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What is the difference between 大事 (daiji) and 大切 (taisetsu)?

usage nuances word-choice asked Feb 19 '13 at 2:12
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Do Asian (esp. Japanese) people have longer intestines than people of European descent?

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Why is 間{かん} used to denote some amounts of time but not others?

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Did January 2014 American snowfall char and burn when exposed to fire?

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Why aren't my WPF radio buttons vertically aligned to the center?

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Can I run an SNES emulator without it having input focus?

emulation snes asked Mar 18 '13 at 9:44
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Should I say 失礼{しつれい}します before hanging up the phone if the other person called me?

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When should I use underscores between words in Python function names (according to the style guide)?

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Why is it (usually) wrong to say 人がある but OK to say ある人？

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What is the origin of the phrase 一石二鳥?

etymology yoji-jukugo asked Mar 12 '13 at 4:53
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Legal characters for first names include: hiragana, katakana, jinmeiyo and joyo kanji. What about latin letters?
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How do you read simple arithmetic equations in Japanese?
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How to use　いかがですか？
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What is the proper term for a bug fix with respect to Software Development
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Why is 楽しみに！wrong?
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What is the literal meaning of どういたしまして?
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What does 臨海学校 mean?
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名前, does it have English Roots?
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Difference between 何の～ and どんな～
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Is を used in real Japanese?
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Addressing a group of women as “you guys”
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What is the difference between 沸く【わく】, 炊く【たく】, 茹でる【ゆでる】, 煮る【にる】, and 蒸す【むす】?
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When to use 聴く vs 聞く vs 訊く?
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How to say “open Pandora's box” in Japanese?
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Difference in nuance between 証明 and 証拠?
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Do people use the ending ～まい？
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What's the difference between くる and やってくる?
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始まる->始まり Is there a rule of making nouns from verbs (besides nominalization)?
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Oceans ー Thick or Big?
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How accurately can 使い be translated as “angel”?
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What is the difference between the wave dash 〜 and long vowel marker ー when marking long vowels?
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What type of romanization is “Hatchōbori”?
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Difference between the words for “living/residing” [住む/棲む/泊まる/暮らす]
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What qualities characterise girlish Japanese handwriting?
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Greeting a person over the internet
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「の」in「お嫁さんにしたいの好き」
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Is いったい (ittai) a “rude” expression?
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Is there a standard for where to put spaces in kana-only Japanese?
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Can both Hepburn and Kunreisiki romaji be used to write a person's name?
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無茶 - “bad tea” = absurd; unreasonable
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