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having some trouble with this:
わあっと歓声が上がり、観客たちが駆けよってきた。[character name]たちが、グラスに飲み物をついで、口々に言った。「乾杯！…」
For context, this is a big celebration after a cooking contest has been deemed a tie. By the above, it looks like people are cheering and running up and saying “cheers” with filled(?) glasses. I’m having some trouble figuring out what “をついで” is though. Any idea?
I’m trying to transcribe manga dialogue for my BA thesis. Does anyone know what [this vertical line](https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/820506577576525828/1099845206817394718/image.png) is called? In this context it’s **not** the long sound mark.
I ran into this sentence:
母は洗濯物を干しています
Is the 物 necessary? I wouldn’t have included it and just said 洗濯.
犬がいます
How is this pronounced? Specifically the が.
On the Anki deck the g in ga is 90% silent.
Is this the usual pronunciation?
strawberrybrown gives two pronunciations for 線香, せんこう as well as せんこ: https://forvo.com/word/%E7%B7%9A%E9%A6%99/#ja The thing is, I’ve never heard the short version in native material and none of my J-J dictionaries has it. Furthermore, I don’t think 香 even has a reading コ. There is however an entry with citations here: https://furigana.info/w/%E7%B7%9A%E9%A6%99. What’s going on here?