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類義語・同義語. Words which share a meaning in at least one of the senses of each.

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What is the difference between [担]{にな}う and [担]{かつ}ぐ?

This page is supposed to disambiguate the two words but I am at loss to perceive the difference: 1.「担ぐ」は、物を肩にのせる意。 2.「担う」は、物を肩にかけて運ぶ意。 In particular, I don't really know how to understand properly the difference between 肩に載せる and 肩にかける. Up to my…
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What is the difference between 詰まらない and 詰らない

What is the difference between 詰まらない and 詰らない? Are they both valid words? Are they pronounced the same and do they have the same meaning?
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What is the difference between 字 and 文字?

I was talking to someone about the etymology of the word "emoji" recently, and how it comes from 絵文字 in Japanese. I knew that 絵 means "picture", and that 文字 means "character", but I was unable to explain why the 文 kanji is necessary when 字 also…
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Is there a shorter way to say 下の名前?

Since 名前 can also mean full name, it would be nice to have a single word that is complimentary to 苗字. Is there one available for common use?
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量、数 and 数量 (amount). Is there any of them that is used far more frequently than the other ones or are they pretty much equally used?

Assuming all of the three words are used to convey the same meaning, is there any of them that is used far more frequently or on the other hand they are equally used but differ depending on the context, etc? I learnt the word 量 (りょう) some time ago…
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What is the difference between 非常に and 最も?

Both adverbs has the basic meaning "most, extremely". There are also ずいぶん and とても. So, とても is the first word we usually learn that means "very". Then I learned 最も as a superlative. As for ずいぶん, I understand that it is somewhat subjective to the…
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What is the difference between 遠い and はるか?

I am looking for a way to express the concept of (physical) distance. Searching jisho.org yields two possible results: [遥]{はる}か (Na-adjective, Adverb, Noun): far; far away; distant; remote; far off​ [遠]{とお}い (I-adjective): far; distant​ Both are…
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Nuance for 沼沢、泥沼、沼地、沼、沼田

What is the main difference between these 5 vocab words? I understand they all equate to something like a marsh or swamp, but do they hold any specific differences like marsh/swamp/bog do in English? (Admittedly I had to look up the differences, but…
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What is the difference between 式 and 儀式?

Both words mean "ceremony". What is the difference in meaning and usage between them? Given that the latter term is formed by two kanji, I would assume that it has a more formal tone than the former, but it's a very weak guess. UPDATE for context,…
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Synonyms for あっち行け

I'm looking for something to say when people try to give money for a bill or try to help in some certain situations, etc. In English we might say something like get out of here In Chinese I like to say 走开、滚蛋、爬开 Unfortunately it doesn't seem…
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What is the difference between 手招く and 招く?

Google defines both of them as "beckon" and Jisho.org seems to define 手招く as "to beckon" and 招く as a whole lot of things like "invite" etc. Does the "手" simply indicate a "hand invite" of sorts i.e. to beckon exclusively, whereas 招く can have several…
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Difference between tsuma and okusan

What is the difference between the words for wife, tsuma and okusan? Is it a formal vs informal?
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How to confirm my first meeting with Japanese teacher

I am a beginner and my first meeting with my new Japanese tutor is today. I want to send her a message to confirm that 6pm today is still ok for her but I am certain my phrasing is not correct. Could someone please advise? I had…
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