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Hello! My name is Takuya living in California.
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    Hello, What does "of course" mean in the following situation? Let's say someone made a mistake and said "my bad" or "sorry". Then, another person replied with "of course!". Does that mean; Of course you made a mistake. I knew it. Or That's fine, don't worry about it ? This actually happened to me in a post office. A post office lady pointed out my mistake in something and I said "my bad, I didn't know this" as I was fixing it. Then she went "of course!". Thanks!
    December 10, 2020
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    How would you say this? Hi there, I'd like to know how to say "I used to be better but now I suck at this" in another way. Some examples that I can think of are as follows. It'd be appreciated if somebody could give me other examples or check mine to see if they don't sound natural or they may mean different from what I wanted to say. + I got rusty with this. + I became horrible at this + I lost the hang of it Thanks, Takuya
    December 21, 2017
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    Hi Trev, Your sentence is perfect! But your title should be 文を直してください instead of は。 Thanks
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    December 11, 2017
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    Glad it helped! And sorry that I forgot about the second question completely. As for your second question, it looked just a little bit off when I see it in letters but it flows okay when I say it. I'm afraid I don't have a good answer for this but I'll give it a try. I think を怒った emphasizes what the anger is aimed at instead of what caused it. In your example, トランプ大統領が言ったこと implies that the anger is aimed at President Trump. So I'd say it's fine. But if it was 机が汚いこと, then I may wonder who you got anger with about the desk being dirty? Also I guess it's usually a human or a living thing when you usually see を怒る such as 子供を怒る? I hope this helps you understand the slight difference in nuances.
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    December 11, 2017
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    Also, since ことis by its own in the が example and こと itself means "fact" , it could be interpreted as follows depending on the context. People got angry about the fact that President Trump said (it). This may not be a perfect answer from literature perspective but this is at least what I understand as one of native Japanese speakers. Thanks!
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    December 11, 2017
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    Hi Or, This took me a while actually to come up with an answer haha. A good question but a tough one for a native speaker like me who don't think but just got used to with it. Both sentences with が and の are correct and basically mean the same but the way the structure is made is slightly different. I think it's easier if you split the sentence into pieces. 人々は、/ トランプ大統領が言った / こと / に / 怒った。 People / president Trump said / what / about / got angry People got angry about what president Trump said. 人々は、/ トランプ大統領 / の / 言ったこと / に / 怒った。 People / president Trump / of / the statement / about / got angry. People got angry about the statement of President Trump. (there may be a better translation of 言ったこと in here because 言ったことsounds much more casual than the statement. But I couldn't come up with a better one now. ) In your example of が, ことis referring to トランプ大統領が言った。however in the example of の, 言ったことis one set of words since の has to be followed by a noun.
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    December 11, 2017
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    That should be 庭. 庭園 is usually used for a huge garden like a park. So it's typically used for a public garden. 庭園 could be used for a private garden if it's ridiculously huge/gorgeous as a private garden.
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    May 8, 2017
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    Hi Yasin, it looks good enough already but there are a few points that I was not 100% sure what you meant. So I might've corrected in a way that you didn't mean. In that case, sorry about that. Also it appears that this sort of post may fit better in a notebook section. I'm new to here (literally started yesterday haha) so I'm not sure but it looks like the notebook section provides a good correction tool. Anyways, here is how I would write if I were you. (I tried to follow the way you wrote as much as possible.) 私は十年前、アムステルダムにひっこして、会社員になりました。( I figured it's 10 years ago instead of 10 years later?)、 しゅうしょくしてから、いそがしい毎日をすごしています。 毎日、社長にざんぎょうさせらます。すごくたいへんですけど、お金がひつようなので、大丈夫です。(ざんぎょう means the work after your normal office hour. So I figured you wanted to say everyday(毎日) instead of whole day(一日中)?) 世界を見たいし、小さいふねがほしいし、お金をためなければいけません。 特にインドネシアや中国に行ったり、色々な人や文化について習ったりしたいです。 アムステルダムにはうんががたくさんあるから、ふねを持っているといいかなと思います。 私は十六歳の弟にそんけいされています。彼も日本にきょうみがあります。 それから週末に時間がある時は、エイマイデンに行って、弟に日本語をおしえています。 そんな時、日本語の授業がなつかしくなります。 家族との接点(せってん)の一つになっているので、日本語を勉強していてよかったです。 私のクラスメートが日本語をはなせるかどうか疑問に思います。世界のどこで、どんな仕事をしているのでしょうか。きっと、みんな がんばっていると思います。(Did you mean that you wonder if your old classmate in your Japanese class is currently using Japanese? or you wonder if your old classmate can speak Japanese?) Cheers,
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    May 2, 2017
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    Hi Tara, Although it may be a bit difficult to find a clear pattern, I think there are two patterns at least in your examples. 1. の can (or sometimes should) be omitted if the outcome can also be a noun or at least a well-known combination. For example, 年越しそば is a well-known word and recognized as a single noun by everyone. If the outcome is a well-known word, it's usually natural to omit の. You could also say 年越しのそば but it sounds redundant to me unless it's on purpose. I think it is similar to the difference of American foods and foods of america. As for 関東の料理, if there is a particular type of dishes for the word 関東料理 or at least some dishes that most of people would think of as a 関東料理, you could say it but as far as I know there are no such thing. So it sounds a bit weird to me. On the other hand, 関東の料理 tends to imply more vague definition such as any dishes usually seen in 関東 region. But still as it's vague, your listener may ask like what? depending on the context. 2. Just a shortened form. In this pattern, の is omitted just because it is easier to say. I think 家族皆 falls under this category. This one also depends on if the outcome is common or not. 家族みんな is definitely a common way to say. So there should be no problem. Although this is completely my personal opinion, once the pattern 2 became so common/popular, maybe enough to be on a dictionary, it would be classified into pattern 1. There may be a better academic explanation for this but these are how I see as one of the native Japanese speakers. Thanks!
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    May 2, 2017
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    こんにちは。 この例文の「だって」は「だと書いてある」の短縮系ですね。 「出すんだって」 ->「出すんだって(割引券に)書いてある」->「出すんだと(割引券に)書いてある」 「一人分だけだって」 ->「一人分だけだって(割引券に)書いてある」->「一人分だけだと(割引券に)書いてある」 口語だとよく使う短縮系です。個人的な感覚では、誰かにその情報を教えてあげる時によく使う気がします。 極端な例だと、下の例のように「だって」だけで使われることもあります。 友人A : 友人B、明日のミーティング何時から? 友人B : 忘れた。おーい、友人C!明日のミーティング何時? 友人C : (遠くから大声で)10時!! 友人B : (友人Aに向かって)だって。聞こえた? 友人A : うん、ありがと。 この「だって」は「友人Cが10時だって言ってるよ」の短縮系となります。 FYI 「だって」はかなりカジュアルな短縮系なので、私は目上の人(先生や上司)には使わないです。友人にはよく使いますが。
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    May 1, 2017
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