Questions tagged [particle-は]
助詞「は」. Indicates the topic of a sentence or shows contrast in the universe of discourse.
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Subject and particle in 彼は来ると思う
In English, we could say "I think he will come" using the pronoun "I", but in Japanese it's omitted. I know it's not common, but if 私 is being omitted, what particle should be ...
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What does とはなる here mean?
都民からの税金で[賄]{まかな}われていると言えば、結局自分たちの支払いだとはなるけど
The character is a government official that ponders who is paying them... Given they also reside in Tokyo he concludes they are paying themselves .
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What is this usage of には?
声をかけるには空気が張り詰めている。あたしは黙って、美織を見守ることにした。
"空気が張り詰めている。あたしは黙って、美織を見守ることにした。" is the atmosphere is too tense, so I stay silent and decided to watch over Miori.
What is this usage of には?
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という意味で what does it mean?
女子: 警子ちゃん、これから寝るまでって何してるんだ？
警子: 別に何も……明日の予習くらいか
女子: だよなぁ……
警子: 分かっている。私達にはそれしかないのだ。
女子: だけれども、ここに１年長くいるという意味では先輩の警子から、何かしらヒントが欲しかったのもまた事実で。
So the protagonist asks 警子 what she does in her free time ...
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のは and は after nouns [duplicate]
I read about the grammar of のは in the text and wanted to clarify something here. This can be used to express 2 different meanings:
The reason for [A] is [B].
Doing [A] is [B].
With the first meaning, ...
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Analysis of a sentence with a double -は
I have a problem with the following sentence from Saito's Japanese Folktales for Language Learners: Legends and Fables in Japanese and English. I'm interested in breaking down the sentence ...
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Question about には and は
I know this question had already been answered on this site, but I need someone to help me understand it in a specific context.
This is a sentence from my Shin Kanzen Master N3 textbook:
林先生の授業（____）、...
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Can this case of “〜は” be replaced by “〜を”?
I saw a rather interesting sentence:
ミンメイ様は客は兄様しか取っていなかったらしい
In particular, the use of “客は兄様しか” interests me as the “〜は” does not seem to be contrastive and “客は” comes before “兄様しか”, seemingly ...
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Difference between ウナギは魚だ and ウナギが魚だ
What's the difference between these two sentences?
I know that the particle は is used to topicalize things. Maybe when は is used, the sentence will have different meanings, not just "Eels are ...
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"I hate him" = 彼が嫌い or 彼は嫌い? Ambiguity regarding the target of the sentence
I apologize if this is a dumb question. I think I'm having a total brainfart here, but this is something I've been wondering since some time ago now.
If I wanna say, "I hate him!", which one ...
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Introducing an explicit subject into a sentence with a topic already existing
Consider for instance the following sentence:
わかった、忠告ありがとう。でも、ミコトがどんな子かは自分で見定める。
The obvious context is that someone has been warned about ill behavior of his new friend by others but wants to make ...
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Why is there a 'は' in these sentences, forming double particles?
家では勉強できません。図書館でも勉強できません。
東京には、たくさん人がいます。
Can I drop the は in these two sentences?
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Why is ‘は’ instead of 'が' or 'を' used here?
I saw a sentence:
これは、オンラインで聞けますか。
Why is ‘は’ instead of 'が' or 'を' used here? I think the full sentence should be like the following.
あなたはこれが/を、オンラインで聞けますか。
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Are questions ending in は polite or plain?
On my grammar textbook, there is a part about the possibility to ask a question with just the topic and は, for example:
お仕事は?
That can mean "what is your job?" or "how is work?".
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The use of causative + には in this sentence
Upon asking the group if they had a bad experience in the village, they deny and she says this.
I understand the first sentence is akin "Starting with the royal family, the village is quite ...
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