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Why is 登録した the past tense of 登録?
I am just a beginner, and I am reading Tae Kim's Guide to Japanese. My questions are:Why is the past tense of 登録, 登録した?Is 登録 (register) a noun or a verb?In the following example, the word should be a...
View ArticleDifferent kanji variations for the same word with same readings but different...
The verb あく for example can be written as 開く空く明く with all of them being read the same way. In the dictionary they are all listed under the same item but looking at the translation you can see that each...
View ArticleDifference between 漢字辞典 and 漢和辞典
Could you please explain to me which is the difference between 漢字辞典 and 漢和辞典?For what I have understood, both dictionaries explain for a certain kanji its meaning and origin, and also tell its...
View ArticleDoes a cross in Weblio represent an obsolete kanji?
After looking at this question I wentweblio to look up the meaning of 酌む. The heading for the entry looks like this:く・む【×汲む／酌む】I'm wondering what the cross next to 汲む means. I've seen this in a few...
View ArticleLearning kanji readings with examples [closed]
As background, I haven't really focused on learning kanji. I've mainly focused on learning words, and just using the correct characters for those words (purely typing, I don't write kanji by hand)....
View Article大辞泉 dictionary notation -- ①㋐㋑㋒㋓㋔ [closed]
In 大辞泉 what is the meaning of the symbols ㋐㋑㋒㋓㋔?For example they all appear in this...
View ArticleIs 閣閣 a real word?
As the title says, is 閣閣 a real word? I've searched through weblio古語辞典 and BCCWJ and I've gotten no results that are not 内閣閣僚. Out of pure curiosity, I just want to find a real example of this word...
View ArticleHow do I read pitch accent notation (alternatively, why does my pitch...
I've installed this Anki plugin that adds pitch accent info. The author has helpfully provided some guidelines about the notation:Overline: Indicates "High" pitchDownfall arrow: usually means stressing...
View ArticleDictionary or website with comprehensive word origin information
When I use an automatic Japanese text analyzer, it provides me with a list of words and also short information about what kind of word it is. Japanese (和), Chinese (漢), Foreign (外) or mixed (混). Is...
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What are the accents for "頭高", "中高", "尾高", and "平板"?
The 4 pitch accent patterns are often spelled online as follows:頭高 (atamadaka)中高 (nakadaka)尾高 (odaka)平板 (heiban)However, when I actually look these words up in Japanese dictionaries (written exactly as...
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How are different spellings sorted in the Daijisen dictionary?
To to my knowledge, The Daijisen is one of the most authoritative dictionaries of Japanese, at least for contemporary usage. When they provide several writings for the same entry, are there any rules...
View ArticleWhat do irregular kanji usage and irregular kanji form mean (in dictionaries)?
I know what an irregular verb is, it is just a verb with irregular conjugation, and they exist in many languages.I think I know what and irregular kanji reading is: it should be an unconventional...
View ArticleConfused about ということ along with なのだ
I was a little confused about the meaning of "ということなのです" in this sentence:皆さん同じようにユーチューブスタジオの過去の動画見ても一覧見ても全部収益化のマークが外れてるって言うことなんだよねI have found this definition in a Japanese...
View ArticleDifferent JLPT level for the same word, in hiragana or in kanji
I know that the JLPT levels are not an official list, but still, it is based on the many JLPT tests that has been done.My question is more about how to estimate the level difference between the...
View ArticleIs there a fundamental difference between homonyms with close meaning and...
I noticed that dictionaries usually treat differently some homonyms, which for a learner's perspective look similar. For example:熱い and 暑い are usually two different entries早い and 速い are usually one...
View Article広範 ambiguous meaning
During my dictionary search of the word "資本主義" I found this definition:商品経済の広範な発達を前提に，労働者を雇い入れた資本家による利潤の追求を原動力として動く経済体制。The thing is that I do understand the whole meaning, however I'm pretty stuck...
View Articleで of the copula or で cause particle
Konnichiwa, I found this sentence in a computer science video:"分からないことだらけで、ググって解決してそしてコードを書いている"About the part is it the で of the copula "です" for simply connecting two sentences, or the "で" particle...
View ArticleWhere is verb transitivity listed in japanese dictionaries? [closed]
This may be a generic question. I wanted to see if a verb had some transitive use and thought a japanese-japanese dictionary would be more detailed than jisho.org, but I can't seem to find any mention...
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Attempting to Parse the NHK 2016 Pitch Entry on ちょっと
When looking up the definition of ちょっと in a bilingual dictionary, it is given the possible pitch accent patterns of (i) atamadaka, (ii) heiban, and (iii) odaka. So which accent to use, in which...
View ArticleHow to express that something "must be + adj" as in "we must be strong"?
I am not talking about consequences, such as in "I can't find my wallet, I must have lost it" in which case I think something like ~に違いない could be used. Rather, I would like to know how to express that...
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