Questions tagged [word-usage]
語法. The usage of the words.
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What does 送る mean in this sentence and is it similar to 生活を送る?
幻聴？あたし妄想見やすいタイプなのかな？父親の愛情なき幼児体験おくってっからな…
(first sentence for context)...because I experienced childhood without my father's love.
Would it work to also say 「幼児体験で育ったから」?
I'm also wondering if it is ...
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What would be the difference between 書こう and 書きよう when used in this sentence?
EDIT: Apparently I read the answers wrong, and the correct answer is actually the one I chose, i.e. 書こうにも.
Then my question would be focused on the difference between these two forms. I guess in this ...
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Usage/difference between ーみたい、－そう、and っぽい
So I know that these words would have the same-ish meanings, however the usage confuses me.
For example:
A:「この歌の歌手はBさんの声________よ。」
B:「本当ですか？ありがとう！」
Which would be used in a sentence like that? Why?
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How would one convey the expression of being “dead inside” with only 2 symbols [closed]
so far all I could figure out was to use 死 and 内 but that just feels odd.
the reason as to why I need it as a 2 character solution is that I'd like to get it as a tattoo on the back of my hands, one ...
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What is the usage of そこはそれ?
と、先ほどよりだいぶ気安い調子で言ってみる。が、真士はすぐにむうとうなった。
確かに自然にはなったけれど、これではいつもと変わらない。別に真士は、澪と二人で出かけたことがないわけではないのだ。……いやまあ、二人きりで出かけるのとデートがどう違うのかと言われれば答えに窮してしまうのだが、そこはそれ、澪に『真士とデートしている』と思って欲しいのである。
I know probably it is ...
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What's the difference between 「殺人者」「殺戮者」 and 「大量殺人者」?
Is it a matter of the degree of the crime like "satsurikusha" is worse than "satsujinsha" and "tairyousatsujinsha" is worse than "satsurikusha"? Or are "...
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Why is the verb conjugated to え-form?
選べなかったら俺ん家来れば？
Translation:
If you don't like your choices, why not live at my place?
What I'm particularly confused about is the verb being in え-form. As far as I know, one usage of it is to give ...
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What is the meaning of 礼楽?
I was checking the definition of 堂 in my online dictionary (大辞林) when I came across the word 礼楽 in:
堂 → 客に接したり，礼楽を行なったりする所。== Hall → a place where you can interact with customers and perform ritual ...
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What would be the meaning of the 「筋」in 「親戚筋」?
「もちろん偶然苗字が一緒だっただけとか、名前を騙ってるだけって可能性もゼロではねーですけども、何らかの関わりがあるという前提で考えるのなら、私や兄様の親戚筋ってところですかね？少なくとも、私や兄様と面識があるみてーですし」
What would be the meaning of the 「筋」in 「親戚筋」? Are there any other examples of this ...
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Why does this sentence has a negative connotation and what does 外れ mean in this context?
I came across this sentence "予報外れの雨が降った" in a manga, and it's translated as: " It rained despite the forecast for today". Few things I want to ask:
First, a look up in the dict ...
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A & B don't/doesn't exist translation [closed]
How to say or write
"A & B don't exist" in formal and informal form with involving the word 存在 ?
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How do I understand いいかしら
My guess is that it's asking whether something is good or not, similar to saying いいですか.
So my question is what form is this and what does it stem from?
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What is the pronunciation and meaning of 乙って?
I was in the middle of reading a light novel, and I've come across "乙って" at least twice so far. I can't really figure out what it means nor how it's pronounced.
I found it in this sentence ...
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「あと3日だな」 means what exactly?
This is based on a listening exercise I'm trying to understand.
In this exercise, we don't know what day it currently is, but an event is planned for Saturday.
One speaker says:
あと[3日]{みっか}だな…
My ...
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what is the difference between 均等 and 平等 and 等しい？ All of them can be adjectives
What is the difference between 均等 and 平等 and 等しい？ All of them can be adjectives. Could you make some examples to show the difference?
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Use of どうか in this sentence?
I'm having some trouble parsing this sentence:
ピーターのことを、どうかよろしくお願いします
The translation by my interpretation is something along the lines of "As to Peter I will leave it in your hands" (i.e. ...
