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使い分け. The differences between two or more words or phrases and how to select the best one for a given situation.
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What are the differences between 芸術 (geijutsu) and 美術 (bijutsu)?
What are the differences between 芸術 (geijutsu) and 美術 (bijutsu)?
My native tongue has both of these Sino-Xenic terms too, although in it, the geijutsu-word is clearly "art form; art in general; the a …
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Study names end in 論 - criteria?
I've noticed that some studies are named with a 論 suffix in Japanese, and effectively in Korean as well. They are otherwise simply suffixed with 学 in Chinese and Vietnamese. Compare these examples:
J …
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What's the difference between 風俗 and 売春?
What are the differences between 風俗 and 売春? jisho.org simply defines the former as "sex service" and the latter as "prostitution", but I'm not sure how different "sex service" is from "prostitution" w …
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Counters for animals: 匹 vs 頭: roughly how big is "big" and how small is "small"?
I find the distinction between 匹 and 頭 is rather tricky, because it is based on the size of the animal in question, and size is very relative and varies greatly among animals, even within the same spe …
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Can だいじょうぶ(大丈夫) mean the same as だいじょうふ(大丈夫) in modern Japanese?
After the Japanese borrowed the word 丈夫 from Chinese, they seem to have changed its meaning at some point:
Chinese: heroic man > Japanese: heroic man > strong/healthy/self-assured/fearless/care-free …
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