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Japanese Resources

Essentials

Rikaisama - Pop-op Dictionary - based on Rikaichan Yamasa.cc - Learn Handwritten Stroke Order Anki - Spaced Repetition Software Japanese Stack Exchange - Ask Questions, Get Answers Dictionary Codes and Meaning - ex: v4k, vi Chinese and Japanese Characters Mnemonics - Stroke Orders, Lists, Study Sheets A better Japanese font for Windows web browsers Verb Conjugation Chart - gaoshukai Similar Kanji Lookup

Dictionaries

Jisho.org Tangorin - English⇆Japanese Online Dictionary Honyaku Star - Simple and Fast Dictionary | No ローマ字 | Specifically for Translators JLect - Japanese Dialect Word Search TMdict - vocabularies from games, books, anime, and other works by Type-Moon.

Kanji Alive_ Web App - Kanji Lookup, Stroke Orders, Examples, Picture Mnemonics Kanji Dictionary - 漢字辞典 Etymologies - A comprehensive, illustrated dictionary with etymologies, pictographs & definitions in English and Japanese More Eymologies - Traditional & Simplified CH/JP Oichan’s Dictionary - CN/JP/EN Dictionary Proverb Dictionary - Dutch, English, and Japanese

語源由来辞典 - Etymology Dictionary 平明四字熟語辞典 - 4-Character Idiomatic Compound Dictionary 故事ことわざ辞典 - Proverb Dictionary 日本語俗語辞書 - Colloquial Language Dictionary 日本語コロケーション辞典

IT用語辞典 e-Words - Internet and Technical Terms 三省堂 Web Dictionary - Sanseido Weblio - 辞書 - Main Dictionary Weblio - シソーラス - Thesaurus Weblio 翻訳 - Translate alc.co.jp - Another Great Dictionary goo.ne.jp - Goo’s Dictionary kotobank.jp - Uses yahoo.co.jp dictionary with a nice Interface Tatoeba - Example Sentences Tsukuba Corpus 複合動詞レキシコン - Compound Verb Lexicon Yamasa.cc - Learn handwritten stroke order kotoba.ne.jp - Extremely useful once you learn its capabilities Excite.co.jp’s Dictionary with Pitch Accent

Software

Houhou SRS - Dictionary + SRS Tagaini Jisho - Dictionary on each OS zKanji - Another Dictionary + SRS Capture2Text - Get Text from Manga and Other Images JGloss - Automatically annotate Japanese text with readings and translations KanjiTomo aard OmegaT - Translation Memory Tool Foreign Language Text Reader Learning With Texts Language Tool - Proofreading/Spellcheck Program Lingoes - Dictionary & Translation StarDict Wakan - Dictionary App for Chinese and Japanese

Thesauri

Goo.ne.jp’s Thesaurus 類語同義語辞典 - Quasi-synonym/synonym Dictionary

Learning the Language

Wanikani - Learn Kanji Through Spaced Repetition (Paid Subscription) Japaneseclass.jp - Vocabulary and Kanji Kapibara - Apps and Materials U-biq - Japanese study Japanese Stack Exchange - Ask Questions, Get Answers Tae Kim’s Guide - Site for Complete Beginners Chinese and Japanese Characters Mnemonics - With much more material Japanese Parts of Speech - 日本語 Japanese Linguistics - General Terms, Parts of Speech, Particles, etc - General Linguistics Loanwords - gaoshukai.com Esaura - Q&A site dedicated to J<->E translation. Lang-8 - Write Journals, Get Corrections from Natives (All Languages) Japanese Reading Practice with Tanaka Corpus Tips on Japanese JLPT Study Materials JLPT Vocabulary Lists HiNative - Q&A OnomatoProject - Practice Japanese onomatopoeia (擬音語) and mimetic words (擬態語) with examples and illustrations!

