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Uses of という
Uses of という
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Language - Japanese
Undergraduate 4
03/21/2014

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Term
(noun)という/といいます
Definition

To be called or to say 


日本語でなんというか?

(how do you say it in Japanese?)

Term
というか、/てうか、
Definition
(or) rather (than that)
Term

ということは、... ということ/

てことは、... てこと

Definition
That means ...
Term
~ということ(です)/~てこと(だ)
Definition

1) I heard that ~, they say that ~, what I know is ~

2) it means that

Term
そういうこと
Definition
That's what it means
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だって
Definition
But (even so)
Term
とはいっても
Definition
Even if that was true, even if that was the case
Term
どういう意味なの?
Definition

What do you mean?




どういういみなの

Term
なんというか、
Definition
or something,
Term
何百というもの/何千というもの
Definition

hundreds of things / thousands of things


なんびゃくというもの/なんせんというもの

Term

AというB

(君が好きだという気持ち)

Definition

B that/which is A

Feelings that I like you



きみがすきだというきもち

Term
ものというもの
Definition
All the things
Term
さあという時/いざという時
Definition
In case of an emergency, when in trouble, at a critical moment
Term

~というのが/~てことが

子供に会えないということが辛い

Definition

to do ~ (adds emphasis to the phrase)

To not be able to see your child is hard

こどもにあえないということがつらい

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ということはどういうことですか/

てことはどういこと

Definition
What do you mean by that?
Term
~というと/~といったら(ったら)/~といってば(ってば)
Definition
When I hear about ~, when I think about ~, when they talk about ~
Term
何かというと
Definition
likely to (for whatever reason)
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なぜかというと、いつかというと、どうしてかというと
Definition
If you ask me why, when, how ...
Term
というと?
Definition
That means?, Such as ?, You mean?
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という訳で~
Definition
For that reason ~, because of that ~
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~という訳(です/だ)
Definition
it means that ~, that is the reason that ~
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~という訳ではない
Definition
That is not the reason that ~, it doesn't mean that ~, I don't mean that ~, it is not like that ~
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~というのに
Definition
Even though ~, although ~, despite ~
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こういうことは
Definition
this sort of thing, things like this
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こういう / そういう/ああいう
Definition
like this / like that / like that
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というのも
Definition
because
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なんということだ
Definition
What does that mean?
Term
そういう中の
Definition

among those




そういうなかの

Term
どちらかっていうと
Definition
more often than not
Term
というと
Definition
in other words, what this means is
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だからといって
Definition
however, but, it doesn't mean that ~
Term
何と言っても
Definition

after all is said and done, to say the least



なんといっても

Term
~ということになる
Definition
end up doing ~, it follows that ~, I conclude that ~
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