Comments on: Differentiating 隣 (tonari), 横 (yoko), 側 (soba) and 近く (chikaku) https://crunchynihongo.com/differentiate-tonari-yoko-soba-chikaku/ Easy to learn Japanese Lessons! Mon, 27 Apr 2020 20:11:15 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: CrunchyNihongo https://crunchynihongo.com/differentiate-tonari-yoko-soba-chikaku/#comment-14158 Mon, 27 Apr 2020 20:11:15 +0000 http://crunchynihongo.com/?p=9726#comment-14158 In reply to María.

Ah, in regards of manga title. It’s in a similar context as in My neighbor Totoro. Tonari no totoro get translated to My Neighbor Totoro. It’s more of an expression rather literal translation 😀

]]> By: CrunchyNihongo https://crunchynihongo.com/differentiate-tonari-yoko-soba-chikaku/#comment-14112 Mon, 27 Apr 2020 19:31:15 +0000 http://crunchynihongo.com/?p=9726#comment-14112 In reply to Eugene.

You’re welcome! 😀

]]> By: Eugene https://crunchynihongo.com/differentiate-tonari-yoko-soba-chikaku/#comment-12737 Fri, 13 Dec 2019 12:16:24 +0000 http://crunchynihongo.com/?p=9726#comment-12737 Thank you very much for the explanation! It helped a lot!

]]> By: James Palmer https://crunchynihongo.com/differentiate-tonari-yoko-soba-chikaku/#comment-11198 Sat, 17 Aug 2019 08:00:11 +0000 http://crunchynihongo.com/?p=9726#comment-11198 Awesome description of the differences. I loved the examples. Thank you for your help

]]> By: María https://crunchynihongo.com/differentiate-tonari-yoko-soba-chikaku/#comment-10937 Sat, 03 Aug 2019 05:40:52 +0000 http://crunchynihongo.com/?p=9726#comment-10937 So, the manga titled となりの怪物くん is an exception since the only 怪物 is the guy next to the person talking? Unless the person talking thinks of herself as a 怪物 too. (?)

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