Datasets:

---

p1atdev

/

japanese-stackexchange

like 3

[ { "body": "Yes, you're right. じゃ is a colloquial variant of では, and では can follow not\nonly の but also any noun and noun-like words (including はず), and implicit ないか\nmay follow. For example, you can say 「これは本では？」(Isn't this a book?) and\n「それは簡単では？」(Isn't that easy?).", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-01-17T08:31:16.153", "id": "98200", "last_activity_date": "2023-01-17T08:31:16.153", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "5010", "parent_id": "98198", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "You certainly wouldn't predict that these two meanings would attach to the\nsame word, but they both seem to mark the boundary beyond which something\nceases to be true. That's pretty abstract, I admit.\n\nWhat confuses me is this:\n\n好きなだけ食べてください\n\nお前の知ってる日本語って、それだけか？\n\nIn the first sentence, だけ seems to be a noun. In the second, it just attaches\nto the pronoun それ in a fashion that you would not expect of a noun. So it's\nnever been clear (to me) what part of speech it should be considered. It's a\nstrange word, hard to grasp in its entirety.", "comment_count": 3, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-01-17T14:16:21.377", "id": "98202", "last_activity_date": "2023-01-17T14:16:21.377", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "55510", "parent_id": "98199", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 }, { "body": "Literally 丈 means length/amount/extent. (In measuring clothes, you see lots of\n丈)\n\nAdding an ambiguous example to the existing answer might help.\n\n * これだけ覚えればよいだろう. ('Remembering this amount should be enough')\n\nThis can mean either\n\n * Remembering _this much/as much as this_ should be enough.\n\nif the amount is felt a lot by the speaker; or\n\n * Remembering _just this/these_ should be enough.\n\nif the amount is felt as something limited by the speaker.", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-01-18T11:57:06.580", "id": "98223", "last_activity_date": "2023-01-18T11:57:06.580", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "45489", "parent_id": "98199", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "This is a type of contrastive-は that emphasizes the correctness of the\nstatement. You don't have to always translate it, but you can keep the nuance\nin English translation using \"at least\" or \"did\":\n\n * Although I at least stopped him strongly, ...\n * Although I _did_ stop him strongly, ...\n\nThis type of contrastive-は can be placed between a te-form and a subsidiary\nverb. Similar examples:\n\n * 食べてはみます。 \n= 食べてみはします。 \nI'll try (eating) it, at least (although it doesn't look delicious).\n\n * 教えてはもらった。 \n= 教えてもらいはした。 \n[Someone] did teach it to me / I did learn it (although I forgot it).\n\n * 持ってはくるけど、本当に必要なの？ \n= 持ってきはするけど、本当に必要なの？ \nI _will_ bring it, but is it really necessary?", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-01-18T01:03:26.320", "id": "98214", "last_activity_date": "2023-01-18T02:08:10.513", "last_edit_date": "2023-01-18T02:08:10.513", "last_editor_user_id": "5010", "owner_user_id": "5010", "parent_id": "98206", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 } ]

[]

[ { "body": "動けたい is strange. 動けていたい and 動いていたい and 動けるようになりたいis acceptable. \n(動ける+している=動けている している+いたい=していたい 動けている+していたい=動けていたい)\n\n動けていたい can be used like thinking of when you get old,you want your arms to be\nable to move. I thin jhis word is grammatically correct but not used so much. \n動いていたい can be used like you want to to move your arms anytime. Nobody would\nsay that this word is grammatically strange. \n動けるようになりたい can be used like you are unable to move now but wanting to move. I\ndon't know the context but this may be the best.", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-01-18T07:06:22.957", "id": "98219", "last_activity_date": "2023-01-18T07:06:22.957", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "55517", "parent_id": "98209", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

[ { "body": "> 彼はあのビールは好きだと見えたけど、半分しか飲んでなかった\n>\n> It looked like he likes that beer but he only drank half of it.\n\nだと here is the declarative だ you probably know well plus the quotative と which\ngoes with the verb 見えた. Xと見える means \"to look like X.\"", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-01-17T23:37:40.573", "id": "98211", "last_activity_date": "2023-01-17T23:37:40.573", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "41067", "parent_id": "98210", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "First of all, `[V て-form]-きた` is a somewhat subjective expression in the sense\nthat whatever has _come_ has come to the speaker. For example, when you say\n涼しくなってきた, you are experiencing the coolness yourself. The sentence doesn’t say\nwhen the change started to happen, but it implies you, as the speaker, have\njust noticed it and perceive it as ongoing. If you perceive it as a one-time\nchange in the past, you would say 涼しくなった.\n\nIt’s hard to pinpoint the beginning of the change in the case of 涼しくなってきた. It\ncould be days or even weeks earlier. This lack of a clear beginning suggests\nthe change is gradual. The change in, say, 雨が降ってきた, on the other hand, is\ninstantaneous and more obvious, and therefore, you are expected to notice it\nsoon after it happens. In such a case, the construct is understood as\nindicating that something has just begun to change. You don’t need to get wet,\nbut you still perceive the rain as your own experience. If you are talking\nabout rain in some remote place as an objective observer, you would say\n雨が降り始めた or 雨が降り出した, instead.\n\nThe change in お城が見えてきた could be either gradual or instantaneous. The most\nlikely scenario would be that you are moving towards the castle, and at one\npoint it comes into your view from behind whatever was blocking it. It’s hard\nto not notice something when it has just come into your view like that. If you\ndon’t notice it, it’s still out of your view, after all. Then, the sentence is\nunderstood as indicating something has just begun to change just like 雨が降ってきた.\nHowever, it’s also possible that your view was obscured by clouds, mist, or\nsome problem with your eyes, and as it gets cleared up, the castle has become\nvisible. This would be a gradual change. This distinction is a relative one.\nYou might even say 涼しくなってきた in response to a sudden drop in the temperature in\nan air-conditioned room, for that matter. What’s important is you have just\ncome to realization and you are experiencing it.\n\nYour last three sentences also imply the change is ongoing as the speaker\nperceives or observes it. Otherwise, you would use simple た-forms. If this\ndistinction is hard to express in English, it could be due to the subjective\nnature of the construct. The last sentence might not sound as subjective as\nthe others, but you are still speaking from within the environment where the\nchange is going on.", "comment_count": 5, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-01-18T13:27:42.520", "id": "98224", "last_activity_date": "2023-01-18T13:27:42.520", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "43676", "parent_id": "98212", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 }, { "body": "Your confusion comes from the fact that you're taking these translations too\nliterally (I had the bad habit of doing that too). For example, the first\nsentence could also be translated to:\n\n> 涼しくなってきた (lit. It came to be that it's cool) \n> It has gotten cooler.\n\nBe wary of added/removed nuances in translations. In this case, the\ntranslation you provided uses the verb _start_ or the progressive tense to try\nand convey the feeling of てきた, but the original Japanese sentence doesn't\ncontain neither of these. It doesn't necessarily mean the translation is\nwrong, because the added manner is a bit irrelevant in this context, but we\ncan say that it's not accurate, at least not accurate enough to represent\nexactly what is being said in Japanese. The Japanese sentence is very simple\nand the てきた doesn't tell a lot about the manner of the change, it only gives\nus the information that it \"came\" to you, to your senses, etc.\n\n> How can I tell if it's something that is still ongoing or if the change is\n> in the past?\n\nWith てきた alone, only the context will tell you because it's not the purpose of\nthis construction. Of course, if you absolutely need/want that information,\nyou can add it in Japanese too with other tools, like ところ、始める, etc. Here's\nanother related\n[question](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/77014/how-do-you-\nexpress-its-getting-colder-in-the-past-tense-i-e-it-was-getting).", "comment_count": 4, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-01-18T23:03:49.483", "id": "98226", "last_activity_date": "2023-01-19T12:41:55.427", "last_edit_date": "2023-01-19T12:41:55.427", "last_editor_user_id": "45176", "owner_user_id": "45176", "parent_id": "98212", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 } ]

[]

[ { "body": "仕事初日で、遅れただけじゃなく、道に迷ってしまった。 sounds better because 遅刻 is a noun, 遅れる is a verb\nand 道に迷う is a verb. \nUsing 遅刻した instead of 遅れた is a good way too. 遅刻した has narrower sense and less\npossibility of causing misunderstanding.\n\nBut 仕事初日で、遅刻したただけじゃなく、道にも迷ってしまった。 is the best. \nThough \"も\" is not necessary in conversations, that feels a bit strange.", "comment_count": 5, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-01-18T06:35:45.393", "id": "98218", "last_activity_date": "2023-01-18T06:35:45.393", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "55517", "parent_id": "98215", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "> What does 「年目」 mean here, and why is 「目」 attached to 「年」?\n\n目 indicates the number is ordinal instead of cardinal. That is, 五年目=5th year.\n五年=5 years.\n\n> Would the sentence still have the same meaning if we use only 「年」 instead of\n> 「年目」?\n\nNo. It would be possible to say 付き合って五年 **で** 結婚することにしました though I feel it is\nslightly less natural.", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-01-18T03:37:51.717", "id": "98217", "last_activity_date": "2023-01-18T03:37:51.717", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "45489", "parent_id": "98216", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "* The kanji 刀 is primarily read as かたな in kun-yomi, but とう (on-yomi) is also used in on-yomi compounds. Note that this word refers not only to Chinese ones but to single-edged swords/knives in general, including Western sabers and Japanese katana. To specifically refer to Chinese dao, we simply use [中国刀](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%B8%AD%E5%9B%BD%E5%88%80) (ちゅうごくとう).\n * The kanji 剣 (劍) is primarily read as けん in on-yomi, but つるぎ (kun-yomi) is common, too. This refers to double-edged swords in general, including [something like this](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_Sword). To specifically refer to Chinese jian, we simply use [中国剣](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%B8%AD%E5%9B%BD%E5%89%A3) (ちゅうごくけん).\n\nRelated: [Can an odachi be called a\nkatana?](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/97555/5010)", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-01-19T04:52:22.007", "id": "98230", "last_activity_date": "2023-01-19T04:52:22.007", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "5010", "parent_id": "98227", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 } ]

[ { "body": "でいる is \"the progressive form of だ\", so it means \"to be being X\", \"to\nstay/remain X\", \"to continue to be X\". It has little to do with である.\n\n * 沙都子の味方でいる \nto continue to be Satoko's ally\n\n * 沙都子の味方でいさせる \nto make [someone] continue to be Satoko's ally\n\n * 沙都子の味方でいさせて(よ) \n(Please) let [us] continue to be Satoko's ally\n\nSee also:\n\n * [What is the difference between でいる and である in this example?](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/66270/5010)\n * [Why である instead of でいる？](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/93895/5010)\n * [What is the meaning/grammar behind noun + でいる?](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/62732/5010)", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-01-19T04:27:01.373", "id": "98229", "last_activity_date": "2023-01-19T17:56:26.507", "last_edit_date": "2023-01-19T17:56:26.507", "last_editor_user_id": "5010", "owner_user_id": "5010", "parent_id": "98228", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "#I'm not completely sure what 'shuffle' means.\n\n * スッ, スッスッ can be used for sounds made by slippers moving on the floor. スッ is for one step; スッスッ is for multiple steps (strides)\n * シャカシャカ may be used when the movement is quick.\n * ズッ, ズッズッ for shoes on the ground (a dictionary tells this is for scuffing).\n * ズルズル is a general one for dragging (oneself, in the walking context).\n\nProbably not shuffling, but\n\n * キュッ, キュッキュッ is typically for basketball players moving in a court (the sound the shoes make when stopping on the floor).", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-01-19T09:08:26.327", "id": "98234", "last_activity_date": "2023-01-19T09:08:26.327", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "45489", "parent_id": "98231", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "天火明命 is the name of a god in ancient Japanese mythology. 天 = あめ, 火 = ほ, 明 =\nあかり. (の is a particle; 命 (みこと) is a kind of suffix for deities.) See [this\nWikipedia article](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amenohoakari) for details.\n\nThe kanji of [god names in Japanese\nmythology](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Japanese_deities) are\ngenerally based on kun-yomi, ateji or jukujikun, because they existed before\nJapanese people learned kanji and their on-yomi from China. See also: [Why is\n\"Yamata no Orochi\" written in\nkatakana?](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/13788/5010)", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-01-19T18:06:18.050", "id": "98239", "last_activity_date": "2023-01-19T18:35:49.910", "last_edit_date": "2023-01-19T18:35:49.910", "last_editor_user_id": "5010", "owner_user_id": "5010", "parent_id": "98236", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "喉まで出かかった is a set phrase that means \"almost said\". It suggests that the words\ncame from somewhere else (I don't know if it's the brain or the stomach) but\nwere blocked before being vocalized by the throat.\n\n> Would the sentence remain natural if 喉まで出かかった was omitted?\n\nThe sentence still makes sense without it, but of course some meaning will be\nlost.", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-01-19T18:24:44.370", "id": "98240", "last_activity_date": "2023-01-19T18:24:44.370", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "5010", "parent_id": "98238", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "> ナイフの10倍はあろう **か** という巨大な刀 \n> (= ナイフの10倍はあるだろうかという巨大な刀) \n> the huge sword that is perhaps more than 10 times bigger than a knife\n\nTo break down,\n\n * This は is a contrast maker working like \"at least\".\n * あろう is the \"volitional\" form of ある, but it's roughly the same as あるだろう here. あろう sounds more literary. \n * [Japanese Grammar: The mysterious connection between the volitional form and でしょう / だろう](https://selftaughtjapanese.com/2022/03/30/japanese-grammar-the-mysterious-connection-between-the-volational-form-and-%E3%81%A7%E3%81%97%E3%82%87%E3%81%86-%E3%81%A0%E3%82%8D%E3%81%86-deshou-darou/)\n * [推量の助詞、「う」... does this particle exist?](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/14854/5010)\n * This ある is not \"to exist\" but a verb to express the size/weight of something. See [my answer here](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/a/97542/5010).\n * This か is optional, but it's a question marker that adds a sense of uncertainty (i.e., \"perhaps\", \"presumably\"). [See my answer here](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/a/65697/5010).", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-01-20T05:20:18.987", "id": "98243", "last_activity_date": "2023-01-20T05:20:18.987", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "5010", "parent_id": "98241", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[]

