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What is the difference between あの隅には本棚があります and 本棚は片隅にあります ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between あの隅には本棚があります and 本棚は片隅にあります ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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ちがいはないです。
These two do not have much difference in meaning
But I think (本棚は片隅にあります )is a little poetic phrasing
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The former focuses on the existence of the bookshelf or what there is at that corner, whereas the latter focuses on where it is.
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There is a bookshelf at that corner.
The bookshelf is at that corner.
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The first sentence is saying what is at the corner.
The second sentence is saying where the bookshelf is.
And 隅 means just corner, but 片隅 sometimes means inconspicuous place.
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it’s too difficult ... ：ー/
(片隅)This word is not in common use.
That's why people who use it are rare
it’s too difficult ... ：ー/
(片隅)This word is not in common use.
That's why people who use it are rare
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