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What does やったよ mean in that page?
Is there a casual way to refer to something as idiotic, stupid, a waste of my time? In English “dumbass” can be used for both an object and a person, but I don’t think アホ works. If I want to say “I had a very stupid dream” or “this is a stupid idea”, I’m not commenting on a person’s intelligence.
Is it a 関西弁 thing to use ぷり instead of ふり？ Like saying 知らんぷり instead of 知らないふりをした, or is it just anime characterization?
what’s a good filler word when you’re trying to remember something mid convo? like
“Hey, do you know where I can find the….. uhh, what’s it called again/what’s the word…. “
What’s a good flashcard app for N3 kanji?
reading 回転ずし dialogue from quartet 1
席に着いたら、お茶を用意しよう。まず、席の近くに置いてある湯のみを取り、テーブルにあるお茶の粉末やティーバッグを入れる。次に、テーブルに付いているノズルからお湯を注ぐ。ノズルの下の黒いボタンを湯のみで押すと、お湯が出るようになっている。
1. question about 出るようになっている in 4th sentence. After googling i saw a website saying that ようになっている is used when saying that a machine “has a mechanism” or stuff like that, is that what it means here? like is it saying :there is a system・mechanism that（ようになっている） hot water will come out?
Does it ever happen to anyone else during conversations that you are crafting a sentence in Japanese and it’s gets quite long (a daisy-chain of 〜て、〜たり、〜であり・・・) and you suddenly realize in dismay that you have utterly no idea how you’re going to “land the plane” (meaning, actually end this long-ass sentence you started)? I have had many a run-on sentence that just ends up trailing off because I realize I’ve run out of things to say and there is no verb with which I can meaningfully resolve this string of dependent clauses. lol this literally happened to me several times today when speaking to a couple of Japanese friends.
Sometimes I’ll just wrap it up with っていうこと or something but that just feels super inarticulate to me somehow. Maybe I just need to get better at composing sentences but I wonder if it’s something others experience regularly in conversations or not?
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の続き。
u/AdrixG さんや u/Moon_Atomizer さんや u/JapanCoach さんが指摘しているように、日本語の格助詞の「を」の、最も多く使われている用法は、対格 accusativeなのですが、実は、実はというほどのことはなく一般的な用法ですが、経過格 prolativeなこともありますね。
〇 ヘリコプター で 富士山 に 登る。
具格 instrumental 向格 allative
× ヘリコプター で 富士山 を 登る。
具格 instrumental 経過格 prolative
（以下、『現代日本語文法 ２』を参照しています。）
経過格は、空間的な経過域だけではなく、時間的な経過域にも使われます。
夏休み を 田舎で過ごした。
一睡もしないまま、夜 を 明かしてしまった。
職を失ってから日々 を 暮らすことにきゅうきゅうとしている。
続く。