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The different ways to link negative sentences
I know that Japanese offers a plethora of ways to link one sentence to another, including when the sentence is a negative. On top of the frequently taught methods ないで and なくて, ther …
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meaning of character mo
what does the character mo "mean"? My son has a little pebble etched with that character and wants to know THANKS!
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“_______ためか______ならない” What is ためか?
Hello OnJ!
Working on another grammar point for next week... I understand what ならない means, but the か in ためか is throwing me off. Is it making a question of "ため=for the purpose of"? …
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Open question for the ONJ Community! Shall we invite native Japanese speakers who have English questions to our community?
I’ve been tossing around the idea of inviting native Japanese speakers to ask their English questions on this site. I’ll list some pros and cons of doing this, but I’m really inte …
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my childrens names
what is the japanese symbol for for the names Hannah, Brianna, Jonathan, Lily? these are my kids names and i want a differant way to spell the and show them there name can be writt …
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whats an easier way to learn the katakana?
this is getting tough. i am having a hard time learning. i need to have this down by september when i start the Japanese class.
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The 4 pillars of Japanese Society
In my studies of Japanese, one of the least taught things outside of slang and different subgroups are the principles of Japanese society that regulate each and every one of their …
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Electronic Dictionary for looking up kanji I can’t read.
Hi everyone, let's say I'm trying to read a japanese book, I come across a kanji or kanji compound I can't read. I would like to be able to find out a) the word in japanese. b) the …
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Is there a significant difference between いる and おる?
I just encountered おる today while reading an Ameblo blog post.
Here is an excerpt from the post that used the word in question:
こちらはかなり楽しくやっております
According to Goo辞書 it uses the …
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Language Usage question
What is the meaning of the 'suffix' ishta and when is it used?
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The rules for Kanji Compounds
To establish a baseline for what I'm lookin' for, this is what I know so far about the rules for compounds:
There are 2 basic types (訓読み+訓読み&音読み+音読み) and 2 advanced types (重箱読 …
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Dicsiplining Your Child
How do I tell me son to apologize in Japanese? For instance instead of just saying, "Dame" for "No", how do I say "That's too loud" or "That isn't good" or "Apologize please".
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Difference Between 〜に対して and 〜に対する
Hi guys, it's exam time again! (yayyyyy). What's the difference between these two when using them as a "Clause 1 に対する/対して Clause 2" stucture? The definitions I got off Jisho are as …
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Functions of むしろ- Indicating Alternatives
Another grammatical use question, this time involving むしろ, and its many grammatical forms. In the text we were given to study this, we were given the following meanings and example …
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The different way to mark a verb
Alright, so the basics of it are を is proceeded by transitive verb and が intransitive, and that in casual usage either one can be dropped. But what about when が is replaced by の, …



