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Japanese atonic verbs
I don't think there's a clear "why" this happens it may just be how things developed though I would love to be wrong here.
If you're more interested in how it works you can refer to In what ...
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Why do the う column characters often change when used for verbs in a sentence?
This is called 活用{かつよう}, which is akin to the English verb conjugation system. Just like how we say "I do", "you do", but "he does" and "she does" for the ...
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How does 化かす meaning to deceive; bewitch or delude work, when it's seemingly the す form of 化ける?
Why does only 化かす mean "to deceive"?
The intransitive verb 化ける already strongly implies "to deceive".
In Japanese lore and tales such as 化け猫, 傘お化け, かちかち山 and ごんぎつね, creatures and ...
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how is 積み重ね connected to the sentence?
Sounds like you're probably familiar with て-form and how it can be used as "and" when connecting verb phrases. Turns out there's a second way to do that in more formal / poetic speech, and ...
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顔見れる actual meaning?
見れる is the ら抜き version of 見られる, which means "can see". It never means "to show" regardless of the context.
見える = 見られる = 見れる※ = can see
※: nonstandard or highly colloquial
見せる = to ...
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