[ { "body": "Usually, no. The function of だ (aka 'copula') is closer to \"(it) is\", and it\nhas almost nothing to do with the function of the article \"the\". If you can\nalso say \"It's the bus\" instead of just \"The bus\", then バスだ might make sense,\ntoo. But note that ending a sentence with だ is a fairly blunt and masculine\nway of speaking, and it is only natural in urgent situations like \"津波だ!\" (\"A\ntsunami!\") or when you are speaking arrogantly to your servant, etc. Saying\n\"出口だ!\" is fine if you are excited after wandering around a dungeon for a long\ntime.", "comment_count": 4, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-01-21T02:21:13.360", "id": "98254", "last_activity_date": "2023-01-21T02:21:13.360", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "5010", "parent_id": "98244", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "Simply, 二条 is a well-known place (street) name in Kyoto. Several famous\nbuildings existed at this location, including [Nijo\nCastle](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nij%C5%8D_Castle), but since this manga\nis set in the Sengoku period, this 二条 may be referring to [this\none](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%BA%8C%E6%9D%A1%E6%96%B0%E5%BE%A1%E6%89%80)\nbuilt by Oda Nobunaga.", "comment_count": 4, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-01-20T08:27:29.270", "id": "98246", "last_activity_date": "2023-01-21T00:51:54.723", "last_edit_date": "2023-01-21T00:51:54.723", "last_editor_user_id": "5010", "owner_user_id": "5010", "parent_id": "98245", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "なんで is an informal interrogative that normally means the same thing as どうして\n(\"why\"), so Google's translation is the natural interpretation of that\nsentence. However, as [this dictionary\nentry](https://jisho.org/word/%E4%BD%95%E3%81%A7) explains, なんで sometimes\nmeans the same thing as なにで (\"how; by what means\"), too.\n\nSince this can be confusing even to native speakers, in reality, なんで does not\nmean \"by what means\" very often. To say \"by what means\", なにで is preferred most\nof the time.\n\n * **なんで** そこへ行くの？ \nWhy do you go there? (Usual interpretation) \nHow do you go there? (Uncommon interpretation)\n\n * **なにで** そこへ行くの？ \n(= どうやってそこへ行くの？) \nHow do you go there? (By bus? By train?)", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-01-21T00:31:00.793", "id": "98252", "last_activity_date": "2023-01-21T00:31:00.793", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "5010", "parent_id": "98247", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "1. 現金購入 is not an appositive construction. 'Cash' is not equal to 'purchase', right? 購入 (\"～ purchase\") is one of those words that can form compounds almost like a suffix (e.g., クレカ購入, 電子マネー購入, 定期購入). See the last part of [this answer](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/a/19379/5010).\n 2. It's なんだ + って. See Chocolate's links. \n * なんだ (なのだ) is a plain example of [explanatory-の](https://www.wasabi-jpn.com/japanese-grammar/explanatory-noda/).\n * って is a quotative particle that means \"I heard\" here.", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-01-21T00:42:56.160", "id": "98253", "last_activity_date": "2023-01-21T00:42:56.160", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "5010", "parent_id": "98248", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "I think you got the meaning, both are about the 68-year-old man being stabbed.\n\nThe reason for using `刺した相手` is that the suspect`佐々木楓`has been introduced\nearlier, the subject of this sentence is the victim `男性`. The complete\nsentence should be `(容疑者が)刺した相手は、44歳年上の交際相手の男性でした`\n\nHowever, if using `された`, the subject is usually omitted (regardless of whether\nit is yourself). And the complete sentence would be `(44歳年上の交際相手の男性は)容疑者に刺された`\nThis can cause a duplication, as she has already been introduced", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-01-20T23:07:52.553", "id": "98251", "last_activity_date": "2023-01-21T00:45:10.013", "last_edit_date": "2023-01-21T00:45:10.013", "last_editor_user_id": "43676", "owner_user_id": "54316", "parent_id": "98249", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

[ { "body": "Generally, 壁 is used for rooms or buildings and 塀/垣 for boundaries.\n\n * 垣 is usually made of something 'natural'.\n * 塀 is more wall-like (typically, top two in the first picture below or the second pic called ブロック塀{べい} - [source 1](https://mizushimanoie.jp/staff_blog/22772/), [source 2](https://blog.goo.ne.jp/tameikiman22/e/f778d083ff2560ff93e8b30e87413279)).\n\n[垣根](https://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/word/%E5%9E%A3%E6%A0%B9/#jn-38295) in modern\nspeech is synonymous with 垣, which has subtypes 生垣, 竹垣 etc. A typical 生垣 is as\nthe bottom right one below, and 竹垣 is the bottom left. I think 生垣 is more or\nless a patch of shrubs. This can be a boundary between a property and outside,\nor between a path and fields in a park, for example.\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Ec1Y8.jpg)\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/LtqkR.png)\n\n* * *\n\n柵/フェンス is typically like below (often seen in schools;\n[source](http://works.nogisuzu.main.jp/?eid=107)). A wire mesh fence would be\ncalled フェンス or 柵, but wood fence may be called 垣(根) as well.\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/F8UNt.png)\n\n* * *\n\nLastly, walls like [Hadrian's\nWall](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%8F%E3%83%89%E3%83%AA%E3%82%A2%E3%83%8C%E3%82%B9%E3%81%AE%E9%95%B7%E5%9F%8E)\nis called 長城. The (English) name should sound odd to most Japanese (at least\nto me), because it is too short (vertically) for 壁 ( _the_ translation for\n_wall_ ).\n\nAn aside: as above suggests, 塀 is usually shorter than 壁, but the wall\nsurrounding a prison is still a 塀. As such 塀の中 is a euphemism for _in(side of)\njail_.", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-01-22T02:48:32.767", "id": "98260", "last_activity_date": "2023-01-22T02:48:32.767", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "45489", "parent_id": "98255", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 } ]

[ { "body": "> たく…誰だ、こんな時に。\n>\n> Jesus Christ! Who has a nerve to call at this time?!?\n\nYou are right on nuance. This たく is short for **まっ** たく. まったく is one of the\ninterjections you use to express frustration or annoyance. The possible\ntranslations are \"damn it,\" \"my god,\" \"Jesus Christ\" and many others.", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-01-21T23:23:27.443", "id": "98258", "last_activity_date": "2023-01-21T23:23:27.443", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "41067", "parent_id": "98257", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[]

[ { "body": "Yes, she's simply reiterating the request made in the first line\n(「寧々ちゃんのことよろしくね」).", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-01-22T17:47:49.610", "id": "98271", "last_activity_date": "2023-01-22T17:47:49.610", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "33934", "parent_id": "98261", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "I'll focus on -ね here. I would say it makes the utterance more intimate rather\nthan more casual. Similarly to じゃあね vs じゃあ, おめでとうね sounds more intimate than\nおめでとう.\n\nPoliteness can sometimes be explained with high vs low status but it can also\nbe explained with distance. Here, it's more about distance. Presenting\nyourself too close to a colleague can be inappropriate (which appear to be the\ncontext in the video).", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-01-22T14:07:14.480", "id": "98265", "last_activity_date": "2023-01-22T14:07:14.480", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "10531", "parent_id": "98262", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 }, { "body": "The answer to your sub question 1 is yes. The ne at the end should be red, not\njust e. I'm sure it was just overlooked.\n\nI have to forewarn you that my answer for the main question might be anecdotal\nbut I think it is a very plausible explanation. Less syllables could mean more\npolite when an expression that added an attitude to the phrase is taken out.\nThose expressions are called 終助詞{しゅうじょし} or語尾{ごび}\n\nJapanese language has many ways to end the last word of a sentence to imply\nstatus, demand, empathy, surprise, attitude or the intention of the phrase.\nよ、ね、か、じゃん、and many more.\n\nSome 語尾 could be thought to be an attitude modifier. Take an example below\n\n 1. すべて開{あ}けてください\n 2. すべて開{あ}けてくださいよ\n\nThe former politely asks you to open all (of whatever they might be), nothing\nelse. How about the latter? Is the latter less polite? If you talked to a\ncomplete stranger that way. The words might be polite but よimplies a pretty\nstrong demand whether pitiful or forceful, so you'd be viewed as pushy or\nimpolite. When よis used this way (demand/command) often involves an attitude\nor pleading. So naturally, taking out よ makes it more polite. More correctly,\ntaking よ out makes it less impolite.\n\nSimilarly below,\n\n 1. これは水{みず}？\n 2. これは水{みず}か？\n\nThe first isn't very polite but not very impolite either. As for the latter, か\nin a question form without です is very often used only towards friends or those\nwith a lower status, like a school freshman to seniors. So the latter could\nfeel quite oppressive or downright accusatory. Taking かout makes it neutral,\nless impolite, and thus more polite\n\nIn essence, sometimes, having more syllables or certain 語尾 adds an implied\nintimacy or changes the distance. And it can be impolite because the distance\nmight be too intimate or the attitude might be inappropriate = less polite,\nEVEN IF the sentence has a polite form like です。 So if you take the 語尾 out and\nback off, it can sound more polite because the distance might be now more\nappropriate or there is no more attitude. So I believe this restoration of\npoliteness by taking the offending negatively modifying ごび out from the\nsentence is the rule of how having less syllables could be more polite.\n\nIt's a different way of thinking. Adding more syllables is one way to be\npolite. Taking syllables away can achieve a similar effect albeit by being\nless rude/impolite/intimate thus an illusion of elevating the politeness. If\nthis was a math, and 1 meant being polite for the \"given situation\", then\nadding more syllables to be polite would be like 0+1=1 while the less\nsyllables to be less impolite would be like 1-1-(-1)=1, with the first -1\nbeing the 語尾 which modifies the politeness the original sentence、and the 2nd\n-1 being the act of taking the 語尾 out of the sentence. Might not be without\nlogical flaw in the formula, but you get the idea.\n\nIf you are interested, more on 語尾 can be found below. Need to be an advanced\nreader but a very fun read. Very interesting even to a native. Has many real\nlife examples on this topic\n\n<http://headjockaa.g1.xrea.com/realjp/index.html>\n\nAdditional stuff on this subject from University of Tokyo Foreign Studies\n\n<http://www.coelang.tufs.ac.jp/mt/ja/gmod/contents/explanation/096.html>", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-01-28T06:00:56.227", "id": "98337", "last_activity_date": "2023-01-31T00:36:01.777", "last_edit_date": "2023-01-31T00:36:01.777", "last_editor_user_id": "11571", "owner_user_id": "11571", "parent_id": "98262", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 }, { "body": "> Btw, is the n supposed to be in red too?\n\nYes; editing for these kinds of videos has minor slip-ups like that all the\ntime.\n\n> What's up with that MORE syllables are actually LESS formal / MORE casual?\n> What are other examples of this?\n\nThere's no reason not to expect that. We see it in English all the time -\ne.g., the use of \"like\" as a filler word.\n\n> お誕生日おめでとう is more polite / more formal / less casual compared to 誕生日おめでとう\n> right?\n\nYes, but that's only because お in お誕生日 is specifically an honorific prefix in\nthis context.\n\n(So is the お in おめでとう, by the way: \n[愛]{め}でる (dictionary form) -> \nめでたい (continuative + たい to make the desiderative) -> \nめでたく (continuative again) -> \n[めでたう -> めでとう (two-phase sound\nshift)](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/42890) -> \nおめでとう (with honorific prefix))", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-02-01T13:10:13.450", "id": "98414", "last_activity_date": "2023-02-01T13:10:13.450", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "627", "parent_id": "98262", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[]

