35 Answered Questions for the topic nuances

03/29/19

What's the difference between くる and やってくる?
Can someone explain the nuance between them? They both mean "come", but I'm unsure of when they are interchangeable. My perception is that `やってくる` seems to put more emphasis on the actual action of... more
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03/27/19

Difference between そうです、 ようです and らしいです.?
Here are the example sentences. デイビットは料理が上手そうです。 デイビットは料理が上手なようです。 デイビットは料理が上手らしいです。 Firstly, what does デイビット mean as based on reading alone its sounds like 'debit' to me which is a strange... more
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Nuances Grammar Japanese

03/26/19

Difference between volitional +と思う and volitional+ と思っている?
I've looked around the site for anything related but i couldn't find any clues. My take at it is that using the volitional form with と思う you're expressing your plans in the near future as in... more
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03/26/19

ねば in 食べねば; relation between ねば and なければ?
I would like to know a bit more about the "ねば" grammatical construction. Every now and then, I hear people say sentences like > 東京に行かねばならぬ > 粘々丼を食べねば倒れる > なんとかせねばいい It's quite clear... more
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03/21/19

Japanese Buts: でも, しかし, ただ, ただし, ところが, が, けど, けれど, けれども?
I'm sure someone asked a similar question but I did a search and couldn't find any. Usually I just translate everything into but, but (no pun intended) I think it's about time I got into the nitty... more
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03/21/19

What is the purpose of the suffix "さ" on adjectives?
What is the purpose of the suffix "さ" on adjectives like 美しさ and 多さ? The former is the title of an essay by Banana Yoshimoto, so I don't have much context for it. The book editors translated it as... more
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03/19/19

Difference between 向かう, 向く, 向ける?
From my understanding 向ける　is transitive and means to face/turn something towards something. > 安藤は日本国内から世界に目を向けたのです。 > > -Andou turned his eyes from inside Japan to the world. 向く　on the... more
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03/19/19

What are the various ways to express 'or' and when are they appropriate?
I'd like to get an idea of when it is appropriate to use different expressions for expressing disjunction (of the inclusive AND exclusive variety). 「AとBとCの中で...」、「どちら」、and 「か] come to mind, but I... more
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03/18/19

usage of「ご迷惑をおかけ・・・」variants for a business apology?
I have to apologize for a procedural error at work, and am unsure about selecting the right form of apology from the variants of... more
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03/15/19

あまり meaning "too much"?
When using `あまり` in the sense of "too much" (as opposed to "not very"), until recently I had always seen it as `あまりにもA`, with A being the thing that there was too much of. I never really tried to... more
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