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The national language of Japan, member of the small Japonic language family, otherwise considered to be isolated. For non-linguistic questions about the Japanese language, visit our sister site Japanese Language Stack Exchange.

The national language of Japan, member of the Japonic language family which also includes Ryukyuan but is otherwise considered to be isolated.

For non-linguistic questions about the Japanese language, visit our sister site Japanese Language Stack Exchange.

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"Quoted speech" forms in Japanese

Consider the following sentences in standard Japanese: とても小さな文字を読もうとしました。 それを信じようという気は更になかった。 なんで外国語を学ぶのに勇気が要るかというと、最初は失敗ばかりするからです。 大人になっても可愛くいたいという意識があるのかも知れません。 Below are the same four sentences, but I have inserted additional quote marks…
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How would a haiku look in English using morae?

I read today that in Japanese, Haikus are based on morae instead of syllables. Wikipedia tells me that morae determine "syllable weight" and "in some languages determine stress or timing". I still don't quite understand what morae are, though. Could…
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