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Daily Thread: for simple questions, minor posts & newcomers [contains useful links!] (March 15, 2026)

  • March 15, 2026

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  2. I think I asked this before, but I forget the answer lol.

    I tried looking this up and couldn’t find a good answer…

    Was watching Frieren and there’s a scene where the demon says: “戦士一人に一級魔法使い一人。”

    subs: “One warrior and one first-class mage.”

    Why ni here? Why not to? What’s the difference?

  3. My question is more about culture than vocab but…

    In fiction, there are many examples of characters using self-aggrandizing terms as self descriptors without coming off as arrogant. An exception of course is 俺様 which marks someone as arrogant, but the more acceptable ones include:

    * 美少女 (all the セーラー戦士, plus many other characters)
    * 名探偵 (too many characters to count)
    * 天才 (lots of fictional scientists)

    Taken literally, their translations (pretty girl, famed detective, genius) come across as arrogant in English when used on oneself. Is this simply a performative trope? i.e. these characters are portrayed as deserving of these descriptors, thereby getting a pass, or is it something else? Also in real life, do people of status do this without breaking taboo?

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