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The various uses of 気 in isolation
The expressions/phrases that involve 気 (ie: 気になる, 気にする, 気がついた, etc) are pretty well documented online. However, it seems difficult to find how to use 気 outside of these. For example, I recently ...
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Can フラれて be used in any non-romantic sense?
Something like “shocked” or “deceived”. Or rejected by friend, not by lover. Or in the situation where the person ignored someone’s problem.
Really, any non-romantic meaning, even it’s not common.
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What's the difference between 閉じる and 塞ぐ?
So i was doing Kanji Quiz, and i stumbled with 塞ぐ Kanji. I know 閉じる is used for eyes,etc. But 塞ぐ also has the same definition with 閉じる.
Here are the definitions.
Definitions
塞ぐ
to stop up; to close ...
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Parsing ふりする in song lyrics
I recently started watching 宇宙よりも遠く場所 on Netflix and there's a catchy reoccurring insert song that gets stuck in my head. Looking at the lyrics, I'm confused by the second to last line:
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When people use ざっくり？
I recently heard my colleagues use ざっくり which I haven't heard before. When I look it up in dictionary it translates to 'roughly; approximately; loosely' or 'deeply (cut or split)' - very different ...
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Can I use “dou” to offer something?
I understand that "dou" means how, and for example おちゃはどうですか means that I'm asking how is the tea? But, in Busuu app it says that I can use the same question to offer something, as if I'm ...
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別に meaning as opposed to directly saying “no”
What's the difference between saying 別に and directly saying no.
For example:
A: 行きたいの？
B: 別に （as opposed to saying 行きたくない）
I think they both mean "no, I don't want to go". But please ...
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Use of the "きた” form before するnoun
During my research, I came upon two forms to express the fact of moving to a new house:
ここは 三月前に引っ越ししてきたアパートです。
ここは 三月前に引っ越ししたアパートです。
I don't understand the difference between the two, does the one ...
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How to talk about completing a series?
I was wondering how to convey "today I've completed reading a manga series" or "I've completed watching a TV series". Does "Verb(ます stem)+終わる" sound wrong? Should I use &...
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What does “の先” mean in this line
I translated this song a bit ago for practice and, looking at it again, I am wondering what 先 means here:
ゆるりと 春を愛づる日に
袖振り合う縁の先
私はあなたと出会った
Do you think 先 means "end of our relationship" or ...
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How do the Japanese refer to passage of time in pregnancy?
Though my wife's two pregnancies, I've struggled to describing how much time has passed. Usually, I just revert to just saying how many months she's been pregnant, but in English there are other ways ...
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What is the the meaning of 理 in this sentence?
I am trying to translate this song for practice, and am wondering how 理 (ことわり) is being used in this particular line.
According to Jisho 理（ことわり）means, "reason; logic; sense; natural way of things....
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What's 年度? (Comparing research results)
I'm looking at a study and it's comparing these two:
現状（２６年度）and 調査結果（３０年度）.
So it's comparing the "present condition" and the "research results" but what does the XX年度 mean?
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What is this use of 様 in this sentence?
The sentence is
ああ、この女の様は溺れているようだ。
I'm assuming it is さま and not よう in this case, but why is it there?
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億? How to translate in numbers?
Full text: この結果、連結売上高168億46百万円、連結営業利益24億5百万円、連結経常利益23億41百万円、連結当期純利益12億45百万円となりました.
My issue: How do we translate the numbers in English numerals? Will it be 1,245 million yen or 12.45 billion yen.
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How come such a “strong” expression as なるほど is used in such a “soft” meaning?
Usually ほど is used to refer to some degree/extend that is in some way high, or even approaching/reaching some upper limit.
Given how precise(※) and reserved Japanese usually is, I find it surprising ...
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What's the meaning of “からねぇ” used in the end of a sentence? [duplicate]
I frequently saw or heard the word "から" in some Japanese TV shows, I know the word basically means "since" or "from", but it seems can't always be translated like that.
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Difference and usage between こちら and 私
I would like to know the difference between the two sentences
こちらを見ていた
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私を見ていた
The translation is the same I think
She was looking at me
is こちら and 私 interchangeable when using を after ?
