Japanese Language Weekly Newsletter - Monday, March 30, 2015

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Top new questions this week: What does 花つ月 mean? 緋【あか】色【いろ】の花【はな】つ月【づき】 I'm trying to figure out the meaning for this part of kanji in a title for a series. The red flower month? The red flower moon? The month of blossoming red flowers? I'm ... translation meaning kanji   asked by Roz 6 votes answered by naruto 8 votes Meaning behind adding 'め' after someone's name? I've come across this once or twice where people will say someone's name and then add 'め' in an irritable/victorious tone [e.g: ヒカルめ, マコトめ, etc.], but I've yet to find a textbook example explaining ... translation nuances suffixes   asked by Roz 5 votes answered by l'électeur 7 votes Seeing the invisible の in old names and words In many place and people names, there is an "invisible の", e.g., 三宮 is read さんのみや and 中大兄皇子 is なかのおおえのおうじ. This can also happen in words: 班田収授法 is read はんでんしゅうじゅのほう, which I am less comfortable with ... kanji readings   asked by Kimball 5 votes answered by blutorange 7 votes How would you use どうもこうもない? Found two example translations, one is "there is no alternative", the other is "sorry, it was awful". What is the scope of situations where it can be used? Is there a way to translate its nuance into ... idioms   asked by user9685 4 votes answered by l'électeur 2 votes What's the difference between 呪術【じゅじゅつ】, 魔法【まほう】, 奇術【きじゅつ】, and 魔術【まじゅつ】? Is there any difference between these nouns? Is this like the difference between 'magic' and 'sorcery' in English? Is 魔法【まほう】 used most often? word-choice words   asked by Jan BARTOCHA 4 votes answered by naruto 6 votes 記する｛きする｝、 記す｛きす｝、記す｛しるす｝ - how do I use and/or differentiate between them? For instance, here: 碑文に記されているところによれば according to the inscription on the tombstone It's listed under 記する｛きする｝. Why? word-choice   asked by user9685 4 votes answered by naruto 3 votes What is the etymology of イギリス? I'm trying to figure out where the term イギリス for the United Kingdom came from. I suspect 英国【えいこく】 because they sound similar, but that seems a bit odd as Katakana words are usually loan words. etymology loanwords   asked by paullb 4 votes answered by The Wandering Coder 7 votes Greatest hits from previous weeks: Why are katakana preferred over hiragana or kanji sometimes? I noticed that "dame", which means "not good" or "don't do that", is sometimes written in manga as katakana. I was wondering, is it because katakana is used to express a strong feeling? Sometimes, ... katakana   asked by Sarawut Positwinyu 24 votes answered by istrasci 26 votes Why do Japanese speakers have difficulty pronouncing "L"? Why is it that native speakers of Japanese have a hard time pronouncing "l"? Whenever a western word contains "L" I see that they pronounce it "ru", "ra", "ro", "ri", or "re". pronunciation   asked by user1873 2 votes answered by alexandrec 18 votes

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