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倒れる "taoreru" is used for objects that fall down while stationary. Therefore, this is used for inanimate objects and for people wh...

Jim Breen's EDICT doesn't really provide the difference between the three different ways to write "akeru": 開ける、空ける、明ける, so...

The question phrase "how long" is usually expressed using by any of the following: どのくらい and どれくらい. This source says that, accordi...

More commonly, we encounter position words such as となり, そば, まわり etc in the following grammatical construct: ____ の<となり、まわり, etc> I...

"volitional + to omou" = "to intend to do such and such", "to think of doing such and such" When talking abo...

Disclaimer : I didn't get this from any book, but this is something that I picked up by hearing these two expressions many times. Cons...

Note that when using ながら, the subject must be the same for the two actions that occur together! If not, use あいだ.