Grammar

Imabi - Lessons From Basic to Classical Japanese | Everything You Need for Grammar Kanzen Grammar - Sentences broken down in detail JGram - Japanese Grammar Database Renshuu.org - Over 600 entries for Grammar Jtest4you Auxiliary Verb Chart

Radicals

Kanji Radical Names - 仮名 and ローマ字 214 Traditional Radicals - From Kanji Alive Radical Names in Japanese - with kanji used More Kanji Radicals

Kana

Rapid Recognition Trainer for Hiragana and Katakana Multiple Font and Stroke Magnifier Kana - Anomalous Cursive Syllabary

Advanced Learning

Mistakes & Differences Guide Different Kanji With Same Reading and (Usually) Meaning Slight Different Meanings Read Your Level

Reading Material

Aozora Bunko - Japanese Project Gutenberg Bauddha.net - Similar to Aozora Children’s Reading Material - Fairy Tails Reajer - Bilingual Texts & Frequently-updated Language Blog

Manga & Light Novels

Comico - Manga & Light Novels Mangabox Vomic - Manga with Voice (Mac users download VLC web plugin) Kadokawa - Free Comics

Light Novels

Tueee 小説を読もう！

Anime

AniChart Anime List Hummingbird - MAL Alternative Anime Recommendation Finder

Crunchyroll - Watch Anime Legally Japanese Subtitles

News

SmartNews - Japanese Smartphone News App SANSPO.COM（サンスポ） NHKニュース and NHK Easy Version 朝日新聞 - Asahi and Children’s Edition Japan Times Japan Today MATCHA and Easy Japanese Version - Japan Travel Magazine Metropolis Magazine | Japan’s Number 1 English Magazine Tokyo Weekender - English Magazine Yomiuri, Children’s Edition, and English Edition Easy News - Newsinslowjapanese.com Nikkei Sankei

Japanese Sign Language

ITEC More Lessons

Dialect Study

JLect - Dialect Word Search Osaka-Ben Kansai-Ben Kansaiben.com Kansai-Ben Word List

Pitch Accent

U-Biq Pitch Accent Diagram Excite.co.jp’s Dictionary with Pitch Accent OJAD Online Japanese Accent Dictionary

Recommended Books

White Rabbit Japan - Buy Things From Japan - A Dictionary of Basic Japanese Grammar - A Dictionary of Intermediate Japanese Grammar - A Dictionary of Advanced Japanese Grammar - Dictionary of Misused Japanese - Kanji Dictionary - 1006 Kanji Picture Dictionary - ALC’s Japanese for Business: Business Etiquette

J-LIST - Buys Things From Japan - Handbook for Newcomers, Migrants and Immigrants to Japan - Bilingual - Encyclopedia of Japan - Bilingual

Amazon - The Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary: Revised and Expanded - Kodansha’s Furigana Japanese Dictionary (Kodansha Dictionaries) - The Kodansha Kanji Dictionary - The Original Modern Reader’s Japanese-English Character Dictionary - The New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary

Culture & Life

AFA Channel - Japanese Pop Culture Video Channel Becomming Legally Japanese - Information on Naturalization Danny Choo - Culture Japan Japan-guide - Your Guide to Japan Japan Subculture Research Center - Yakuza and other cool culture information Just Bento - Blog About Bentos Just Hungry - Japanese Food & Recipes néojapanisme Spoon & Tamago - Japanese Art, Design, and Culture What Japan Thinks - Surveys of Japanese People Niponica - Free Multilingual Magazine in HTML, PDF, or E-Book Nippon.com - Your Doorway to Japan

Music

JPop Asia - Asian Music Videos, Top Charts, Lyrics, & Forum Kasi-time - Lyric Search Utamap - Another Lyric Search utaten - Lyrics with Furigana Lyric Get - Copy Lyrics on Restricted Japanese Lyric Websites

Information

JLPT - Japanese Language Proficiency Test Information JNTO - Japan National Tourism Organization JET Programme - Japan Exchange and Teaching Programme Japanese Language Schools - List of language schools in Japan Society for Teaching Japanese as a Foreign Language

Scholarships

JASSO - Japan Student Services Organization Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program - U.S. Citizens

