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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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"After I do [x], I do [y]"?
So, I'm trying to construct a sentence along the lines of "After I do this action, I do that action," but I'm having the absolute hardest time figuring out what syntax and verb conjugations to use. ...
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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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What are the ways to conjugate "I" and "to be" (in romaji)
I think being able to to specify who you are talking about and yourself is very crucial in a language so, how do they do it?
To clarify I know in French there is 6 ways to specify a person:
Je (I), ...
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Connecting Sino-Japanese verbs
As a rule the Japanese verbs are connected by ~たり pattern.
For example:
出社【しゅっしゃ】したり退社【たいしゃ】したりする。
But is it grammatically correct, when I connect these two verbs by 及び【および】?
For example:
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Does "私は山田さんが描きました。" make sense in Japanese?
Is this sentence put together correctly?
I'm trying to say "I drew (name on person)" formally. Drew as in "drew a picture of". In this case I will be using Yamada-san as an example.
私は山田さんが描きました。
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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 does する mean in this sentence?
少なくとも十ドルはすると思います。
I didn't get why it is here. Could I rewrite the sentence without する?
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Confusion on usage of か marking alternatives with verbs
Most textbooks note that using か to mark two noun alternatives, the last one can be omitted. However, what about verbs?
Would a textbook sentence such as
今晩の食事はステーキにするか、すしにするかまだ決めていません。
Stay ...
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How can this sentence be understood?
I'm reading 仮面の告白 by Mishima Yukio, and I came across this sentence:
そのほか に縄目は見えず、青年の裸体を覆うものとては、腰のまわりにゆるやか に巻きつけられた 白い粗布があるばかりだった。
I would like to understand how is this sentence made by the ...
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ni vs te form to express continuity/reason
What is the difference between the two Structures:
1: VERB ni VERB.
ex:sentaku ni dekakemasu.
2:VERB(te form) VERB.
ex:nagarete kaeimashita.
(The example are from momotarou)
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When is it okay to not use desu?
I've been looking around for this, but all I can find is pretty basic stuff about desu. I've studied Japanese, but writing texts in Japanese still stumps me sometimes. Right now I'm wondering about ...
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How would I say "when [x] happened"?
First off, I understand the use of ～の時 (when). However, with my current knowledge, this doesn't make sense if I try to use it with verbs in phrases such as "when I woke up". It's probably quite ...
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～め ending, apparently not imperative?
Context is the song 「その血の記憶」：
空白のラストページに… Into [dative of motion towards] a blank LAST PAGE,
そのこぶしを叩き込めーッ！ [Star Platinum] will throw that fist (???)
End of THE WORLD！その血の記憶！ End of THE ...
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