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  1. monsutaa kaado! monsutaa kaado!

    !nihongo Hello.Any of you guys know what is the difference between ikinari, totsuzen and kyuuni?

    Saturday, 14-Jan-17 10:57:49 UTC from web
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      bsmall2 bsmall2

      @mushi mostly politeness, or maybe just style. I wonder if even native speakers could help with this question? Maybe a writer's manual...

      Saturday, 14-Jan-17 15:32:49 UTC from quitter.se
      1. monsutaa kaado! monsutaa kaado!

        @bsmall2 on the internet i saw a lot of people saying that they believe them all to have the same meaning but that they needed a native to confirm that. I guess we neef to wait for a native

        Saturday, 14-Jan-17 17:50:59 UTC from web
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          @mushi When I get the chance I'll see if there's a discussion of these words in a decent writer's manual. I like 本田勝一「日本語の作文技術」

          Sunday, 15-Jan-17 01:02:46 UTC from quitter.se
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          @mushi In some ways 本田勝一「日本語の作文技術」is like Strunk's Elements of Style or Lasch's Plain Style for Japanese.

          Sunday, 15-Jan-17 01:03:35 UTC from quitter.se
          1. monsutaa kaado! monsutaa kaado!

            @bsmall2 hm, i usually check everything on Jisho.org because it is simple, but in times like this it is pretty much useless

            Sunday, 15-Jan-17 12:28:31 UTC from web
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              @mushi This site has a lot of examples. http://qttr.at/1n81

              Tuesday, 17-Jan-17 07:49:57 UTC from quitter.se