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In conversation can you just say "万円です" or must you say "一万円です"?

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Words implied after saying "終わりだ。何も。" in footage of the Mar. 2011 tsunami?

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In this sentence, is changing "迎える" to "迎えられる" for a potential or honorific reason?

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Do transitive verbs require a subject when translated? How to deal with inferred subjects?

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Could 十角形、九角形、七角形 be read as デカゴン、ノナゴン、ヘパタゴン？

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For natives, is 署名 beginning to supersede 判子 with regard to signing official documents? [closed]

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"Yale並みに学費の高い大学". Is "並みに" a suffix? "の" between "並みに" / "学費" is optional?

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In a sentence that ends with a verb, when could "が" modify a 3rd person pronoun?

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たらしめる? ex: "素晴らしいfontを素晴らしいものたらしめているのは何かについて学んだ。"

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In conversation can you just say "万円です" or must you say "一万円です"?

Is there a convention to always place yourself last in a list of people?

Why say "〜、皆には出来る。" instead of " 〜、皆は出来る。" in this context?

What is a respectful way to say "homosexual (man)"?

Is "役立つ" a recent lexicalization of "役に立つ"? Is it less formal?

In what context does it sound natural to say / write "多忙"?

Is there any phrase similar to "may he rest in peace"?

Words implied after saying "終わりだ。何も。" in footage of the Mar. 2011 tsunami?

"手が折れた" a natural way to express that the bone in a hand is broken?

Does it sound unnatural to say "タダイマ" after someone says "オカエリ" to you?

Can someone verify the reasons I give for using a "wa" and "ga" in this sentence?

In this sentence, is changing "迎える" to "迎えられる" for a potential or honorific reason?

How would saying "時には、" instead of "時に、" change to meaning of this paragraph?

Is "正午" precisely 12:00-pm? Does it feel different than saying "昼十二時"?

"経験になる" difference with "経験ということになる"?

Difference between "私達" and "われわれ" when used as possessive pronouns?

Do transitive verbs require a subject when translated? How to deal with inferred subjects?

Could 十角形、九角形、七角形 be read as デカゴン、ノナゴン、ヘパタゴン？

General rule for writing simple kanji as hiragana in newspaper articles sometimes?

Is "速読" somewhat a different reading technique, or is it just "reading really fast"?

For natives, is 署名 beginning to supersede 判子 with regard to signing official documents? [closed]

Is 預けがね a possible reading of 預け金? 預けがね vs 預けきん meanings?

"Yale並みに学費の高い大学". Is "並みに" a suffix? "の" between "並みに" / "学費" is optional?

"二つ目のお話しのtheme" vs. "二つのお話しのtheme" nuance difference?

Is 国家主義 considered as abhorrent as "nationalism" is?

Is saying "私は社会人です" self-deprecating when you meet someone? Is it too vague?

How are "サ変名詞" and "サ変接続" different?

In a sentence that ends with a verb, when could "が" modify a 3rd person pronoun?

たらしめる? ex: "素晴らしいfontを素晴らしいものたらしめているのは何かについて学んだ。"