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Japanese: the almighty adjectival

日本語の形容詞Every Thursday, we’re going to introduce you to bits and pieces, and aspects of, the Japanese language. But, before we go too far, let’s talk a bit about putting sentences together in Japanese. Perhaps the most useful thing to k... ...full story at Japan Visitor

from Japan Visitor on Thu, Jan 24 2008

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