Episode 60 - 状態・状況

Episode 60 - 状態・状況

Author: Daniel Morales January 14, 2025 Duration: 27:20

This month I introduce another "Impossible Pair," which I first wrote about back in September 2024. The pair I introduce: the words 状態 (jōtai) and 状況 (jōkyō). One way to differentiate these is size, but the other is a time element. I think I've hit on an interesting way to think about these. Check out the newsletter for more, and the blog for how 状態 gets used with Pokemon.

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