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Number appearing after counter
In the deckbuilding card game Slay the Spire, I encountered this card description:
強打：８ダメージを与える。弱体２を与える。
(弱体 is a status effect that in this case, lasts for 2 turns.)
Previously I had only seen ...
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How to say "garlic", "garlic clove" and "garlic bulb" in Japanese?
I was thinking how I'd write a recipe in Japanese which uses 2 garlic cloves, so I've put those terms on google translate and got the following results:
garlic: ニンニク
garlic clove: にんにく
garlic bulb: ...
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What does ２世帯５人 mean in this sentence?
盛岡市によりますと、午後７時半現在、２世帯５人が近くの児童センターで一夜を明かす予定だということです。
Is it 2 families that have no link composed of a total of 5 persons or a normal family(3 or 4 members) + the grandparent(s) (1 or 2 member(s)) ?
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Counters + inherently plural items
Suppose I want to ask for two pairs of chopsticks for myself and someone I'm with.
Does お箸【はし】を二【ふた】つください mean I'm asking for two chopsticks or two sets of chopsticks? (Also, am I using the right ...
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一部屋一部屋 Meaning and reading
I'm having some trouble with the following sentence:
一部屋一部屋が大きいのだろう、部屋のドアの間隔が広かった。
What's the meaning of the double "一部屋"? I think it's supposed to be each/every room, but I'm not sure. Also, is ...
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"め" in "五匹め" implies some sort of "ordering"? Where it makes sense, the default is "time"?
め after a counter implies some sort of ordering, right?
Say that you are shopping for a cat.
scenario #1
You look into a room with 5 cats in it.
Does saying 五匹めが好きです。 mean anything?
In that ...
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Does 両目 have a special meaning or is it just a mistake?
Today I found this sentence on my Japanese textbook (みんなの日本語中級I - 本冊 pg. 70) And it didn't make any sense to me.
前から２両目の電車を降りたところで待っています。
I looked for 両目 on 電子辞書 and it says it means both eyes. ...
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