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I came across this phrase 誰か待ってれていてた and the translation given was "I was waiting for someone" However, i am a little confused at the conjugation used on 待つ. Any advice on what conjugation rules ...

~がる is used to describe third person's feeling but today I found this word "強がる私" I don't know why　強がる is used with first person like　私. Is it because the speaker speaks in other point of view ?

I am a developer on Speaking Email, an app that reads out email in any language. I am working on our email signature detector and I'm looking for some examples of Japanese phrases that would be ...

Japan had contact with China, India and the Mongols, among others. Is there a term they used for Asia (in the sense of "land mass where China is" or such) before "アジア"?

everyone I was in an awsome izakaya in Osaka but wasnt able to figure out the name of it and stuff like it is private owned or of a chain. Below is a picture of its front (google translate etc. cant ...

I was discussing with a friend about the word 人孔, and I know I read (or was told) that it's taken from the English "manhole", literally juxtaposing the kanji for "man" with that for "hole", since for ...

Just want to ask if this is normal or I am just fighting the wrong way. かっこいい say this word has the final 2 い which shall take 2 length of the i sound. I am struggling to keep trying to speak with 2 ...

I am currently trying to learning Japanese by reading manga. So far so good, but this kanji is too blurry for me to figure out. Anyone know what this could be? I'm 98% sure the first character means '...

For the last 5 months I have been studying vocabulary with the software called anki. Since i have already seen most common use kanji with the help of both anki and Remembering The Kanji by james ...

彼女は小学３年生の時に日本に引っ越してきて、それがたまたま私達のクラスだった。 私達と出会うまで楽器の経験がなかったのが、信じられないほどヴィオラを巧みに操っている。 しかも、父が有名な画家で絵をたしなむ。 この前の誕生日プレゼントにもらった彼女の絵は、とても素晴らしくて宝物になった。 i'm not sure if ...彼女の絵 is saying "her ...

I’ve been searching radicals on Jisho and other places but I can’t find a kanji to match this one.

Sorry my friends my job is it shifting time it depened works sometimes my work in the night however I love anime and video games lot my is hobby volleyball game more going outside walking shopping ...

I’ve seen this phrase used like this 「上の空で聞きました。」I take that to mean something like “I listened with my head in the clouds” or “... absentmindedly.” But then I came across 「幸せは上の空です。」I don’t ...

I have a form for a medical check-up that asks what category best describes the 業務内容 of your occupation. One of the choices is 技術・研究 and another is 生産・技能. A monolingual dictionary is of no help ...

If you can help me with this translation.

「犯人とはいわないまでも何があったのか尋問できるのはお姉ちゃんだけだ！」 Does this pattern have the same meaning as the one explained here: とまではいかないまでも meaning? I think it is different from the explanation linkend above. The linked ...

Does the particle に indicate direction in these sentences or why is it used here? Would someone be so kind to explain? わたしはかみにえがく。 I draw on paper. せんせいにしつもんをしている。 I ask the teacher a ...

Since Japanese is incredibly rich in onomatopoeic expressions which are commonly understood by most adults, I am wondering if adults ever make up new onomatopoeia on the fly, or if they always use ...

Are Japanese first names Erika, Emiri, Marie etc. loaned from gai(koku)jin languages?

I would like to ask you guys about a spelling of a single quote from anime ("Shaman King"). It's super short and according to the subtitles, it translates into "So tiny". I have tried using different ...

While 深い (ふかい) means "profound; deep; dense", 箆 (へら, の), as a noun, means "spatula; arrow shaft" in japanese and, originally, "fine-toothed comb" in chinese. This word is used adverbially in this ...

The name i need translated is iofski

The dictionary says that 刹那主義 means "principle of living only for the moment" and 快楽主義 means "hedonism/epicureanism", but I also found entries that say epicureanism for the former. I don't think they ...

I'm confused with this sentence. 顔はやや仰向きがち に、天の栄光をながめやる 目が、深くやすらか にみひらかれて いた。 I would like to understand how it's constructed. I think 目 is the passive subject of みひらかれて いた as が is its particle, ...

What's the difference between: 朝起きたら、まず顔を洗い、コーヒーを飲み、新聞を読みます。(ます－form） and 朝起きたら、まず顔を洗って、コーヒーを飲んで、新聞を読みます。(て－form) Both have the same meaning, but can I use this conjunctive ます stem with a ...

