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    A (cause) というのも B (effect) or B (effect) というのも A (cause)? Hello! As far as I know, というのも expresses the effect before that that caused it (so, B because of A). Can it work in the opposite fashion like ので or から (so, because of A -> B)? Thanks in advance!
    November 25, 2015
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    おやんなさい = おやりなさい? Hello! It that so? Are there any other variants?
    November 23, 2015
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    Hello! I suppose, Because I'm an ambitious human, I'll spare no effort in studing.
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    November 15, 2015
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    Hello! It strongly depends on general meaning of the sentence as particles 'не' and 'ни' have different function. 1) In an affirmative sentence, 'ни' emphasizes that the fact happened or didn't happen despite circumstances (time, place and etc) expressed in the subordinate clause. For example, "Где бы он ни находился, гора всегда была видна" = 'Wherever he went, the mountain always could be seen' "Кого бы она ни спросила, никто о нём не слышал" = 'Whoever she asked, no one knew him.' 2) As you noted, 'не' particle is used for negation, but in case of 'whenever', 'wherever' and etc. it can replace 'ни' and go with them if a sentence itself is negative. In that case I'd say it's an affirmance expressed through double negation. For example, "Нет таких мест, где бы мы не побывали". = 'There's no such a place, where I haven't been (=I've been everywhere)'. "Нет никого, кто бы не слышал о Пушкине". = 'There's no one who hasn't heard about Pushkin (=Everybody knows Pushkin)'. I hope, it helped you to get a little better understanding of 'не' и 'ни'!
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    November 13, 2015
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    Meaning of 榊 in a title and in the name of a training school Hello! I'm reading some novel. The story takes its action in a parallel reality based on the beginning of the 20th century. MC's going to 陸軍榊学校 in 静岡. As far as I remember, in Empire of Japan destroyers were named after plants and trees and 'sakaki' (榊) name was allocated for one of them. But what about the army? Is/was there such a tradition too? Is there some other historical aspect? Or it's just the author's idea and has no relation to reality? BTW, 榊中将 also was mentioned. Could there be ground forces under jurisdiction the Navy and therefore trained by them? Thanks in advance! P.S. I'm sorry if the header's not clear enough. =/
    November 13, 2015
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    分だけ + まだしも Hello! I stumbled upon on such a phrase and it left me puzzled. 喜怒哀楽がはっきりしているぶんだけ, まだしも夜々の方がわかりやすい。 1) As far as I know, ぶんだけ expresses an idea of limiting the effect according to 'amount' of action of the verb preceding it; 2) As for まだしも, it means that one thing in the subordinate clause is fine, but the other thing in main clause is more/less preferable. But I'm not sure how they act together. Could it be something like that? 'As much as (her) emotion is clear (could be perceived?), it'd be more preferable, if I could easy understand Yaya.'P.S. As much as (her) emotions are clear (could be perceived?), it'd be more preferable, if I could easy understand Yaya. Fixed.
    November 9, 2015
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    What does 目尻を吊り上げる mean? Hello, everyone! I tried to search for the expression in the Internet, but somehow hardly found anything. 1) At one place they said, 目尻を吊り上げる = 目くじらを立てる (to nitpick), but I'm not sure if that's so and is there any difference in the meaning or not. 2) On other site I saw a very similar expression - 目を吊り上げる, but then again, there must be some difference, since two kanji, not one. I'd be grateful, if you enlightened me. Thanks in advance!
    November 2, 2015
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    Thanks!
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    February 22, 2015
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    A couple questions about 突破 and と Hello! I've got some questions, while reading some web-novell. Here the excerpt: 『勇者適応テスト』 　受けた人は４人を突破。結果もすぐ分かると大人気だ。 　CHECK! 　＞＞アナタの適性狩場は？ What I'd like to know is: 1. Could 突破 be used as 'to overcome 4 people', implying 'being one of 4, overcome other 3'? 2. As far as I remember, と, as a conjuction, connects only nouns, numeral adjectives and pronouns. But could there be the case, when something like の is omitted, and the entire sentence means 'instant result and great popularity?' Is it possible in general? Thanks in advance! P.S. I'm sorry if the header not clear enough. =\
    February 20, 2015
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    Hello! Firstly, let me thank you for the explanation! It certanly gives me the answers to my questions. I did, myself, wonder too, why is that, dictionaries hadn't had the same meaning for '鼻にかかる' as '鼻にかける'? And why japanese sites told me only about nasal voice? Now I see the reason. Secondly, about who's the talker, I think you're right. Back then I did the wrong assumption, based on 俺 and first-person way of narration. Surely, your translation totally makes cense. Thank you very much!
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    December 12, 2014
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