[ { "body": "Okaasan is used for only your mother. ~obasan is used for other's mother. ~san\nis commonly used for people.\n\nSo, okaasan(otoosan)＞~obasan(~ojisan)≧~san. However I don't think it's that so\ndifferent.", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-01-23T11:27:48.767", "id": "98278", "last_activity_date": "2023-01-23T11:27:48.767", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "55322", "parent_id": "98264", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "I think most Japanese would say obaSAn ojiSAn or obasaN ojisaN, though\n[name]-obasan and [name]-ojisan would be [namE]-Obasan and [namE]-Ojisan. \nBut I think this is usual thing. \nAme+onNA=aMEOnna \nIto+denWA=iTODEnwa \nDEnshi+shoseKI=denSHISHOseki \nSUtera+obasaN=suteRAObasan", "comment_count": 15, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-01-22T15:57:26.140", "id": "98268", "last_activity_date": "2023-01-22T15:57:26.140", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "55517", "parent_id": "98266", "post_type": "answer", "score": -2 }, { "body": "> it's oKAA-san and oTOU-san but then it's Oba-san and Oji-san.\n\n> お母【LH】, お父【LH】\n>\n> おじ【HL】, おば【HL】\n\nI think these are incorrect, I'm afraid. In Standard Japanese:\n\n> [おかあさん]{LHLLL} [おとうさん]{LHLLL} [おばさん]{LHHH} [おじさん]{LHHH} \n> i.e. oKAa-san, oTOu-san, oBA-SAN, oJI-SAN\n\n> [おかあ]{LHL} [おとう]{LHL}*\n>\n> [おじ]{LH} [おば]{LH}\n\n*おかあさん, おとうさん, おねえさん, おばあさん etc. are お+かあさん, お+とうさん, お+ねえさん, お+ばあさん (prefix お is attached to かあさん etc.), rather than おかあ+さん, おとう+さん, おねえ+さん, おばあ+さん (suffix さん is attached to おかあ, おねえ etc.)\n\n* * *\n\nBy the way, (as you may know,) the pitch of the suffix ～さん depends on the\npitch of the final sound (or mora?) of the preceding word:\n\n> [さとう]{HLL} + さん → [さとうさん]{HLLLL} \n> [たかはし]{LHLL} + さん → [たかはしさん]{LHLLLL} \n> [ひろこ]{HLL} + さん → [ひろこさん]{HLLLL}\n\nand\n\n> [すずき]{LHH} + さん → [すずきさん]{LHHHH} \n> [やまもと]{LHHH} + さん → [やまもとさん]{LHHHHH} \n> [ひろみ]{LHH} + さん → [ひろみさん]{LHHHH}\n\nIn the same way...\n\n(お) + [かあ]{HL} + さん → ([お]{L})[かあさん]{HLLL} \n[おば]{LH} + さん → [おばさん]{LHHH}\n\n* * *\n\nIn reply to DJ's comment:\n\nThe pitch of [おばさん]{LHHH} and [おじさん]{LHHH} change to [おばさん]{HLLL} and\n[おじさん]{HLLL} when they're attached to a name:\n\n[ひろこ]{HLL} + [おばさん]{LHHH} → [ひろこおばさん]{LHHHLLL} \n[たろう]{HLL} + [おじさん]{LHHH} → [たろうおじさん]{LHHHLLL}", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-01-23T03:52:34.213", "id": "98275", "last_activity_date": "2023-01-24T05:44:14.907", "last_edit_date": "2023-01-24T05:44:14.907", "last_editor_user_id": "9831", "owner_user_id": "9831", "parent_id": "98266", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "I guess such a situation is too rare to be discussed in general, but the\nfollowing is likely.\n\n * If Rhaenyra and Alicent has been friends, they would continue to call each other in the way they have been using.\n\n * If Rhaenyra and Alicent know each other by the marriage, they would call each other like classmates. Use of san or first name alone is just personal choice depending on how they feel about each other.\n\n* * *\n\nIf the House is sort of aristocratic that puts a lot of importance on\nformalites, Rhaenyra may call Alicent _okaasama_ , but it is just as unlikely\nas R. calling A. _Mother_ in English.\n\n(Like Maki Shijo calling Kaguya as _obasama_ in _Kaguya-sama_ , it may be\npossible in extremely rich families, but I have simply no idea)", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-01-23T03:53:47.790", "id": "98276", "last_activity_date": "2023-01-23T03:53:47.790", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "45489", "parent_id": "98267", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "Does \"to see if there is something missing\" mean \"to get to know if I lost\nsomething\"? (like you heard that someone burgled your house) \nThen from the viewpoint of grammar, the way you translate is not wrong, or\nbetter than the original. \n失ったもの, unlike なくしたもの, must not be in your house.", "comment_count": 4, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-01-22T17:49:14.130", "id": "98272", "last_activity_date": "2023-01-22T23:47:49.870", "last_edit_date": "2023-01-22T23:47:49.870", "last_editor_user_id": "43676", "owner_user_id": "55517", "parent_id": "98270", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 }, { "body": "Japanese has no articles. Depending on the context, this 失った物 can mean either\n\"the thing I lost\" or \"something I lost\". For example, the first\ninterpretation is correct in the context about a ring the speaker lost many\nyears ago. The second interpretation is correct in the context about a burglar\nwho broke into the house some time ago.\n\nSince this example sentence has no previous context, I cannot say either\ninterpretation is incorrect. Nevertheless, in the context of a burglar, people\ntend to use 何か and say 何か無くなっていないか(と)探した or 何か無くしていないか(と)探した. Provided there\nis a sufficient prior context that explains what \"the lost thing\" is, there is\nnothing wrong with jisho.org's translation.", "comment_count": 4, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-01-23T08:02:24.937", "id": "98277", "last_activity_date": "2023-01-23T19:40:23.237", "last_edit_date": "2023-01-23T19:40:23.237", "last_editor_user_id": "5010", "owner_user_id": "5010", "parent_id": "98270", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 }, { "body": "let me break it down for you\n\n失った物: the things i lost,\n\nがないかと(思って): here after the と, some verb is omitted, like 思う\n\n家中を捜した - searched all over the house\n\nso you can maybe translate it as: \"\"arent there any missing things?\" i\nthought, and started searching all over the house\"\n\nit can mean that you are not sure if there are missing things, so you do it,\nin order to see if there actually are\n\nalso most of translations from japanese to english are not so direct, because\nits hard to translate directly and be natural most of the time.", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-01-23T18:27:29.847", "id": "98279", "last_activity_date": "2023-01-23T18:27:29.847", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "55009", "parent_id": "98270", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "いっそくぶん is correct. \n分 for this meaning is always pronounced as \"ぶん\" like \"じゅうねんぶん\"(10年分),\n\"ふつかぶん\"(2日分).", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-01-22T18:28:06.953", "id": "98274", "last_activity_date": "2023-01-22T18:28:06.953", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "55517", "parent_id": "98273", "post_type": "answer", "score": 6 } ]

[ { "body": "You are close. These are used in different types of sentences.\n\nどうしたって (or どうしても) is usually followed by something undesirable or inevitable.\n\n * どうしたって無理だ。 \nNo matter what, it's impossible.\n\n * 他人の気持ちを理解するのはどうしたって難しい。 \nAt any rate, it's hard to understand the feelings of other people.\n\n是非 is an adverb that is used exclusively when you strongly invite or recommend\nsomething. I feel it's weaker than 必ず (\"without fail\"), though.\n\n * 是非パーティーに来てください。 \nPlease come to our party!\n\n * このゲームは是非プレイするべきです。 \nYou should definitely play this game.\n\n * 是非！ \nYes, please do! / Definitely! \n(after being asked whether they should do something)\n\n(Note that both どうしたって and 是非 have other usages.)", "comment_count": 4, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-01-24T02:42:19.433", "id": "98282", "last_activity_date": "2023-01-24T02:53:14.153", "last_edit_date": "2023-01-24T02:53:14.153", "last_editor_user_id": "5010", "owner_user_id": "5010", "parent_id": "98281", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "> Is that キラキラって equivalent to キラキラと?\n\nYes. って is more colloquial.\n\n> If so, are they always interchangeable?\n\nNo. After considering a number of examples, I think this type of って can be\nused in place of [\"the optional\nと\"](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/a/49006/5010) only when the\nonomatopoeic adverb is related to a (usually strong) emission of sound, light,\nenergy, etc. For example, you can say バーンって鳴る, ピカって光る, ブワーって飛び出す, パリンって割れる and\nso on, but you cannot say ぐっすりって眠る, しっかりって勉強する or ツルツルって滑る. (The level of\nacceptance may vary from person to person.)", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-01-24T11:08:09.880", "id": "98286", "last_activity_date": "2023-01-24T11:08:09.880", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "5010", "parent_id": "98284", "post_type": "answer", "score": 5 } ]

[ { "body": "* **よく通る声** : Well-projected voice; the voice that is easily heard and understood by an audience even in a large space.\n * **きれいな声** : Beautiful voice.\n * **リバーブのかかった声** : Echoed or reverberated voice. (Everyone's voice will be echoed in a bathroom, so this is natural.)\n * **透明感のある声** (or 透き通った声): This is a way of describing a clear, smooth or pure voice. It's the opposite of a husky voice. A voice may sound clearer if the low frequency components are cut or masked by the environment.", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-01-24T13:29:27.137", "id": "98287", "last_activity_date": "2023-01-24T13:29:27.137", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "5010", "parent_id": "98285", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "I'm not sure what you mean by \"(non-)logical particle\", but this と is\nessentially a quotative-と, which naturally takes a clause that ends with a\nverb (見た **と** 思います), an adjective (赤い **と** 思います) or a copula (学生だ **と**\n思います). This する is a verb meaning \"to let/assume\" (see the 5th definition [on\njisho](https://jisho.org/word/%E7%82%BA%E3%82%8B)), and `sentence + とする` is a\nset phrase meaning \"assume that ～\". There is no fundamental grammatical\ndifference between 遺産があったと思う and 遺産があったとする.\n\nと can directly take a noun, too, in which case it's a different type of\nparticle that typically means \"with ～\" (as in 彼と働く \"to work with him\") or\n\"and\" (as in リンゴとバナナ \"apples and bananas\"). Let's not mix them.", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-01-26T00:19:29.707", "id": "98302", "last_activity_date": "2023-01-26T00:19:29.707", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "5010", "parent_id": "98289", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "よくこの道を歩いた。 is more natural. \nよくこの道で歩いた。 can be used, but it feels like the speaker talks about walking like\nhe's now speaking about his experience of exercise.\n\nBoth 毎日公園を走った。 and 毎日公園で走った。 are natural, because both would be used when\ntalking about an experience of exercise. \nBut If you wanna talk about days you ran across the park and you got home so\nfast, then you should use the former one. The latter one is weird.\n\n鳥が空を飛んだ。 would be always better. 鳥が空で飛んだ。 feels like the bird has flied\nsomewhere else but the sky. That's odd. \nPlus そらで has a meaning of \"by heart\" like 私はこの曲をそらで歌える。. That's so confusing.", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-01-25T17:40:00.183", "id": "98293", "last_activity_date": "2023-01-26T05:07:38.923", "last_edit_date": "2023-01-26T05:07:38.923", "last_editor_user_id": "55517", "owner_user_id": "55517", "parent_id": "98290", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 }, { "body": "I generally think of で as meaning \"in/within/around in\"/etc (in a given\nspace). On the other hand, を with these sorts of verbs means more\n\"over/across/along/through\"/etc (along a given path). So:\n\n> 道 **を** 歩いた \n> I walked _along_ the street (the street was the path I was walking along. I\n> was using the street to get from one place to another.)\n\n> 道 **で** 歩いた \n> I walked _at_ the street (I was at the street when I started walking, and I\n> never left the street, or I went to the street and then I started walking\n> around there (which seems like an odd situation, to be honest))\n\nor\n\n> 公園 **を** 走った \n> I ran _through_ the park (I ran from one end of the park to the other, or\n> along a path that covers most of the park, etc)\n\n> 公園 **で** 走った \n> I ran _around in_ the park (I ran somewhere within the confines of the\n> park. I went to the park and then ran there for a while, etc.)\n\nThe point is that で merely indicates the area within which the activity was\nconfined, but を more explicitly refers to the _path or route_ which was taken\nor over which the activity occurred (and is part of the intent of the\nactivity).", "comment_count": 4, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-01-25T19:04:59.423", "id": "98297", "last_activity_date": "2023-01-27T16:13:57.617", "last_edit_date": "2023-01-27T16:13:57.617", "last_editor_user_id": "35230", "owner_user_id": "35230", "parent_id": "98290", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 }, { "body": "**You basically cannot use で with these movement verbs.** A rare exception is\nwhen the action does not involve the actual change of place, or when such a\nchange of place is not important at all as the purpose of the action. (EDIT:\nAnother exception is when で is clearly used as a method marker, e.g.,\n電車ではなく高速道路で行きます \"I'll go not by train but using a highway\".)\n\nこの道で歩く is almost always nonsense, and you should say この道を歩く instead. However,\nif the context is a strange YouTube streamer who sets up and uses his\ntreadmill in different places, then saying 昨日はこの道で歩いた, 今日はトイレで歩く, 明日は図書館で歩く\nand so on make sense because he stays in the same place while doing the action\nof walking.\n\n公園を走る is much more common, but 公園で走る is also acceptable if the context is\nwhere you do your everyday exercise (the purpose is the running itself rather\nthan the change of place). If the park is relatively small and you run over\nthe same place many times, 公園で走る can be more acceptable. Likewise, プールで泳ぐ is\ntypically more natural than プールを泳ぐ because the purpose is usually recreation\nor exercise rather than traveling (you move back and forth within the same\nnarrow area).\n\n鳥が空で飛ぶ usually makes little sense, but it can be used when talking about a\nwounded bird that has been training to fly in a facility. When it finally\ntries to fly in the sky as the last step of its training, you could say\n明日その鳥は初めて空で飛ぶ or something like that (the flying action and the location are\nimportant but the traveling is unimportant). 僕は部屋で飛ぶ is a reasonable\ncatchphrase of a flight simulation game (you are experiencing the flying\nwithout actually traveling), and in this case 僕は部屋を飛ぶ makes no sense.", "comment_count": 4, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-01-25T19:07:20.163", "id": "98298", "last_activity_date": "2023-01-26T12:32:26.397", "last_edit_date": "2023-01-26T12:32:26.397", "last_editor_user_id": "5010", "owner_user_id": "5010", "parent_id": "98290", "post_type": "answer", "score": 5 } ]

