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(2016-01-15, 1:18 am)SomeCallMeChris Wrote: 他にいる is 'there are others'. (他にある sometimes, but in this case we're talking about people so いる) 他にいくらでもいる is 'there are countless others'. The subject of ...
sparky14 The Japanese language 8,332 1,452,813 2016-01-15, 1:23 am
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
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Hey everyone, having some trouble with this one 才能のある子は他にいくらでもいる, 才能のある子は他にいくらでもいる、だからあのときが限界だったの I don't understand how 他にfunctioning... Thanks
sparky14 The Japanese language 8,332 1,452,813 2016-01-15, 1:10 am
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
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Hey everyone, having trouble with this sentence しかし、あんたに何故わたしが常習の酒飲みじゃないなんてことがわかった Not really sure how to fit the 何故 into this... Thanks
sparky14 The Japanese language 8,332 1,452,813 2015-11-27, 4:50 pm
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
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Hey everyone, having trouble with this sentence 日本人はまず根拠または理由を述べてからポイントにはいることを好む Can't really piece it together at all... Thanks
sparky14 The Japanese language 8,332 1,452,813 2015-11-03, 1:09 am
    Thread: Sentence Worries
Post: Sentence Worries

I've found sentences to be more useful (and I've tried both btw)... and sentences accompanied with extensive reading is even better.
sparky14 General discussion 16 1,889 2015-10-24, 4:10 pm
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
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wow, completely overlooked that option. Thanks
sparky14 The Japanese language 8,332 1,452,813 2015-10-20, 8:14 pm
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
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Hey everyone, quick question with this one... 人さえいなければそういって溜息をつくのは夜ごと日ごとのことである what does そうい mean? thanks!
sparky14 The Japanese language 8,332 1,452,813 2015-10-20, 2:38 pm
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Hey everyone, I'm having trouble with something I haven't seen before 実は動いている。 それを動いていると見るのも動いていないと見るのも距離一つです The と。。。のも thing is throwing me off. Is this some sort of common construction? Thanks
sparky14 The Japanese language 8,332 1,452,813 2015-10-05, 12:27 am
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
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http://www.weblio.jp/content/%E3%81%AA%E...A%E3%82%8B
sparky14 The Japanese language 8,332 1,452,813 2015-09-23, 8:50 pm
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
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なるようになる=物事は,とやかく言ったり,あれこれ心配しても関係なく,必然の成り行きのままになるものだ (basically means "that something will happen naturally/what will happen will happen/nature will take its course") not too sure about the てしまう, but I...
sparky14 The Japanese language 8,332 1,452,813 2015-09-23, 9:50 am
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
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the whole thing means "wardrobe"
sparky14 The Japanese language 8,332 1,452,813 2015-09-22, 11:18 pm
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
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横を向いて、間の抜けた顔をしてゐるばかりだつた。 暗い相談ばかりを選んで持ち懸けられるような不平を感じたりするのだ。Is the full context
sparky14 The Japanese language 8,332 1,452,813 2015-09-19, 4:40 pm
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Hey everyone, having trouble with this sentence 暗い相談ばかりを選んで持ち懸けられるやうな不平を感じたりするのだ The long chain of verbs is throwing me off 選んで持ち懸けられる, in fact, long chains of verbs usually throw me off. Don't real...
sparky14 The Japanese language 8,332 1,452,813 2015-09-18, 9:26 pm
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
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ahh, I see. Thanks
sparky14 The Japanese language 8,332 1,452,813 2015-09-10, 7:55 pm
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Hey everyone, here's a sentence that's giving me trouble なぜ彼は多少でも彼女に影響力というようなものを保つことができたか not sure about the でも, and, という, and how 多少 fits within all this for that matter.
sparky14 The Japanese language 8,332 1,452,813 2015-09-10, 4:37 pm
    Thread: Where's Khatzumoto?
