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Rinilex

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20 Feb 2013
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Hey, I just have a few questions I've picked up over the weeks.

1) I've noticed that the kanji 直 can be written with either a straight line beneath it, or an L shape that goes along the left side and bottom. Is there any reason for this? Is one preferred over the other?

2) Would sort of context/ sentence would the word 年分 used in?

3) If I wanted to say to someone, "I do most of my studying at night", would I use ほとんどの勉強, or たいはん? Or something else?

4) 戦勝国となった連合国軍はその戦利品にとドイツの国土をいくつかに分断し、我がものにした。

What does にと mean in this sentence?

Thanks, guys.
 
1)
I'm sure what you saw was a simplified or traditional Chinese character, not a Japanese kanji.

Han unification - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

2)
ぶん【分】
9 他の名詞につけて用いる。
㋐それに相当するもの、それに見合うものの意を表す。「増加―」「苦労―」「五日―」
ぶん【分】の意味 - 国語辞書 - goo辞書

correspond to~ / equivalent to~ / equal worth to~

五年分の食糧
a five-year supply of food

半年分の給料
the salary of a half year

3)
ほとんどの勉強, 勉強のほとんど, 勉強の大半, 大半の勉強 are all correct.

4)
その戦利品にしようと

と is for quotation. (It's the same usage as this と.)
 
Thanks, Toritoribe!

The kanji link cleared a lot up for me, I use several sites to check stroke order/ radicals and readings, and they alternate between the Japanese and Chinese characters. I was confused with a few of them. :p
 
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