@EiríkrÚtlendi 終止形のほうが、男子っぽいことが多くて、連用形のほうが、女子っぽいことが多いよね

かおる、ひかる　は女子っぽいけど

かおるって男の人たまにいる

しのぶ　はどっちかっつうと女っぽいかな

（しのび　はいないと思う）

最近、みのりちゃん（女の子）っているよね

みのる　は男やな

@EiríkrÚtlendi フェンネルって、ディルと同じ香り？

すごく違う？

香りが似てるなら、代わりにフェンネルを育てようと思う。日本では、ディルよりフェンネルのほうが育てやすいらしいので。

@Chocolate, フェンネルとディルは親戚なのに、味も香りも違います。実は caraway も、cumin も、セリ科に属して、茎や葉っぱは似ていますが、それぞれの香りも味も独特なものです。

日本でも乾燥ディルが買えますが、search.rakuten.co.jp/search/mall/…　おっしゃる通り栽培するのは難しいそうですね。

正直に言えばこちらのシアトルでも栽培しにくいものです。フェンネルはどんどん大きくなりましたが、庭にあるディルは枯れちゃったのです。

@EiríkrÚtlendi 'cuz it rains too much?

@EiríkrÚtlendi Speaking of caraway and cumin, I am amazed by the striking resemblance borne by several seed spices: caraway, cumin, fennel, ajwain, and "black cumin". The latter two figure chiefly in Indian cuisine. When I first tried my hand at cooking Indian food, I had such a hard time keeping ajwain and caraway seeds straight. I still haven't figured out how they taste differently from caraway. Cumin seeds of course have a signature taste/smell...

@EiríkrÚtlendi 違うのかー残念

そおなのね・・

そもそもディルは苗が見つからんから、そやなあ・・フェンネルを育ててみるかな

Hello, I am currently (attempting to) read a book in Japanese. Naturally, several grammar questions arise and I am not directly able to find answers on JSE. However, I'm reticent to post questions about my difficulties on JSE since I'm afraid it will "flood" the website and be considered a bad practice (I'm don't use JSE often) (I fear people will think that I'm "using them" to do homework/.. for me). How should I proceed ? Is there some website that is more suited to my situation ?

Just ask. Keep the quality up by including your research and as much detail as possible -- This is what you'd hear on any SE site.

Alright, thank you very much

NP

@Chocolate ⇒search.rakuten.co.jp/search/mall/…

@EddieKal Is it fine if my title is just "understanding the sentence XXX" ? I am having troubles finding a more "general title" (I know some other SE websites have slightly strict policies on titles)

Sorry for pinging, I had not noticed you were not in the room anymore

@EddieKal 種からって難しくないかな。。

@Hippalectryon Don't worry about it. I had shut down my laptop and gone to bed. Feel free to ping me any time. I will come back and respond.

@Hippalectryon Other folks here are better positioned to advise on titles on Japanese SE, but in general I think it is fine to use just a quote in the title

I am a moderator on another language site, and on our site I prefer that question titles tell us what the main issue is. Because you can't have duplicate titles on SE, so titles such as "What does this sentence mean?" should be avoided. A simple quote of the part you are asking about should suffice.

@EddieKal Thank you so much !

@EddieKal, not sure if the rain was the issue, or the soil, or something with the local microbial mix, or what. The fennel was quite happy, and I've seen those growing wild everywhere from quite-dry San Jose up to quite-wet Seattle. For that matter, I didn't see much fennel back east (I grew up in Virginia).

Re: spices, ya, the セリ科 / Apiaceae family has been very useful to humans -- I just found that it also includes carrots and celery too! Very productive. A bit like the Brassicas, I guess?

Re: ajwain and caraway, maybe it's a matter that the flavors differentiate more upon cooking? Or maybe they cook up similarly, but are more distinct raw? (I'm not very familiar with ajwain, so I'm guessing here.)