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

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Jan 14 at 15:02 droooze 6,734

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Why isn't ある's negative form あらない?

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Jun 3 '14 at 16:40 senshin 4,009

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In what ways do Japanese children overgeneralize conjugation patterns?

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Jul 23 '14 at 15:24 rintaun 6,015

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

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Jul 1 '17 at 12:35 Rubellite Fae 146

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

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Apr 4 '15 at 9:37 l'électeur 139k

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

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Feb 21 '15 at 16:26 Community♦ 1

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

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May 16 '14 at 0:19 Community♦ 1

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Does Japanese have free indirect speech?

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May 6 '16 at 6:15 Chocolate♦ 53.2k

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Is チェリーボーイ wasei-eigo?

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Feb 24 '16 at 12:49 Community♦ 1

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What is the etymology of the “emphatic” ない?

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Nov 11 '15 at 1:47 Eiríkr Útlendi 21.3k

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

words etymology

Dec 19 '14 at 4:16 broccoli forest 35.1k

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What does セレブ mean these days?

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May 16 '14 at 0:20 hippietrail 7,928

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How do you geminate ら-line sounds?

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Oct 4 '13 at 4:00 Community♦ 1

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Does Japanese have any infixes?

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Sep 13 '13 at 8:24 snailboat♦ 37.9k

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When was 歴史的仮名遣い standardized?

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Jun 21 '14 at 4:25 Community♦ 1

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

handwriting orthography genkōyōshi

Jun 11 '14 at 17:58 Community♦ 1

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

phonology reduplication

Apr 3 '14 at 10:24 hippietrail 7,928

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

word-requests

Mar 24 '14 at 12:12 senshin 4,009

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

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Dec 6 '13 at 12:29 l'électeur 139k

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How do you pronounce “☓☓” as a placeholder?

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Oct 4 '13 at 3:54 Community♦ 1

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

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Nov 29 '15 at 9:59 macraf 5,388

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How do jokes with “だけに” work?

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Jun 12 '14 at 16:56 naruto 184k

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What is the origin of ゟ (より)?

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Aug 7 at 19:14 Earthliŋ♦ 43.8k

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

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Apr 24 '16 at 2:25 alex 1

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Why wasn't 欒 simplified to 栾, when 戀 was simplified to 恋?

kanji kyūjitai-and-shinjitai

Aug 30 '15 at 3:30 broccoli forest 35.1k

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How do people in Japan count with their fingers?

numbers

Aug 17 '15 at 19:57 Blavius 6,792

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How do you indicate line breaks in a poem when it is written without actual line breaks?

punctuation orthography poetry

Dec 14 '14 at 22:17 Shizuma_Hanazono 507

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How are 買 and 売 related?

kanji

Jul 10 '14 at 4:46 Community♦ 1

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

history kana

Jun 18 '14 at 7:07 Enno Shioji 11.6k

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

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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?

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?

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

Does Japanese have free indirect speech?

Is チェリーボーイ wasei-eigo?

What is the etymology of the “emphatic” ない?

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?

How do you geminate ら-line sounds?

Does Japanese have any infixes?

When was 歴史的仮名遣い standardized?

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

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

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

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

How do you pronounce “☓☓” as a placeholder?

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

How do jokes with “だけに” work?

What is the origin of ゟ (より)?

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

Why wasn't 欒 simplified to 栾, when 戀 was simplified to 恋?

How do people in Japan count with their fingers?

How do you indicate line breaks in a poem when it is written without actual line breaks?

How are 買 and 売 related?

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

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