# Concerns over the Japanese language

**URL:** <https://community.wanikani.com/t/concerns-over-the-japanese-language/46312>\
**Category:** Questions\
**Created:** [October 6, 2020, 7:09pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/concerns-over-the-japanese-language/46312 "2020-10-06T19:09:26Z")\
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Japanese has room for a lot of nuance. Moreso in writing than in speech, but even in speech there are a lot of possible synonyms to be used, for example these words may all be translated as "to eat’:

食べる  
食う  
食事する  
いただく  
召し上がる  
食らう

[And some more.](https://jisho.org/search/to%20eat)

Maybe also have a look at [The Nuance Thread 📔](https://community.wanikani.com/t/the-nuance-thread/33759)? Not comprehensive yet, but it might give you an idea.

Also they can do a lot with grammar, where a simple word can give a whole different meaning to a sentence, just because it’s between some other words.

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