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What's the difference between 好きな食べ物 and 好物?
好きな食べ物は食べた
好物は食べた
Which is more natural or common in writing or conversation?
Converted into English, is this the same difference between "favorite thing to eat" and "favorite food&...
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なんか違うような help to understand
Why in this phrase なんか used with ような?
「な、なんか違うような……ううむ」
なんか - something like that
ような - like / similar to （or よう - way of doing, but then why な is here?）
For me, this two words almost the same in ...
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The different ways to translate “when”
This is more an observation on English, than Japanese, but the word "when" is used in quite a few different ways. And I've been wondering how to translate these different meanings into ...
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Japanese term or phrase: 有価証券 [closed]
Full text: その他有価証券評価差額金
My issue: 有価証券. Is it "Securities" or "Marketable Securities"?
My understanding: Valuation difference on other marketable securities
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What does「打ってなかった」mean here?
Someone (Aさん) asks a question on a forum. Bさん provides an answer. I see the answer as incomplete, so I correct Bさん and provide some supplementary information. Aさん, the OP, replies to me:
あ、本当だ。...
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計上, Is it appropriation or recorded?
Full text: 退職給付引当金 ……従業員の退職給付に備えるため、当連結会計年度末にお ける退職給付債務の見込額に基づき計上しております。
My issue: 計上, Is it appropriation or recorded?
My understanding: Retirement benefit allowance... In order to prepare for ...
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the word “Buster” in action-centered fiction
I've noticed that across videogames and anime that focus on fighting and action, the word "buster" is frequently applied as the name of a super powerful weapon. For example, Gunbusters from ...
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How should we translate 役員, うち社外?
Full text: 上期報酬等の額には、役員退職慰労引当金の当期増加額(取締役８百万円、監査役０百万円 ３ (うち社外０百万円))が含まれております.
My issue: A) 役員, Which will be the correct officer or executive?
B) うち社外, What will be the correct translation, my guess ...
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Can ごめん, like English 'sorry,' be used to express condolences?
The literal meaning of ごめん is, I know, approximately "forgiveness" in English. However, the vast majority of its usage (that I've seen) is more accurately translated as "I'm sorry,"...
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What does 容姿 mean at the end of the sentence?
I know that 容姿 means (physical) appearance (of a person); one's face and figure.
But I cannot figure it in the following context:(at the end of the sentence)
やはり新参者は珍しいのかやけに注目を集めている 。...と、...
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Can 故の mean “because” without a が preceding it?
I came across this line while reading a manga but was stuck on the 故の portion.
知識欲が行き過ぎた故の職業病なのぉ？
I understood this sentence as, "It's an occupational disease because of (your) excessive thirst ...
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Is there some difference between びっくりする and 驚く besides casual/formal?
Sorry for the "what is the the difference" question, but my usual sources didn't give me a satisfactory answer (「同じです。」...).
From the ways I've seen them used, there seems to be some ...
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Is oniichan also used to refer to a big sister?
Someone just told me their mother speaks Japanese and she says oniichan doesn’t just mean big brother but also big sister. I thought oneechan is the word for big sister though. He also said it’s ...
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類型化しておいて. Should we translate this as “categorize” or “classify”?
Full text: さらに検索エンジンの内部では、ユーザーがこれまでにサービスを利用した履歴を集めて興味の範囲が似ているユーザーを類型化しておいて、類型化された好みを検索結果の並べ方に反映します。
My understanding: Furthermore, the search engine's internal system collects the user's previous use ...
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Please give feedback on my Japanese class presentation on food additives [closed]
Here's my presentation, I'm in high school right now in the highest level Japanese class they have, but I want to know if my grammar is wrong or if I can improve some things in it, as well as slowly ...
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how do we translate 外資を含む in this sentence?
Full text: このためには、都市部における経済活動のボトルネックになっている電力等の都市・産業インフラの脆弱性を抜本的に改善し、外資を含む製造業の立地環境を整備する必要がある。
My understanding: For this purpose, drastic improvements are required in the fragile and vulnerable urban ...
