Japanese Language Weekly Newsletter - Monday, August 31, 2015

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Top new questions this week: How did we get "Foreign Carrot Regime"? How is it possible to naively get both "Foreign Carrot Regime" and "Foreigner Suffrage" from "外国人参政権"? I'm interested in how the same kanji can be combined in different ways to create a different ... kanji   asked by Andrew Grimm 10 votes answered by istrasci 6 votes Spaces in children's books Written Japanese ordinarily doesn't use any spaces to separate words. But Japanese children's books do. For example, the opening of Tomi Ungerer's The Three Robbers (すてきな 三にんぐみ) あらわれでたのは、 ... orthography punctuation child-speech   asked by Earthliŋ 9 votes answered by naruto 9 votes Etymology of 天地無用 WWWJDIC: [天地無用]{てんちむよう} (exp) (yoji) do not turn upside down I see this on some cardboard boxes in the context of shipping and handling. Why is this expression used to indicate "this side up", or ... etymology expressions   asked by Nayuki Minase 7 votes answered by broccoli forest 8 votes "After I do [x], I do [y]"? So, I'm trying to construct a sentence along the lines of "After I do this action, I do that action," but I'm having the absolute hardest time figuring out what syntax and verb conjugations to use. ... verbs conjugations syntax   asked by crayzeedude 6 votes answered by broccoli forest 7 votes What the grammar/syntax of 御来駕被成下度奉懇願候? Dictionary translation is "I beg you will favour me with your company―I request the pleasure of your company." 御来駕被成下度奉懇願候 I can only surmise about ご来駕 noun　懇願候 verb (ask), sourou being a polite ... grammar classical-japanese   asked by user10777 6 votes answered by HiruneDiver 4 votes Sentence Ending て form 妻が死んで、子供が家を出て。 Then my wife died, and my kids left home. Is the sentence ending て a contraction for another expression? If so can someone list the possible expressions for any sentence ... grammar te-form   asked by Darren Teo Zhong Ying 6 votes answered by naruto 3 votes Couple of classical Japanese questions I found a poem by Nagai Kafu entitled 震災 (The Earthquake) in a volume of Japanese prose and poetry. It's a short poem about the Ansei Edo Earthquake (安政江戸地震) in 1855 which destroyed the red light ... classical-japanese poetry   asked by jogloran 5 votes answered by broccoli forest 4 votes Greatest hits from previous weeks: Konnichiwa and Konbanwa What is the difference between Konnichiwa and Konbanwa? Is it appropriate to use either one in everyday conversations? word-choice   asked by user1306322 5 votes answered by Pitarou 10 votes Why is 島 used in the name of some cities? I can understand "島" being used in 硫黄島 (Iwo Jima/Iwo To, literally "Sulphur island"), because it is an island, but why is it used in 福島市 (Fukushima city, literally "Good fortune island") and 広島市 ... words etymology   asked by Andrew Grimm 16 votes answered by l'électeur 21 votes Can you answer these? What does volitional form + っと mean? 「そうだ！家で音楽聞こうっと」 「もう寝ようっと」 「英語でブログを書いてみようっと。」 How does it differ from a volitional form without っと? My best guess is that it's a monologue marker, like な is. verbs volitional-form   asked by oals 5 votes Does the best translation of this sentence require causative-passive? Bob had resigned himself to the fact that they would drag him into their quarrel sooner or later. There is a party of 3 people. Two have been having a petty argument. Bob is focused on an ... translation passive-voice causation   asked by David_W. 1 vote How to read 資格外活動許可? I know 資格 is しかく, 活動 is かつどう and 許可 is きょか, but the 外 puzzles me here. Is it just がい？ kanji compounds   asked by Owca 4 votes

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