Work

GaijinPot - Jobs and Other Information Japan Today Jobs - International Jobs in Japan Kansai Flea Market - Jobs, Classifieds Metropolis Classifieds O-Hayo Sensei - The Newsletter of (Teaching) Jobs in Japan White Companies - Information

Wanikani Extensions

KaniWani - Reverse WaniKani Duendecat - Sample Sentences from WaniKani Progress WaniKani to Anki Exporter

Misc

Free Japanese Kana and Kanji Fonts http://www.find-job.net/startup/ Convert Japanese Dates and Western Dates Japanese History - Wikibooks Japanese Ghost Stories - Hyakumonogatari Reading Speed, Comprehension and Eye Movements While Reading Japanese Novels - Scholarly Article Hinoki Project 何年.jp/ - Japanese 平成 (Heisei) Year Lookup Math Symbols & Readings Traditional Colors of Japan - With Hex Values Color-sample - Colors in detail Onomatopoeia Picture Game - in Japanese Kanji Used in Important Documents Free Beautiful Handwriting - Handwriting Practice Sheets with Your Own Data

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what's the difference between どして and なぜ ?

Most “why” sentences are fine with either, but the nuance would be something like this:

なぜ

Just means “why” or “for what purpose/reason” and isn’t obviously made out of any other words. The kanji are 何故 “what reason” though.

Slightly more formal/literary sounding.

Might sound a little more calm/logical than どうして? But just a little bit.

どうして

Literally “how doing?” as in “what did they have to do to make this happen?”

Also means “how” sometimes. A sentence like どうしてかえりましょうか？ (=どうして let’s go home?) would probably mean “How should we get home?” rather than “Why should we go home?”

Sounds a little more like speaking than writing, but can still be used in a lot of situations.

Might sound a little more like you’re demanding details on how things got this way, or what the person was thinking when they did the thing you’re asking about? But just a little bit.

and a bonus:

なんで

Literally “with what?” / “By means of what?”

By far the most casual of the three, used when speaking with friends

Can sound a bit childish

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Japanese

Mr. Men Little Miss(Short 3 minute long videos)

Japanese short stories for children

Nihongo Dekimasu (Complete series for learning Japanese)

Hebi Japanese

More Hebi

More Cartoons

Japanese Versions of English Songs!                

http://www.youtube.com/user/CREAMVISIONJP/search?query=japanese

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPJHxY6_mNfjl_RxrGbUpCjO0sht-8gFj

Disney Songs in Japanese  

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL82915732068A4BFB

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「～てしまう」

This form is used either in the past tense to say that an action which takes a lot of time was finished early, or in the present tense to emphasize that you plan to complete an action in the future.

verb in て-form + しまう

Past tense:

今日の宿題はもう全部してしまいました。

（I already did all of today’s homework.)

Note that this form does not change the overall meaning of the sentence; rather, it emphasizes the completion of the action, often when you might expect the action would not be done for some time but has been done early, instead.

Present tense:

５時までにこの本を読んでしまいます。

(I will finish reading this book by 5 o’clock.)

Again, this form emphasizes completion; in this case, that you expect or plan to complete the action in the future.

In other cases, this form can be used to express regret; for example, when you’ve spent all your money faster than you expected to.

全部のお金を使ってしまいました。

(Unfortunately, I’ve spent all my money.)

