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1. How do you refer to “holidays” like Obon that are not 祝日？

2. [Kanji Component List](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/11Qt65QTTB6s7-R3XYwn_kM1uiCxpEs8V5Y_yFhwqXB8/edit?usp=sharing)

   I have spent a little while compiling an official list of every component I have encountered while learning Kanji. Majority are radicals, some are their own Kanji, and some are simply common components. I have given each one with the best Keyword I could think of.

   I hope this helps those who are learning Kanji via mnemonics.

3. 自己PRを確認が希望です

   im not sure if this is the correct forum, but im 80% sure about this two short write ups of separate experience. can someone explain how this can be more presentable, perhaps in terms of appeal and ease of understanding please.

   小規模なチームでの業務では、他のメンバーから学び、信頼される存在であることが非常に重要でした。私は一つのことに集中する性格のため、最初はメールや電話での顧客対応を同時にこなすことに苦労しました。しかし、時間が経つにつれて、その状況に適応し、チームのために自ら解決策を見つけ出す役割を担うようになりました。これまでの経験から、迅速かつ柔軟に対応する能力を身につけ、業務において機敏さと効率性を発揮できるようになりました。

   仕事を覚えた初期段階の後、言語の壁が直ちに大きな課題となりました。スタッフの規模が大きく、お客様の数も多かったため、日本のお客様との連絡窓口として基本的な日本語フレーズを学ぶことが不可欠でした。この1年半の間、この取り組みは業務のスピードを向上させ、運営において計り知れない満足感を得るために役立ちました。そのため、私は日本語の習得を継続的な目標とすることを決意し、今後もさらに努力を続けていきます。

4. I have two questions.

   1. Can かもしれません be used to say things I might do? Since I can’t know the future, could I guess what I will give someone for Christmas and end with かも, or would it be weird? Like is it more used just to guess things “outside of your control”?

   2. I have learned several ways to make plans, give advice, make requests, or forebid someone from doing something… but what is the best way to give someone advice that doesn’t involve you? Like if they were trying to decide where to travel to, I don’t think I would use まちょうか or the volitional form, because I think these are more like me inviting them to do the thing with me, right? But similarly saying ほうがいいです strikes me as weird too since it feels more like I’m saying what someone should do rather than just a light recommendation as in the case of a suggested vacation spot. What would be the best way to say this?

5. I understand that present perfect tense doesn’t exist in Japanese, but I am struggling to wrap my head around that. I think what would help is if someone could give me multiple ways to say, “I have never liked my cooking” in Japanese?

   Can “ずっと” be used as a temporal noun to convey “having never ~” in conjuction with past tense? Should I also add もう?

   I’ve read articles about this but like I said I’m still struggling to wrap my head around it. So I think seeing multiple examples of ways to say this would help me to understand better.

6. Sorry if this question is really simple, I’m new to Japanese

   Is it correct to say both プリンターは毎日使いますか as well as 毎日プリンターを使いますか? Is one more natural sounding or different than the other? In Duolingo it said my answer was wrong when I tried to put in the 2nd one which confused me and led me here