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 …

Jan 24, 2026 · I have heard (I can't remember where) that which allophone of [zɯ] is produced during rendaku can depend on the original voiceless phoneme. That is, that an original /tsu/ produces /dzu/ …

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 …

Sep 1, 2024 · I think we all know that p changed into ɸ then into h when it comes to japanese. But I just want to know specifically how did japanese get to be able to say the P sound again? Because I dont …

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」.

Oct 28, 2025 · I understand that 集まる is a verb, while 集合する comes from a noun that became a verb (CMIIW), but I’m not sure how to actually use them. Are they interchangeable and natural in daily …

Oct 7, 2020 · is there a significant difference between 道具{どうぐ} & 工具{こうぐ}? They both seem to mean tool, but the former has a longer list of than the latter but all still basically …

Feb 16, 2021 · How do you pronounce “宿命”? Google says it is pronounced “しゅくめい“ but I listened it being pronounced as “さだめ“ in a song, which also is “定め”

Jun 3, 2018 · What's the difference in English between 'use your head' and 'exercise your brain power'? One's just a slightly more interesting way of saying the same thing.

Jan 14, 2016 · As you said 二 〇 一五年間の時に is unnatural. If you say "during the year of 2015", you say 二 〇 一五年に, 二 〇 一五年の時に in Japanese but 二 〇 一五年間に is unnatural because 二 〇 …