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What is the difference between もとづいて and もとづき
The reason you could not find any explanation specifically about them is because the difference can be explained as a generic difference between a te-form and a masu-stem:
なく vs. なくて and stem form vs....
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As "red", what's the difference between 紅{くれない}, 紅{べに}, 紅{こう} and 紅色?
From Wikipedia article.
As a color, usually it is べにいろ. くれない can be used by itself. こうしょく is not common though 大辞泉 mentions it.
紅色（べにいろ、くれないいろ）は、鮮やかな赤色。名は、キク科の紅花の汁で染めた濃い赤による。JIS慣用色名では「あざやかな赤」（略号 vv-R）...
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Why use 耳元 rather than just 耳?
The idea should be that objects making sounds are external to your ears. 耳元 is not a part of your body (e.g. this defines it 'close to one's ears'). Hence the choice. In that sense 耳元 refers to 風 ...
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Help breaking down えむさえいけそうなら
The basic translation of "えむさえいけそうなら" is indeed "as long as Emu can do it", but this "it" refers to not the jump itself but the additional rehearsal Tsukasa is suggesting....
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What's the difference between 初心者, 入門者 and 初級者
The nuance naturally reveals itself by considering the core meanings of the individual kanji.
We can consider 者向け first because it is common to all these terms, and quite straightforward.
[向]{む}け is ...
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