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Daily Thread: simple questions, comments that don’t need their own posts, and first time posters go here (April 22, 2025)

  • April 22, 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. Why is Pope francis name written as フランシスコ? I don’t understand why there’s a コ at the end.

  2. Aside from Duolingo and Anki, are there any other apps that I can use to expand my vocabulary? I’ve tried this one called LinDuo, but the UI is very childish and hard to navigate. Any other suggestions?

  3. I promise I’ve looked on the wiki, but I don’t fully understand what I’m supposed to do when I’m immersing. How do people know they’re interpreting sentences correctly? I know you can use Yomitan to look up the meanings, or look up grammar points in a dictionary, but how do I know I’m understanding the sentence as a whole? I know people say you just need to immerse, but it seems a bit flawed if you consume lots of native content without something to correct when you’re wrong?

  4. What are some critical clauses I need to know when I am interpreting for someone in Japanese- e.g things like “so and so is asking if” “so and so would like you to” and other indirect clauses vs just と言う or と思う

    I work in a bilingual job and sometimes I need to directly interpret what someone is saying to the other party, but I find myself getting stuck in my head because I feel like I am missing some useful grammar.

  5. How do you use Satori Reader? Do you “add to your study list” the words you’re not familiar with, then do flashcards each day and read afterward? Or do you just read and hope to memorize the words after seeing them several times, like with the Tadoku graded reader approach?

    I feel like Satori Reader is very convenient and efficient, each word and sentence is just one click away from knowing its meaning. However, I’m not sure how effective it is for retaining information in my brain.

  6. I’ve got a 200 SRS build up because I missed two weeks study, should I even bother? It’s frustrating, and I don’t think I’ll get through it all, or should I wipe it clean and start again tomorrow? I use Migaku

  7. Hello!
    Would appreciate recommendations of Kanji characters or a character that represents the combination of words “wild-fray”

    Wild Fray , fray meaning battle or the energy of a battle.

    I want to use it in the logo of my independent film company.

    There is also this poem that incorporates very well this wild energy of a battle”

    “Once more into the fray,

    into the last good fight I’ll ever know.

    Live and die on this day,

    live and die on this day”

    Thanks in advance

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