Some nouns take the 「ご」 prefix:
ご両親 {りょうしん}
ご家族 {かぞく}
ご無事 {ぶじ}
ご安心 {あんしん}
ご丁寧 {ていねい}
While many others take the 「お」 prefix:
お母さん
お仕事 {しごと}
お月 {つき}
お内 {うち}
お客 {きゃく}
In general, what are the criteria that determine whether a noun takes a 「ご」 or an 「お」?
I was wondering whether the differences in Japanese vocabulary between the dialects extend even so far as particles.
Are there dialects that pronounce any of the standard particles differently? Especially the grammatical (syntactic?) ones like は (wa), が (ga), and を (wo)? Or do some dialects go s...
One of the most useful turns of phrase in Japanese is ありがた迷惑【ありがた めいわく】, which is that of being helpful in a way that is not helpful. It can cover situations where one is being helpful to semi-deliberately cause guilt (Hi mom!), or situations where the helper is sincere but causing more harm tha...
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While visiting Tokyo, I noticed that most levels were indicated by B2F, B1F, 1F, 2F, ... .
This doesn't look like the Romaji for -kai or -gai counter-words, which I assume would be chika ni-kai, chika ikkai, ikkai, ni-kai, ... .
Is it wasei-eigo for Basement 2nd Floor, Basement 1st Floor, 1st F...
Part 1
I understand 探す to be to search for something (general)
and 捜す to be to search for something lost
But do people actually care about the difference in nuance when they use it?
I mean do people use them interchangeably like using 捜す for searching (general) and 探す for searching for somet...
WWWJDIC defines なかなか (with negative verb) as by no means
But shouldn't it have been considerably ?
AFAIK, By no means by no means is the same as considerably
For example, if we use the by no means definition, いまどき良い仕事はなかなか得がたいのを忘れないでね。 will be translated to "don't forget that good jobs are by ...
@jkerian We're lucky in english in that we have a very versatile set of swearing vocabulary that can be chained together in fun and interesting ways. I definitely feel the lack of granularity when I'm drunk and righteously indignant about something.
While visiting Tokyo, I noticed that most levels were indicated by B2F, B1F, 1F, 2F, ... .
This doesn't look like the Romaji for -kai or -gai counter-words, which I assume would be chika ni-kai, chika ikkai, ikkai, ni-kai, ... .
Is it wasei-eigo for Basement 2nd Floor, Basement 1st Floor, 1st F...
Part 1
I understand 探す to be to search for something (general)
and 捜す to be to search for something lost
But do people actually care about the difference in nuance when they use it?
I mean do people use them interchangeably like using 捜す for searching (general) and 探す for searching for somet...
How can I greet a person in a manner similar to "Nice to find you in here!" (— meaning meeting a friend by change somewhere)?
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