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36 Questions

Counter intuitive meaning of お開き

Dealing with paragraphs when translating Japanese literature

「X」と「Y」と - how does the second と affect the sentence?

Dakuten used in non-standard ways (like with vowels)?

The order after 男女比

さらわる - what form is this?

Can アジアンビューティー be negative?

Is 上京 appropriate in a setting where Tokyo doesn't exist?

Placement of まで

Are constructions like listing with 中黒 used in speech?

About 忙 and 忘 using same radicals but having different meanings

Understanding and translating 健気

Do loanwords have a more formal/technical/“soulless” feel compared to their native counterparts?

Difference between 行き先 and 行く先

魚心あれば水心あり: what does 心 do exactly?

Is it correct to say 複雑な波長?

響: what is N5116?

Did 手取り足取り come from Portuguese?

Using 胸が苦しい when talking about love

What does 探訪 mean here?

About the second の in 不思議の国のアリス

嫌い in “私のことを好きか嫌いか”, etc

Does 横になる imply a certain position?

Use of 絶対 with things that can't be measured

Using 文字 instead of 言葉

「あんたもマンガだ！！」 - how to understand it?

How do you say “a light read”?

What does ゴリってる mean?

Romanization of kanji compounds: when are spaces used?

What is so うまそう about the flower name スノードロップ?