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Meaning of ぐらいでいいのでは in 「三回ぐらい噛んで飲み込めるぐらいでいいのでは？」
Can you tell me what ぐらいでいいのでは means?
Also, I don't understand why potential form of the verb is used in this sentence
Can you help me to translate this sentence?
Context: The questioner asked how to ...
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新しい 机 を 買って もらいました。"They bought me a new desk" or "I bought and received a new desk"?
Ok, so I was studying some Japanese phrases when this showed up: 新しい 机 を 買って もらいました。
The translation provided in the source material is: "They bought me a new desk"
What I don't understand, however, ...
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Differentiating honorific passive and potential conjugations of 出る
Given the following sentence structure, I am wondering how one differentiates the usage of 出る in the following.
明日のパーティーに出られますか？
The usage of the partial に and the られる suggests a honorific ...
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what is the difference between 送る and 贈る?
I noticed that both are pronounced the same way and that both have approximately the same meaning "to send". Is there a slight nuance in the usage of both of these versions of "to send"?
I'm thinking ...
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How does one express "late" or "lateness"?
So I know that おそい, ちこく, and おくれる all can mean late. But I don't know what context to use which in. Can I just swap おそくなります, ちこくする, and おくれる at will?
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Usage (correctness) of だと after verbs
I've noticed だと showing up after verbs for a while now in various forms of media, such as blogs, anime, regular TV shows & also when speaking to Japanese people. However, I was originally told ...
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Can you use 持つ to mean 'to wait'?
パーティーに何か持って行きましょうか。
My translation – “Do you want to hold/wait on going to the party?”
Is this translation correct basically? I wasn’t sure if ‘to hold’ could be used in the same sense as ‘to wait’ ...
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How do 自他 triplets of related verbs work?
I thought this had been asked before (possibly by me), but I couldn't find it. I'm wondering why for certain verbs/words, instead of just a 自他 pair, there is a triplet (or possibly more) where two of ...
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Questions about 〜にあたって, 驚かされた, and 関係者何人か
当時の関係者何人かにあたって記憶を確かめてみたが、人の記憶の欠落部分というのは、捏造で補われる仕組みになっているらしく、共通の体験が、しばしば、お互いに矛盾する記憶になっていることに驚かされた。
What does “にあたって” mean there?
“驚かされた” is referring to what/whom exactly?
Does “関係者何人か” mean “Some ...
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What is って doing in this sentence?
From Noir, Episode 2 (anime).
I don't get what the って is doing in this sentence. For context, the father came home early from work. He quickly answers his wife in the first sentence then in the ...
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What is the difference between ～すぎ and ～すぎる?
When I was playing a video game a few months ago, I noticed that some of the characters (mostly young teen females, in case it matters) kept saying ～すぎ instead of ～すぎる.
For example, when one of the ...
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Do all the meanings of 掛ける and 掛かる tally?
WWWJDIC does not tally their meanings of 掛ける and 掛かる so i find it hard for a beginner like me to properly learn these 2 words..
Do all these meanings of 掛ける and 掛かる tally: (is this list correct):
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Usage and meaning of [passive verb]-てみれば
I am familiar with the set phrase 「言われてみれば」 as a way to say "Now that you say that", but as I examine the phrase further, the phrase structure strikes me as strange. The 〜てみる conjugation is commonly ...
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What is the らせ form of a verb?
I'm trying to understand this:
賞品？おそらく！リナちゃん.....私の後ろの笑い声輝くんがたくさんで黙らせ
The last word, 黙らせ, is confusing. Is this a combination of different forms?
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What does -komu (～込む) at the end of a word mean?
There are loads of words in Japanese which end in 込{こ}む, like 吸{す}い込む, 読{よ}み込む, 入{はい}り込む, 打{う}ち込む, 売{う}り込む, 送{おく}り込む, 押{お}し込む. How does adding ～込む change the meaning? What is the meaning that links ...
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