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Thank you, that helped.
Betadel The Japanese language 8,332 1,454,202 2012-04-03, 3:52 pm
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Can anyone tell me what えんかんのことわり (円環の断り?) means?
Betadel The Japanese language 8,332 1,454,202 2012-04-03, 3:13 pm
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Oh that makes sense. Thanks!
Betadel The Japanese language 8,332 1,454,202 2012-03-21, 1:38 am
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I'm reading the Kizumonogatari Light Novel and came upon this: 一周半して古い概念 For context the main character is explaining that nowadays, even though everybody knows what it is, a vampire is kind of an o...
Betadel The Japanese language 8,332 1,454,202 2012-03-21, 12:56 am
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Does anyone know what ガチでいらない mean?
Betadel The Japanese language 8,332 1,454,202 2011-12-20, 8:39 pm
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Thanks a lot Thora. It was really helpful. Thora Wrote:Quote:「………返すというものを、要らん、やるとも言えぬしな。やれやれ。」 Again, I get the meaning but not the why. Not sure I even get the meaning. If you can tell me the meani...
Betadel The Japanese language 8,332 1,454,202 2011-01-08, 12:31 am
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Thank you for the answers before. I have a few more questions. Some phrases I've picked up from a visual novel (Umineko EP8, there are no spoilers, I'm just starting). 「川から桃がどんぶらこ?」 What does どんぶらこ ...
Betadel The Japanese language 8,332 1,454,202 2011-01-06, 5:33 pm
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Hello, can anyone tell me where do readings like these ones come from: 案山子 = かかし 大人 = おとな You cannot make them out of any of their individual readings, 音読み or 訓読み, so what's the explanation? And how...
Betadel The Japanese language 8,332 1,454,202 2011-01-02, 3:46 pm