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186 Questions

"Te-form" versus "masu-stem + して" (消しているうちに versus 消ししているうちに)

The correct usage of ～と決める, ～に決める, and ～を決める

Is Japanese em dash equal to Latin em dash?

Confused in choosing 早い versus 速い

Can 誰にも be used in positive verb?

What is the difference between 馴染む and 慣れる?

What does 食べたいものを好きなだけ食べる mean?

How can verb て become an adverb?

What is the correct grammar for "neither x nor y"?

What does 彼女は私ほど自分のことを好きじゃない mean?

恥知らず【はじしらず】 versus 厚顔無恥【こうがんむち】

What does もんね mean?

ことにする versus ようにする

Why do we need to use 2 nominalizers もの and こと in the following sentence?

Can we use 学生 to represent a person who learns martial arts?

して行｛い｝かない versus しないで行｛い｝く

How can we determine the subject of 「彼{かれ}が来{こ}ないことを知{し}りませんでした。」?

The main differences between 特有 and 固有

Looking for the proverb "Parents work hard, our life is so comfortable that children become beggar"

How to say "one of ten people ..." in Japanese?

Is it possible to use causative sentences to say "not to do"?

What does との mean in this sentence?

How to use ～でも and ～も?

ほしがっている versus ほしそうだ

Are there any difference between N and the nominalization of Nする?

Can 「持ち込んだ食品を飲食するのは禁止である。」be simplified for a notification board?

What is the basic underlying idea of ～がある?

What kind of grammar is it in 調査に調査を重ねて?

How to parse the following sentence containing phrases that look like direct quoted relative clauses?

Is 飲んだことがない identical to 飲まなかったことがある?