[ { "body": "First, 使うのですか is too polite compared to 使いますか. \n使うんですか is better to say unless you're a butler.\n\n使うんですか feels like you've already mentioned the thing or you know the listener\nknows the thing. 使いますか can be used in more situations, and you can almost\nalways replace 使うんですか with 使いますか。\n\nもしたくさんの遺産があったとしたらどのように使うんですか？ would be used when you're already talking about\nthe inheritance. And 使いますか can be used in the same situation.\n\nもしたくさんの遺産があったとしたらどのように使いますか？ can be used when you just want to know the answer\nand try asking it too.", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-01-25T18:27:47.700", "id": "98295", "last_activity_date": "2023-01-25T18:27:47.700", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "55517", "parent_id": "98291", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 }, { "body": "This type of の for seeking clarification is generally not used with purely\nhypothetical questions that have nothing to do with the reality. There is\nusually no need to \"wonder about someone's intention\" for such questions.\n\n 1. 仮にお金が1億円あるとしたら、何に使いますか？\n 2. 仮にお金が1億円あるとしたら、何に使うのですか？\n\nSentence 1 is a natural what-if question you can ask casually for fun.\n\nSentence 2 sounds rather sudden when said without any prior context. It sounds\nlike the speaker has some actual concern about a millionaire's (or the\nlistener's) mindset. However, it would sound natural after sufficient context\nhas been established, as in the following examples:\n\n * 私には大きなお金の使い方がわかりません。仮にお金が1億円あるとしたら、何に使うのですか？ \nI have no idea how to spend a lot of money. What does someone spend it on if\nthey have 100 million yen? \n(The speaker has doubt about a millionaire's mindset in general.)\n\n * え？ 今すぐ1億円が欲しい？ 仮にお金が1億円あるとしたら、何に使うのですか？ \nHuh? You need 100 million yen right now? Even if you had it, what would you\nspend it on? \n(The speaker wants to clarify the speaker's intention.)\n\nThe same goes for your first example about 遺産. It sounds like a nuanced\nquestion to me.", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-01-25T20:00:16.853", "id": "98299", "last_activity_date": "2023-01-25T20:40:08.093", "last_edit_date": "2023-01-25T20:40:08.093", "last_editor_user_id": "5010", "owner_user_id": "5010", "parent_id": "98291", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "I think the lyrics mean this.\n\nあなた(が)旅立つ日に(私が)見た夢を今も(私は)憶えているの。 \n(その内容は)涙(が)つたうあなたの頬(に)(私が)手を伸ばすと(あなたが)闇の中消えた。\n\nの of 憶えているの does not mean \"of\". This の is often used when you tell a thing to\nsomeone. \nIf you don't use this の. It feels like you're just saying it to yourself. \nの is normally used by female person. んだ has a similar meaning but it's used by\nanyone.", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-01-25T17:58:29.903", "id": "98294", "last_activity_date": "2023-01-25T17:58:29.903", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "55517", "parent_id": "98292", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 }, { "body": "The (あなた旅立つ日に見た)夢を coming after 今も憶えているの is a somewhat common grammatical\ntechnique where some part of the sentence (subject, or object, etc) will be\nplaced after the verb (with its corresponding particle) for emphasis or\neffect.\n\nThe first two lines, if put into a more \"standard\" form would read:\n\n> あなた(が)旅立つ日に見た夢を今も憶えているの。 \n> (I) still remember the dream (I) had the day you left.\n\n(As Chance explained, the の here is not a connector but a sentence-ending\nparticle.)\n\nHowever, it has been rearranged to essentially say something more like:\n\n> 今も憶えているの \n> あなた旅立つ日に見た夢を \n> (I) still remember it, \n> The dream (I) had the day you left.\n\nLikewise, the third and fourth lines are basically (IMHO) separated by an\nimplicit comma, because the speaker is essentially listing off the different\nthings they remember from the dream:\n\n> 涙つたうあなたの頬、 \n> 手を伸ばすと 闇の中消えた \n> Your tear-stained cheeks, \n> (I) reached out (my) hand, and (you) disappeared into the darkness", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-01-25T18:31:13.993", "id": "98296", "last_activity_date": "2023-01-25T19:36:34.107", "last_edit_date": "2023-01-25T19:36:34.107", "last_editor_user_id": "35230", "owner_user_id": "35230", "parent_id": "98292", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[]

[ { "body": "放たれた【はなたれた】 is [放つ【はなつ】](https://jisho.org/word/%E6%94%BE%E3%81%A4) in the\npast passive form. (Note that\n[放す【はなす】](https://jisho.org/word/%E6%94%BE%E3%81%99) is a different verb with\nthe same kanji.)\n\n * 放つ: \"to unleash (something)\"\n * 放った: \"unleashed (something)\" (past)\n * 放たれる: \"is unleashed\" (passive)\n * 放たれた: \"was unleashed\" (past passive)\n\nIt modifies not only 時空 but 時空の大魔法 as a whole. Here, 時空(の)魔法 is a category of\nmagic often referred to as [Time\nMagic](https://finalfantasy.fandom.com/wiki/Time_Magic).\n\n> その中で放たれた時空の大魔法は、日本のとある高校の教室で炸裂した。 \n> The great time(-space) magic unleashed in it exploded in a classroom of a\n> certain high school in Japan.", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-01-26T02:30:45.853", "id": "98304", "last_activity_date": "2023-01-26T02:30:45.853", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "5010", "parent_id": "98303", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 }, { "body": "Thanks to [Jimmy Yang](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/users/41067/jimmy-\nyang), he has pointed me in the right direction. The answer is:\n\nPassive voice of a godan verb with a `つ` suffix as seen here\n<https://www.tofugu.com/japanese-grammar/verb-passive-form-rareru/>\n\nwhich then is changed to `た` form to be used as a noun modifier.", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-01-26T02:31:23.277", "id": "98305", "last_activity_date": "2023-01-26T02:31:23.277", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "55577", "parent_id": "98303", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

[ { "body": "調子に乗る is about mind - being too excited (after learning something). 勢いをつける is\nabout motion - having (physical) momentum. It looks like the expected reading\nis the first motivates the second.", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-01-26T11:59:29.653", "id": "98308", "last_activity_date": "2023-01-26T11:59:29.653", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "10531", "parent_id": "98307", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 }, { "body": "調子に乗る means the state you feel that you're greater than you should feel.\n\n勢いをつけて means \"with great force\". In this situation, it probably mentions the\nphysical force, though it's sometimes used figuratively.", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-01-26T12:04:44.823", "id": "98309", "last_activity_date": "2023-01-26T12:04:44.823", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "55517", "parent_id": "98307", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "> 務めてもろうとる\n\nIt's Kansai-ben for 務めてもらっている. (務める+て+もらう+て+いる)\n\nIn Kansai-ben, people say...\n\n> もろうて, もろて, (もうて) to mean もらって \n> もろうた, もろた, (もうた) to mean もらった \n> もろうとる, もろとる, もろてる, (もうとる, もうてる) to mean もらっている", "comment_count": 7, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-01-26T14:22:02.303", "id": "98311", "last_activity_date": "2023-01-27T03:40:10.147", "last_edit_date": "2023-01-27T03:40:10.147", "last_editor_user_id": "9831", "owner_user_id": "9831", "parent_id": "98310", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 } ]

[ { "body": "Typically in a horse race, 大穴 is the horse with the highest odds, i.e., the\nleast likely to win. As such it means a _remote(st) possibility_.\n\nHere 大穴 itself is not one of the list of possibilities. The structure is,\n_This name, Towa, can be (1)芸名 or (2)源氏名, (3)通り名 or (4)リングネーム, and in addition\n大穴で(5)...という線もある_. The last part says literally _the remotest possibility is\nthe lines that ..._ , where _line_ means like English _along those lines_. It\nimplies that the name is strange (or the whole phrase is a joke), but not\nnecessarily that the speaker makes fun of the name.", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-01-26T23:21:43.917", "id": "98316", "last_activity_date": "2023-01-26T23:21:43.917", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "45489", "parent_id": "98313", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 } ]

[ { "body": "This is literally どう (\"how\") + やって (\"doing\", from やる).\n\nNote that Japanese uses どう (\"how\") in various places where we use \"what\" in\nEnglish. For instance, 「どうした？」 is literally \"how did [something] do?\", as in\n\"how did this current state or situation come about?\" Meanwhile, in idiomatic\nEnglish, we would say \"what happened?\" instead.\n\nIn some cases, どうやって (\"doing how\") is better rendered as \"doing what\". In\nother cases, just \"how\".\n\n> 駅までどうやって行きますか。\n\nOne way to break this down from an English perspective might be:\n\n> 駅までどうやって行きますか。 \n> ↓ _(literal)_ \n> station until how doing go `[QUESTION]` \n> ↓ _(slightly more idiomatic)_ \n> How do I do to go to the station? \n> ↓ _(more idiomatic still, noting that Japanese uses \"how\" in many places\n> where English uses \"what\")_ \n> What do I do to go to the station? \n> ↓ _(most natural English)_ \n> How do I go to the station?", "comment_count": 5, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-01-26T21:07:36.637", "id": "98315", "last_activity_date": "2023-01-26T21:07:36.637", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "5229", "parent_id": "98314", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "なんくるないさ is the equivalent of なんとかなるさ (or なるようになるさ) in [the Okinawan\nlanguage](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Okinawan_language). Some people\nconsider Okinawan to be a dialect of Japanese, while others consider it to be\na separate language. It's one of the most famous Okinawan phrases, known\nnationwide, and is suitable at least for a T-shirt or souvenir mug. But if\nyou're not particularly interested in Okinawa, you have no reason to choose\nit.", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-01-27T02:29:54.933", "id": "98318", "last_activity_date": "2023-01-27T02:42:39.060", "last_edit_date": "2023-01-27T02:42:39.060", "last_editor_user_id": "5010", "owner_user_id": "5010", "parent_id": "98317", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[]

[]

[ { "body": "Bということになる means _it follows that B/means B_. There is some 'precedent' A,\nimplicitly or explicitly. For example,\n\n * 明日雨だと大会は延期ということになる If it rains tomorrow, it follows that the competition will be put off\n * 今日は妻が病気なので自分で家事をしなければならないということになる The fact that my wife is sick means that I have to do the chores.\n\nとし is と＋する in 連用形. Here it means _to say, to conclude_. See the following\nquestion:\n\n * [What does this としています express?](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/56323/45489)\n\nFor the sentence in question, the structure is 杉本穂高はAためBということになるとし, which\nwould translate to _Hodaka Sugimoto says that since A, it follows that B_.", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-01-27T14:32:00.020", "id": "98323", "last_activity_date": "2023-01-27T15:09:31.403", "last_edit_date": "2023-01-27T15:09:31.403", "last_editor_user_id": "7944", "owner_user_id": "45489", "parent_id": "98321", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 }, { "body": "Semantically \"assume it became as such\" is not far off, but if you went with\n\"we assume\" because you saw the subject as implicit/empty, I think that is\nwrong. とし's base form is とする, and its subject is 杉本穂高は. The larger structure\nlooks like: \"Sugimoto Hotaka considers that there are many ..., that the term\nsignifies ..., and that it follows that ...\".\n\nThe quote is apparently from\n<https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%81%AA%E3%82%8D%E3%81%86%E7%B3%BB> and it is\na bit convoluted sentence. I would split it into shorter sentences.", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-01-28T02:06:30.663", "id": "98335", "last_activity_date": "2023-01-28T02:06:30.663", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "10531", "parent_id": "98321", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

