Unanswered Questions

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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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Future Tense in Japanese

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 …
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you ni vs tame ni

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" …
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want to prepare for JLPT 1

hey I want to prepare for JLPT 1. any suggestions on rapid studies? thanks
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grammar question about 柔らかめに

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
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TRANSLATION IN KANJI

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 …
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What is the correct negative form of 。。。っている?

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 …
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Usage of ばかり in this sentence?

The sentence is: 眩しいばかりに美しい女 The meaning is easy enough to understand, but I'm not clear on how the ばかり can be used in other contexts. Does ばかり here mean "as if" -- i.e., "so bea …
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How to say “I’m so tired of…”

How would you say the popular expression of "I'm so tired of.." for instance: I'm so tired of school I'm so tired of your lies I'm so tired of waiting etc? つかれた seems kind of i …
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Different ways to use conditionals

General question: I've done a lot of study on the different intonations and emotions different ways to structure create in Japan, and I've been wondering about what other subtletie …
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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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Scholarly Japanese

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 …
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How do I say “Please, ask me anything”

Or how to say "I will answer any questions you have" Thanks!
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How to say “to have”?

Watashi wa kuruma ga aru. Watashi wa kuruma o motteiru. I believe they both mean "I have a car". So can I use "motteiru" and "aru" interchangeably when I want to say "X have/has Y …
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Gift giving in Japan

I was watching Sense of Japan on my local station carrying NHK World, and the topic of the show was 中元 and 歳暮. It got me thinking about how little foreigners/students are taught ab …

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