TAKOBOTO

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問題, もんだい

1. question (e.g. on a test), problem

2. problem (e.g. societal, political), question, issue, subject (e.g. of research), case, matter

3. question (i.e. doubt)

4. public discussion, controversy

5. trouble, problem, inconvenience, difficulty

あなたはどのようにしてその問題を解いたのですか。

は

Particle, pronounced わ in modern Japanese

1. indicates sentence topic

2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)

3. adds emphasis

あなた, 貴方, 貴女, 貴男

Pronoun, trad. polite in ref. to someone of equal or lower status, now oft. regarded as rude or distant

1. you

Only 貴方, 貴男, Familiar language, used by wives addressing their husbands

2. dear, honey

ねえあなたたち行かないで。

かなた, 彼方, あなた

Pronoun

beyond, across, the other side, the distance

船は、水平線の彼方に消えた。

の, 乃

Particle, orig. written 乃 or 之

1. indicates possessive

2. nominalizes verbs and adjectives

See が・1

3. substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases

at sentence-end; falling tone

4. indicates a confident conclusion

Female term or language, at sentence-end

5. indicates emotional emphasis