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Daily Thread: simple questions, comments that don’t need their own posts, and first time posters go here (January 08, 2025)

  • January 8, 2025

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  1. What to do after finishing an Anki deck?

    I’ve finished kaishi 1,5k today. I wonder what to do now, I can construct, read basic sentences and understand them. (Though grammar is still not 100% clear to me, not even mentioning verb forms)

    I tried sentence mining when watching japanese media but I think it’s still too early as I have to pause and slowly read subtitles to keep up.

    So I wonder, should I add words from another deck? If so, which one would you recommend? I’ve seen core 2k/6k but many people labeled it as outdated. Or maybe try to make my own?

    Also thought I should add my learning routine which was:
    1h of kaishi 1,5k (10 new words) daily Plus light immersion in forms of anime and music.

    Thanks in advance

  2. Hi! I have a question with this interaction:
    A: Bさん, お姉さんの料理が上手ですか
    B: いいえ, 上手 じゃありません

    Now, why did B use ありません instead of じゃないです? By using ありません isn’t A saying something along the lines of “There’s no skill” instead of something like “She isn’t good” which would be a more appropriate answer?

  3. Any good suggestions on Anki Decks for Sentences. (I tried the sentence mining and i was not good at it).

  4. I am still very much a beginner but I would like to try to read some manga in Japanese. Are there any that are considered ‘easier’ than others?

    I don’t mind having to look up words, I know I’ll have to look up words but I would prefer something only slightly above me instead of far too difficult.

    Thanks in advance!

  5. I’m a little confused about this sentence from Overlord. The character is a skeleton and in this paragraph is wondering how he can talk without a tongue or throat, etc.

    > 手を見下ろせば肉も骨も無い手だ。

    His hand having no meat is unsurprising, but no bones? Is there a broader meaning to 骨 that I’m missing here?

  6. There are 3 definitions for 見合わせる:

    1. to exchange glances; to look at each other
    2. to postpone; to put off; to withhold; to abandon
    3. to contrast; to compare

    My anki deck gave me the 2nd definition, which I’ve struggled with. So I googled “見合わせる etymology” again and this time it gave an AI Overview:

    >「見合わせる」の語源は、人々が顔を向かい合わせて言葉を交わす様子からきています。この行動から、あれこれと見比べたり相談したりする意味が生まれ、さらに実行を差し控えて様子をみるといった意味が派生したとされています。

    And a [link to source](https://www.weblio.jp/content/%E8%A6%8B%E5%90%88%E3%82%8F%E3%81%9B%E3%82%8B) at Weblio. So it seems Google is better at googling than I am.

    In any case, my brain likes the etymology well enough, so hopefully, it sticks now.

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