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比較言語学. Japanese as compared to the other languages of the world, from a linguistics perspective.

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Does Japanese make the distinction between "-ing" and "-ed" adjectives?

In English and other similar languages, there is usually a clear distinction between adjectives that describe things that create a certain sentiment and adjectives used to describe that sentiment itself, for example "tiring" vs "tired",…
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What could be our Honbu name?

In Japan and in Japanese the Honbu of Judo is called Kodakan [講道館] or a place for the study of the way... I would like to know, if in appropriate Japanese language it would be possible to discover a word that could be a "place for the study of" an…
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