[ { "body": "You are right about テクニック being specific.\n\nAnother thing to note is 方法 is a generic _how to_ ; the others imply some sort\nof skill one needs to learn. In this sense, テクニック/手法/技法 are quite similar.\n\n[技法](https://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/word/%E6%8A%80%E6%B3%95/#jn-53757) and\n[手法](https://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/word/%E6%89%8B%E6%B3%95/#jn-106201) are\ninter-defined, so practically synonymous. They mean techniques in art, which\nare mostly done manually, thus are interchangeable (are there crafts not by\nhand in some way?). Perhaps 技法 has a connotation of more\nestablished/technically distinct collection of methods/skills.\n\nテクニック can be used for skills outside art. For example, speaking of sport\nplayer's techniques, テクニック is fine but 技法/手法 would be odd.", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-01-27T14:41:40.563", "id": "98324", "last_activity_date": "2023-01-27T14:41:40.563", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "45489", "parent_id": "98322", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "**This is not necessary** , because if your bag gets lost, nobody is going to\nopen it up.\n\n * The baggage handling staff at the airport can figure out from the tag where it's supposed to go, who it belongs to, and how to contact you.\n\n * More importantly, when you arrive at your destination and your bag doesn't show up, the first thing you need to do before you even leave the collection area is **make a lost luggage report**. At this point you can talk to the staff right then and there and make sure they have your contact details, agree on where it should be delivered etc. And yes, at any major Japanese airport, there will be English-speaking staff available.", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-01-27T07:45:05.967", "id": "98326", "last_activity_date": "2023-01-27T07:45:05.967", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "1790", "parent_id": "98325", "post_type": "answer", "score": 6 }, { "body": "\"Flight\" might be translated by フライトナンバー which is just flight number.", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-01-27T23:23:14.657", "id": "98332", "last_activity_date": "2023-01-27T23:23:14.657", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "32857", "parent_id": "98325", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

[ { "body": "Not sure of the context, but 助けてもらう means _(the subj.) is helped (received\nhelp)_ and 助けた means _(the subj.) helped_. Thus, by the sentence itself, it\nsays _we helped each other, that's all_.", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-01-27T23:28:48.310", "id": "98333", "last_activity_date": "2023-01-27T23:28:48.310", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "45489", "parent_id": "98327", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "This らしい can also express that something is typical of something's\ncharacteristics. So it's more like the aunt noticed the danger, and she\nappears to be behaving accordingly.", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-01-27T18:39:08.360", "id": "98329", "last_activity_date": "2023-01-27T18:39:08.360", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "54413", "parent_id": "98328", "post_type": "answer", "score": -1 }, { "body": "I suspect this might be a matter of parsing.\n\nI think you're looking at the phrase like this:\n\n> おばさんもあきらかに（危険に気づいた）らしく\n\nIn this case, the あきらかに and らしく both apply to the core 危険に気付いた: she both\n\"clearly\" noticed the danger, but also only \"apparently\" noticed it, and we\nwind up with the apparent contradiction that you note.\n\nInstead, we could parse this like so:\n\n> おばさんも（あきらかに危険に気づいた）らしく\n\nIn this case, the あきらかに applies to the 危険に気付いた portion, and the らしく then\napplies to this longer phrase: \"it seems like\" the aunt \"clearly\" noticed the\ndanger. Looked at this way, we avoid the contradiction.\n\nCurious what others think, and I hope this helps. :)", "comment_count": 8, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-01-27T22:23:24.877", "id": "98331", "last_activity_date": "2023-01-27T22:23:24.877", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "5229", "parent_id": "98328", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 }, { "body": "Probably what you are missing is that あきらかに is always (as far as I can think\nof) a sentence modifier.\n\n彼女は明らかに危険に気付いた can be translated _She clearly noticed the danger_ , which has\nan ambiguity: (1) clearly noticed or (2) it is clear that she noticed. あきらかに\ndoes not have this ambiguity and it is always (2). (I think _obviously_ works\nsimilarly. It is always to the speaker that the thing is obvious).\n\nらしい in 彼女は明らかに危険に気付いたらしい is a kind of weakener, making things indirect, as\noften happens in Japanese. Literally, it is _It **seemed** clear that she\nnoticed the danger_ (as opposed to _It **was** clear..._). As a translation,\nthe second one in Eiríkr Útlendi's answer may be more natural.\n\nSo all in all, you interpreted it correctly but what you see as a\ncontradiction is not necessarily so.\n\n* * *\n\nFYI.\n\n * 彼女ははっきりと危険に気付いた\n\nThis one only means _She saw the danger clearly_ or _The danger was obvious to\nher_. Appending らしい does not pose any contradiction - _It seemed (to me) that\nthe danger was obvious to her._\n\n * 彼女は明らかに眠っていた She was obviously asleep/It was obvious that she was asleep.\n\nHere there is no ambiguity due to the meaning of _asleep_ (though _obviously\nasleep_ may be less idiomatic). Note 彼女ははっきりと眠っていた is odd (as _to sleep\nclearly_ is).\n\nAs a sentence modifier, 明らかに can be put in front. 明らかに彼女は... does not change\nanything in the above sentences.", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-01-28T04:57:06.333", "id": "98336", "last_activity_date": "2023-01-28T04:57:06.333", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "45489", "parent_id": "98328", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 }, { "body": "明らかに～らしい sounds odd usually.\n\nBut this らしく(らしい) may be used when you hear something by someone.\n\nTwitterで見たけど、社長が捕まったらしいよ \n友達から聞いたけど、教頭より校長の方が若いらしい\n\nIf you hear someone says おばさんもあきらかに危険に気づいた, then you can say\nおばさんもあきらかに危険に気づいたらしく(らしい) without any problem.", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-02-01T08:07:20.920", "id": "98413", "last_activity_date": "2023-02-01T08:07:20.920", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "55517", "parent_id": "98328", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "Both can be used for exclamation. To me なんと is more literary.\n\n>\n> [なんと](https://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/word/%E3%81%AA%E3%82%93%E3%81%A8/#jn-165873)\n> 感心・失望などの気持ちを強調して表す。 **なんて** 。「―美しい花だ」「―愚かな人だ」\n>\n>\n> [なんて](https://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/word/%E3%81%AA%E3%82%93%E3%81%A6/#jn-165853)\n> 驚いたり、あきれたり、感心したりする気持ちを表す。 **なんという** 。「―だらしないんだ」「―すばらしい絵だ」\n\nA difference is that なんて can be followed directly by a noun whereas なんと can't.\nE.g.,\n\n * なんてやつだ _What a guy._ = なんというやつだ\n * なんとやつだ would be understood as なんと、やつだ. _Wow, (that's) him_.", "comment_count": 4, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-01-27T23:37:58.903", "id": "98334", "last_activity_date": "2023-01-27T23:37:58.903", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "45489", "parent_id": "98330", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "The problem is that in English, we cannot put question words in subclauses\nlike that, so let's replace どう with そう. We split the sentence like this:\n\n * そうやって償いをした - I made it up to you like this\n * そうやって償いをしたら - If I made it up to you like this\n * そうやって償いをしたらいいのでしょうか。- If I made it up to you like this, would it be good?\n\nNow introduce どう: \"What would it be, that if I made it up to you like that, it\nwould be good?\"", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-01-28T13:38:32.417", "id": "98343", "last_activity_date": "2023-01-28T13:42:39.177", "last_edit_date": "2023-01-28T13:42:39.177", "last_editor_user_id": "55600", "owner_user_id": "55600", "parent_id": "98338", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "The literal translation of 雰囲気で点が取れる is indeed \"can get high marks from\natmosphere\". Here, 雰囲気で is a slangy phrase that means something like \"relying\non one's guessing ability or intuition (rather than knowledge, logic or\nexperience)\". So it's a kind of test where you can guess the correct answers\njust by reading the questions carefully and using your common sense. If you\nhappen to know [空気を読む](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/12790/5010), this\n雰囲気で is in the same vein. There is a net meme\n[俺たちは雰囲気で～している](https://dic.pixiv.net/a/%E3%81%9C%E3%82%93%E3%81%9C%E3%82%93%E3%82%8F%E3%81%8B%E3%82%89%E3%81%AA%E3%81%84%E4%BF%BA%E3%81%9F%E3%81%A1%E3%81%AF%E9%9B%B0%E5%9B%B2%E6%B0%97%E3%81%A7%E6%A0%AA%E3%82%92%E3%82%84%E3%81%A3%E3%81%A6%E3%81%84%E3%82%8B).\n雰囲気で in the title of [this book](https://nextpublishing.jp/book/10979.html) is\nthe same. 雰囲気で話す人 is someone who says plausible-sounding things that are not\nbased on logic.\n\n～とは何だったのか means \"What was ～?\" or \"What was the point of (saying) ～?\". So since\nIrido is studying hard now, this guy is wondering why he said 雰囲気で点が取れる\nearlier.", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-01-29T02:13:52.180", "id": "98351", "last_activity_date": "2023-01-29T02:52:44.217", "last_edit_date": "2023-01-29T02:52:44.217", "last_editor_user_id": "5010", "owner_user_id": "5010", "parent_id": "98339", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 } ]

[ { "body": "As you've already guessed, the explanation for the example is wrong, as 国 is\nnot a な adjective. It is still a valid sentence, the なの is the same as the\nlast の in \"これは、会社の建物だったのかな。\" which was briefly explained on the Tofugo\narticle. It means sth like \"The thing is\" or \"is it?\" and thus goes well with\nかな. Also the second sentence puts more emphasis on whether it is really the\ncase (that america is a free country), which is expressed through なの. You\ncould translate the sentences as: I wonder if that's a human. I wonder if it\nis really the case that america is a free country. なの would be \"the case\".", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-01-28T12:42:19.210", "id": "98342", "last_activity_date": "2023-01-28T12:42:19.210", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "55600", "parent_id": "98340", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "These are the Sino-Japanese readings of Chinese characters, so the grammar\nisn't even that of Japanese, but of Chinese. This can be seen by the fact that\nthe verb (行, 度) precedes the object (深般若波羅蜜多, 一切苦厄) in each clause:\n\n> 観自在菩薩・行深般若波羅蜜多時、照見五蘊皆空、度一切苦厄。\n\nJapanese has SOV (subject-object-verb) word order, in contrast to Chinese's\nSVO.\n\nAs for whether the sutras are intelligible by ordinary native speakers, even\naside from the differences in syntax, my assumption would be \"no\" unless they\nare familiar with the glosses. As an example, even though the Chinese\ncharacter 度 is also present in Japanese, note that in Japanese, it only has\nthe rare reading 度る with the [definition 推し量る \"to\nsurmise\"](https://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/word/kanji/%E5%BA%A6/#jn-154709), and\nnot the [specialised Buddhist sense of \"to save from\npurgatory\"](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%BA%A6#Etymology_1).", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-01-28T16:34:21.527", "id": "98348", "last_activity_date": "2023-01-28T22:29:23.480", "last_edit_date": "2023-01-28T22:29:23.480", "last_editor_user_id": "816", "owner_user_id": "816", "parent_id": "98345", "post_type": "answer", "score": 5 } ]

