I believe they both mean "for" or "in order to", but I can't see when to use one over the other. I ran across an example such as: "byouki o naosu tame ni, ichinichijuu nete imasu" …

御飯を柔らかめに炊いた why is 柔らかめに　used here instead of　柔らかく　or 　柔らかに　？ Thanks for your time

I am looking for a translation of a quote, found in Miyamoto Musashi's "The Book Of Five Rings", in a poetic and (specially) correct way. "The Way of the warrior is resolute accep …

hey I want to prepare for JLPT 1. any suggestions on rapid studies? thanks

I know they all mean small. But I don't know when to use one as opposed to the other? Are they interchangeable? Or are there rules?

If someone asked me, "M　Streetの喫茶店はどこですか。(Do you know where the M Street Cafe is?)" Would I answer? "知らない" or "分からない"? What's the rule for using either word? From what I know, the …

Simple question: does anyone know what the terms are for different parts of scholarly studies in Japanese? (IE Math, History and other terms for different classes). I know I can lo …

Which is better? 私はもう宿題をしまた or 私はもう宿題をしていました

One of the main things I've learn about what separates Japanese from other languages is the supposed lack of a true future tense, or expressing when something will happen, that has …

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 …

I received an email from my team-mate cheering us on for a big race we are competing in this weekend and she used the phrase ばっちこい! I googled ばっちこい and the results say that it t …

According to the Japanese iPhone application the negative form of 知っている would be 知っていない. However in one of the books that I use for reference it says that the opposite of 知っている wo …

Or how to say "I will answer any questions you have" Thanks!

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.

和英辞典で「心」を調べると spirit, mind, heartなど色々出てきます。どう使い分けたらいいですか？