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文法. A collective term for syntax (the way sentences are put together) and morphology (forms of words, including the way new words are put together). Often used to describe function words such as particles, to describe word endings, and to talk about general sentence structure.
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What is the meaning of 「...みけんならみけん...」?
I'm reading a book on how to draw manga style characters, and I came across this sentence. It is part of a larger block explaining how to make a character look the same from all different angles.
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Is this sentence using はず complete?
If so, what am I missing about the grammar that makes it complete? If not, how should it be completed? …
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is ～だ～だ another way of listing things, or does my JLPT book have a typo?
In my JLPT practise book, there is this sentence:
学生{がくせい}時代{じだい}は学費{がくひ}だ合宿{がっしゅく}だとお金{かね}がかかり、就職{しゅうしょく}したらしたで給料{きゅうりょう}だけで生活{せいかつ}できず、親{おや}に頼{たよ}ってしまい申{もう}し訳{わけ}ない。
I'm really just wondering …
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Is there a relationship between ~たところで and するところだった?
I am studying an JLPT book on listening, and in two questions very close to each other, the grammatical forms ~たところで and するところだった came up.
My book defines ~たところで as giving an impression of giving up …
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What does 遅れに遅れて mean?
I'm pretty sure ～れに～れて is a grammar form that I have studied in my JLPT textbooks, but I came across it again in a text and I can't for the life of me find it again in my grammar dictionaries. …
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What exactly does the grammatical form NがNなだけに mean?
But that's just my feeling and I've let my intuitions on Japanese grammar mislead me before.
What exactly does [Noun]が[Noun]なだけに mean? …
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I'm a bit lost on this sentence using なかろうか
As part of a long text on the use of られる, there is this sentence:
られる は私{わたし}の父{ちち}が信{しん}じていたほどには効能{こうのう}を持{も}っていなかったのではなかろうか。
This sentence is from my JLPT textbook, but it seems a section of t …
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Does もさることながら imply a judgment?
In my JLPT textbook, it defines ～もさることながら as saying that the speaker feels one thing is true, and in addition another thing is true.
One example they give which makes sense to me is:
美{うつく}しさもさるこ …
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Is this seat being chased, or is the person in it being chased from it?
But, from the grammar, because of the を particle that points directly to the chair, it feels like it should mean the seat itself had been chased. …
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How can I come to terms with the animate/inanimate distinction in Japanese?
According to this answer, "This made me laugh" would translate literally into Japanese as:
これが僕{ぼく}を笑{わら}わせた。
However, the same answer explains that this would be an odd thing to say in Japanese …
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How do I make sense of this use of だったのである?
In my JLPT practise book, there is this section of text. Sorry, it's a little long, but I hope the question isn't overly complex.
（前略{ぜんりゃく}）かつて私{わたし}たちの国{くに}では、花{はな}の美{うつく}しさというように、抽象{ちゅうしょう}観念{か …
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Why does 「でならない」 not mean "does not become"?
Apparently the phrase でならない means something like "unable to suppress". For example, in this sentence, 残念{ざんねん}でならない means, "can't help but be disappointed":
特{とく}に最近{さいきん}の若{わか}い人{ひと}は教育{きょういく}制度{ …
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What is this sentence using ～たら～たで trying to say about televisions and computers?
I have this sentence in my JLPT practise book:
テレビでもパソコンでも、なかったらなかったでなんとかなるものだよ。
It's part of a review question about the grammatical form ～たら～たで, which I understand to mean something close to " …
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What exactly does とばかりに mean?
My JLPT textbook has a section on the use of ～とばかりに. It explains that the term means to do something with such a strong implication that the meaning is obvious, even though one isn't directly stating …
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Is there a difference between んがため and ために?
My JLPT textbook has a section about the use of んがため, which they define as "making an effort in order to realize the intended purpose."
Which to me sounds like plain ol' ために.
For example, they have …
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