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- Which is the official kanji for さい, 歳 or 才?
This is different to two ways to write a word that always has the same sound, like "draft" and "draught" Both situations are more common in Japanese than in English, and the same sound can have both multiple words and multiple spellings of the same word This might not be the case for さい but is worth considering for questions of this type
- Why is 二十歳 pronounced はたち? - Japanese Language Stack Exchange
NHK uses にじゅっさい here しかし、お酒【さけ】を飲【の】むことやたばこを吸【す】うこと、競馬【けいば】などにお金【かね】を賭【か】けることができるのは今【いま】と同【おな】じ20歳【にじゅっさい】以上【いじょう】です However, people will still be able to drink alcohol, smoke cigarettes, and bet
- Difference between 英才【えいさい】 and 天才【てんさい】 (genius)
英才【えいさい】 is similar to 秀才, but using 英才 on its own (i e "彼は英才だ。") is very rare ") is very rare Basically it occurs only in a few compounds, such as 英才教育
- When to use ください (kudasai) or お願いします (onegaishimasu) in requests?
Here there's a nice explanation, but I'll quote it here for easy reference, with some additional info:
- What does さいですか mean? - Japanese Language Stack Exchange
A:「さいですか。ども・・・」 B:「・・・・・・」 I went through the fifteen or so words listed in the edict dictionary for さい and only came up with rhinoceros which doesn't seem like a perfect fit I swear I've seen the exact same phrase in a manga too somewhere, but never paid attention to it enough to look it up
- word choice - Japanese Language Stack Exchange
From Jisho org, the words 最低{さいてい} (saitei) and 最悪{さいあく} (saiaku) both mean "worst", while the words 最高{さいこう} (saikou) and 最良{さいりょう} (sairyou) both mean "best" Jisho lists 最低 as antonym of 最高, and
- Usage of すみません (sumimasen) versus ごめんなさい (gomennasai)
Both すみません and ごめんなさい mean sorry However, there is a slight difference: ごめんなさい is an apologetic sorry
- Difference between chiisai (小さい) and komakai (細かい)？
Both are い-adjectives meaning "small" From what I gather (though I'm not sure), chiisai is used mainly for specifying objects as 'small'; while komakai can have uses like: quot;minute
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