Japanese Questions and Answers

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Japanese Online Books Help

Can someone tell me where can i find online books in japanese suitable for beginner like me?

xVid
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When to use iru/aru vs desu?

I’m learning Japanese and my current lesson is arimasu and imasu. It is used for stating the existance of an object/person but when should I...

LeviJimmy
Answered 4 years ago


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Correct sentence structure?

Asokoni isuto tsukuega arimasu  Or Isuto tsukuega asokoni arimasu. My book says the first one but I got used to the 2nd one. Which one sh...

Celeste Jalen
Answered 4 years ago


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pronounciation e.g. pronouncing su ka-to or ska-to (skirt)

Recently I've been trying to improve my pronounciation, then I realised there are some letters you don't pronounce. For example, in the jap...

Hanshi
Answered 4 years ago


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Is 哲学 (てつがく) the correct word to use when talking about Philosophy as a major?

I want to be able to say "my major is philosophy" and so I looked up the word for philosophy, but I'm not sure if it would be correct use th...

Aki
Answered 5 years ago


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How do I get rid of the ”reminders” thing on top of the page?

A couple of days ago a checklist showed up at the top of the page. Everything was marked as completed except for setting up reminders to use...

Taylor
Answered 5 years ago


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This will brand me for life

  Hi nihongomaster community!! I'm planning to draw a tattoo on my left forearm with the concept of "anticipation", actually I wanted to d...

Asuna
Answered 5 years ago


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"ga" and "wa"

Hello! I have a question on "ga", when should I use it and what’s the difference between "ga" and "wa". Thank you

Link
Answered 5 years ago


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hi! many words are somewhat accented, how is the accenting based? thank you!

 hi! many words are somewhat accented, how is the accenting based?  is it mostly standard Tokyo Dialect or are there other Diealects which...

番長
Answered 5 years ago


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Hi, Just wondering if this site really works?

  Like most sites teaching laungauges don't just start from the beggining with the alphabet and start you off with phrases for if you here...

Aki
Answered 5 years ago


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Kanji writing practice

Does anyone have a link to a pdf with all of the kanji radicals for writing practice?

Hanshi
Answered 5 years ago


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97 day kanji challenge

So, I've read online that BEFORE studying japanese (and well, im not very far past the beginner classes) you should learn all the 2136(ish?)...

Hanshi
Answered 5 years ago


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Romanji // 'desu'

I've been learning romanji before hiragana or kana and I wanted to know:If I wanted to say, 'He should eat,' should I say 'Kare wa, taberu b...

Hanshi
Answered 5 years ago


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さる and おかね

what is the different between さる and おかね? i mean when to use it?

Vidula
Answered 5 years ago