Do Japanese people see ツ as a smiling face?
Even though no single English letter looks like anything, when I was a child, I would always think ""C" looks like a smile" or ""E" Looks like teeth." Perhaps some kids/people think that at some …
Nuances in the word "smile" - Japanese Language Stack …
2016年7月30日 · Literally "dim happy face", may be the most exact words correspond to English smile. However, these are a bit more nuanced than the English counterpart where they're …
How to write down sound of laugh in speech
2011年12月21日 · I'm listening to some dialogues in Japanese and I write them down. I need to write down sound of laughter in sentence (speech) like in English for example Ha ha What I …
Is 笑 more like "LOL" or "haha"? - Japanese Language …
2020年8月14日 · 笑{わら}い means "laughter" and 笑{え}み means "smile". When used like this specifically with brackets (笑) it's short for laughing on social media, similar to LOL, in that …
What's the difference between すべき (subeki) and べき …
べき is used with a verb in its "dictionary form". [verb]べき should [verb] As you can see, べき by itself corresponds to "should", but it never appears by itself (just like "should" doesn't appear …
definitions - Meaning of 重ね in a compound verb
2022年12月21日 · It's parsed [笑みを交わし][てのひらを重ね][信じる]. That て should be 手. Strange that 手 isn't in kanji here; it's a basic kanji and using て really blends it into the …
How to translate the letter Q to Japanese?
2024年9月17日 · I just started learning hiragana and I was wondering how to translate my name "Quinten" to hiragana. There is no Q used in hiragana so the most similar …
word choice - Openings and Closings (Salutations and …
2012年4月6日 · This question came to me because I am writing a personal thank-you letter to a friend's family who hosted me in their home over the holidays. What is the proper way to …
Abbreviations (etc.) - Japanese Language Stack Exchange
2017年6月12日 · Note that yo:on 拗音{ようおん} ( a kana letter which is followed by a small kana letter such as じゃ／じゅ／じょ) are considered as one syllable. As you can notice, most …
In Japanese, what’s the difference between “Tonari ni” (と …
2019年4月6日 · 隣{となり}に or 隣{となり}の pertains to a location (similar to 近{ちか}く) for if something is directly next to something else.