[ { "body": "This is neither of those なs; it's the な as in そうだな. (I guess it could be 笑っていな\nbut doesn't make much sense in this context)\n\nYou should already be familiar with just the ～て form for a casual\ncommand/request. Thinking more about it, the particles that can follow it are\nlimited, so I'm not _quite_ sure this is the 終助詞 ～な, but it's very similar. よ,\nね, な, and や may follow this command ～て. (Other 終助詞 such as わ or ぞ cannot.)\n\nWhile な is by no means uncommon in standard Japanese, I get the impression\nit's even more common in Kansai-ben, which this speaker appears to use.", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-01-28T15:10:30.843", "id": "98347", "last_activity_date": "2023-01-28T15:57:45.053", "last_edit_date": "2023-01-28T15:57:45.053", "last_editor_user_id": "9971", "owner_user_id": "9971", "parent_id": "98346", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 }, { "body": "\"It's very straightforward so laugh it off.\" is the right meaning\n\nな has almost the same meaning as ね, but な is used by men and Kansai people.\n\n明日俺の家来てな Come to my house tomorrow, ok?\n\n出かける準備しといてな Get ready to go out, ok?\n\nI don't know the situation, but 笑ってな must have the same meaning. \nAnd the speaker is Kansai people because he or she uses やから instead of だから.\n\nEdited and added: \nNow I understand what is your point. \nする form(dictionary form) like 笑う 食べる 飲む 遊ぶ + な means negative order. \n笑うな。-Don't laugh. \n食べるな。-Don't eat. \n飲むな。-Don't drink. \n遊ぶな。Don't play.\n\nして form like 笑って 食べて 飲んで 遊んで + な(ね) means positive order. \n笑ってな。(笑ってね。)-Laugh, ok? \n食べてな。(食べてね。)-Eat, ok? \n飲んでな。(飲んでね。)-Drink, ok? \n遊んでな。(遊んでね。)-Play, ok?\n\nCaution 1: \nして form + な also can be used as an abbreviation of していな, just as like してる can\nmean している。 \nIn this usage, you can't use ね instead. \n笑ってな。(笑っていな。) -Be laughing.\n\nCaution 2: \nし form(masu stem form)like 笑い 食べ 飲み 遊び + な also means positive order, but this\nis a bit powerful, contrary to してな has a nuance of asking. \nIn this usage, you can't use ね istead. \n笑いな。-Laugh. \n食べな。-Eat. \n飲みな。-Drink. \n遊びな。-Play.\n\nIn short, there are four types. \n笑ってな(笑ってね)-Laugh,ok? \n笑ってな(笑っていな)-Be laughing. \n笑いな-Laugh. \n笑うな- Don't laugh.", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-01-29T05:47:12.330", "id": "98358", "last_activity_date": "2023-01-29T06:27:23.987", "last_edit_date": "2023-01-29T06:27:23.987", "last_editor_user_id": "55517", "owner_user_id": "55517", "parent_id": "98346", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "隠語 means words used when it's considered to be bad using the original words. \nFor example, スピード for 覚醒剤, サツ for 警察 (among bad people), 本番 for 性行為.\n\nスラング means words used in a comunity. For example, orz in 2chan, lit in English\nspeakers. \nIf they have important role in the comunity, they should be called 用語.\n\n俗語 means created informal words. For example, キモい, 厨二病, シノラー, ナウい, 徹マン, あけおめ. \n隠語 and スラング are a kind of 俗語.\n\nデカい is too popular among too many Japanese. \nSo デカい may not be considered as 俗語, though 俗語 is the best choice.", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-01-28T19:45:35.050", "id": "98350", "last_activity_date": "2023-01-28T19:45:35.050", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "55517", "parent_id": "98349", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "You can (and should) simply use おなじ (同じ), which means \"the same\".\n\n> 私のお父さんと私の誕生日は同じです。 \n> わたしの おとうさんと わたしの たんじょうびは おなじです。\n>\n> (Literally) My [birthday] and my father's birthday are the same.\n\nOr you can say the following, too:\n\n> 私と私のお父さんは誕生日が同じです。 \n> わたしと わたしの おとうさんは たんじょうびが おなじです。\n>\n> (Literally) As for me and my father, the birthday is the same.\n\nIn a very formal setting, replace おとうさん to ちち (父).\n\nThere is also a transitive verb 共有する【きょうゆうする】, meaning \"to share\", but it's a\nlittle difficult word in Japanese, and and it's primarily used in the sense\nthat multiple people own or use the same tangible thing such as a PC or a\nroom. It's seldom used in the context of two people having the same property.", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-01-29T04:35:07.093", "id": "98354", "last_activity_date": "2023-01-29T04:35:07.093", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "5010", "parent_id": "98353", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 }, { "body": "わたし の おとうさん と わたし の たんじょうび は 同じ/一緒/同一 です is acceptable.\n\n同じ is the most common. You can use this almost in any situation.\n\n一緒 may feels a little bit more casual though you can use it in almost in any\nsituation.\n\n同一 is a bit difficult word usually used when strictness is needed such as you\nexplain machines' function. You would see the sentence above, in a math\nproblem.\n\nYou can also say わたし の おとうさん の たんじょうび は わたし と 同じ/一緒/同一 です.", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-01-29T05:02:58.253", "id": "98356", "last_activity_date": "2023-01-29T05:02:58.253", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "55517", "parent_id": "98353", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[]

[ { "body": "This type of noun-modifying clause is called _relative clauses_ (関係節 or 連体修飾節\nin Japanese). The Japanese language has the same concept, but the word order\nis drastically different. [This\nanswer](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/a/14550/5010) is a quick starter,\nbut this is a difficult topic which can take months to get used to, so I\nrecommend reading your textbook.\n\n(If you are already familiar with basic relative clauses and searching for the\nname of this special type of relative clause, please read [this\nanswer](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/a/35755/5010). Note that this is an\nadvanced topic to a beginner.)\n\nAs you will soon realize as you begin to learn this concept, Japanese relative\nclauses must be placed _before_ the modified thing. Therefore, Japanese has no\ndirect equivalent of 'Which is...?' as a follow up question said at the\nbeginning of a sentence. Instead, you can just say\n\"[つまり](https://jisho.org/word/%E8%A9%B0%E3%81%BE%E3%82%8A)…?\" (\"That is...?\")\nto ask for the conclusive or summary statement.", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-01-29T07:13:13.683", "id": "98359", "last_activity_date": "2023-01-29T07:13:13.683", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "5010", "parent_id": "98357", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "であります is grammatically a form of である, but their usages are very different.\n\n * **In the middle of a sentence** , である is common at the end of a relative clause. This type of である is preferred in formal sentences, but does not sound particularly literary. \n * [Relative clause ending with a noun should be followed by の or である? What is the difference?](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/36743/5010)\n * [Usage of noun-modifying である](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/9929/5010)\n * **At the end of a sentence** , \n * である is the default copula in academic manuscripts, Wikipedia articles and the like. だ sounds too blunt in such cases. In novels, である and だ are used interchangeably or arbitrarily according to the writer's preference.\n * であります (the polite version of である) is unusual and sounds rather pompous. It doesn't sound particularly samurai-ish, but people usually only use it in very formal speeches or conferences. If anything, using it a lot will make you sound like a politician or a military man.\n * Of course, its negative version, で(は)ありません, is super-common and used in every kind of polite sentences.", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-01-29T10:20:01.103", "id": "98364", "last_activity_date": "2023-01-29T10:20:01.103", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "5010", "parent_id": "98360", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "When 日々 means \"day by day\", \"day-to-day\" or \"everyday\" in modern Japanese, you\ncan safely assume its reading is ひび. The にちにち reading is almost obsolete now,\nand you can find this reading only in a few proper nouns and set phrases\nincluding\n[宮崎日日新聞](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%AE%AE%E5%B4%8E%E6%97%A5%E6%97%A5%E6%96%B0%E8%81%9E)\nand\n[日日是好日](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%97%A5%E6%97%A5%E6%98%AF%E5%A5%BD%E6%97%A5).\n\n日日 can be read ひにち as well, but it's usually written as 日にち to avoid\nconfusion.\n\n一日 is read いちにち when it means \"one day\" and ついたち when it refers to the first\nday of the month.", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-01-29T09:27:38.403", "id": "98363", "last_activity_date": "2023-01-29T09:27:38.403", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "5010", "parent_id": "98361", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "* 差異は過去へ遡るほど大きい is the same as 差異は過去へ遡れば遡るほど大きい. It's a shorter version of the `～ば～ほど` construction. See: [Can 「XければXほどY」 clause pattern be shortened to 「XほどY」?](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/243/5010)\n * とされる is the passive version of とする (\"to claim\", \"to consider\"), so it's \"it is considered that ～\" here. See: [What does this としています express?](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/56323/5010), [What is the difference between として and とする?](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/88737/5010) and [What does として mean here?](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/11230/5010)\n\n> 歴史上江戸時代および鎖国が存在せず、西洋文明の普及が早いなどもうひとつの世界との差異は過去へ(遡れば)遡るほど大きいとされる。\n>\n> As can be seen from the absence of the Edo period and national seclusion,\n> and the earlier spread of Western civilization, it is considered that the\n> further back in time one goes, the greater the difference from the other\n> world becomes.", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-01-29T10:43:02.563", "id": "98365", "last_activity_date": "2023-01-29T10:43:02.563", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "5010", "parent_id": "98362", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "Generally, でありますように願う is odd. So for the first two, they are rather 3 separate\nsentences. (To clarify: あなたとの愛が永遠であるように夜空に願うの is natural enough, but it is\nreasonable to think both has the same structure.)\n\n> (I wish) my love with you would ...\n>\n> I wish (this) to the night sky\n>\n> I can't let go of this hand.\n\nCf.\n\n * [Can でありますように be followed by a verb?](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/4164/45489)\n * [どうか〜〜ますように in 「どうか異世界の出来事でありますように」](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/19082/45489)\n\n* * *\n\nFor the third one, both are fine. It is whether you interpret the second\nsentence as _because_ or _it's because_. Strictly speaking, the former assumes\nthe whole is one sentence and the latter two sentences.", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-01-30T00:11:49.193", "id": "98374", "last_activity_date": "2023-01-30T00:11:49.193", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "45489", "parent_id": "98368", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "I guess it is better to think about the corresponding verbs: ドライブする and 運転する.\n\nドライブする is an intransitive verb. It means _to cruise/drive a car_. It can be\nfor going somewhere for fun, but at least driving in the car is part of the\nfun.\n\n運転する is a transitive verb meaning _to drive/control_ in general. It can be a\ncar, a bike, etc. (I feel 飛行機/船 more often comes with 操縦する).\n\nAs can be inferred from above, your impression is basically correct. ドライブ is\nmore or less a cruise and 運転 is just controlling the vehicle. Note\n\n * 車の運転 is possible but 車のドライブ is odd (due to the intransitivity)\n * Since it implies a cruise, usually ドライブ is done by a 'normal' car. Not by lorries (of course it depends).", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-01-30T00:35:18.803", "id": "98375", "last_activity_date": "2023-01-30T00:35:18.803", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "45489", "parent_id": "98369", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 }, { "body": "Your assumptions are all correct. ドライブ in Japanese has a strong tendency to\nrefer to driving a car as a recreational activity.\n\n * (1) - Yes. 電車の運転 is fine but 電車のドライブ is incorrect.\n * (2) - Yes. ドライブ is typically what you do on a date or how car enthusiasts spend their holidays.\n * (3) - Yes. 運転が上手だ is fine but ドライブが上手だ makes little sense. But ドライビングテクニック is fine in contexts related to car racing.\n\nThat is not to say ドライブ is never used in the original English way.", "comment_count": 4, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-01-30T00:41:01.683", "id": "98376", "last_activity_date": "2023-01-30T05:03:51.433", "last_edit_date": "2023-01-30T05:03:51.433", "last_editor_user_id": "5010", "owner_user_id": "5010", "parent_id": "98369", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 } ]

[]

[ { "body": "も applies to the thing it is attached to. 私｛わたし｝の車｛くるま｝も小｛ちい｝さくないです。 is 'My\ncar is not small, either' maybe in comparison to another car.\n\nFor sentences like this, you want to use は and も in tandem, on the adjective.\n私｛わたし｝の車｛くるま｝は大｛おお｝きく **は** ないですが、小｛ちい｝さく **も** ないです。 This は acts is a\ncontrastive は, I believe, acting almost like emphasis - 'My car is not _big_ ,\nbut it's not small, _either_.'", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-01-29T23:46:23.857", "id": "98373", "last_activity_date": "2023-01-30T01:01:03.267", "last_edit_date": "2023-01-30T01:01:03.267", "last_editor_user_id": "43676", "owner_user_id": "9971", "parent_id": "98371", "post_type": "answer", "score": 5 } ]

[ { "body": "First, please read this question for the basic meaning of 明ける: [What does 明ける\nmean?](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/90821/5010)\n\n明ける in this sense is used with only a small group of words as the subject, and\nyou have already covered important ones. Don't think of this as a general-\npurpose \"begin\" or \"end\".\n\n**EDIT:** For a Japanese speaker, 明ける is a word closer to \"dawn\" (or \"get\nbrighter\") than to \"start\" or \"end\". \"Dawn\" is the original meaning of 明ける,\nbut by extension, it also refers to a shift from a dark/dreamy/extraordinary\nperiod to a bright/ordinary period. Since no English verb fully corresponds to\n明ける, we have no choice but to use either \"start\" or \"end\" in the translation.\n明鏡国語辞典 explicitly says that, in the context of dawn, the subject of 明ける can be\neither the old state or the new state; 夜が明ける and 朝が明ける mean exactly the same\nthing, though the former is relatively more common.\n\n> I am looking for an example sentence featuring 明ける where the only possible\n> interpretation would require it to be translated as something like \"to\n> begin.\"\n\nHow about 新しい年が明ける? Actually, 年が明ける means exactly the same thing even without\nexplicitly saying 新しい, so this 年 unambiguously refers to the new year.\n\nWe also say 新年明けましておめでとう (\"Happy New Year\"). 年明けの期間 refers to a new year\nperiod (early January), not a year-end period.\n\n> １９０４年６月１６日、彼の長い試練が明けた。\n\nThis only means the ordeal is over. 試練 is something \"dark\", right? Similarly,\n試験明け(期間) refers to a post-exam period when students are happy.\n\nLastly, I feel this has nothing to do with 開ける/空ける (They might be\netymologically related to 明ける, but they feel totally different to me.)", "comment_count": 6, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-01-30T01:16:38.417", "id": "98377", "last_activity_date": "2023-01-30T14:19:13.913", "last_edit_date": "2023-01-30T14:19:13.913", "last_editor_user_id": "5010", "owner_user_id": "5010", "parent_id": "98372", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 } ]

