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Why is ままだったはずだ rather than ままのはずだった used in this context?
(十香)「何を言っているのだ？確かにあやつの行動は目に余るが、前と全く同じというわけではないぞ」
(士道)「そうか？むしろ前よりヘビーになってる気がするんだが……」
(十香)「だが前の折紙なら、私が無理矢理引きはがすまでシドーにくっついたままだったはずだ。それに、今立ち去るときの顔は……」
Hi.
Context: 士道 and 十香 were talking about 折紙.
折紙 embraced 士道 and let go of him voluntarily. 十香 was…
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Is '櫓三年に棹八年' a playful saying?
In one episode of Gabriel Dropout, after the boss of the cafe comforted her that her Japanese will get fluent, Gabriel said, '櫓三年に棹八年'. Then, the background color of the scene shot changes to black.
That sentence seems to be a funny one in that…
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The use of 僕 by office employees
In the famous 1952 film 生きる (Ikiru), the government-office employees frequently use 僕 to refer to themselves (even the female character used it). Based on this understanding of 僕, 僕 is basically a pronoun which boys use; but that doesn't explain…
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Why is しない used for a past event?
植野：ちょっとからかってた的な…ことはあったかも
将也：まあ一応。僕もやめとけとは言ったんですけどね。聞かなかったし
石田：お前も一緒にやってたじゃん！女子なんてすげぇ悪口言ってたでしょ。ねえ！特に(植野)と(川井)が
川井：ひどい…。私そんなことしないよ。どうして…。石田くんひどいよ
Everyone's putting the blame on 石田 for bullying.
I would expect maybe しなかった to mean "No, I didn't do…
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Meaning of 「さすがに」in a particular context
I think 「さすがに」 generally means something like "Generally acknowledging a fact, but still has more to say regarding that fact in this specific situation". But I recently encountered a usage of this phrase, to which I don't quite think the above…
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How does this sentence work structurally? 14は10といくつ？
I was playing some math games intended for children, in Japanese, and the subject was 引き算.
The isolated question came up "14は10といくつ？" In the context of 引き算 it makes sense that the answer turned out to be 4, but I don't understand the question…
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specific context of てもらう
In this sentence, I am unsure what てもらった is referencing, as the parts that follow make me unsure of what it is trying to convey. If it helps, I have added the past and following sentence to make more sense of the…
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Are the 彼の and あの in the examples necessary or optional?
Are the 彼の and あの in the examples necessary or optional?
Example 1:
彼は彼女と別れた。"彼の"判断は正しいね。
Example 2:
新しいパソコンを買ったね。"あの"パソコンは画質がいい？
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How do you tell the difference between 決行 and 欠航?
So apparently
決行-けっこう (to carry out)
and
欠航-けっこう (cancelled)
are pronounced the same way? Or does one of them have a different pitch accent pattern? At least Google translate pronounced them the same.
This seems problematic for a situation like the…
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Problem with translation of 言ってんのね
俺はさ、お前らにお友達になれって言ってんじゃないのね。中学のときにネットを挟んだ敵同士だったとしても、今はネットのこっち側同士だってことを自覚しなさいって言ってんのね。
Official translation: Do you get it?
The source is from Haikyuu season 1 episode 2 (around the 10 minute mark). The line is said by the club's captain, who is…
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概要の紹介にとどめますが. I believe that I have not translated this text correctly
Full text: SQLの集計機能については概要の紹介にとどめますが、SQLによるデータ集計機能はRDBMSの大きな魅力の1つです
My understanding: Our introductory overview of information about SQL aggregate functions is limited but the SQL data aggregation function is one of the major attractions of…
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What is the subject of this sentence? It is omitted
それらは必ず母屋から離れて、青葉の臭いや苔の臭いのしてくるような植え込みの影に設けてあり、 廊下を伝わっていくのであるが、 その薄暗い光線の中にうずくまって、ほんのりや明るい障子の反射を受けながら瞑想にふけり、またはそう外の庭の景色を眺める気持ちは何とも言えない。
What is the meaning of the sentence written in bold here? Is the subject the light rays, the shadows or the…
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第3月曜日 3rd Monday or Monday in the third week
第3月曜日 I'm not sure the actual meaning.
3rd Monday that some month may not have this day ( Monday that the date is the third ) for clearer explainantion in picture below
Monday that is in the third week ( 1 month has 4 weeks and this 第３月曜日 is…
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目が小さいですか Interpretation
目が小さいですか
This is found in the Genki 1 textbook (page 144).
When I read it I thought it meant "Do you have short eyesight?", but when I use two translator apps they both say it means "Do you have small eyes?".
Are the translators right?
I am…
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A question about what seems to be れいせい & its usage
What is the context of the video below (from 1:18 to 1:26), especially the word 「れいせい」's meaning in it?
https://youtu.be/ehSCmkVVjlg?t=78 (try using a VPN if you can't load the video)
For the time being, I'm guessing that it is 励精, based on the…
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