彼氏が仕事で大変な時にできること Could anyone translate this sentence for me please

Are there examples of kanji compounds that have recognised on-yomi and kun-yomi readings for the one compound? Does the meaning vary depending on which reading is chosen?

I was reading a manga and having trouble finding out what きゆる〜ん signified

I was trying to translate the lyrics of a kids' song for my sister who sent it to me, but I have trouble understanding one part of the lyrics: 「課長 すてきです その一言 ピュアなまでに鈍感」 「社長 すばらしい そのアイディア ...

安定のシリーズ四作目。前回で微妙だった部分をすぐに修正してきたのはさすが about a the 4th game of a series feels very unintuitive to me, compared to 前回の微妙だった部分 for instance

レモン・キャンディーじゃよ。マグルの食べる甘いものじゃが、わしゃ、これが好きでな。 A lemon sweet. It's a sweet thing that muggles eat. I like this ??? I understand the concept of role language for portraying different kinds of character. ...

々 doesn't seem to be a real kanji, but at what grade is it taught? I'm trying to work out the maximum grade level for 四字熟語【よじじゅくご】, so I'm wondering how to classify something like 興味津々【きょうみしんしん】 with ...

There are 104 kana in Japanese. Literally all of them can be used to spell people's last names. However, some are used more often than others. For example, "た", "だ", "とう", because 田 and 藤 are common ...

Is 田 usually pronounced as "た" or "だ" in Japanese people's last name? Or is it pretty much 50/50?

This sentence here: "なっ…　お前おちょくっとるのか！？ I didn't understand おちょくっとる, is it a form of the verb おちょくる? What is the meaning in this sentence? Thanks.

I know in the sentence pattern: Noun の Noun, you can omit the second noun if the context clearly tells what or whom you’re referring to. そのかばんが森さんのかばんです。 becomes そのかばんが森さんのです。 Can I do the same ...

I was reading a light novel, and this sentence came up, is と here working as quotation with 察して? and what can the verb in this situation mean? むしろ追いかけられていると察して、逃げ足を速めるに違いない。

My understanding is that the kanji in Japanese women's first names are most likely to have a 訓読み reading, then a 名乗り reading, and least frequently an 音読み reading. Historically, they were likely to end ...

I am looking for a translation for the Hanko posted below. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thank You

It's not the full sentence but i heard this : 方法を思いついた And i was wondering if it means that the person came up with a method alone or it could be a few people who have

It's for a daily affirmation. I don't mean people that behave like me which is what I keep getting when I search for a translation; I mean "people like me as a person". Do I just use 好き？

I came across this 「すらさえも」construction in the following sentence: 「子供を誘拐したロリコン野郎からすらさえもバカにされ続けた」 I've learned that they mean (mostly) the same, but haven't come across them in immediate succession;...

「それはわしがやりおまえが追いつめられたのでわしの攻撃と同じ事！」 I am having trouble with the「やり」in this sentence. I believe that it is a verb and possibly takes the same tense as 「追いつめられた」(similar to verbs linked via the "て-form"...

I'm writing a letter to my friend, and want to same something like: "While writing this letter, the air is grey and smells strongly of smoke" (discussing forest fires near my town). I'm stuck on ...

What does 煩悩は使えば使うほど増えていく mean? My understanding is "The more we give in to our earthly desires, the more they increase." However, I'm confused by the use of the verb 使う. Does anyone have any ...

I was reading a manga and a character said: 今宵はここまでだ 下がって良いぞ After they noticed that the person they were talking to didn't move, they said: おい 余は退がれと 言ったのだ That's why I'm guessing 退がる ...

I wasn't able to find any explanation of 「ほど」 in these constructions... 「そんなテメーに盾突かれるほど頭に来る事はない」 In any case I would like to ask whether I am getting the general meaning right. Besides that I ...

I found the sentence けんかして嫁が出ていきました。 けんかの原因は、家に下宿人を置く置かないの件です And I have a doubt about using of 置く置かない How should it be translated ? and How to use it I have never seen this grammar using ...

落ち着いて見えても、鋭い牙が内包されていることに変わりはない。 It was a sentence in a light novel (ようこそ実力至上主義の教室へ) that I've been reading, and I have an impression that it should be some kind of idiomatic words. 鋭い (from Jisho....

I came across the following sentence in my dictionary : 下手なわけだよ，習い始めたばかりなんだから Because of the absence of context, I imagined one by myself. Suppose I ‘m cooking unskillfully and a friend who sees ...