What does the interjection ぎゃほ mean?
Context:
A: We are mentioned in (famous newspaper)
B: ぎゃほ！ かんどう＝＝＝＝３３３
Does it have the meaning of かんどう ? Or is it surprise, or something else?
Warning: We're all adults here, but just in case, this question may contain words, in both Japanese and English, that some may not like to read.
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いらっしゃいませ
くださいませ
なさいませ
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Or even common verbs, like がんばりませ or つづきませ?
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When learning the phrase "I like X", everyone learns "Xが好きだ". But if X is a pronoun, you sometimes see こと:
あなたが好きだ。 → あなたのことが好きだ。
What purpose does こと serve here? I know that in subordinate clauses, こと can eliminate ambiguity:
彼が好きな人 "a person he likes" or "a person who likes him"
...
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I don't have the needed permissions to do it myself.
As in "some one who plays video games". Could I just use ゲーマー?
When learning the phrase "I like X", everyone learns "Xが好きだ". But if X is a pronoun, you sometimes see こと:
あなたが好きだ。 → あなたのことが好きだ。
What purpose does こと serve here? I know that in subordinate clauses, こと can eliminate ambiguity:
彼が好きな人 "a person he likes" or "a person who likes him"
...
