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「〜がする」 the extended use of する (to do)
I'm going through some basic grammar and this one website teaches the "extended" use of the word する. There is a confusing example which looks like:
波の音 がする
The translation is: "(I) hear the sound ...
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入り and 付き in these sentences
I saw some sentences like this, but I couldn't understand them. What do they mean?
砂糖入りのお茶。
胡椒付きのサラダ。
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What is the meaning of 上げて落としたみてー?
I'm reading this manga, and came accross the following monologue:
たかが弦ごときで世界の終わりみてーなツラしやがって
俺が上げて落としたみてーで後味ワリーだろがッ
俺の昼寝返せ!!!
I can't understand what 上げて落としたみて means. Is this an expression? Are those ...
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When an -i form (連用形{れんようけい}) of a verb seems to be a suffix rather than a prefix?
In a previous question about コーヒー割り I learned that 割り is a form of the verb 割{わ}る "to dilute".
Now I'm trying to understand the grammatical process by which this 割り form of 割る can be added to nouns ...
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