Japanese Questions and Answers
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When to use iru/aru vs desu?
I’m learning Japanese and my current lesson is arimasu and imasu. It is used for stating the existance of an object/person but when should I...
Answered 3 years ago
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Correct sentence structure?
Asokoni isuto tsukuega arimasu Or Isuto tsukuega asokoni arimasu. My book says the first one but I got used to the 2nd one. Which one sh...
Answered 3 years ago
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pronounciation e.g. pronouncing su ka-to or ska-to (skirt)
Recently I've been trying to improve my pronounciation, then I realised there are some letters you don't pronounce. For example, in the jap...
Answered 3 years ago
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Is 哲学 (てつがく) the correct word to use when talking about Philosophy as a major?
I want to be able to say "my major is philosophy" and so I looked up the word for philosophy, but I'm not sure if it would be correct use th...
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How do I get rid of the ”reminders” thing on top of the page?
A couple of days ago a checklist showed up at the top of the page. Everything was marked as completed except for setting up reminders to use...
Answered 4 years ago
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This will brand me for life
Hi nihongomaster community!! I'm planning to draw a tattoo on my left forearm with the concept of "anticipation", actually I wanted to d...
Answered 4 years ago
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"ga" and "wa"
Hello! I have a question on "ga", when should I use it and what’s the difference between "ga" and "wa". Thank you
Answered 4 years ago
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hi! many words are somewhat accented, how is the accenting based? thank you!
hi! many words are somewhat accented, how is the accenting based? is it mostly standard Tokyo Dialect or are there other Diealects which...
Answered 4 years ago
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Hi, Just wondering if this site really works?
Like most sites teaching laungauges don't just start from the beggining with the alphabet and start you off with phrases for if you here...
Answered 4 years ago
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Kanji writing practice
Does anyone have a link to a pdf with all of the kanji radicals for writing practice?
Answered 4 years ago
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97 day kanji challenge
So, I've read online that BEFORE studying japanese (and well, im not very far past the beginner classes) you should learn all the 2136(ish?)...
Answered 4 years ago
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Romanji // 'desu'
I've been learning romanji before hiragana or kana and I wanted to know:If I wanted to say, 'He should eat,' should I say 'Kare wa, taberu b...
Answered 4 years ago
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さる and おかね
what is the different between さる and おかね? i mean when to use it?
Answered 4 years ago
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持つ vs. ～がいる・～がある
Hi all! I've noticed that there are two ways to say have, 持つ and ～がいる・～がある (depending on context) and I was jsut wondeirng what t...
Answered 4 years ago
