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What does と見て mean in this context?
The phrase "と見て" in Japanese is used to indicate a judgment or assessment of a situation. It's similar to the English expressions "to view as" or "to regard as." In the ...
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What is the meaning of けっこういらっしゃる in the following context?
いらっしゃる here is a polite form of いる meaning "to exist" (see いらっしゃる#3). As regards けっこう, it means "many/plenty in number" (see 結構#3).
Therefore:
食事がすんでいるのにずっと帰りにならない方がけっこういらっしゃる
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What is the function of では in this context?
この身では modifies どうすることもできない. Your citation has the following two sentences, with the first one being a 倒置文 (anastrophe/hyperbaton).
五つの陸を食らい尽くし三つの海を飲み干しても、翼も手も足もないこの身では空だけはどうすることもできない。
Even though I ...
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How can I tell how much って is quoting?
As mentioned in the comments, if you are speaking and really want to disambiguate you have a couple options, like moving the sentence constituents around or using explicit quotes (although the latter ...
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Does the signature in the following Kannon statue mean "Made by Kutani Kubikin"?
[九谷]{kutani}, as you already pointed out, refers to a particular style of Japanese porcelain.
[謹製]{kinsei} is an adjective that means "humbly manufactured with care", and it appears to be a ...
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Need help breaking down some grammar
というか is almost a word on its own, and it often has very little substantial meaning. In this case, it's used like "or rather", "or maybe" or "I mean". A is trying to ...
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Do both "白の女王" and "白き女王" mean "White Queen"?
Wow. This is beautiful use of language.
Yes, both mean White Queen.
You could also say 白い女王 for White Queen. An older variant of 白い is 白き. So they're mixing older useage for the original character, ...
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Do both "白の女王" and "白き女王" mean "White Queen"?
白き is an archaic version of 白い (but 白き is used only as an attributive form):
How does -ki form of i-adjectives work? (e.g. 愛しき)
Meaning, origin and "type" of 多き
What is the ki used for in ...
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Puzzling use of 直立
In this context, the word 直立 is used not just to mean standing, but to convey the idea of standing with one's back straight and in a dignified manner, holding the head up high, like this AI-generated ...
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What does 余裕がない actually mean?
'余裕がな' by itself approximates to 'wish I/we/you had time/ability'. 'い' at the end of that approximates to 'I/we/you don't have time/ability, but wish I/we/you did'. This alone answers your question. ...
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What does the last の in "おどるのはたのしいのです。" mean/do?
It's something called an explanatory-の.
What is the meaning of ～んです/～のだ/etc?
Wasabi: Explanatory のだ (んだ)
So the last の turns "It's fun to dance" into "It's that it's fun to dance"...
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How does やがる work with なる?
The verb やがる follows another verb and typically indicates disdain for the doer. However, sometimes it attaches to a verb that has no particular doer like in your case, and then it simply adds speaker'...
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Is 私は明日がスポーツを 遊ぶ。correct?
I'm not sure how much grammar you've studied already.
You'll definitely be understood.
If you've decided in your mind that tomorrow you're going to play some kind of sport, it would be better to state ...
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Is 私は明日がスポーツを 遊ぶ。correct?
As you thought, it seems possible to drop 私は from the sentence.
However, the sentence isn’t natural for the following reasons. First, スポーツ isn’t generally collocated with the verb 遊ぶ but with the verb ...
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What does 余裕がない actually mean?
余裕がない just means “can’t afford”, so its interpretation is contextual.
He may simply state that he no longer has enough power and “can’t afford” to keep lifting the object. He may have the urge to go ...
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What does 余裕がない actually mean?
余裕がない simply means the speaker does not have much physical capacity left to continue holding the heavy object. I don't know why they're standing still, but he is suggesting that they start moving ...
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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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