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How does おめでとう become 'to congratulate'?
I'm a Korean so I know many Chinese letters.
In Japanes あけましておめでとうございます means Happy New Year.
Litterally it's 'It's new year so congratulations.'
おめでとう is written in Kanji as 御目出度う.
御 : to rule, or to ...
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How to understand 叶う here?
The following is copied verbatim from a JLPT prep book:
将棋歴30年のベテランに、初心者の私が叶うべくもない
I read it as,
A beginner as myself should be no match for a shougi veteran with 30 years of expertise.
But I ...
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What is the difference between 判{わか}る and 分{わ}かる? [duplicate]
Until now, I though the only verb for "to know" was 分かる. I saw the verb 判る used for the same meaning today.
判{わか}ってるから言{い}ったんだけどね。
I knew that. That's why I said it.
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It has the same ...
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