終助詞. Particles that act as qualifiers for the clause or sentence that they end. Reflects register and other pragmatic effects, such as the speaker's attitude.
See also
- Sentence-final particle on English Wikipedia
Questions tagged [sentence-final-particles]
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は as sentence final particle
I meant to gather more examples before posting this question, but here we go. These are some lines out of various Ghibli movies I saw last weekend.
わからないは - when asked to take a guess about something
いないは - after looking for someone in a specific…
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What grammatical concepts are behind そうな at the end of a sentence?
In かちかち山, at least the version I am looking at, one of the opening lines is:
気のいい、じいさまとばあさまが、すんでおりましたそうな。
I can't figure out how to explain the bolded part. そう would either mean "seems like" or hearsay. Based on the conjugation of the preceding…
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Why does the か come before です in this question?
I'm looking through a book of go problems, and ran across the following sentence accompanied by the problem diagram:
隅の黒一子が次にアタリですが、ここをどう考えるかです
A rough translation is relatively simple, along the lines of "Black's single stone in the corner is 1…
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How is “のかよ” used in this question?
お前は寂しくないのかよ
It sounds kind of rough, so I suppose it is a masculine alternative of something else. Also, it does not really sound as a question intonation-wise compared to this following sentence.
お前は寂しくない?
How does this question differ in…
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sentences ending in "を"
I have always had problems with sentences ending in ”を”
For example: それで後任を？
(a) Who is the subject?
(b) What is the object? It is confusing because it ended with a "を"
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Is using the particle の at the end of a sentence considered feminine?
I need some additional information on gender differences when speaking Japanese.
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Are there masculine equivalents to わよ
I have come across わよ as a sentence ending particle with a feminine feel, but are there any masculine equivalents?
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Difficulty understanding と at sentence end
From an interview.
Question: カルチャーショックって、たくさんありましたよね？
Answer: 多分 たくさんあったけど、もう だいぶ なれちゃったのと、 日本と違いすぎて、なんかカルチャーショックにも 思えないぐらいだなっていう感じ。
What is the role of 「と」 after なれちゃったの?
Link to source: https://youtu.be/jtlqYTMa3oY?t=358.
Also later in the same…
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What is the meaning of this "って" in this reply
The source is in here
Q:サルと一緒にするなって感じ？
A:やっぱり癒されたいって気持ちは動物も一緒なのかなって…
I cannot figure out the meaning of "って" in the end of the sentence.
According to the dictionary, "って" has two meanings when acting as a…
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What is the purpose of "けど?" at the end of this sentence
I'm confused by the けど at the end of this sentence, I know it means 'but', though the sentence is a question and when I try to translate it, I can't seem to make it fit.
「大事な話がある、っていうのに送信先に田中ちゃんが入ってない時点で、それ以外考えられないと思うけど？」
My translation is: "I…
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