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is there such thing as a よと suffix?
I am currently trying to translate a song and am kind of struggling. Several of the lines end with "信じているよと". I am very unsure about the purpose of the "よと". The only thing I could ...
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is the use of 突っ��まないで considered rude?
ごめん。深く突っ込まないで
In this context and in general, I wonder is the meaning more like "please don't be noisy and leave it", or "haha, it's nothing to worry about!"?
The use of ごめん ...
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Meaning and reading of 益し加える
Reading in a book by 落合淳思 I wonder about (what looks like) the compound verb 益し加える in the sentence 「自は鼻の象形であり、それに声符を益し加えた繁文である。」 (繁文 is used by Ochiai as a technical term for the modern shape of a ...
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とどく; 届く meaning in this sentence
と…とても信じられん…こ…この聖域にまでパワーがとどくなんて
Unbelievable! That the power would reach even this sanctuary...!
Looking for an in depth explanation of the usage of とどく; 届く here, because I've read that it means reach ...
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Qual o significado de ようで e ような na seguinte frase? | What is the meaning of ようで and ような in this sentence?
Estou analisando a letra de uma música chamada 君が好きだと叫びたい. Cheguei em um ponto de dúvida na frase 恋をしているようで 躍らされてるような.
Mais especificamente eu gostaria de entender o conceito por traz de ようで, o ...
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Meaning of “かぶらず” and usage of に
I came across a sentence which had かぶらず. As, per the picture, the meaning is nothing to wear on head. However, I was trying to figure out whether かぶらず is part of conjugation of the verb かぶる, however, ...
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How to translate わからない in the following sentence
Context: a boxer named Yanagi is fighting against an opponent named Hyodo. Although Hyodo is really young, he is considered a very talented boxer and is often called genius (天才). Yanagi is thinking ...
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What does 「夢{ゆめ}に触{ふ}れる」 mean?
It's part of the lyrics of a song. The actual line is:
どれほど夢{ゆめ}に触{ふ}れている?
I checked the definitions of 触れる as an intransitive verb on Weblio and came to the conclusion that this is most likely ...
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Which verb means "to pet <an animal>"?
I was trying to translate "May I pet the dog?", but I'm having trouble finding what word means "to pet".
Looking it up on jisho.org I get 可愛がる, but translating it back using various services gives me ...
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What does やられてる mean in this sentence?
I came across this line today which left me a bit confused:
彼らには子分を二人もやられてる。
The speaker is referring to men from a gang. I've struggled with the meaning of やる outside of its most basic usage, but ...
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Meaning of もったいぶらず in the following sentence
Context: while talking about himself, a boxer says:
今持ってるモノはもったいぶらず全て出す。それが俺の武器に繋がるんでねェ。拳に表れるんだよォ ――――[生き方]【スタイル】ってヤツは。
According to dictionaries, the meaning of もったいぶらない is unpretentious, modest. ...
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Meaning of 身分をわきまえず
Context: a martial arts master is talking (offensively, I think) about one of his students:
たばこを栽培する山から降りて来たサルですよ。うちの武術学校にスカウトされたからと身分をわきまえず李【り】と組んで演武を狂わす���介者なんです。
What is the meaning of 身分をわきまえず? ...
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Meaning of 瞳だけはぶっ飛ばない
Context: in a gym, a boxer attacks another boxer saying that he was provoking him with his eyes. After punching him, he thinks:
瞳だけはぶっ飛ばねーでやんの
甘ちゃんのクセに
人殴って拳が潤わなかったなんて
ねーのに……
What is the ...
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How do you say " 14 days left and will finish the vacation "?
I'm a little bit confused , I tried to find a good answer of how to say 2 days left +verb
like 2 days left and will start dieting
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2 minutes left and will be ready
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14 days left and will ...
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Meaning of 徹している in this sentence
After watching a boxing match, a spectator says about the winner:
相手にボクシングをさせないように自分の全てを発揮してる… 勝つための〝確実さ〟に徹している
徹す seems to have so many meanings that I don't know how to interpret it here. First ...
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