Questions tagged [inflection]

I recently noticed the title for the anime 「[彼女]{かのじょ}、お[借]{か}りします」 uses the verb 「借りる」. It is well known that it is a ichidan verb and the expect inflection is 「借ります」, but in the anime title it is seen as 「借りします」. What function does the extra 「し」…

I'm a beginner in Japanese; and as an exercise I've tried to translate a sentence from the LN. While I do realize that I've bit more that I can chew, I wish to at least try :) The sentence that I am struggling with is (with emboldened specific…

Right now I'm wondering if きれい (kirei, clean) is related to きたない (kitanai, dirty) because I just learned that "nai" can be a negation like "orenji wo tabenai" meaning I don't eat an orange. And in general, is there a dictionary or tool to list off…

Here's the clip from JoJo's adventures s3e33 where a character says "shashin yako, ne" and it's translated to "burn the photos". https://gfycat.com/acidicdearestarctichare I couldn't get google translate to think that "shashin yako" means burn the…