Jul 20, 2022 · I was in class the other day and my せんせい was teaching us about using ぐらい (gurai) as in ... どの ぐらい かかりますか (how long will it take), and mentioned another form of ぐらい …

Jun 2, 2011 · I see phrases like 200 人ぐらい, 半々ぐらい, and 何分くらい, which seem to indicate that くらい and ぐらい are synonymous, if not interchangeable. Is there any kind of rule for deciding …

Jan 4, 2026 · The Japanese Wikipedia article about 玉部 says this about 王 radical: 偏旁としてはもっぱら声符として使われる。 As a radical (王) is used (exclusively? / mainly?) as a phonetic …

Sep 2, 2021 · Watching Gintama, ep. 35. Teenage girl, talking to her date (and also previously, other characters), have used でございまする as a sentence ending "desu" phrase. Is this an …

Jan 19, 2025 · What is the difference between で and に in these examples? There is probably some nuanced differences but the verb still stays the same. How should one differentiate it and when to …

KY is short form of 空気読めない (Kuuki Yomenai) KY means being unable to read the situation or being unable to pick up on the mood of a conversation.

Nov 30, 2022 · あの子 父親がいないし 私はこんな体でしょ？ ずいぶん苦労させたからね Can someone explain me why からね is here?

Mar 5, 2017 · Is there any difference in meaning? When would you use 「~として」 instead of 「~と」? I have already looked here for usage regarding「~と」.

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Sep 23, 2014 · More context would be helpful. For starters, the last two are action verbs: 写す (transitive "to photograph") and 写る (intransitive "to be photographed"), so I would suggest looking into the …