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4 answers

3k views

How did 服 come to have meanings related to both "clothing" and "submission"?

kanji etymology

asked Mar 24, 2014 at 12:21

16 votes

2 answers

4k views

Why isn't ある's negative form あらない?

asked Aug 27, 2013 at 4:27

13 votes

4 answers

1k views

In what ways do Japanese children overgeneralize conjugation patterns?

conjugations child-speech

asked Jun 14, 2014 at 20:30

11 votes

1 answer

584 views

Why do we believe that 神 is likely to be a loan from Ainu?

history ainu

asked Dec 14, 2016 at 4:00

11 votes

5 answers

2k views

How do you pronounce "☓☓" as a placeholder?

pronunciation

asked Sep 23, 2013 at 6:28

10 votes

2 answers

903 views

Why do 為る【する】 and 為す【なす】 use the same kanji as 為【ため】?

kanji classical-japanese

asked May 15, 2014 at 6:15

10 votes

1 answer

420 views

Why does [小っ酷い]【こっぴどい】 mean "very ひどい" rather than "slightly ひどい"?

words

asked Apr 3, 2015 at 18:25

10 votes

2 answers

816 views

What was the Japanese word for "clockwise" (時計回り) before clocks were commonplace?

words

asked Jan 16, 2015 at 16:15

9 votes

2 answers

410 views

What is the etymology of the "emphatic" ない?

etymology

asked May 24, 2015 at 2:07

9 votes

2 answers

6k views

Is チェリーボーイ wasei-eigo?

words loanwords wasei-eigo

asked Dec 1, 2015 at 17:18

8 votes

2 answers

1k views

What phonetic shorthands (like 〼, 〆) are there in Japanese?

orthography

asked Aug 14, 2015 at 21:02

8 votes

1 answer

359 views

What does 八 have to do with [八つ当たり]【やつあたり】?

words etymology

asked Dec 19, 2014 at 1:45

8 votes

1 answer

1k views

What does セレブ mean these days?

meaning loanwords

asked May 15, 2014 at 6:53

8 votes

1 answer

1k views

Does Japanese have free indirect speech?

grammar narration

asked May 22, 2014 at 5:32

8 votes

1 answer

2k views

What's the Japanese word for the stuff after the credits of a movie?

word-requests

asked Feb 12, 2014 at 21:55

8 votes

5 answers

1k views

Does Japanese have any infixes?

etymology linguistics morphology

asked Aug 20, 2013 at 14:24

8 votes

1 answer

848 views

How do you geminate ら-line sounds?

pronunciation loanwords gemination

asked Sep 20, 2013 at 23:38

7 votes

1 answer

661 views

What is the origin of ゟ (より)?

etymology orthography hiragana calligraphy

asked Aug 30, 2013 at 20:52

7 votes

1 answer

337 views

Are there any rules governing voicing in words formed via reduplication?

phonology reduplication

asked Oct 9, 2013 at 3:01

7 votes

2 answers

466 views

When was 歴史的仮名遣い standardized?

history orthography kana

asked Jun 19, 2014 at 20:30

7 votes

1 answer

681 views

What do you do if a genkoyoshi line ends with e.g. す。」?

handwriting orthography genkōyōshi

asked Jun 11, 2014 at 3:39

7 votes

1 answer

596 views

How do jokes with "だけに" work?

grammar puns

asked Jun 12, 2014 at 4:48

7 votes

1 answer

483 views

Can I get a grammatical breakdown of "通りゃんせ"?

grammar verbs dialects archaic-language

asked Dec 29, 2014 at 8:48

6 votes

2 answers

279 views

Does the use of 百足 as ateji for ムカデ come from calquing "centipede" (or a cognate)?

words ateji animals

asked Jun 5, 2014 at 22:58

6 votes

1 answer

195 views

When/why would one write a word using 直音表記?

history kana

asked Jun 18, 2014 at 1:15

6 votes

2 answers

600 views

How are 買 and 売 related?

kanji

asked Jul 9, 2014 at 1:01

6 votes

1 answer

449 views

Do native speakers think of 固い・堅い・硬い as homophones, or as the same word?

nuances

asked Dec 6, 2013 at 11:51

5 votes

3 answers

6k views

Is there any merit to the claim that Japanese and Tamil are genetically related languages?

history linguistics

asked May 21, 2014 at 22:18

5 votes

1 answer

376 views

Which words can be pronounced as either -aai or -awai?

pronunciation

asked May 14, 2014 at 7:17

5 votes

1 answer

165 views

Verbing to form 五段 verbs: does it only generate ラ行 verbs?

verbs

asked Apr 18, 2014 at 2:58

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67 Questions

How did 服 come to have meanings related to both "clothing" and "submission"?

Why isn't ある's negative form あらない?

In what ways do Japanese children overgeneralize conjugation patterns?

Why do we believe that 神 is likely to be a loan from Ainu?

How do you pronounce "☓☓" as a placeholder?

Why do 為る【する】 and 為す【なす】 use the same kanji as 為【ため】?

Why does [小っ酷い]【こっぴどい】 mean "very ひどい" rather than "slightly ひどい"?

What was the Japanese word for "clockwise" (時計回り) before clocks were commonplace?

What is the etymology of the "emphatic" ない?

Is チェリーボーイ wasei-eigo?

What phonetic shorthands (like 〼, 〆) are there in Japanese?

What does 八 have to do with [八つ当たり]【やつあたり】?

What does セレブ mean these days?

Does Japanese have free indirect speech?

What's the Japanese word for the stuff after the credits of a movie?

Does Japanese have any infixes?

How do you geminate ら-line sounds?

What is the origin of ゟ (より)?

Are there any rules governing voicing in words formed via reduplication?

When was 歴史的仮名遣い standardized?

What do you do if a genkoyoshi line ends with e.g. す。」?

How do jokes with "だけに" work?

Can I get a grammatical breakdown of "通りゃんせ"?

Does the use of 百足 as ateji for ムカデ come from calquing "centipede" (or a cognate)?

When/why would one write a word using 直音表記?

How are 買 and 売 related?

Do native speakers think of 固い・堅い・硬い as homophones, or as the same word?

Is there any merit to the claim that Japanese and Tamil are genetically related languages?

Which words can be pronounced as either -aai or -awai?

Verbing to form 五段 verbs: does it only generate ラ行 verbs?