Tommy

Tokyo, Japan

http://www.tommasoscotti.com

Applied mathematician, programmer, pianist, writer, Asian languages enthusiast, martial artist, gym freak, photographer, calligrapher.

I suck at all of the above.

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Isn't acknowledging the existence of God, as a state, a contradiction of the separation of Church and State?

united-states religion asked Nov 29, 2018 at 2:22

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How do Japanese understand "non-standard" words without looking at kanji?

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How would I know whether a word existed and was commonly used N years ago?

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「です」, what is it really? Is my analysis correct?

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About the kanji 鱈 where 魚's bottom is written as 大

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What would be the closest native Japanese word to エラー in the context of IT?

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Does 多分 carry a degree of certainty equal to or greater than 50%?

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Why did the 黄色い線 become the 黄色いブロック?

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About the coupling of ーてもらう and ーなさい

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Vocabolo italiano per "trading"

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What's the 日本語 equivalent of saying "That's none of your business"?

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Explain this paradox

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How many ways to say "but" are there in Japanese?

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How to say "One day at a time" in romaji

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Are パート and アルバイト different?

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Where does the word 青年 come from?

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JLPT sentence order section

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Should I use 竜 or 龍?

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Difference between 夫 and 主人?

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首都 (しゅと) and 都 (みやこ)

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Is there a term for Japanese characters as a whole?

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Etymology of お負け

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What's the japanese word for "take off" which in romaji sounds similar to "hashin"?

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How is a word like 風雨 (ふうう) distinguished in pronunciation from ふう?

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Why is this sentence not separated? 圧着部分を図１，２のように交互に折り込みドリッパーの内側にピッタリと装着します。

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Why both 弟 and 第 kanji have the same 音読み?

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Confusion over the use of いい人

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Studying Japanese is difficult, but fun

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What does おり mean in this sentence?

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About ておいてね, what does it mean?

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Can I use my Chinese name as my Japanese name?

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What does「〜も何も」mean in this context?

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How does one say “bye” to a stranger they just met?

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