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Difference between でしょう, でしょうね and でしょうか
This isn't really a matter of "grammatical structure". でしょう is simply the volitional of です, but it has idiomatic uses that don't directly follow from the grammar rules.
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Implication of 俺の独断以上にするのはまずい in this context
The literal translation of 俺の独断以上にする is "to make it something beyond my own judgment". In this context, it effectively means to share the matter and solve it together with his close allies ...
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"てかないません" What does it mean here? What kind of nuance does it provide?
This is the grammar point “てかなわない”. Without the は, as in your example, the meaning is similar to “てならない・てたまらない”, albeit slightly more literary.
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What is the exact nuance of "無心"
無心を紛らす is usually understood to mean "to distract oneself from having an empty mind," i.e., "to try to occupy oneself and avoid idleness".
This indeed seems to be the opposite of ...
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Implication of "true name/真名" and its usage here
My guess, but not sure about its implication : "So a person's true name also has this kind of usage, where it can be used to judge people's relationship, huh?"
Your original translation ...
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Implication of "true name/真名" and its usage here
Based on the names mentioned in that quote, you're playing one of the games from this franchise?
恋姫†無双
『三国志』の世界を舞台としたアドベンチャーゲームだが、武将を初めとした登場人物が、本作ではほぼ全員女性として登場する（その理由は本編中で語られる）。
また、ゲーム独自の設定として女性武将は“...
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Nuance of 話だけで良いのなら in this dialogue
話だけ in this context means "just an (unconfirmed) hearsay/rumor". 話だけで良いのなら means "if mere hearsay is acceptable" or "if I can share what I've only heard about".
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Difference between たやすい and やさしい
Other than to perhaps disambiguate 'easy' and 'kind', what is the difference between たやすい and やさしい?
FWIW, in my experience, using 「やさしい」 to mean "easy" always came with some confused looks, ...
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Do 角立つ and 角が立つ have difference meanings?
There is no such a verb as 角立つ. Simply, が has been omitted after 角. 角が立つ is a set phrase explained in any dictionary.
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Nuance of nan desu no/なんですの here in this context
This なんですの just means "What's going on?" or "What's all this about?", but said in the stereotypical ojōsama language. You might think of it as a questioning version of ですわ. An ...
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Difference between たやすい and やさしい
たやすい (容易い in kanji) and やすい are completely different words (please don't ask me what this た is doing). Compared to やさしい/簡単...
たやすい is simply less common. While it's not particularly old-fashioned or ...
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What does 女意識してるmean in romantic context?
There is no such a word as 女意識. を has been omitted after 女, and 意識する is a plain transitive suru-verb.
お前みたいに明らかに女(を)意識して(い)るやつ
someone like you who's obviously conscious about women
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Trying to understand the nuances of this sentence
It's not accurate to translate it as "not too A and not too B". AもBも兼ね備える means he has the best of both worlds. 甘さ means sweetness/gentleness while 渋さ means mature/rugged gravitas.
Yes, it's ...
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🌸 Implications of まあいいけど + いいなら in this situation
A translation is like this:
まあいいけど。
Well, whatever.
いいならこんな事で呼びつけるんじゃない……
Whatever? Then don't summon me for something like this...
This "whatever" doesn't mean the emperor isn't ...
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Why is 「手伝いにきてください」 OK, but not 「手伝ってきてください」?
While masu-stem + に and the te-form (this derives from masu-stem + a particle て, with a sound change; so it's really just about the choice of particle) are both used to connect a modifier to a verb, ...
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Usage of つかない in this context?
This is a special usage of the verb つく. It always comes in the pattern AともBともつかない, and means "cannot be categorized as either A or B" or "one cannot tell if it's A or B".
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confused about the usage of よう?
Tatmius answer of usage is of course correct, but I don't think it's an auxiliary verb, it's simply a noun used adverbially:
This is I feel the same “よう” as in “集中するように” as in “in order to concentrate”...
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