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The Synonyms Thread

There are lots of synonyms in WK that make it difficult if you start learning in the other direction (English → Japanese). This situation is made even worse because we as learners do not yet have the same feel for the language as native speakers do. So we can’t always make a good judgement whether two things are synonymous or not. For example, English learners may not be 100% sure whether to buy and to purchase are synonyms or not. They are used in different contexts, but are practically synon…