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Bookmark or Share- usage - What is とは、のが、のは、には、 へは and では？ - Japanese Language Stack ExchangeAccording to A Dictionary of Japanese Particles: とは is a combination of particles と and は; can mean: "the thing/concept/idea called" (i.e. ボタンとはなんですか。） can mean: with (i.e. わたし、Aさんとはスポーツをしたり、勉強したりします。）
- How do you say "the" in japanese?In Japanese, the definiteness and plurality of a noun is implicit. That means you can't tell without context if a noun is singular or plural, or if it's definite or indefinite. A single Japanese noun can be translated in five different ways. For example: neko 猫 Cat. A cat. The cat. Cats. The cats.. That's not to say you can't specify.
- What are the differences between じ and ぢ, and ず and づ?The Japanese hiragana and katakana syllabaries can mostly be described as phonetic. But there are two exceptions, the two pairs of syllables modified to be voiced with the dakuten diacritic which turns them into homophones: す (su) → ず (zu); つ (tsu) → づ (zu) し (shi) → じ (ji); ち (chi) → ぢ (ji) The same goes for katakana:
- usage - 〜くて form of a verb - Japanese Language Stack ExchangeIn spoken Japanese, used to leave a certain "negation"-like feeling in the air. It is used very often in spoken language and in conversations. Consider the following example where 笑{えみ}子{こ}, a woman working in a shop, is apologizing because she picked the wrong color for a t-shirt a client wanted to check:
- When on earth do you use ごろ (goro)? - Japanese Language Stack ExchangeIn English, ～ぐらい and ～ごろ mean about, around, approximately. ～ぐらい is used for approximate quantities, which include duration.
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