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From what I've seen, most of the people who bash AJATT have either 1. Tried it but gave up half way and said "it didn't work.", or 2. not tried it at all. Unless you've done the WHOLE 10,000 sentences...
sparky14 Off topic 529 102,788 2015-08-25, 4:07 pm
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
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Hey everyone, having trouble with this one 別に目撃したくて、あんたの喧嘩を見てたんじゃないのよ?うん How is 別に being used here? Are they saying they didn't particularly want to see the fight... or something along those lines? ...
sparky14 The Japanese language 8,332 1,452,813 2015-08-24, 9:43 pm
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Hey everyone, having trouble with a word in this sentence 額に宿ったそのラタトスクごと消滅してもらう。 What's ごと? Context: This is from a game, and this girl has this ラタトスク (the game hasn't revealed what that is yet) th...
sparky14 The Japanese language 8,332 1,452,813 2015-08-13, 11:22 pm
    Thread: **Your** Guide to Learning Japanese
Post: **Your** Guide to Learning Japanese

If you've grown up in this technological age and can't figure out how to use Anki, you've got some bigger problems than trying to learn Japanese... now back to the original post. My study method: Did...
sparky14 General discussion 53 6,962 2015-08-12, 9:41 am
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
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Hey everyone, I'm having trouble with a definition for 【幻】 実体がないのにあるかのように見えるもの the ように and のに are throwing me off. I know that のに means despite and ように can be used to mean "similar too", but I can''...
sparky14 The Japanese language 8,332 1,452,813 2015-08-05, 8:33 pm
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
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Hey everyone, having trouble with this one 狂気が作り上げたような柱の列と数々の回廊、階段、尖塔、神殿 I get the gist of it, but can't come up with a nice sounding translation. Thanks
sparky14 The Japanese language 8,332 1,452,813 2015-07-25, 11:57 am
    Thread: Post Your Recent Milestone Achievement Here
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Lately, I've been reading some pretty difficult stuff and not understanding it at all. I felt like I wasn't improving, so I decided to go back and play a Jap game that I played months ago. When I bega...
sparky14 General discussion 1,389 294,385 2015-07-16, 11:20 pm
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
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Thanks, I thought it was the subject but the translation was odd
sparky14 The Japanese language 8,332 1,452,813 2015-07-14, 1:50 pm
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Sorry everyone, I seem to have a lot of questions this week... 「あっぱれ!」天使はそういうと、稲妻が走るもやもやの煙の中へ消えていった。 The translation given is "Done!" says the angel, and disappears in a cloud of smoke and a bolt of ...
sparky14 The Japanese language 8,332 1,452,813 2015-07-14, 11:00 am
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
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oh wow thanks, makes perfect sense!
sparky14 The Japanese language 8,332 1,452,813 2015-07-13, 9:45 am
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Hey everyone, having trouble understanding this 学校が学校なのと年が年なので、生活の程度は私とそう変りもしなかった In context: 友達は中国のある資産家の息子で金に不自由のない男であったけれども、学校が学校なのと年が年なので、生活の程度は私とそう変りもしなかった 学校が学校なのと年が年なので in particular is throw...
sparky14 The Japanese language 8,332 1,452,813 2015-07-12, 7:07 pm
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Hey everyone, need help with this sentence 物語は、娘の雪が、母である花の半生を語る形で綴られる である is throwing me off, not really sure how 形 is being used here, and don't get how the last verb is being used. Basically, I do...
sparky14 The Japanese language 8,332 1,452,813 2015-07-10, 9:51 am
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
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いいころ=about time/high time
sparky14 The Japanese language 8,332 1,452,813 2015-07-03, 1:10 pm
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Yeah that's causative... what's your question? It can mean "to let taste" or "to make taste". I don't know the context, but it's probably "to let taste"
sparky14 The Japanese language 8,332 1,452,813 2015-06-22, 10:16 pm
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*edit* Nevermind!
sparky14 The Japanese language 8,332 1,452,813 2015-06-20, 11:17 pm