The difference between
ほど and くらい can indeed be interchangeable, though your mileage will vary depending on the particular phrase. The difference is between "measuring up to" and "about equal to", which is
ほど and くらい can indeed be interchangeable, though your mileage will vary depending on the particular phrase. The difference is between "measuring up to" and "about equal to", which is
Thematic wa In Japanese, the thematic は is used with generic noun phrases ("the brits") or things that are already in the universe of discourse. It''s sometimes tricky to nail down exactly what is
In English, we just have one word for the conjunction and which works just fine for many categories, but in Japanese, there are separate words: と joins nouns together in a
He''s been studying Japanese for a nearly 10 years I think and he definitely knows what he''s talking about. His views and methods can be a bit controversial in the community,
So I stumbled over the Japanese word メロメロ (mero mero) wich is often translated as being in love. I was wondering if it is related to the english xoxo (hugs and
What is Japanese? Japanese is the national language of Japan and its people. According to Ethnologue, Japanese is the 9th largest language in the world by number of
Japanese, a language which has 3-level vowel height system, does not have the distinction of /e/ and /ɛ/. Or speaking more correctly, Japanese え and お are (true) mid
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