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意味. The meaning of words or phrases within certain contexts, especially when it does not seem to match the standard definition.

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meaning of 振り回す in this context (referred to a person)

Context: summer vacation started and a boy is thinking of asking her crush to spend some time with him, but when he checks his phone he notices that she has not replied to his texts yet. He gets frust …
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Trouble understanding different meanings of べつに

I know べつに can mean "nothing", (not) particularly, not a big deal, I don't care etc. But I have some trouble understanding what it means in long sentences like these. I only have an idea, but I'm so n …
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可愛くないのはやだけど妙に気合い入れたと­思われるのも

可愛くないのはやだけど妙に気合い入れたと­思われるのも... Context: A girl goes to buy pajamas, but she's not sure which one she should buy (she's shown having trouble picking up). Then she says that sentence. I'm not sure abo …
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the passive/potential form used in this sentence

Context: girl breaks up with guy, he gets sad and says this line 私だけがあなたの特別でいられたのに! why is the passive/potential form used here? is it possible to use only the past simple with た here? I'm not sure …
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What do いっぱいいっぱい and 余裕 mean in this context?

いっぱいいっぱい can be used to talk about feelings or work, but here it means "to be preoccupied/engrossed with sth/someone". As of 余裕, I'm not sure, but I think saying there's no 余裕 is a consequence of bein …
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Why does 悪く(は)ない give a condescending feeling?

I thought it just meant "It's not bad" but I read some comments from Japanese people who said that it can sound too condescending or like the speaker feels superior to the listener. Why is that? In wh …
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Are なんて and なんか used to emphazise feelings that are not disgust/trying to look down on somet...

I know that なんて and なんか are used to emphazise disgust, belittle something, say that something is undesirable and express negative feelings of the speaker. But in this context I'm not too sure if this …
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What's the meaning of the particle のか in this context?

I think the sentence can be understood on its own, but I'm giving some context anyway. Editor and author talk about a character. Editor: 彼女は作中で優しい子だと言われています。実際そうだと思うんですけど、彼女の優しさって描くのむずかしいと思うんですよ。 Aut …
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