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What does 「他にやたら」mean in this sentence? 「今はいないけど他にやたら頑丈なお姉さんもいるんですよ」
Please always include as much context as you possibly can and make sure to include a source too if you can find it online. I did it for you. From 劇場版「紅伝説」
ふにふら「本当に実在したのね。ゆんゆんのパーティー仲間」
ゆんゆん「しょ、紹介します。...
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Popular: モテ vs 人気
モテる is a purely Japanese word. See:
Why are katakana preferred over hiragana or kanji sometimes?
Why is the word オタク written in katakana?
And for the etymology, read these:
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What does じゃあ at the end of a sentence mean?
If you understand this:
そろそろ学校に行く時間じゃない？
Isn't it time you go to school?
Then you can think the sentence in question is exactly the same except that ない is omitted. じゃ is normally used with negation, ...
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What does 「そう」mean in this sentence? 「ねっ 私の手を引き剥がそうと しないでほしいです」
Your sentence doesn't have そう. 剥がそう is the volitional-form (aka う/よう-form) of 剥がす. 剥がそう might look like a そう-form because 剥がす happens to end with an S, but remember that そう meaning "looks like&...
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What is the difference between 感触 and 触感
I think your first paragraph more or less states the difference: (1) 感触 is more common and (2) 感触 can be used in a more abstract sense as in "I have the feeling that....". Another point may ...
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Meaning of ヘイコラ
Thanks to a comment from Darius Jahandarie I found it's a word not listed on bilingual dictionaries, but it can be found for example here:
相手の機嫌をとろうとして、やたらに頭を下げたり言いなりになったりするさま。「上役に—する」
In the ...
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What does いろりのそば mean?
An いろり (囲炉裏 in kanji) is a hearth placed in traditional Japanese houses. It was common more than 100 years ago, but today most Japanese people would see one only in museums and samurai dramas. Thus ...
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What does 「感謝こそすれども」mean in this sentence?「恨むようなことはありません」
The pattern is Xこそすれ(ども)Y(するようなこと)はない. A form closer to modern colloquialism is XすることはあってもYすることはない, which literally means (subj.) could/may well do X, but never Y. こそ is for emphasis. So it emphasize ...
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What does 「の元に」mean in this sentence?「白銀会長の元に 承認リクエストが送られます」
It refers to someone's side or location. In this case it means the request arrives at his location. My understanding is it suggests that the request will be delivered, but whether he does anything ...
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Is there any word 'popular' in 'お嬢ちゃんも先生似だしいけるんじゃねーか ?'?
お嬢ちゃんも先生似だしいけるんじゃねーか？
For some reason your translation directly connects じゃねーか to 先生似 and ignores everything in between. し here is a particle indicating the preceding clause is a reason, and いける is ...
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Why do some kanji have the 𠆢 radical on top when apparently they shouldn't?
Here's a reference for what these are. In the logo for Yamamotoyama, the 𠆢-like shape visually signifies 山, and is not a kanji part.
They should be thought of as logos and are not always readable ...
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Meaning of 残す, 結びつく and ては
You might find the sentence easier to understand if は is moved to a different position, like this.
［陛下を残して死ぬこと］はできないのです。
What the knight says she can’t do is dying leaving Her Majesty behind. Here, ...
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Meaning of 残す, 結びつく and ては
In my opinion, the first interpretation is possible, but is unlikely. It is possible if we assume:
残す to mean "to leave Her Majesty alive"
the knight's impression of the queen has ...
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Meaning of おつけして in 「4900円のところ、今日はなんともうーつおつけして、4900円」
Yes, it's the humble form of 付ける ("to attach").
This person is saying he will attach another "power catcher" as a bonus. Exactly the same product. This ("XYZ yen is the price ...
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What does 「たけた」mean in this sentence? 「他人に依存することばかりに たけた寄生虫」
Look up 長ける【たける】 (ichidan intransitive verb).
長ける
to excel at; to be proficient at
長ける
３ ある方面にすぐれている。長じる。熟達している。「弁舌に―・ける」「世故 (せこ) に―・ける」
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Trying to translate a shirt, I've gotten most of it but I can't figure out this one piece?
It's 東{とう} 京{きょう} 通{とお}り 家{いえ}に帰{かえ}る
Literally that means
Tokyo Drive, Return Home
Of course this is not a complete sentence but two fragments. But the meaning here is not hard to deduce. Go home ...
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What does 「他にやたら」mean in this sentence? 「今はいないけど他にやたら頑丈なお姉さんもいるんですよ」
「他に」の意味は「something else」
「矢鱈」（やたら）の意味は「very much (an adverb)」
そして「ほかにやら」意味は「what's more, there is something else very very....」
因みに「やたら」と「やったら」は意味が違って気を付けてください。
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