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言葉. Any question that does not deal specifically with grammar or pronunciation. Includes questions about prefixes, suffixes, compound words, loanwords, dialectal differences, pragmatic usage, etc. In other words, phenomena that occurs at the level of the word.
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What are some good ways to say "how to spell" in Japanese?
The generally used word in Japanese for "spelling" is certainly 「スペル」, but I don't think this helps. In English "spelling" applies to latin letter languages, particularly with irregular orthography, l …
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「写真は良い思い出になります。」 "Pictures make for great souvenirs"?
You might look at the French entry (noun) in Wiktionary -- 'souvenir' is originally the French for 思い出 and is still used in that sense sometimes, as in the piano duet suite Souvenirs by Samuel Barber, …
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What does this person mean by "doryo" in this context?
You can see the Turkish(?!) version of this online here:
https://books.google.co.jp/books?id=xbzji0dHTHcC&pg=PA65&lpg=PA65&dq=Watakushi+no+doryo+wa,+wakarimasu,&source=bl&ots=0RCiBfH12e&sig=laPoZJTXNB …
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南北銀行 (North-South Bank) meaning
Basically this is a compound made (in Chinese or Japanese, where there is no grammatical case or anything like that) by putting together two opposing or contrasting words, neither or them being the head … You will meet thousands more words and names like this... …
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What's the difference between 治す{なおす} and 治る{なおる}?
It's almost exactly the same as the difference between 教わる and 教える, only in this case English uses different words: "learn" and "teach". …
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Different usage of 五
(I don't think the question is phrased well: it's really about dictionary abbreviations. Perhaps you can edit it after this answer.)
Remember these are abbreviations, so if you want to read them out …
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Difference between 維持｛いじ｝する and 保｛たも｝つ (to maintain)
I think what you have learned is absolutely correct: these are words with similar meanings, and you should not be confused. … So it's quite hopeless trying to learn the subtle distinctions by looking at lists of English words in dictionaries. …
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