「責める」と「咎める」の意味がどう違うですか？ I think they both mean "to blame" in a sense, but how are they different? よろしくお願いします！

「マザコン」意味が何？ What does マザコン mean? I looked it up on the Internet and it referred me to the Oedipus Complex (Freud). That children have the inert desire to lay with their parent of opposite sex. But is there also a more innocent meaning to マザコン? Can it simply mean "momma's boy" or "daddy's girl"? Or is it a sexual meaning no matter what? Thanks!

「せめて」と「さいていでも」、なぜ違うんですか さきの質問は, 「How do you say "at least" in Japanese」でした。みんな助けてくれてありがとうございます！ でも、もう「せめて」と「さいていでも」違うことは分りません。 「せめて」は特にニュアンスがあるでしょ？ 助けてください！ 宜しくお願いします！ My question is about understanding the difference between せめて and さいていでも。I had previously asked a question on how to say "at least" in Japanese and both of these were mentioned. They have both come up since then in different situations but it seems there is a different nuance between them. I do not fully understand why they are different. Any help or insight would be appreciated. Thanks!

Please help me understand 「今出かけてていないわよ」 今出かけてていないわよ。 I understand the meaning is that someone is out now and is not there. But I don't understand the verb conjugations/particles. (意味が分かるが文法が分かりません) It's 出かける、so why the extra て? Why 出かけてて and not just 出かけて? (この動詞は「出かける」ですね。じゃ、なんで「出かけてて」？「出かけて」の方が正しいでしょ？) I understand いる negative is いない。 (いる--->いない。分かる) I don't understand the purpose or meaning of わ。 (「わ」の利用が分かりあせん) よ is よ. I get it. Please help me understand! Thanks! よろしくお願いします！

How do I say "at least" in Japanese? For example: - I exercise at least 3 times a week. - Come on.. at least let me have 1 beer. - We've got at least 2 more hours of work to do. よろしくお願いします！

教える. To teach, to tell, to show. I've been working as an Eikaiwa English teacher for over a year and half now teaching conversational English to Japanese aged 5-74. One of the most common and redundant mistakes I have noticed happens when the Japanese speaker tries to translate 教える into English. As I have noted in my title, there are 3 ways (in my humble opinion) to express 教える: 1) To teach 2) To tell 3) To show To Teach We use this when we are referring to a school subject, a program, a language, etc. Teaching usually takes some time and it will always involve a Teacher and a Student (or more). If I teach you something, you gain some new knowledge or a new skill that you didn't have before. examples; Teach me Math. Teach me how to speak French. Teach me how to code. To Tell We use this for 言うこと. "To tell" implies speaking or writing. "To tell" involves the transfer of information through speaking or writing. examples; Can you tell me how to get to Shinjuku Station? Tell me why you came to Japan. Please tell me what's on your mind. To show 見せる。"To show" means to physically point out or do something. "To show" involves sight (your eyes). examples; Can you show me how to get to Hachioji exit? Can you show me how to tie my shoes? Can you show me your tattoos? As you can see, the meanings of these 3 words are quite different. Many Japanese people revert to simply saying "teach" for all situations, when in fact "tell" or "show" would be much more suited to properly express what they want to say. There are cases these words can be used interchangeably, there are cases when they make sense grammatically but their meanings are different. If you are a Japanese learner of English, please be careful when translating 教える into English and make sure you use the right word to mean what you want to say! みんなさん頑張りましょう！

かたいの漢字 硬い 堅い 固い なんでちがう？ 分かりにくいです。 助けてください！