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Japanese Phrases for Essays

初めに・はじめに　　to begin with; first of all まず 　　first of all; to start with 最初に・さいしょに　　first 第一に・だいいちにfirst 劈頭第一・へきとうだいいち　　first and foremost 次に・つぎに next 更に　　furthermore そして　　and; thus その上に・そのうえに　　in addition; furthermore 他に・ほかに　　in addition; besides また　　also 並びに・ならびに　　both ~ and ~; ~ as well as ~ 及び・および　　and; as well as それだけでなく　　not only~ but also ~ のみならず 　　besides; as well as しかも 　　moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet おそらく　　probably しかし 　　however すでに 　　already その結果・そのけっか　　as a result それにしては 　　considering that それに対して・それにたいして　　contrary to this ため 　　in order to; because of というのは 　　the reason why is にしたがって 　　following; in accordance with にとって 　　for; concerning によって　　due to; because of 一方で・いっぽうで　　on the other hand 全く・まったく　　really; truly; entirely 全て・すべて　　overall; in general 多数の・たすうの　　countless; majority 必ず・かならず　　definitely 急���に・きゅうそくに　　rapidly increasing ますます　　increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less 次第に・しだいに　　gradually; little by little 現在・げんざい　　nowadays 確かに・たしかに　　it is true that (but) 要すると・ようする　　in short 非常に・　　extremely 要するに・ようするに 　　in short 全く・またく　　absolutely 絶対・ぜったい　　absolutely 誠に・まことに　　absolutely 〜によると　　according to 〜によって　　due to 従って・したがって　　accordingly; therefore; consequently 事実上・じじつじょう　　actually; as a matter of fact; in reality だって　　also 結局・けっきょく　　after all おしまい　　in closing 終わりに・おわりに　　to finish; to end; to close やはり　　after all ようやく 　　finally 加えて・くわえる　　in summary それに加え・それにくわえ　　to summarise 最後に・さいごに　　in conclusion

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did you ever discuss 『なんか』『ながら』and『なんて』because I have trouble understanding their meaning in a sentence.

Here goes!

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Hey, would you mind explaining the difference between 始まる and 始める? Like how they are used? Thank you!

Hello!

始まる and 始める are transitivity pairs. 始まる is an intransitive verb, and 始める is a transitive verb. In Japanese, there are a lot of verbs that are like this. Transitive verbs like 始める,  閉める、and 開ける for example take direct objects (as marked by particle を); that means you have subject performing an action on an object. Intransitive verbs like 始まる、閉まる、and　開く do not have a direct object, because there is nothing receiving the action. However, they do have subjects, which are marked by particle が。

John opened the door. vs. The door opened.

In the first sentence “open” is a transitive verb. The sentence has a subject (John) who is performing an action (opening) on an object (the door). In the second sentence, “open” is intransitive. It’s just a subject and a verb, but no object. The door, being inanimate as it is, cannot perform any kind of action really. Usually, you can tell if a verb is intransitive or transitive by looking to see if there is a direct object. That’s for English, though. In Japanese, you can also tell by looking at the verb.

Some more English examples, so you can get the feel of it.Transitive: Mary sang a song.Intransitive: Mary sings.

Transitive: I broke the printer.Intransitive: The printer broke.

Transitive: 始める

Kanji: みこさんは会議を始めました。Kana: みこさんはかいがいをはじめました。Romaji: Miko-san wa kaigi wo hajimeta.English: Miko began the meeting.

Intransitive: 始まる

Kanji: １１時に会議が始まりました。Kana: じゅういちじにかいがいがはじまりました。Romaji: Juuichi-ji ni kaigi ga hajimarimashita.English: The meeting began at eleven.

Transitive: 落とす

Kanji: 私はグラスを落としました。Kana: わたしはグラスをおとしました。Romaji: Watashi wa gurasu wo otoshimashita.English: I dropped the glass.

Intransitive: 落ちる

Kanji: グラスが落ちました。Kana: グラスがおちました。Romaji: Gurasu ga ochimashita.English: The glass fell.

Transitive: 開ける

Kanji: エリンさんは窓を開けます。Kana: エリンさんはまどをあけます。Romaji: Erin-san wa mado wo akemasu.English: Erin opens the window.

Intransitive: 開く*

Kanji: 窓が開いています。Kana: まどがあいています。Romaji: Mado ga aite imasu.English: The window is open.

The example above is 開く in the te-form plus いる. ～ている is used with intransitive verbs to show the result of an action that was already done before. But, the interesting about ている taking intransitive verbs is that just like how intransitive verbs don’t imply that someone performed an action, adding ている is the same way. In other words, the window being open may or may not have been the result of human action.　窓が開いています may or may not have been the result of エリンは窓を開けました。 

I hope I explained it well enough. If you have any questions, concerns please message me. Here is the list of transitive and intransitive verbs in Japanese.

