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Etymology: no + ni Nouns and na-adjectives must be followed by na before using this particle. No ni has a stronger meaning than kedo when used to mean "although", and conveys regret when used to mean "would have". Adjectives, verbs: "although" Benkyō shiten no ni, eigo ga hanasenai. 勉強してんのに、英語が話せない。
The alternative reading "i-shi-ku-ni" is not typically associated with a particular meaning, but is used to memorize the year. 23564 , the length of a sidereal day (23 hours, 56 minutes, 4 seconds), can be read as "ni-san-go-ro-shi", which sounds similar to "nii-san koroshi" ( 兄さん殺し ) or in English, " killing one's older brother ".
When a copula precedes these particles, da + no da changes to na no da (na n da) and ya + no ya changes to na no ya (na n ya), but ya + nen does not change to na nen. No da is never used with polite form, but no ya and nen can be used with formal form such as nande desu nen, a formal form of nande ya nen.
Two versions of the rhyme were attested in court; both "Eeny meeny miny mo, Please sit down it's time to go" and "Pick a seat, it's time to go". The passengers in question were African American and stated that they were humiliated because of what they called the "racist history" of the rhyme. A jury returned a verdict in favor of Southwest and ...
Makurakotoba are most familiar to modern readers in the Man'yōshū, and when they are included in later poetry, it is to make allusions to poems in the Man'yōshū.The exact origin of makurakotoba remains contested to this day, though both the Kojiki and the Nihon Shoki, two of Japan's earliest chronicles, use it as a literary technique.
Kūki (くうき) can mean either "air" (空気) or "will to eat" (食う気), thus what sounds like a perfectly reasonable statement – "in space there is no air" – takes on a much stronger meaning when said in context. Example two: A: 向こうの通りにヘイができたんだってね。(mukou no tōri ni hei ga dekitan datte ne)
"Mō Sukoshi Dake" is described as a refreshing [9] light melody and light tempo [10] piano pop song, [11] written by Ayase, a member of the duo, and composed in the key of E♭ major, 100 beats per minute with a running time of 3 minutes and 40 seconds. [12]
"Mō Sukoshi, Ato Sukoshi... (もう少し あと少し…)" is the 9th single by Zard [1] and released 4 September 1993 under B-Gram Records label. The single debuted at #2 rank first week.