[ { "body": "である is chosen when it's used in combination with another particle that adds a\ncertain nuance, such as は (contrast marker), も (\"also\") and すら (\"even\").\nSimply, the ordinary copula (だ/です) is less flexible and there is no way to\nattach these particles.\n\n * 彼は社長で **は** ありますが、… \nHe _is_ a president (at least), but ...\n\n * 彼は社長で **も** あります。 \nHe is (not only X but) also a president. \n彼も社長である means something different, \"(Not only X but also) he is a president\".\n\n * 彼は社長で **すら** ある。 \nHe is (not just X but) even a president.\n\n彼は社長もです, 彼は社長はです, 彼は社長すらだ and the like are ungrammatical.\n\nである used like this does not sound literary or pompous, and it can appear in a\ncasual conversation. The same sentence suddenly starts to sound highly pompous\nif は is removed (発展途中であるので).\n\nXで(は)ありません is another super common example of this. Xではないです still [sounds\nunsophisticated](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/a/68969/5010), so we use\nthe negative form of である in ordinary polite speech.\n\nSee also: [Is there any usage of である outside the literary\nworks?](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/98360/5010)", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-01-30T04:17:14.440", "id": "98379", "last_activity_date": "2023-01-30T07:01:31.877", "last_edit_date": "2023-01-30T07:01:31.877", "last_editor_user_id": "5010", "owner_user_id": "5010", "parent_id": "98378", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 } ]

[ { "body": "どうやって is like \"by doing what\" — it is an interrogative to ask about a means to\naccomplish something. どうやってまだ立ってるんだ would be a natural question if you think\nthere is some kind of trick involved, such as when someone is happily standing\nin the air even after the ground has completely disappeared.\n\nBut if you are talking about someone who is still standing after being badly\nbeaten in a boxing match, there is no special trick involved, so なぜまだ立っていられるんだ\nor どうしてまだ立っていられるんだ sounds a little more natural to me. (Potential form is not\nstrictly necessary, so どうしてまだ立ってるんだ is fine, too.)\n\n(Don't forget to always use an explanatory-の in a why-type question!)", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-01-30T15:33:33.303", "id": "98382", "last_activity_date": "2023-01-30T15:33:33.303", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "5010", "parent_id": "98380", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "* This use of ひらひら makes little sense by itself, but it is supposed to be understood in conjunction with the idiom [暖簾に腕押し](https://japanesequizzes.com/portfolio/noren-ni-udeoshi/) in the same sentence. [暖簾](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noren) is clearly associated with ひらひら.\n * For the grammar of this (と)した, see: [Meaning of (と)した in やんわりとした暖房](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/74965/5010)\n * This の is not a nominalizer but a substitute for 人, or \"one\".\n\nSo ひらひらしたの is the same as ひらひら(と)した **人** or literally, \"a fluttering one\". It\nactually refers to \"a _noren_ -like person\" in this context. This is a unique\ndescription of someone who does not give concrete feedback when you throw\nwords at him. Another example of ひらひらとした物 is a bullfighter's cape, so you may\nimagine it to grasp the feeling of the sentence.", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-01-31T01:48:57.397", "id": "98388", "last_activity_date": "2023-01-31T05:21:01.193", "last_edit_date": "2023-01-31T05:21:01.193", "last_editor_user_id": "5010", "owner_user_id": "5010", "parent_id": "98383", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 }, { "body": "The key to understating this without knowing the personalities is\n(暖簾{のれん}に腕押｛うでお｝し).\n\nIt is a proverb which literally translates to pushing a curtain (that's often\nat a shop or restaurant entrance in Japan.) It means fighting a light and\nfluttering thing like a curtain doesn't get you much. It signifies\nfruitlessness of or disappointment by one's act.\n\n * ひらひらした − that is fluttering\n * 奴と - with a person\n * 構う - deal with\n\nThe curtain reference shows a disappointment or fruitless feeling. And the\nfollowing lines, **after he heard the knight reference** , by 瑚太郎 reinforces\nit.\n\n詮索する気が失せた - I lost an appetite to ask 結局何にも得られないような気がする。- I don't think I can\ngain anything (from this)\n\nIn other words, the answer that claimed herself to be someone's knight must\nhave been so disappointing, out of mark, or unexpectedly silly that he felt as\nif wrestling with a fluttering curtain trying to make it confess something\nimportant.", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-01-31T02:28:14.480", "id": "98390", "last_activity_date": "2023-01-31T13:31:49.827", "last_edit_date": "2023-01-31T13:31:49.827", "last_editor_user_id": "11571", "owner_user_id": "11571", "parent_id": "98383", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "It's almost certainly グロ, an abbreviation of グロテスク.", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-01-30T21:59:31.407", "id": "98385", "last_activity_date": "2023-01-30T21:59:31.407", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "9971", "parent_id": "98384", "post_type": "answer", "score": 9 }, { "body": "When I saw the mark of G, I didn't understand why G is used. \nI thought of ゴキブリ and gravity. \nBut after several seconds, I got an idea.\n\nI think G means グロ(グロテスク). \nThis is a common word used like グロ画像, エログロ, グロ注意, グロい. \nグロい means disgusting or gross, though it's not used only for violence but also\nfor worms, injuries, excretas and as an internet slang so miserable scenes.\n\nNow I found this page. (There are no disgusting images or videos) \nSome people on the Internet seem to use G as グロテスク. \n<https://dic.pixiv.net/a/R-18G>", "comment_count": 3, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-01-30T22:01:11.047", "id": "98386", "last_activity_date": "2023-01-30T22:01:11.047", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "55517", "parent_id": "98384", "post_type": "answer", "score": 9 }, { "body": "It's for _Guro_ which means grotesque. That tag is used to mark stuff like\nheavy violence, body damage, body horror, bodymods, but also things like man-\nanimal hybrids, scat, etc.\n\nThere's also ero-guro which includes all of the above but with explicit sexual\ncontext.", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-01-31T17:03:59.103", "id": "98401", "last_activity_date": "2023-01-31T17:03:59.103", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "30706", "parent_id": "98384", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "いかが has two main meanings.\n\n 1. polite saying of どう\n 2. seeming to be morally wrong(maybe this is the questionable)\n\nAs you wrote, the sentence means \"Teacher, how about you also try using this\".\n1 is used here. \nIt has the same meaning as 先生もお使いになってみたらどうですか.\n\nBut you can't always use いかが instead of どう. \nI think どうしますか？ can't be いかがしますか？. \nいかがなさいますか？ is much more natural. \nAnd どうなさいますか？ is good too. \nどう is used almost anytime. \nいかが is tend to be in quite a polite sentence as a whole.\n\n2 isn't used so often. \nWhen used, it will be almost only in these forms. \nいかがなものかと思う, いかがかと思う, いかがなものだろう \nThis isn't casual at all. In conversation, almost all the young people would\nuse どうかと思う instead.", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-01-31T18:06:28.050", "id": "98402", "last_activity_date": "2023-01-31T18:14:07.823", "last_edit_date": "2023-01-31T18:14:07.823", "last_editor_user_id": "55517", "owner_user_id": "55517", "parent_id": "98387", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 } ]

[ { "body": "You can encapsulate the whole thing between これは and と関係がある. The structure is\nこれはAと関係があるといわれている= _It is said that this is related to (the fact that) A_ ,\nwhere A is 日本人が米作りを....与えてきたこと.", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-01-31T03:03:48.737", "id": "98391", "last_activity_date": "2023-01-31T03:03:48.737", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "45489", "parent_id": "98389", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 }, { "body": "This is a deeply nested sentence, but its basic structure is\n\"AはBと関係があると言われている\", or \"A is said to be related to B\". What's tricky about\nthis sentence is that B itself is two very long clauses, one of which even\ncontains an embedded question:\n\n * **A** : これ _this_\n * **B** : 日本人 **が** 米作りを非常に大事なことと考え、どうやって効率よく米を生産するか **が** 、日本人の生活の仕方や考え方に強い影響を与えてきた **こと** \n**the fact that** the Japanese consider rice cultivation to be very important,\n**and that** how to produce rice efficiently has strongly influenced the way\nof life and thinking of the Japanese people\n\nNote that これ is marked with は but the two subjects in the B part are marked\nwith が (because it's in a こと-clause).\n\n>\n> 日本人は季節や天候の変化を大変気にするが、[これ]Aは[日本人が米作りを非常に大事なことと考え、どうやって効率よく米を生産するかが、日本人の生活の仕方や考え方に強い影響を与えてきたこと]Bと関係があると言われている。\n>\n> Japanese people are very concerned about seasons and weather changes.\n> [This]A is said to be realted to [the fact that the Japanese consider rice\n> cultivation to be very important, and that how to produce rice efficiently\n> has strongly influenced the way of life and thinking of the Japanese\n> people]B.", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-01-31T03:07:35.220", "id": "98392", "last_activity_date": "2023-01-31T03:07:35.220", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "5010", "parent_id": "98389", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "テレビで言っていました is perfectly correct, and it means 誰かがテレビで言っていました \" **Someone**\nsaid on TV that ～\". The subject has been omitted simply because who said it\nwas not important.\n\nテレビが言っていました is also correct, but is less common ([here's\nwhy](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/a/32449/5010)).", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-01-31T03:45:23.980", "id": "98394", "last_activity_date": "2023-01-31T04:26:48.217", "last_edit_date": "2023-01-31T04:26:48.217", "last_editor_user_id": "5010", "owner_user_id": "5010", "parent_id": "98393", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "1. No, this の is a substitute for もの. 難しいもの, 難しいの and 難しいやつ are roughly the same (\"difficult one(s)\"), but 難しいもの is neutral to formal, 難しいの is informal, and 難しいやつ is slangy.\n\n * [Adjective-No in a Question format?](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/61699/5010)\n * [I am confused about nominalisation and the usage of の、こと、物 after verbs and adjectives. Can someone help me?](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/39032/5010)\n * [When can you use の to replace a noun?](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/58550/5010)\n\nAlso note that 難しいのこと is ungrammatical. 難しいこと is correct.\n\n 2. You are correct.", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-01-31T04:56:51.253", "id": "98396", "last_activity_date": "2023-01-31T05:04:03.397", "last_edit_date": "2023-01-31T05:04:03.397", "last_editor_user_id": "5010", "owner_user_id": "5010", "parent_id": "98395", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "I'd say it is more or less interchangeable though there are differences\nstrictly speaking.\n\nAs the linked answer says, 初 means the ordinal _first_ and 始 means the\nbeginning. Note other usages: 始める and not 初める for _to begin_ (there is reading\n初{そ}める); 初めて and not 始めて for _for the first time_.\n\nはじめに is usually 初めに because it is _firstly_ (esp. if it is followed by 次に\netc.). But at the same time, you are beginning something when you say\n_firstly_ , so 始めに is not completely wrong. In a sense, they are as\ninterchangeable as _to begin with_ and _firstly_ are. The distinction is\nparticularly vague for はじめ **に**. As mentioned above, using 始めて to mean _for\nthe first time_ is felt wrong more strongly.", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-01-31T12:21:57.547", "id": "98398", "last_activity_date": "2023-01-31T12:21:57.547", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "45489", "parent_id": "98397", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "Because that writer wanted to emphasize how closely **the writer felt to be\nsung (barked, chirped, etc) to** by whatever it is that's making the sounds.\n\nIf changed to 鳴いているかの then it emphasizes how closely **the singing** or\nwhatever making the sounds appeared to be.\n\nConsider these examples below.\n\n抱｛だ｝く - To hug\n\n抱｛だ｝かれる - To be hugged\n\nThe former is not passive since you are hugging something. The latter is\npassive because you are being hugged by something. The same logic applies to\nthe 鳴く and 鳴かれる", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-02-01T02:32:18.263", "id": "98406", "last_activity_date": "2023-02-01T02:37:54.083", "last_edit_date": "2023-02-01T02:37:54.083", "last_editor_user_id": "11571", "owner_user_id": "11571", "parent_id": "98399", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "Are you asking if あり得ない can be used for something that is unbelievable but has\nactually happened? Then the answer is yes, it's a phrase that can be naturally\nused while seeing a legendary monster destroying a town, etc.", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-02-01T00:34:02.917", "id": "98404", "last_activity_date": "2023-02-01T00:34:02.917", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "5010", "parent_id": "98403", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "いつなんどき or 何時｛いつ｝何時｛なんどき｝emphasizes that the when is unknown by repeating the\nexpression of the same meanings.\n\nSince its purpose is to emphasize that the when is unknown, it can be used in\nany context, whether negative or positive. (This point might be anecdotal) But\nbecause it easily hints the state of negative, for **not** knowing when, it's\nvery common to find it in a negative context but it doesn't have to be. Some\nexamples.\n\nいつなんどき...\n\n 1. 死ぬかわからない\n 2. 夢｛ゆめ｝が叶｛かな｝うかもしれない\n 3. 敵｛てき｝が来てもいい頃｛ころ｝だ\n 4. 起｛お｝きてもおかしくは無い\n 5. でも彼｛かれ｝と結婚｛けっこん｝できる\n 6. でも電話｛でんわ｝してください\n 7. でも行けます\n 8. 見つかっても安全｛あんぜん｝\n 9. 来るはずの電車を待つ\n 10. 誰の挑戦｛ちょうせん｝でも受ける\n\nAs seen above, there is no real rule on its use. The closest in English might\nbe whenever but it can also hint always, since you are just....not defining\nexactly when. And many great writers and figures have used it in varieties of\ncontexts. #10 is an actual statement by the Japanese wrestling legend Antonio\nInoki.\n\nThe use of \"the\" with Japanese wrestling legend was intended. I am biased.\n\nいつなんどき、どんな挑戦が来ても俺は勝つ", "comment_count": 5, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-02-01T04:18:48.363", "id": "98411", "last_activity_date": "2023-02-01T04:18:48.363", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "11571", "parent_id": "98405", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "According to the following, it is a dialect of 中国地方. Personally, in fictions,\nit is mostly 広島 or 岡山 that is represented by the use of けえ for reason. In\nKyushu, it is generally けん rather than けえ.\n\n * [日本語の方言の比較表](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%97%A5%E6%9C%AC%E8%AA%9E%E3%81%AE%E6%96%B9%E8%A8%80%E3%81%AE%E6%AF%94%E8%BC%83%E8%A1%A8#)\n\n(You can see \"理由\" in 近畿から中国にかけて（山陽道）/ 近畿から中国にかけて（山陰道）)", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-02-01T04:18:41.357", "id": "98410", "last_activity_date": "2023-02-01T04:18:41.357", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "45489", "parent_id": "98407", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "It means _to contact directly_. More specifically, _to make a phone call, make\na visit, talk to_. It derives from identifying 突{とつ}撃 and 凸{とつ}.\n\n * [「凸」とは？意味と例文が3秒でわかる！](https://kotowaka.com/internet/totsu/)\n\n* * *\n\nThe usage of 突撃 means an 'attack' in a figurative sense: abruptly being talked\nto or called by unknown people is considered sort of aggressive. More\ntraditionally, on TV, 突撃レポート means a reporter making unexpected visits to\nsomeone or talking to people on the street (supposedly without appointments\netc.).\n\nPeople doing 凸 are sort of paparazzi. It looks like the particular sentence\nsays 'Please someone visit there in person (and tell me what happens)'.", "comment_count": 6, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-02-01T04:14:42.323", "id": "98409", "last_activity_date": "2023-02-01T22:20:01.027", "last_edit_date": "2023-02-01T22:20:01.027", "last_editor_user_id": "45489", "owner_user_id": "45489", "parent_id": "98408", "post_type": "answer", "score": 11 } ]