Thank you for your question!

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気 Expressions

気 (き/ki) is a word that means “spirit” or “mood,” but it is used in many different expressions.  Here are some of the expressions:

気に入り (ki ni iri)  =  favorite

気に入る (ki ni iru)  =  to be pleased with

気にする (ki ni suru)  =  to mind, worry, care about

気にするな！(ki ni suru na)  =  Don’t worry about it!

気に掛ける (ki ni kakeru)  =  to way on one’s mind, to trouble one’s heart

気になる (ki ni naru)  =  to worry, be anxious, uneasy

気に障る (ki ni sawaru)  =  to offend

気に座る (ki ni suwaru)  =  to hurt one’s feelings

気に留める (ki ni tomeru)  =  to heep in mind, give heed to, pay attention to

気を付ける (ki wo tsukeru)  =  to be careful, take care

気をつかう (ki wo tsukau)  =  to pay attention to another’s needs

気を悪くする (ki wo waruku suru)  =  to take offense at, feel hurt

気を許す (ki wo yurusu)  =  to let one’s guard down

気を散らす (ki wo chirasu)  =  to distract a person’s attention

気を取られる (ki wo torareru)  =  to have one’s attention caught, to be preoccupied with

気を静める (ki wo shizumeru)  =  to calm feelings, compose oneself

気を配る (ki wo kubaru)  =  to pay attentnion, be watchful

As you can see, these expressions that use 気 often have to do with one’s feelings or mood (and many of them are very similar).  So, I’ll say to everyone today:

みんな、気を付けてください！

Everyone, take care!

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Grammar: ことになる

～ことになる

Meaning

to end up

logical consequence of a cause

Other meanings

has been decided

Related to

ことになっている (to become a rule), ことにする (to decide on)

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だけ vs しか vs ばかり

The Japanese words だけ, しか, and ばかり can all somewhat be translated to mean “just” or “only”, but there are some different functions they each fill:

だけ

だけ is a particle that just means “only”. You can put it after a noun like any particle, and it can also go after verbs.

彼女は、英語だけで書く。Kanojo wa eigo dake de kaku.

She only writes in English.

私は鳥肉を買っただけ、これを食べなかった。Watashi wa toriniku o katta dake, kore o tabenakatta.

I only bought the chicken, I did not eat it.

しか

しか means can be translated to mean “there is nothing but…”. It also functions as a particle, and like  だけ, it can also follow verbs. However, it must always be used with a negative verb,

花しか売りません。Hana shika urimasen.

I don’t sell anything except flowers.

彼は泣くしかない。Kare wa naku shika nai.

He never does anything but cry.

ばかり

While しか expresses a lack of everything except the thing in question, ばかり expresses that there is so much of something that there is nothing else. ばかり comes after a noun, and it is not uncommon for it to be pronounced ばっかり or ばっか.

お父さんはイチゴばかり食べるぞ。Otousan wa ichigo bakari taberu zo.

My father eats nothing but strawberries. (He eats so many strawberries that there is nothing else being eaten.)

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using 時 (とき) to express when... with different tenses

(I’ve been meaning to make this post for quite some time so here it is!) 時 (toki; time) can be used to express time when, e.g. when i go to school, when I’m a teacher, when I’m old, etc. 

時 in this sense will take the に particle (には is okay too) or no particle at all.

時 is quite a straightforward word to use with adjectives and nouns: like modifying any other noun just add the noun/adj. + it’s appropriate ending, so の after nouns, な after na-adjectives, nothing for i-adjectives.

小さい時 (chiisai toki; when I was young)

暇な時 (hima na toki; when I’m free)

二十歳の時 (hatachi no toki; when I am/was twenty; note “when I am…” can be more clearly expressed with verb なる)

Example sentence: 高校生の時、友達と出かけるのが好きだった。 Koukousei no toki, tomodachi to dekakeru no ga suki datta. When I was a high school student, I liked to go out with friends.

