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JLPT sentence order section
Rather than just solving your exercise (which is not the point of this website anyway) I'll try to give you general suggestions about how to approach this kind of problem.
1. Understand the context.
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Confusion with だけに vs. だけあって
Sometimes だけあって and だけに are interchangeable sometimes they aren't.
In the case they are interchangeable is when the result is what is to be expected. For example, 彼が自慢するだけあって、彼女は美しい and 彼が自慢するだけに、...
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JLPT N3 task explanation
your confusion stems from the fact that you are mis-translating でない as "can't come off". However this is actually a portion of a standard sentence fragment:
てからでないと
which is a phrase meaning "...
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What does んだもん mean and is used for?
Although んだ and もん are often used together, it's better to think of them as two separate grammatical elements.
んだ is a colloquial version of のだ, and this の is known as explanatory-の.
What is the ...
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ほど translation in this sentence
This ほど is "the more ～ (the more ～)". It's a variation of the ～ば～ほど construction.
ストレスの多い人ほどよく夢を見る。
= ストレスの多い人であればあるほどよく夢を見る。
The more one has stress, the more often they dream (or "...
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Why is くなかった wrong and ではありません preferred in this sentence?
有名 is a na-adjective and thus is followed by だ・で・な・に (or by じゃ < では)
あの人は有名だ
lit. that person is famous
あの人は有名な人だ
lit. that person is a famous person
あの人はきっと有名になる
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Different JLPT level for the same word, in hiragana or in kanji
Yes, I'd say this rating is more or less accurate.
何 is usually read as なに・なん, and is one of the most basic words. Therefore, it's not a surprise for it to be N5.
方, read as かた or ほう, means a few ...
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Why is ある preferrable to 残る in the sentence お金があるうちに欲しい物を買っておこう ? Is 残る still a valid option or is it just wrong?
In order for C to be a correct, it would need to read お金が残っている. But as it is you're choosing between お金がある and お金が残る. The first makes perfectly good sense in both Japanese and English, "while ...
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Usage of キャッチ vs 捕まる
This is one of those tricky things with near synonyms. There will be cases where you can use one or the other, and the main difference will simply be one of register.
In this case, I get the sense (...
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Why are some basic kanji not in any JLPT level?
See, the jouyou kanji list is no less imperfect. Why simple and common kanji, such as 嬉, are suspiciously absent is anyone's guess. As for the JLPT list, well, you've pointed out some grave offenders ...
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～てたまらない、～てならない、～しようがない
IMHO, b) and c) are equally correct. Both ～したくてたまらない and ～したくてしょうがない refer to a strong and uncontrollable desire, which fits in this context well. The difference between them is small, but maybe ～...
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立ってそばを食べる vs 立ちながらそばを食べる
In general, ながら tends to be used when you are doing two different things with two different purposes, whereas the te-form tends to be used when the first verb describes how the second verb is achieved,...
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すっごいレンジの音がしてるのが気になる。What does the second の mean in this sentence?
The second の is a nominalizing の.
It turns the phrase 「すっごいレンジの音がしてる」 into a noun so the grammar 「Nが気になる」 can be used to mean "N is on one's mind" or a similar meaning.
Another example of ...
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文の組み立て JLPT N1 Question about word order
わたしたちは、量が十分でかつきれいな水を必要としている。
We need water that is both sufficient in quantity and clean.
十分で水 is ungrammatical for obvious reasons. I believe you already know how to join two na-adjectives using ...
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Conjugations of verb for sample JLPT question
Firstly 開ける means 'open' not 'close'. I'm sure that was just a slip, but I wanted to make sure.
Option a) is 'Shall I open the window?'. You are offering a service to another person so 'yes please' ...
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「いただきます」 to accept to a food offer?
Here, いただきます is just "I (humbly) receive/take/accept it", a humble version of もらいます and a polite version of いただこう as well. いただきます as a set phrase is of course related to this, but here it's ...
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Why 寝たよう instead of 寝そう in this example
I think l'électeur's answer is perfect.
If I could add some information for bjorn's comment with "... at other times means more like the action of falling asleep or going to sleep" I would give the ...
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JLPT N3 Practice Vocabulary 2 すこしでは ありませんが
I think the answer should be B) すこしまってください。
「しばらくお[待]{ま}ちください」 is the polite way of saying
「[少]{すこ}し待ってください」.
問題を載せているサイトの回答が間違ってると思います。
UPDATE:
I contacted the site owner, and they fixed the ...
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Difference between からして and からすれば
In this case I believe からして, からすれば, からすると and からしたら are interchangeable, and c) and d) are both correct answers. You can actually find many examples of 成長率からして on the net. Maybe からして is relatively ...
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Nominalized verb without の or こと
This is a very important construction called a relative clause.
[教]{おし}える[人]{ひと}
a person who teaches
The rule is described in detail in this question: Relative clauses distinguishing whom/with ...
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JLPT N1 practice question: Usage of この辺で
Firstly, お開きにしましょう means "let's wrap it up" not "let's get started."
I guess you can kind of think of it as the people are going to spread out and move away. I'm not sure of the ...
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