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45 Questions

Why did Asahi Shinbun write “子{こ}ども” instead of “子供{こども}” in this headline?

what exactly is “体言止{たいげんど}め”?

what is the name of the abbreviated writing style used in newspapers?

「二番」 vs. 「二番目」 confusion

meaning of “~しており、…”? isn't that 謙譲語{けんじょうご}?

why do some kanji have multiple stroke counts?

how could a sentence end with (noun + “よ”?)

“くださいませんか” vs. “いただけませんか”

Multiple usages of 学習{がくしゅう}

adding 「化」as a suffix can create サ変名詞, right？What is the technical term for this?

a few words have an honorific 「お」or「ご」 as a necessary prefix, right?

even on 常用漢字表{じょうようかんじひょう}, no kanji have an official 送{おく}り仮名{がな}?

“決{き}まっている” and “決められている” have the same meaning, right?

Are all “on'yomi” monosyllabic?

why “速さ” instead of “遅さ”、etc

Which nouns can use 美化語{びかご}?

Historical naming conventions of Japanese first names? Modern interpretation of first names?

Can 複合動詞{ふくごうどうし} ever not have [送]{おく}り[仮名]{がな} placed between the 2 kanji？

When can “~たがる” not be used in a continuous tense?

“Formal” Japanese and “honorific” Japanese, are completely different, right?

does the structure「(verb stem)がする」 exist?

using 美化語 in 謙譲語 verb forms does not make sense, right?

「なん」as a formal, spoken, suffix for questions?

does it make sense to talk about サ変名詞{さへんめいし} as 他動詞{たどうし} or 自動詞{じどうし}?

音{おん}訓{くん} for 肉{にく} and 皿{さら}

kanjis have 音読み{おんよみ}、訓読み{くんよみ}、and something like “人名読み{じんめいよみ}”. But, what is the real term for “人名読み”?

「たくさん」 is technically, but not practically, a na-nominal (形容動詞) , right?

which are the technical names for these verb transforms?

Special meaning of 洋彫り vs (入れ墨 and タトゥー)?

is “こっかい” a heteronym?