So that’s pretty easy. Note that tense is not marked in this construction; i.e. there is no distinction between past and present when you use nouns/adjectives. Verbs can be a little trickier, because tense IS important here: for example, there is a difference between 行く時 and 行った時. (always uses plain form)

日本に行く時 (when I go to Japan, i.e. in the process of going to Japan)

日本に行った時 (when I go to Japan, i.e. having arrived in Japan…)

Note that the non-past tense denotes the time period during the action, whereas the past tense denotes the time period after completing the action. Tense is marked in the main clause (i.e. at the end of the sentence). Example sentences: 食べる時にお箸を使��。 taberu toki ni ohashi o tsukau. When I eat (during the process of eating), I use chopsticks. 家に帰った時、靴をぬぐ。 ie ni kaetta toki, kutsu o nugu.  When I go home (after I go home), I take off my shoes. More detailed grammar stuff (if you’re a beginner take my word for it and don’t read too much into this; this is even confusing for me lol) For those of you wondering what the difference is between た時 and た後で in most scenarios they’re pretty much interchangeable. 時 has a stronger sense of sequence, i.e. A then B, where as 後で could be A… then B (if you know what I mean). For those of you wondering what the difference between た時 and たら when speaking about the non-past is, well た時 refers more to the actual time period “this happens at this moment when this happens”, whereas たら is more about “this happens and so this happens”. たら (being a conditional also brings a hypothetical edge to many statements “when/if this happens…) Also in the past tense, たら has the added idea of unexpected result , e.g. When I went into town, I (unexpectedly) saw a friend. So there you have it, one way (of many) to construct a temporal clause! Feel free to drop by the ask box if you have any questions about this, or if you think I’ve done something wrong!

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Japanese Grammar Explanations:（な）のに

I got a request in to explain（な）のに so here it goes!

(な) のに ’s basic meaning is “even though, despite”.

日本で生まれたのに、日本語ができないよ。 Even though he was born in Japan, he can’t speak Japanese. Note that (な) のに has a “stronger connotation” than でも, が or けど in the sense that it implies more strongly that he should be able to speak Japanese because he was born in Japan. 

cf. 日本で生まれたけど、日本語ができないよ。 He was born in Japan, however he can’t speak Japanese.

In this way, （な）のに is what I like to call the “surprise conjunction”, or the “unexpected result conjunction”. Following this logic, you can also use (な) のに to more generally to indicate surprise, or something that is not expected. 僕はその少年の利発なのに驚いた。 [ Source: http://www.jgram.org/pages/viewOne.php?tagE=nanoni ]

Gloss of hard kanji

利発 - りはつ: intelligence

驚く - おどろく: to be surprised

The sentence literally reads: “Despite the boy’s intelligence, I was surprised.” (i.e. the boy was more intelligent than I expected) A better translation would then be: “I was surprised at the boy’s intelligence.”

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Extra note: the な in（な）のに is only used with な-adjectives and nouns!

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Hope that clears things up, and remember, I’m always free to answer any grammar questions (best at Korean/Japanese/Chinese) that plague the lovely language learner! Feel free to ask away.

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The font sizes on this map by @keigomi29 are scaled according to the populations of each prefecture.

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I made this cat colour chart using the images here.

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IT’S KANJI TIME ♥ Did this a few minutes ago. There is no one more excited about kanji than me (heh, 〜ほど〜はない grammar will will come too), so I hope I can infect you with this excitement! If you spot mistakes please tell me, I am not the best, but I hope this will help. Have fun, lovelies! 

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Grammar: Something Like That のような・のように・ように

I was asking God about this structure. I understood it, but the concept of it was mind-racking.  I didn’t know how I could really simplify my overall understanding of のような and のように and how to make their usage meaningful。So, I asked God about it, and He gave it to me. :D

のような and のように generally mean that something is like, acts like, has the same quality or characteristic of something else. So the basic structure is X のような Y, which means Y is like X.

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Kanji learning 雨 / ame / rain 👉 http://hiragananinja.tk/wp2/80-kanjis-for-beginneers/

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