User jogloran

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1 answer

3k views

Correct form of address for a bartender, or itamae

politeness

asked Dec 6, 2015 at 22:54

11 votes

2 answers

327 views

What is the origin of っこない?

asked Oct 12, 2019 at 5:53

10 votes

2 answers

456 views

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

word-requests

asked Jan 10, 2019 at 21:14

9 votes

2 answers

275 views

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

expressions

asked Oct 1, 2019 at 13:49

9 votes

3 answers

187 views

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

literature

asked Sep 19, 2016 at 5:58

9 votes

1 answer

186 views

Why does 見合せ mean a service interruption?

etymology

asked Jun 18, 2018 at 0:17

7 votes

1 answer

280 views

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

grammar

asked Jul 18, 2020 at 21:56

7 votes

2 answers

2k views

Has Japanese syntax changed between the 1950s and today?

language-evolution

asked May 23 at 20:36

6 votes

2 answers

585 views

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

interpretation

asked Mar 1, 2020 at 6:31

6 votes

1 answer

204 views

Name of レ点 in 漢文

katakana classical-japanese chinese symbols

asked Apr 11, 2017 at 20:44

6 votes

1 answer

832 views

When does pitch accent reset?

pitch-accent

asked Apr 28, 2016 at 5:44

6 votes

1 answer

592 views

The genesis of pitch accent in Japanese

linguistics pitch-accent

asked Jan 12, 2015 at 4:13

6 votes

1 answer

223 views

Syllable final -t in early modern Japanese?

phonology

asked Dec 7, 2012 at 8:44

6 votes

2 answers

463 views

In 君が代, what's the function of の?

grammar history

asked Jul 9, 2014 at 13:17

5 votes

2 answers

260 views

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

kanji orthography negation classical-japanese

asked Jul 16, 2012 at 15:02

5 votes

1 answer

829 views

The origins and mechanics of pitch accent in SJ compounds

pitch-accent

asked May 21, 2015 at 7:35

5 votes

2 answers

340 views

Why does ゆっくり take the honorific prefix ご?

honorifics

asked Jun 12, 2019 at 7:37

5 votes

3 answers

3k views

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

words

asked Feb 4, 2019 at 20:48

5 votes

1 answer

656 views

What is the それ in それゆけ?

expressions

asked Feb 20, 2020 at 7:05

5 votes

1 answer

357 views

The は in the phrase そこはかとなく

etymology

asked Sep 17, 2021 at 5:01

4 votes

1 answer

98 views

What's going on in the word 同い年?

etymology

asked Jul 21 at 23:55

4 votes

2 answers

386 views

Is the interjection おう really a Chinese loanword?

etymology

asked May 16, 2015 at 23:28

4 votes

1 answer

384 views

Why does 甲斐 use these particular kanji?

kanji etymology

asked Nov 15, 2014 at 8:03

3 votes

2 answers

558 views

The surname 粂【くめ】

kanji names

asked Dec 5, 2012 at 11:32

3 votes

2 answers

361 views

Couple of classical Japanese questions

classical-japanese poetry

asked Aug 30, 2015 at 22:29

3 votes

2 answers

585 views

What is the meaning of the suffix 之助?

names suffixes interjections

asked Sep 11, 2015 at 0:58

3 votes

1 answer

104 views

How did 賃 get its 慣用音 reading?

etymology

asked Jul 27, 2020 at 22:11

3 votes

1 answer

222 views

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

words dialects

asked Apr 21, 2020 at 22:31

3 votes

1 answer

290 views

Meaning of 〜しては

grammar translation

asked Nov 22, 2018 at 8:27

3 votes

0 answers

65 views

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

grammar

asked Nov 11, 2020 at 5:49

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45 Questions

Correct form of address for a bartender, or itamae

What is the origin of っこない?

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?

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

Has Japanese syntax changed between the 1950s and today?

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

Name of レ点 in 漢文

When does pitch accent reset?

The genesis of pitch accent in Japanese

Syllable final -t in early modern Japanese?

In 君が代, what's the function of の?

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

The origins and mechanics of pitch accent in SJ compounds

Why does ゆっくり take the honorific prefix ご?

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

What is the それ in それゆけ?

The は in the phrase そこはかとなく

What's going on in the word 同い年?

Is the interjection おう really a Chinese loanword?

Why does 甲斐 use these particular kanji?

The surname 粂【くめ】

Couple of classical Japanese questions

What is the meaning of the suffix 之助?

How did 賃 get its 慣用音 reading?

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

Meaning of 〜しては

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