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Jul 23, 2022

JapaneseWithAnime.com is a blog about the language used in manga and anime.

Articles include content ranging from general grammar terminology (e.g. flat adverbs), Japanese grammar (e.g. suru する), practices relating language devices (e.g. gikun 義訓), orthography (e.g. the use of parentheses in Japanese), gestures (e.g. money hand gesture), figurative visual language and symbolism in manga (e.g. mushrooms growing on a character's head), manga tropes and culture (e.g. elf ears), common homages (e.g. osoroshii ko 恐ろしい子), anime-related terms (e.g. isekai 異世界), among others.

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