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「大きい方」と「一番大きい」と「最大」の違いはなんですか？
As commented, 大きい方 is the bigger/larger and the other two are superlatives, meaning something is the largest/biggest according to some measure.
大きい方 can mean the bigger (of the two) or bigger than ...
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Trying to understand ツッコミ and 突っ込まない and similiar
It's a pun on つっこむ. It reads つっこむべき？いや、つっこまれ・・・じゃなくて！=literally, Should I do ツッコミ, no, I'm on the side receiving ツッコミ.
One meaning is the one corresponding to ツッコミ in comedy. A type of comedy talk ...
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Does kanji have meaning on their own, or they inherit their meaning(s) from the words they used in?
Just to add to @A.Ellett's fine answer post, I must emphasize that the Reddit poster is off base.
Copying what I just replied to them a moment ago:
Kanji don't actually have a meaning on their own
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Does kanji have meaning on their own, or they inherit their meaning(s) from the words they used in?
The claim that kanji don't have meaning on their own seems outlandish. It sounds like the opinion of someone who doesn't have much familiarity or facility with how printed Japanese is used.
Look at ...
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Pitch accent for 金 (かね)
It's heiban. かね{LH}.
E.g. かねがほしい{LHHLHL} = I want money.
I guess you know, but the standard source for accents is 日本語発音アクセント新辞典
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Is there a difference between these words for “hero”?
I was thinking about this old question recently. 勇者 as 'hero' may seem confusing to people who aren't big into pop culture, but in fantasy, especially fantasy video games (I think Dragon Quest may ...
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Meaning and usage of 刺激（しげき）?
The word 刺激 (shigeki) in Japanese indeed primarily means "stimulation" or "stimulus." However, like many words in any language, its meaning can extend beyond the direct translation ...
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What is the exact nuance of ガラ in ガラじゃない
Dictionaries I checked only say 柄 refers to one's innate quality, but I think there's more than that. This may seem tricky, but I feel ガラ (柄 in kanji) can refer to either one's (inner) personality or ...
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What does the 「いるん」in だれか好きな人がいるんですか。
です does not assert whether something exists or not. In a construction like
ＡはBです
You're asserting that "A" is a "B" where both "A" and "B" are nouns.
If you ...
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Trying to understand ツッコミ and 突っ込まない and similiar
There is no 突っ込む or conjugations in the text shown; it's all in hiragana and katakana - but this will come up as an IME suggestion, so it's worth addressing. The text is not very clear, but I agree it ...
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