satoshi's entry (11)
When Can I Exchange ということ and の?
I guess the following is written in textbooks in Japanese, but I don't know; so, I'll write it.
（彼が）日本語を話せるということは，彼は頭がよい。(a)
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“彼は” and “彼は，” are Actually Different Phrases
“That he can speak Japanese means he is clever.”
There are some ways of saying it in Japanese. The basic forms are these two ones.
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The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution Today
This picture appeared on the very top on the front page in today’s Asahi newspaper. I think it is one which gives the worst damage to Chi...
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言っていた and 言った
～している and not that is one of the difficult items to explain in Japanese. I came across an interesting example. (I maybe wrote the same ex...
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The US taught Japan freedom, but ...
Many Japanese people, especially highly educated people, think that Japan has learned freedom, liberalism, or things like that from the U...
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Tanaka Rie ? Tanaka Lie?
A Japanese first name, じょうじ (穣治), came from an English name, George. Many native speakers of Japanese could feel that. However, there are...
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Last Year, Murder Still Decreased
The number of murder cases in Japan is still decreasing as the previous year, for these 25 years. As I wrote about it here before, the re...
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Tony Blair’s Story is Interesting
Now, Tony Blair is writing autobiography in the Nikkei newspaper. It is rather interesting; especially, you comparing it with the one by ...
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Yet another よく書けている
I just now noticed something about the past tense. Suppose something happens to the following:
Your friend writes an essay
Right therea...
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What is the Difference between よく書けた and よく書けている?
～している is one of the difficult expressions to explain for learners of Japanese. More than a few native speakers say it is equivalent to “b...
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Who is paying for Korean idols in Japan?
I was a bit surprised that the people who buy K-pop (Korean pop music) the most in Japan are in their forties (37%). The second most are ...
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