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Daily Thread: simple questions, comments that don’t need their own posts, and first time posters go here (April 27, 2025)

  • April 27, 2025

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8 comments

  1. How should I prepare for jlpt n4 listening ? I understand everything that’s being said but fail to remember information.

  2. Do Japanese ever say ‘domo arigato?’ I was watching Highlander 3 and a scientist said that.

  3. hi, may i know whats the difference between XX がします and　においをかぎます – both mean to smell something?

    similarly, XX が聞こえます and XX がします – both mean that they hear/they can hear something? like if i hear a strange noise when im exploring an abandoned house do i say 聞こえます or がします? or when do i use which?

    thanks in advance🙏

  4. 姉弟, 兄妹, 姉妹 etc. can all be read as きょうだい, but they also each have a specific reading. I’m guessing for most situations just reading them as きょうだい is most natural but just want to make sure. I think I hear しまい often though.

  6. hi may i ask, i understand that 可憐 is pitiful (?) but can also refer as cute – then when do we use 可愛い and when do we use 可憐? is there a certain nuance? or without context if someone just refers to a girl as あの人は可憐だ is it saying she’s pretty or pitiful?

  7. 私は忙しかったが母の手伝いをしました。
    私は忙しかったが母を手伝いました。

    is there any particular reason one would use one over another, or just whatever?

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