Timeline for Does "very much the same" have the same meaning as "identical"?
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| Feb 15, 2013 at 23:39 | comment | added | user21497 | @Jon: There are other words that are more restrictive in meaning, but in common usage, yes, the word covers the entire range. Just as in English we "put on" clothes, gloves, hats, and shoes, in Japanese, there's a particular verb for each of those actions. Different languages have different usages. Literal translations from Chinese especially are interesting, but I've been scolded about discussing at any length languages other than English. :-( | |
| Feb 15, 2013 at 18:41 | comment | added | Jon Hanna | @BillFranke so it covers both identical and similar? Identical does not. | |
| Feb 15, 2013 at 12:08 | comment | added | user21497 | You will in Chinese 一样 (yi-yang) and Japanese 同じ (onaji) = "the same" or "alike" or "identical" or "similar". | |
| Feb 15, 2013 at 12:00 | history | answered | Barrie England | CC BY-SA 3.0 |