Questions tagged [nouns]
名詞. A part of speech typically denoting a person, thing, place or idea.
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Is the sentence, "あなたはこれを望んでいた。" grammatically correct?
I am a beginner in learning japanese and I've seen many different takes on grammar and where to place verbs, subjects, etc. I know it's a subject-object-verb language and I want to be sure I have the ...
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Can "当人" be used for an animal?
Context: A character is searching for a bird.
Speaker:
どこにも いないや
考えて みれば、広い世界で 自由にくらすほうが･････。
当人のためには幸せかもね。
Does 当人 refer to the bird?
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Is there a difference between using 部分 and just 分?
I believe they both mean "part" or "section", but I see both of them being used in the same context.
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Did I create a good name for my character?
My first contact with Japanese names or their meanings was around 2021. Since then, I haven't stopped researching Japanese names. I want to create a meaningful Japanese name for my (fictional) story: ...
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What is the で part in ではありません？
Ok, this might be more complicated or less complicated than I'm making it out to be but I'm assuming this question will be made up of two unrelated components but I can't figure it out so I'm shooting ...
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What does nameはnameで mean? [duplicate]
井上は井上で待つだけじゃなく。自分から彼に話しかければいいじゃないか
I understand he's basically "You shouldn't just wait. Approach him on your own"
But what does the repeated noun here adds?
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Noun A + の + Noun B and Noun B + Noun A
I learned yesterday from Function of の particle in the title 「進撃の巨人」 about one usage of the の particle, an example being 友達のコジ. I understand this as "(my) friend Koji". I also know that if ...
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Why is な being used between two nouns?
I was watching a dorama and there was an introduction sentence with な between two nouns, as if the first noun was actually a na-adjective.
「大学３年。彼氏なんてもちろんいない。思い切って私らしくない変身をしたハロウイン…。ハロウインの夜、残り物な私。」
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丸腰を見る and no-adjectives
There is some controversy about whether no-adjectives exist.
I have chosen a random no-adjective (not having another meaning as noun): [丸腰]{まるごし}
Sentence with this word with case particle:
丸腰を見る
Is ...
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Why nominalize words instead of using them directly as verbs, adverbs or adjectives? [duplicate]
My question is focused particularly on verbs ending in て form nominalised with の and adverbs ending in く also nominalised with の:
かねての instead of かねる
近くの instead of 近くある/近い
My understanding of nouns ...
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ある before nouns [duplicate]
I was wondering what is the nuance with ある before nouns, like in this sentence.
夏のある暑い日の午後、彼はその運転手に再会した.
I don't quite understand if the addition of ある before nouns can convey a certain feeling, or ...
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Verbs that cannot be taken as nouns in their い-stem (ます-stem)
I know that one of the ways of getting a noun from a verb is by taking the い-stem (or the ます-stem as some call it) of the verb. However I came across this:
Taken from here, where it says that there ...
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ます-stem + もしない with 歌う and 書く
After getting an answer to this question I came across this article which states (without giving an alternative) that you can't say:
1.「歌い もしない」- "Can't even sing"
2.「書き もしない」- "Can't ...
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"I can drive a car": 車 を うんてん できる vs. 車 を うんてん することができる
This is my first post here, so thanks for reading this.
I have looked through other threads, and there doesn't seem to be an answer to my specific case, so please let me give this a shot:
I am trying ...
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What does 作文 actually mean?
When I hear the word essay (which is what I hear 作文 most often translated as), I imagine writing on a topic in which you form an argumentative stance (a thesis) and then support that with facts (body ...
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