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Why is there a comma between 初めて and the following part it modifies?
You can put the comma in either of two places as below.
大学生になって、初めてその本の本当の価値が分かるようになった。
大学生になって初めて、その本の本当の価値が分かるようになった。
The two sentences give slightly different impressions. The first simply ...
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When to use て forms with commas?
Which is the intended meaning of your Sentence (1)?
A: It was actually raining when I went out, so I took an umbrella. It ended up being useful in some other way (say, as a photography reflector or a ...
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Japanese people using a "?" (question mark) after making a statement (not question) ending in "よ"?
This type of "よ?", pronounced with a rising intonation, is like "..., you know?", "..., don't you know?", "..., okay?", "..., huh?", "..., and so?...
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Understanding comma after の
It expresses a pause in internal speech, and just means the same as こういう時間帯の呼び名があった=there was a name for such a time (of the day).
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What is this odd Japanese Symbol with a Dakuten?
As Strechie-go mentioned, this is an iteration mark for Hiragana, in the same way that 々 is an iteration mark for Kanji.
Here are some additional details:
Kana uses different iteration marks; one for ...
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What exactly is this ※ symbol, and what does it mean/how is it used?
As stated above, the komejirushi or Reference Mark (※, Unicode 203B) is generally used preceding an additional comment or supplemental information. The best way to translate it into English is to ...
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(Potential spoilers for Xenoblade 2) understanding the usage of parenthesis in this example
This sentence seems to focus on the relationship between the two characters (レックス & ホムラ) rather than three. So I think it's more natural to read that part as "who is also ヒカリ".
(But......
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Asking questions: ○○か。VS ○○か？ VS ○○？
USJに行ったことがありますか。
Have you ever been to USJ? (polite)
This is perfectly natural and correct as a polite question, and no question mark is necessary. A question mark should even be avoided in a very ...
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Asking questions: ○○か。VS ○○か？ VS ○○？
If I get a text that says USJに行ったことがありますか。 I would recognise it as a question. Now that said, among younger people it's probably a lot more common to use ？ , and on top of that, the form with ますか。 is ...
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