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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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Interpreting active/passive voice in Japanese
As this game is selling well, I plan to buy one too.
How would we express this in Japanese?
よくうれているようだから
よくうられているようだから
Would the above sentence be interpreted as an active or pass …
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ことになっている vs ようになっている
The definitions do not help with an umabiguous separation.
So I put forward an example:
どあはしめると,じどうしゃてきにかぎがかかるようになっている
Why would ことになっている too not be apt here?
Is this dependent on the speakers p …
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Atypical use of ~させます
I came across the following sentence:
すぐに なおさせますので もうしわけありませんが,もうしばらくおまちください
Please help understand the ~させます form here.
What would be the translation of this?
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kuse construct query
しらべるくせがつかない
Please explain the above construct.
I know くせ means habit - but it does not seem to fit here.
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expressing 'not possible that' [duplicate]
kono team ga makeru (hazu ga nai / wake ga nai).
Which one is correct?
How do we differentiate the use of the above?
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Expressing 'according/as per'
このアパートは[古]{ふる}いが、その[広]{ひろ}さによって[家賃]{やちん}の[安]{やす}さが[気]{き}に[入]{い}った。
Isn't this application of によって valid?
'According to/based on the spaciousness of the room, the meagerness of the rent is likable …
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Expressing subject vs target
Are these translations correct?
"As per the survey conducted on the students..."
[学生]{がくせい}たちに[対]{たい}する[調査]{ちょうさ}によると……
(students are the topic of the research)
"As per the survey conducted …
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example usage of ~kiri
It seems that one of the uses of ~kiri is to show continuance of state/condition.
is it similar to '~ta mama' then?
However,i have not been able to find an example of this usage.
Appreciate help.
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Usage of wake desu
いま しごとを かたづけて しまえば あすは らくが できる **というわけ** です
わけです is used to state the reason of an incident.
However,in this case it seems to be different.
Can someone help clarifying the above use of というわけ? …
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Expressing concurrency
人口が増える [ に伴い／とともに ] 周辺もにぎやかになってきた。
Jinkou ga fueru (ni tomonai/to tomo ni) shuuhen mo nigiyaka ni natte kita
Both the options seem grammatically correct. What's the difference then? Or do I u …
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expressing 'among' in japanese
Sports (de ha/ni ha)soccer ga ichiban suki desu.
Which one is correct?
What is either of them used to express?
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N + sou desu is acceptable
kono kami ha yuki sou da - is this correct?
I know that rashii and mitai can be used ~ but that's beside the point.
Also,if 'sou da' can be used with 'N' - how do we differentiate 'seems like' wit …
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Expressing 'if so'
暇（なら・としたら）ちょっと手伝って下さい。
Hima (nara/toshitara) chotto tetsudatte kudasai.
Both the options seem grammatically correct.
Is it not so?
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Expressing ~no option but
しかない/ほかない/よりない - are these forms inter-changeable
ゆうがたまでやる(しかない/ほかない/よりない)- are all the forms correct?
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Meaning of てはならない
ただしい じょうほう にもとづいて はっぴょう しなくてはならない
I understand that てはならない means 'must not/should not'.
However,I cannot make any sense out of the above sentence that I read in a book.
Would appreciate if someone c …
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