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- Japan - Reddit
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- Is the english xoxo related to japanese メロメロ
So I stumbled over the Japanese word メロメロ (mero mero) wich is often translated as being in love I was wondering if it is related to the english xoxo (hugs and kisses) or is this just a coincidence?
- word choice - Japanese Language Stack Exchange
In a question: Tokyo e nande ikimasu ka? how can I know what "nande" refers to, even when I have the context: how are you going? (by bus, by car, on foot) why are you going?
- What is the difference between the nominalizers こと and の?
(This question had to show up eventually… :) For my answer, I'll be borrowing most example sentences and categorizations from pages 176-179 of 初級しょきゅう を 教おし える 人ひと のための 日本語にほんご文法ぶんぽう ハンドブック and from this PDF Cases where only の is allowed When the following verb deals with one of the senses: 聞きく, 聞き
- Japanese え sound - [ɛ] or [e]? - Japanese Language Stack Exchange
Japanese, a language which has 3-level vowel height system, does not have the distinction of e and ɛ Or speaking more correctly, Japanese え and お are (true) mid vowels, that their sweet spots fall just midway of theoretical [e] and [ɛ]
- Why is 二十歳 pronounced はたち? - Japanese Language Stack Exchange
二十歳 is a (to me) bizarre exception to the usual number+さい rule for discussing age Is this rooted in 20 being the Japanese age of majority? Added: To be more specific: why isn't it pronounced にじゅうさい
- What is the meaning of all those ws in email and SNSs?
www is Internet slang like lol in Japanese It stands for warai (笑い), often used on online message boards 笑 is like www, it's another internet slang, like lol in Japanese You will also see people adding 笑 at the end of sentences on the Internet just like the example you gave
- The many ways to say and in Japanese
In English, we just have one word for the conjunction and which works just fine for many categories, but in Japanese, there are separate words: と joins nouns together in a closed list や joins nouns
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