役割語. Special language patterns and vocabulary used by fictional characters, often marking this character as fitting a stereotyped 'role' such as "the old man" or "the samurai". This includes キャラ語尾, which are stereotyped or idiosyncratic sentence endings.
Questions tagged [role-language]
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Function of the sentence final particle こと in this sentence
I am wondering what is the correct way to interpret the こと in this sentence:
どこかへお花見に行きませんこと。
It is an example sentence found in the book "All About Particles" (page 120). It's described as being basically an alternative way to entice/invite…
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The meaning of ～がいい
I've read a lot of mangas and I've noticed the use of がいい after a verb
e.g.
見る{みる}がいい。
諦めた{あきらめた}ほうがいい。
Does it work as an adverb?
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Difference between ぞ and ぜ
Since I watch a lot of anime, I end up hearing these two particles a lot, but I've never been completely certain of their distinction, only that there definitely is one. My dictionary listed them as a single entry with the definition of adding…
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Meaning of "お戯れを"?
Can someone tell me what "お戯れを" means? I came across this in a Japanese drama. I can't quite figure out if this is almost like a formal and polite request to make somebody stop 'kidding around' or if it's something else completely. In what context…
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何も言うでない ! meaning and origin
I have found this sentence in Odin Sphere. I guess it's kind of old fashion for a strong interdiction.
I first thought it came from the negative form of である but it doesn't seem to be replaceable by ではない.
Does anyone know the origin of this form?
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In what ways is the Japanese used in anime different from real world Japanese?
I've heard/read countless sources explain that the Japanese used in anime is quite different from real world Japanese. However, I haven't seen an explanation of what ways it's different (at least, not beyond pointing to specific phrases/words that…
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How did わし etc. become stereotypical "old people" pronouns
After reading this answer about the pronoun あちし, I became curious about how certain pronouns came to be associated with older people. As I see it, there are four main possibilities:
People just decide at some point in their life to start using a…
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Grammatical correctness of 〜好きくない
I saw 未来のミライ the other day. The boy said 〜好きくない regarding many people. Was he making a grammar mistake?
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how could a sentence end with (noun + "よ"?)
I'd thought you cannot end a sentence with a noun. Rather:
noun + だ。
noun + です。
noun + である。
noun + であります。
noun + でございます。
But in a movie dialogue, I heard: "大切なのは、心よ。"
Ending a sentence with a noun sounds weird. In every situation, I add "です" (or…
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Grammar of "なかれ"
When I read the story, I found "なかれ"this word occurred several times.
「若い衆、知らない人を信用するでなかれ。」
「お前の持っていたお守りのおかげで命拾いしたのじゃ。望みすぎるなかれ。ここに幸なかれ。」
I looked it up and the sentences my dictionary provide are either Verb+なかれ or Noun+なかれ. But the first…
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Understanding じゃから
Can somebody please help me understand the following sentence:
なにをするにも、「おそい」ということはないのじゃから。
I am having trouble with the part that I've bolded (じゃから).
I think so far that it means "What ever you do, it doesn't mean ???? "slow".
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What does the word 「まかせとき」mean?
Here is the sentence said by an old man. (I think that he tried to be the first one to show something before all others.)
よし先発はわしがいこう まかせとき！
I tried to find the word in online dictionaries but I only found 「まかせとけ」which means 'Leave it to me'. I…
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には with plain form of verb
I'm trying to figure out what this sentence below means, but I'm having trouble with the には after the dictionary form of いる.
もう１匹居るには居るんじゃが…。
I've read Dictionary form of verb followed by に, but my best attempt then becomes "In order for one…
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What do the words じゃが and おるかの mean?
What do the words じゃが and おるかの mean? Here are the sentences in which I found these words.
警察の者じゃが。
ジョーという少年はおるかの?
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Which personal pronouns and sentence ending particles would an old man use?
I'm somewhat informed on gendered speech in Japanese, however, I have also heard that age may play a part in which pronouns and sentence ending particles you use and can get away with. For instance, a teenage boy is more likely to get away with…
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