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Daily Thread: simple questions, comments that don’t need their own posts, and first time posters go here (March 14, 2025)

  • March 14, 2025

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6 comments

  1. In the recommended books, are there words in the advanced books that aren’t in the beginner books?

    Edit: fixed comment

  2. Anyone have any tips on remembering 複合動詞? Is it more or less memorisation?

    Sometimes I find it hard to tell how the nuance changes when we add an extra verb. I don’t have a good example at hand right now, but it’s like 凍る vs 凍りつく. I know the difference now in this case but I often have to think about what it means.

    On the other extreme I can’t really tell when adding a verb changes the meaning completely, e.g. 開き直る is quite different in meaning to both 開く and 直る

    Also, hilariously I sometimes see 複合動詞 comprising of three verbs… E.g　引き摺り出す

  3. I’m reading Shin Kanzen Master Gramamr N2, anyone know if there’s a specific reason as to why some kanji have furigana? Are those words that are N2 and above level? Or N1 only? Or it’s just random?

  4. Hi I’m wondering a few things…

    Like how do I make time Japanese while part time job at retail and taking 2 online college classes.I’m lazy and usually try to overachieve or be lazy.

    Another thing,Books vs apps to learn Japanese Kana?

    I’ve used alot of cool apps years ago but now I think just the time thing and not sure if I have motivation or it’s just because I’m having to relearn again.I heard “Genki” is good but recently bought “A self Study to Japanese workbook”from Crunchyroll,heard “Japanese from Zero” was good.Does it matter?

    Also apps I have will probably be more convenient but feel like books are better for learning to write irl but not sure if it matters.

    Best apps for learning Grammar and Vocabulary?Does this matter or help if I’m learning the Japanese kana alphabet?

    How to avoid burnout?I mentioned I become lazy or overachieve so it’s kinda hard since I become demotivated easily or overwhelmed.But I think this is with having hobbies or how I feel in general.

  5. Can someone explain the etymology of 何で? I know で being a particle giving context to an action, and I know the て form and while that sometimes changes to で, it also has a verb kana at the end.

    So why does 何で translate to “what for/why?”

    (Also I do know

  6. questions please, not in any particular order. why was がり on the menu? isn’t がり sliced ginger? and, in Japanese, the interviewer) 「８つから選べ！」って言ったのに、なんでガリはダメですか？ (didn’t the interviewer said to choose from the 8 choices? – so why was he so upset when the respondent chose that way?)

    I found the interview largely funny, mostly because it’s absurd to choose ginger. but im not sure why ginger was there in the first place. help please, because i might have missed out key phrases the people were saying

    [https://www.youtube.com/shorts/mkYxuOPoP48](https://www.youtube.com/shorts/mkYxuOPoP48)

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