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Daily Thread: simple questions, comments that don’t need their own posts, and first time posters go here (December 04, 2024)

  • December 4, 2024

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  1. Does this sentence seem strange to anyone? It’s from a NHK News Easy article:

    ハマスは人質を自由にしなければならない

    To me it reads like “Hamas must do as they please with the hostages” but I believe the translation is “Hamas must allow the hostages to do as they please.” which also makes sense within the context but I would have thought this would be written as “自由にさせてあげなさい”

    I’m kind of confused with the grammar. Let’s say then I wanted to say “She must do as she pleases” or something similar, how would one say that?

  2. I need help with this sentence

    (Context: Old woman is talking with a little girl with a costume with wings)

    お嬢ちゃんは羽根はやしてまるで天使さんね？

    The part I don’t understand is the やして thing

  3. Hi, quick question/sanity check about the first sentence of this [NHK News Easy article](https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/easy/ne2024120211362/ne2024120211362.html)

    今年もあと1か月で新しい年になります。

    Why is も used here?

    My understanding of this sentence is something like “Additionally, about this year, a new year will begin after 1 month.” But being the first sentence of the article, there is nothing to add, so to speak.

  4. How difficult is learning Kanji? For me specifically I do know quite a lot of words in traditional Chinese (and in turn also simplified), however I’m not 100% fluent in Chinese either. Sometimes I can look at a sentence in Japanese and grasp a word or two or even the entire sentence just bc I learned a few words I recognize in Chinese before.

    For instance if I had 0 knowledge in Japanese and saw this sentence: あの人は忙しい。
    I could understand “person” and “busy” which pretty much is the meaning of the whole sentence.

    Though I know kanji and Chinese characters are pronounced way differently and also are used differently usually, plus the grammar is quite different too, but that’s going a bit off topic from the original question.

    This question is more directed for Chinese speakers who have learned Japanese but everyone’s thoughts are welcome!
    (Originally was going to be a post but low karma 🫠)

  5. Can anyone help me with word mining from Outlook emails?

    I have been working at an international logistics company in Japan for about a year and have a Japanese proficiency level between JLPT N3 and N2. I am responsible for foreign customers and mostly translate Japanese emails from my Japanese coworkers. What I would like to do is create my own list of Kanji and vocabulary used by their frequency. Thank you in advance for your help.

  6. I can’t get what “マジでこごとーなんだから” means in this dialogue:
    ー　仕事に来ないで、休んでください！冗談じゃありませんって！
    ー　明日はもう治る。マジでこごとーなんだから。
    マジで is “seriously”
    こごと is “scolding”, right?
    なんだから is “because”
    I’m trying to put it together but it still looks like some gibberish to me.

  8. この村には残酷な風習が
    ずっとずっと**息づいていた**んだ

    why is 息づく used in this case?

  9. A character said this 今後とも何卒よしなに…… but i’m not sure about its meaning and can only guess based on context as : “From now on, please keep support me(or my family)” .Hope some natives here could check.
    context: a vassal seemingly trying to bribe the Chancellor of State, during an ascension to throne ceremony for the new emperor.

    袁術 (Vassal)「それから、今後改めて行われる即位の儀では、費用の半分を我が袁家で負担させていただきたく……」

    董卓(Chancellor of State)「…………」

    **袁術「ああ、そうそう。仲穎殿のお屋敷にも同様の品を運び込ませていただきますゆえ、今後とも何卒よしなに……」**

  10. I recently started learning Japanese, but れ, ね, and わ are troubling me because they look similar. I’ve used onomatopoeias for others, like せ being “sexy teeth,” though now せ is just せ to me. Does anyone have simple tricks for these three?

  11. How do you order a fast food meal deal in Japanese? I know, I know, I shouldn’t be ordering fast food in Japan, but if/when I do, how to I specifying I want it in a meal deal (Chips and a drink)? When do i specify which drink?

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