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40 Questions

Correct form of address for a bartender, or itamae

Are there more terms similar to 上京 or 来阪 for going to Japanese cities?

What's up with the weird word order in 乞うご期待?

In Akutagawa's writing, would 誰 have been pronounced たれ or だれ?

Why does 見合せ mean a service interruption?

What is the origin of っこない?

「〜ますです」: is it correct, and what kind of speaker would talk this way?

What's the actual implication of 中止だ中止?

In 君が代, what's the function of の?

The genesis of pitch accent in Japanese

Syllable final -t in early modern Japanese?

What's the word regularly used to describe “working from home”?

Name of レ点 in 漢文

When does pitch accent reset?

不被下候: When was it common, and what were the rules?

Is the interjection おう really a Chinese loanword?

The origins and mechanics of pitch accent in SJ compounds

What is the それ in それゆけ?

Why does ゆっくり take the honorific prefix ご?

What is the meaning of the suffix 之助?

Couple of classical Japanese questions

Why does 甲斐 use these particular kanji?

What's the meaning of 〜までに here? [duplicate]

What kind of speech is sentence final 〜なも associated with?

Meaning of 〜しては

The surname 粂【くめ】

Why 燃ゆる in a modern slogan?

How did 賃 get its 慣用音 reading?

Which came first: いや (the interjection), or 嫌がる and similar words?

Referring to a diner in your own party as お客様?