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Why is ２つ not marked with a を particle here?
The sentence
質問が２つあります。
translates to
I have a couple of questions.
But I assume the more literal translation is something like:
Questions, there exist two.
Question: If my literal translation ...
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What's the difference between the -banme and -ban counters?
I found these two sentences in RosettaStone
kochira no sanbanme no seki desu
kanojo wa hachiban no seki ni suwatte imasu
Why is the first one not "sanban" and the second one not "...
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Meaning of 見る in 「１日から２日は見て」
In this JLPT N1 listening practice transcript, a manager at a company is talking to his employee:
じゃ、お客様には、私の方からお詫びの電話を入れておくから。番号はこのメモの通りでいいんだよね。君は今すぐ管理部に連絡して、同じ商品の在庫があるか聞いてみて。...
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What is the correct counter to translate 'One Piece'?
I was wondering whether the anime is actually called that way because it is hard to convey this meaning in japanese with a single word. For those who are not aware, One Piece is the greatest treasure ...
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＃回に＃度: probability or sequence?
In a game manual, there is a description of a rare item that sometimes appears instead of a regular one. The rule determining when this rare item appears is this:
16回に１度、Ｘのかわりに出現。
In an earlier ...
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How to count the word 言葉?
So if I'm trying to say "I found more than 50 unfamiliar words" how would I count words?
My attempt: 意味の分からない言葉を50回も初めて見た。
As you can see, I counted how many times I saw an unfamiliar word, rather ...
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で and counters in NHK article
I have two questions concerning the first clause in the following sentence:
ＮＨＫが熊本市などにある７３の避難所で聞くと、多くの避難所で食べ物が足りないと言っていました。
When the NHK asked at 73 of the shelters in Kumamoto-shi, they (the ...
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How can I say "counted in (specific unit)"?
Specifically, I am trying to say something like "a semester's length is counted in months" in order to imply how short it is as compared to, say, your whole life. When I tried to look this up in my ...
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