This page compiles past blog posts which compared 2 or more similar expressions, explaining the difference between/among them.
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ă—ă‚Šăľă›ă‚“ vs ă‚Źă‹ă‚Šăľă›ă‚“
ă—ă‚Šăľă›ă‚“ is often believed to be the equivalent of "I don't know" in English, but ă—ă‚Šăľă...
éť’ă„ vs éť’ă®
This post explains when éť’ă„ (adjective) and éť’ă® (noun + ă®) are interchangeable or not. The s...
ăťă—㦠vs ăťă‚Śă‹ă‚‰ vs ăťă‚Śă§
ăťă—ă¦, ăťă‚Śă‹ă‚‰ and ăťă‚Śă§ all can be used at the beginning of a sentence and can mean "a...
ă‹ăă‚‹ă¨ăŤă§ă‚“ă‚Źă—ă¦ă vs ă‹ăăŁăźă¨ăŤă§ă‚“ă‚Źă—ă¦ă
～ă¨ăŤ is used like the English "when ～" but depending on what comes before ă¨ăŤ, the nuance ...
“何 (What)” – “ăŞă«â€ť vs “ăŞă‚“”
何 meaning "what?" is sometimes pronounced ăŞă« and ăŞă‚“ at other times. This post explains whe...
～ăľă§ vs ～ăľă§ă«
～ăľă§ and ～ăľă§ă« are both used with a time phrase and they look almost the same. However, ...
ă—ă‚Šăľă›ă‚“ vs ă—ăŁă¦ă„ăľă›ă‚“
The English verb "to know" is usually translated as ă—ăŁă¦ă„ăľă™ in Japanese but the opposite,...
ă†ă‚Śă—ă„ vs ăźă®ă—ă„
ă†ă‚Śă—ă„ and ăźă®ă—ă„ can be used to describe a "happy" feeling, but they are not always int...
～ăŹăŞă‚‹ vs ～ă«ăŞă‚‹
ăŞă‚Šăľă™ is the most common word that describes a change from one state to another. Depending on...
ăµă¨ă„/ăµă¨ă‚‹/ăµă¨ăŁă¦ă„ă‚‹/ăµă¨ăŹăŞă‚‹
Today's topic is difference betweenăµă¨ă„ and ăµă¨ă‚‹. If you understand this difference, you w...
～ăŚăźă„ vs ～ăĄă‚‰ă„ vs ～ă«ăŹă„
～ăŚăźă„ă€ď˝žăĄă‚‰ă„ă€ď˝žă«ăŹă„ are all usually translated as "difficult to ～" or "hard...
～ă‚ă„ă vs ～ă‚ă„ă ă«
～ă‚ă„ă can be used like a English conjunction "while" but adding ă« afterwards or not changes...
