the shūjoshi.
な、かしら、かな、の、ぜ、わ、こと were some I found. But I already saw に、は、を being used in the same way. Are they also shūjoshi?
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How is the passive form used with を?
I encountered this sentence in my textbook:
いつか、日本人政治家の中にも世界で尊敬され、名前を知られるような人物が現れるようになるには、まず日本国民一人一人の意識を変えるべきなのだろう。
In all cases of passive form that I learned so far, I only ever seen it used ...
