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Andromedashun

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1. 部長、新製品のことでご相談したいんですが。

What's the meaning of で here? Is it for reason?

2. ある会社が二十歳の女性に、結婚の意識について調査をした。

What's the meaning of に, or is it followed by something that is omitted?

 

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で／に

に here means に対する、に対して. に has this function built in already though.

 

Toritoribe

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1)
Yes. You can think ～のことで is the same as ～について "about / regarding to".

2)
に indicates the target of 調査（を）する.

 

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Andromedashun

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Toritoribe said:

2)
に indicates the target of 調査（を）する.

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Why is に, why not を?

 

Toritoribe

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に is used when asking questions to the target (e.g. questionnaire research). This に is the same as 二十歳の女性に聞いた, therefore it can't be used in, for instance, 公園の樹木を調査した instead of を (because woods can't answer your questions). を has a nuance that the subject researches the target directly as in my example above, but it's acceptable if the word order is 結婚の意識について二十歳の女性を調査した probably due to collocation.

 

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Andromedashun

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Thanks!