Nejiru and Hineru (Twist)
Nejiru and Hineru 「ねじる」と「ひねる」 Today, I’d like to explain the difference between the Japanese verbs “nejiru” and “hineru,” which have
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Learning English and Japanese
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Sentences on my Homepage
The following sentences will be posted on my homepage. I would like to create English version page, so I would
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begin to / begin doing
Today, I learned the difference between “begin to” and “begin doing.” According to the website, these phrases are almost same,
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Understand versus Understood
I sometimes use the phrase “I understood” in the meaning of “わかりました (I understand),” but apparently, these nuances were completely
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Important to me or important for me
I heard a phrase like “that is important to me,” in a US drama. 私はアメリカのドラマで、”That is important to me.” のようなフレーズを聞きました。
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“Because” versus “Since” versus “As”
I didn’t aware of the difference between “because” and “since” and “as,” which can represent reasons as conjunctions. 私はこれまで、理由を表すことができる接続詞 “because”
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