I'd say most younger people (like < 40) are not overtly scared of or dislike people with tattoos, but will at least feel a tinge of something (fear, curiosity, disapprovement, or whatever). So, we're understanding, esp. to foreigners, but not desensitized.
The difference between -れば, -ると, and -たら is actually quite hairy. Not explainable in a sentence or two. You should check out the stackexchange for that, e.g. japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/25565/…
こんなんとかしょっちゅうある気がするんだけど、なんか違うのかな？ --- Quirrell ignored him. He was still talking to himself. “What does this mirror do? How does it work? Help me, Master!” And to Harry’s horror, a voice answered, and the voice seemed to come from Quirrell himself. “Use the boy … Use the boy …” Quirrell rounded on Harry. “Yes — Potter — come here.”
そもそも I don't feel like the broken-up paragraph structure in dialogue sections are all that awkward or uncommon. Just me? https://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/47172/japanese-dialogue-attributions-and-english-ways-to-translate-them
I'm using RTK to learn the Kanji and yet am pretty happy with it.
To review the Kanji I am using an Anki deck.
My question is about the usage of Heisig's 大 radical for example in 器.
In the book the radical for "big" is used in the middle but if I draw the Kanji in the Kanji Draw Android app w...
I've read that in most languages the first sound coming out of a baby's mouth = word for mother. In Japanese I guess that became the word for food (まんま = 幼児語 for food)
Building on from this comment,
It is possible that in English, a mother may opt to refer to herself in the third person: using "Your mother" instead of "I" to create emphasis.
It is observed from the comment that お母さん is a common way for mothers to refer to themselves regardless of the fact th...
I'm wondering how you would use parenthetical statements in Japanese. In English, commas are used, as in the sentence:
Tanaka-san is, for obvious reasons, a good person.
He took the train to work, as most people do.
How would I make this type of addition to a sentence in Japanese where...
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I'm using RTK to learn the Kanji and yet am pretty happy with it.
To review the Kanji I am using an Anki deck.
My question is about the usage of Heisig's 大 radical for example in 器.
In the book the radical for "big" is used in the middle but if I draw the Kanji in the Kanji Draw Android app w...
Building on from this comment,
It is possible that in English, a mother may opt to refer to herself in the third person: using "Your mother" instead of "I" to create emphasis.
It is observed from the comment that お母さん is a common way for mothers to refer to themselves regardless of the fact th...
I'm wondering how you would use parenthetical statements in Japanese. In English, commas are used, as in the sentence:
Tanaka-san is, for obvious reasons, a good person.
He took the train to work, as most people do.
How would I make this type of addition to a sentence in Japanese where...