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Daily Thread: simple questions, comments that don’t need their own posts, and first time posters go here (February 26, 2025)

  • February 26, 2025

This thread is for all simple questions, beginner questions, and comments that don't need their own post.

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7 comments

  1. During today’s study session with Anki I came across 閉まる　and 閉じる, I know this is probably context related but what exactly is their difference?

  2. What are some good sources to use besides WaniKani? I just got to level 3 and have the paid subscription, but I’d like to add more studying on top of it from different sources.

  3. Just starting, to look for a good ios app to learn kana. I was using migaku (thought it was free for beginner kana courses). I’m not looking to start a subscription to learn Kana. So a free app or app with a fair one-time payment would be nice.

  5. What’s the normal practice for writing hiragana digitally, e.g. email or online message?

    Would you use brackets? e.g. 漢字（かんじ）

  6. Regarding the stroke order for 比: (there are some other similar examples)

    The diagrams, e.g. here: [https://jisho.org/search/%23kanji%20%E6%AF%94](https://jisho.org/search/%23kanji%20%E6%AF%94) show the second stroke as going down and then hook to the right+up. But a computer font kanji looks like these are actually two strokes, one going only down, and a separate stroke from left to right.

    When handwriting, are both versions possible, or is definitely only one stroke the correct way?

  7. I drive every day for 2 hours~ and I’ve been looking into someway to learn japanese while at it

    I’ve tried a few resources but nothing made feel like continuing…

    I have quite a high reading comprehension, but my listening is really begginner level. Don’t mind something in the harder side if it’s interesting and educational enough. It would be a big plus if it’s available in youtube

    if any of you have any suggestions to try out, I would appreciate it

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