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What kind of nuance does どうでしょうか have in this senence?
Depending on the context, どうでしょうか can have two completely different meanings:
"I'm not so sure", "I doubt it", "I wonder about that"
"What do you think?", &...
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What does なあって mean here?
なあって is not a contraction of any specific words.
なあ is the same as な, the sentence-end particle. It has several functions, but in this case, it's simply "oh" or "really".
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What does なあって mean here?
なあ, like ねえ, is a particle used to soften a statement and invite confirmation, but having a somewhat rougher, rustic, flavour about it, な・なあ particularly being used when talking to oneself; and って is ...
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What kind of nuance does どうでしょうか have in this senence?
It's hard to translate without proper context, but given what you provided...
The first image, with Character A's line, does not have an affirmative tone as you suggested. Instead of accusing ...
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What is "のほうだろう" here?
親孝行 is a na-adjective that means "kind and caring towards one's parents".
(～な)方 ("～'s side") is used to add a nuance of choosing one from two. This person is saying that, if she ...
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How is といわず used in this sentence?
It would appear that a phrase has been suppressed here, since といわず occurs in pairs, usually:
日本語といわず外国語といわずどんな言葉でもそうなんです "It's the same in any language, whether it be Japanese or a foreign ...
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これでこそ vs これだ use in this sequence
Is this character named アーロン superficially cynical, uncooperative, or tsundere-like in nature? In that case, これだよ can mean something slightly negative like "Oh brother", "This again&...
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How to parse上で話し合い
Your understanding of each clause is perfect, but you have to reorder them like 2→1→3 for the sentence to make sense in English. Note that 上で is a modifier that 話し合いをする, and this entire combination is ...
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How to parse上で話し合い
Think of this like the following English sentence
If we don't discuss and clarify the points of discussion, our time will be wasted.
In English, the negation applies forward negating "discuss ...
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What does やあいい exactly mean?
背負やあ is a contracted form of 背負えば. eba can contract into ya(a). If you know 見りゃあ is a slangy version of 見れば, it's the same here.
せおう: (verb) "to carry on one's back"
せおえば se-o-e-ba: 仮定形 of ...
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Does noun + くらいなら have the same nuance as verb + くらいなら?
借り refers to mental debts the speaker owes someone, and 貸し is the opposite of it, something the listener owes the speaker. See: Meaning of 貸し and 借り in「この貸しは借りになることなく相殺もしない」
noun + くらい always means &...
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Does とみに here mean intensely?
First note that しきりに means very often, many times in a short time.
I think your interpret the writer's intention correctly. That is, it means intensely or more simply particularly, notably.
That said, ...
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What does thing + さまさまだ mean?
It is the 様 repeated twice that is normally attached to human names, expressing respect.
さまさま expresses extreme gratitude by the speaker, who receives a large benefit (usually financial) from the ...
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How is 側 used in this sentence?
It is literally the side.
As you understand correctly, 狂化者を生み出した側の予測 is the prediction on the 狂化者 creator's side.
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What does なんてからっきし mean in this sentence?
からっきし is one of the Japanese negative-polarity items (NPI). Just like 全然, さっぱり, 少しも and so on can imply negation without saying ない, just saying からっきし would mean "awfully bad", "none&...
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What does なんてからっきし mean in this sentence?
The verb that the adverb からっきし modifies is omitted, but it would be 知らない or 分からない in this context.
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What does ことになってんだ mean in this sentence?
Looks like your understanding of the ことになってる part is not bad. The main problem is the interpretation of 俺が構われている. Nothing in your sentence says 彼, so maybe you've confused 俺 (I) and 彼 (he)? Or maybe ...
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What does くるりと回れば means? Is this some kind of expression?
くるりと回る here probably describes certain motion in kagura and thus figuratively refers to performing kagura. I’m not sure who performs kagura, but the subject of一つになる is both 中の者 and 外の者. Therefore, the ...
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