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A noun, noun phrase or pronoun which represents the person or thing affected by the action of the verb.

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Linguistic/syntactic analysis of のほうがよく聞く

In Japanese the following such sentences are seen quite often: 「〜のほうが（よく）（聞く／使う／感じる／知っている）」 However when you consider the grammar, these are all transitive verbs (in the sense they normally take their object marked by 〜を), so it is odd that they…
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Is 入れ物 different from other A-物 expressions?

While I can understand the meaning of the word, I cannot wrap my head around the logic behind it. In all similar cases, the basis of the expression is the object of the action: Aを食べる ⟶ A: 食べ物 Aを飲む ⟶ A: 飲み物 But: Aを入れる ⟶ n/a Aに入れる ⟶ A: 入れ物 I have…
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負かした俺: who beat whom in this relative clause?

Context: Riku is a boxer of Baba gym. Tokorozawa is a retired boxer of Baba gym. Ishigami is a retired boxer of an unmentioned gym. Tokorozawa beat Ishigami in the past. Recently, Tokorozawa asked a favour to Ishigami. Now also Riku is taking…
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Implied agent of 使わせる

Below is an excerpt from 天声人語 Jun. 14 2010: 東京大の宮崎徹教授らが、体脂肪を减らすたんぱく質を見つけたという。脂肪を作る働きを抑え、ため込んだ分を使わせる効果があるそうだ。 I wondered for quite some time why 使わせる instead of 使う is used here. Then I speculate that it is an omission of the agent, or the second…
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Confused about object of 迎える in this sentence

I am currently on lesson 9 of Japan Foundation's まるごと B1-1. There is a text about a woman celebrating Christmas for the first time at her American partner's home. It begins with the sentence "ダ一リンの実家でむかえるはじめてのクリスマス。". On the books' website there are…
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When can 何か be an object?

何かおいしいものを作る。 I will make something tasty. I'm reasonably sure that this is a natural sentence that uses 何か in a way familiar to me. I've just been introduced to the possibility of 何か acting as the object of a sentence. In the above sentence it…
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Can the place that the direct object occupies change the meaning of the sentence?

I have these two sentences: 私は映画を仕事のあと見た。 仕事のあと映画を見た。 To me, they seem equivalent in meaning. However, for the Google Translator the first one means 'I watched the movie after work.' while the second one means 'I watched a movie after work.' Is…
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Potential verb form and を

I saw “私は日本語を話せます。” in an online lesson. Is it grammatically correct?
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Chaining verbs with ~て with an object

In an exercise, the following sentence came out: (complete the sentence with the propositions in the right order, and say which proposition matches the star) 母の誕生日に_____ _____ * _____贈った A. 編んで B. 心を C. セーターを D. 込めて There's no real doubt about B…
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Translation feedback request

I'm redoing an older translation of mine and, within a part that I already find very difficult (ie, I don't know if my sense of context is correct), there's a line I can't get through. え〜 めんどくさいな〜 どうせおれが一番強いにきまっているのに… まっ! いいかっ!…
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(そして彼女は窓際の壁を背に床に座り込む) - What does 壁を背に床に座り込む mean?

そして彼女は窓際の壁を背に床に座り込む。 - And then she sat against the wall to the side of the window. Judging the meaning, I think I managed to grasp what it means but I'm confused about how this sentence works. I thought of this literal translation of what I think…
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Understanding the subject and object when using 満足/満足できない

I'm a little confused as to who the sentence is referring to as the satisfied/dissatisfied person. for example: 彼はもう彼女満足できない。 I understand this　sentence to mean: He cant be satisfied by/with her anymore. I know I can flip 彼 and 彼女 to mean that the…
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Subject and Object in a 太ってる sentence

I've never really had to think about object vs subject in native English since it's always come naturally for me, and I barely remember grammar studies when I was a child. It seems to be important to mark subject and object properly in Japanese so…
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What exactly can が specify? I've provided 魚が食べる for sake of example

Could 魚が食べる change in context? Marking 魚 with を would grammatically make 魚 the object of the action such that it would mean "Fish are eaten"; if 魚 is marked with が, 魚が食べる would mean "the fish eat", if I am not mistaken. However, depending on the…
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Help parsing a sentence with two を

Context: in the Dead Tube manga, a villain is talking about how she turned people into zombies by giving them a hallucinogenic drug and explains that they are…
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