[ { "body": "言われてる means 連絡先を聞かれる or 告白される(you can't decide which is suitable, but there is\nnot so much difference in meaning here.)\n\nSo the sentence means 連絡先を聞かれている人は自分よりもっと聞かれている(those who is asked for contact\ninformation are asked it more than me),or 告白されてる人は自分よりもっと告白されている(those who is\nconfessed the love are confessed more than me.)", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-02-01T13:27:20.050", "id": "98415", "last_activity_date": "2023-02-01T13:27:20.050", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "55322", "parent_id": "98412", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "Repeating a noun like うそうそ 冗談冗談 ジョークジョーク mean like うそだよ 冗談だよ ジョークだよ. \nYou could repeat them more than twice うそうそうそ 冗談冗談冗談 ジョークジョークジョーク, but it's\nused when you're upset like the listener got angry. \nAnd it sounds strange if you don't repeat them like うそ 冗談 ジョーク. \nI wouldn’t realize what you declared immediately.\n\nI have no example words other than them. \n簡単簡単 大丈夫大丈夫 is used, but it's like a kind of adjective, doesn't refer to what\nthe speaker said and can be used even without repeating, compared to うそうそ.\n\n楽しい楽しい is a different problem. \n楽しい楽しい is emphasis of 楽しい, which may have a childish nuance like a word in\npicture book. \nWe rarely use it in a real conversation. \nExamples \n遠い遠い場所に住む友達 \n悲しい悲しいお話 \n大きな大きな動物", "comment_count": 3, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-02-01T19:19:49.150", "id": "98419", "last_activity_date": "2023-02-01T19:25:05.073", "last_edit_date": "2023-02-01T19:25:05.073", "last_editor_user_id": "55517", "owner_user_id": "55517", "parent_id": "98416", "post_type": "answer", "score": 6 } ]

[ { "body": "I think it's about the original context here rather than how the meaning\ntranslates to English.\n\nFrom the pictures:\n\nIn the 1st scene, the character says `うそうそ` (something like: \"lying, lying\")\nthen proceeds to explain why the previous statement was actually a lie.\n\nIn the 2nd scene, `ばかり` caries the meaning of abundance of something (\"nothing\nbut\"), something like: when it comes to you, boss, it's \"noting but jokes\".", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-02-01T14:53:49.497", "id": "98418", "last_activity_date": "2023-02-01T14:53:49.497", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "3358", "parent_id": "98417", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "No, there is no such rule that お兄さん and おにいさん refer to different things.\n\nUsually, there is no strong reason to write this word with kanji or in all-\nhiragana. Both お兄さん and おにいさん are perfectly natural ways to write this word,\nand there is little difference. See: [Why is 私 a sixth grade\nkanji?](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/62132/5010)\n\nHowever, all hiragana words can sometimes give a slightly _mild_ , _friendly_\nor _childlike_ impression. If the speaker is a friendly little boy, this fact\nmay increase the likelihood of おにいさん a bit. See: [What does it mean for the\n'feel' of a sentence / text when it's written in all\nhiragana?](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/15108/5010) and [Why is the\nplace's official name written as \"なら工藝館\" (rather than\n\"奈良工藝館\")?](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/35785/5010).", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-02-02T02:05:47.113", "id": "98421", "last_activity_date": "2023-02-02T02:05:47.113", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "5010", "parent_id": "98420", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 }, { "body": "In addition to linguistic reasons, if you're playing an older game (especially\nsomething on, say, an 8-bit console) then there were often technical reasons\nfor not using many, if any, kanji. Storing the font for the English alphabet\non a cartridge doesn't take up too much space because there are only 36\nalphanumeric characters plus however much punctuation you're using. Storing a\nfull set of hiragana _or_ katakana requires more than 50 characters depending\non how you manage the diacritics and half-size characters. Storing a half-way\ndecent amount of kanji might require hundreds of characters, which starts\neating heavily into space that could contain more actual game content.\n\nAdditionally, it's usually not too hard to make kana readable in an 8x8 pixel\nbox, but any half-way complicated kanji is likely to become an entire mess.\nLook at the discussion in [this\nquestion](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/36423/is-this-8px-\nheight-font-understandable-for-japanese-knowing-people) for an example of how\noverly-pixellated kanji are undesirable.", "comment_count": 5, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-02-02T03:18:58.980", "id": "98422", "last_activity_date": "2023-02-02T03:18:58.980", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "16022", "parent_id": "98420", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 } ]

[ { "body": "x階建て means x story. \nSo 36階建ての means 36-storied. \nIf you read 地下２階(建て)地上４階建てのビル, it means the building has 4 floors above the\nground and 2 basement floors besides.", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-02-02T11:18:37.740", "id": "98425", "last_activity_date": "2023-02-02T11:18:37.740", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "55517", "parent_id": "98424", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "It's a little difficult to understand what you are trying to say. Like it says\nin the comments you don't literally say \"go to sleep\" in Japanese, you just\nsay 寝る so if you want to sleep it's 寝たい or if you want to keep sleeping you\ncould say 寝ていたい Maybe you want to say 在宅勤務なのにずっと寝ていたい", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-02-03T16:53:36.267", "id": "98438", "last_activity_date": "2023-02-03T16:53:36.267", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "55660", "parent_id": "98426", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "As is hinted in your question, you'd be better saying そこに置かれてしまった\n\nIf you said そこであってしまった in conversation it would be 99.99% of the time\nunderstood as そこで会って（遭って/逢って）しまった", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-02-04T13:07:26.900", "id": "98464", "last_activity_date": "2023-02-04T13:07:26.900", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "55660", "parent_id": "98427", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 }, { "body": "At the very least, you _must_ say そこ **に** when you use ある or いる. I'm sure you\nlearned this rule along with the verbs ある and いる themselves. If you say そこ\n**で** by mistake, no one expects the verb ある will follow.\n\nそこ **に** あってしまった is a correct sentence, at least grammatically speaking. In a\nstilted literary work, it can mean something like \"Alas, [it] was\nunfortunately there!\", but we seldom say this in reality. 10円だけあってしまう would\nmean something strange like \"(I want to be penniless but) I end up having 10\nyen\".", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-02-04T23:07:39.987", "id": "98479", "last_activity_date": "2023-02-04T23:07:39.987", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "5010", "parent_id": "98427", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[]

[ { "body": "It is all hiragana just because nothing can be written in Kanji.\n\n * ぎょえ(+ extra え） is an onomatopoeia representing the sound of a cry - meaning amazement/shock. (A different but similar: Godzilla's roar can be ぎゃおー)\n * むにゅ is an onomatopoeia meaning softness of plastic material (e.g. clay). Here it may be breast.\n\nThe sentences per se means just what they say: _Wow. It was soft. It was_.", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-02-03T07:46:16.320", "id": "98435", "last_activity_date": "2023-02-03T07:46:16.320", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "45489", "parent_id": "98429", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[]

[ { "body": "Your understanding is correct.\n\nFrom\n[大辞泉](https://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/word/%E3%81%84%E3%81%8F%E3%82%89/#jn-10683):\n\n> ［副］（あとに「ても」「でも」を伴うことが多い）量や程度のはなはだしいさま。どれほど。どんなに。「―捜しても見つからない」「―子供でもわかるだろう」\n\nSo _No matter how much you are my friend_ should be a literal enough\ntranslation.\n\nFor the particular case, いくら友人だとはいえ is essentially synonymous with 友人だとはいえ,\npossibly with more emphasis.", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-02-03T07:53:56.023", "id": "98436", "last_activity_date": "2023-02-03T07:53:56.023", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "45489", "parent_id": "98431", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "If \"was taken from us\" mean \"died, 奪われた is not common word for it. \nHowever, These are OK.\n\n彼は、私達から、あまりにも早く奪われました。 \n彼は、私達から、とても早く奪われました。 \n彼が、私達から、奪われたのは、早すぎました。\n\n彼は、私達から、早すぎて奪われました。 means He was taken from us because something was too soon.", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-02-03T07:37:14.123", "id": "98434", "last_activity_date": "2023-02-03T07:37:14.123", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "55517", "parent_id": "98432", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "-過ぎて does not work adverbially like this. 過ぎる must attach the modified verb part.\n\n * 急いで食べ過ぎですよ。 \nYou're eating too fast. \n(Not: You're overeating in a hurry.)\n\n * 甘く煮過ぎています。 \nYou have sweetened it too much (while cooking it). \n(Not: You have overcooked it.)\n\n * 彼女は遅く来過ぎた。 \nShe arrived too late.\n\nTherefore, if you mean \"He died too early\" and want to use 過ぎる, the\ngrammatically correct sentence is 彼は早く死に過ぎました, though this doesn't sound very\npolite. I think a natural option is 彼はあまりに早く私達を残してこの世を去りました or something. For\nthis meaning, forget the verb 奪う.", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-02-04T23:33:55.120", "id": "98481", "last_activity_date": "2023-02-04T23:33:55.120", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "5010", "parent_id": "98432", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "First of all, よい is an adjective already. I can see you tried to make it an\nadverb by adding く、but the adverb よく means often when used with 遊【あそ】ぶ in a\nsentence.\n\nSecondly, the word 遊【あそ】ぶ on its own usually means play as in \"kids play\" kind\nof play. So you need a more specific verb other than 遊【あそ】ぶ if that’s not the\ncase, but if you want to say you played well (as in nicely) with other kids,\nyou would say something like 仲【なか】良【よ】く 遊【あそ】んだ。\n\nIf you mean play, as in \"played the piano\", then you’d say ピアノが 上手【うま】く (or\n上手【じょうず】に) 弾【ひ】けた。\n\nYou could say 〜が上手【うま】くいった (\"〜 went well\") instead, then you could add pretty\nmuch anything you do, such as: 野球【やきゅう】が上手【うま】くいった, or ゲームが上手【うま】くいった, or even\nデートが上手【うま】くいった！", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-02-03T23:00:08.240", "id": "98444", "last_activity_date": "2023-02-03T23:30:27.867", "last_edit_date": "2023-02-03T23:30:27.867", "last_editor_user_id": "5229", "owner_user_id": "55665", "parent_id": "98439", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "It means ‘it was good’. It is a very old fashioned way of saying よかった to\nsomeone.", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-02-03T22:38:20.107", "id": "98442", "last_activity_date": "2023-02-03T22:38:20.107", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "55665", "parent_id": "98440", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 }, { "body": "It is a samura version of modern それはよかったです, which mean _That was good/fine._\n\nMostly it is used like ございます in modern polite language (e.g.\n[this](https://nihongonosensei.net/?p=20391)). The particular よう is\n[ウ音便](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%9F%B3%E4%BE%BF#%E3%82%A6%E9%9F%B3%E4%BE%BF),\nlike the common おはよ **う** ございます. You can see some examples in [phrases in\nRuroni Kensin](https://matome.eternalcollegest.com/post-2137470306170628001)\n\nNote ござる is never seriously used in modern Japanese.", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-02-03T22:46:25.370", "id": "98443", "last_activity_date": "2023-02-04T11:41:59.847", "last_edit_date": "2023-02-04T11:41:59.847", "last_editor_user_id": "45489", "owner_user_id": "45489", "parent_id": "98440", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 } ]