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Daily Thread: simple questions, comments that don’t need their own posts, and first time posters go here (February 22, 2025)

  • February 22, 2025

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4 comments

  1. I’m wondering if someone could help me distinguish between different ways of saying “why”. I have heard “nande”, “naze” and “doushite”, and I can’t tell when is most appropriate to use each.

    Any help would be appreciated!

  2. >もう片方の手は宙を扇ぐようにパタパタと振られている

    what does 宙を扇ぐ mean? is it just describing a fanning motion?

  3. Very trivial question, but are usages of はらう like 祓う , 追い払う, 取り払う actually etymologically related to the （支）払う as in paying or is it just a coincidental homonym type thing?

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