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Daily Thread: simple questions, comments that don’t need their own posts, and first time posters go here (June 09, 2025)

  • June 9, 2025

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  1. そして私たちが向かう先に、山の斜面を挟んで光が密集した一画がある。

    Does 山の斜面を挟んで mean surrounded by mountains?

  2. I tried to search this up, but I’m not finding any answers.

    I know ちち and はは refer to father and mother, but I swear I hear it being used with an honorific that sounds like “way” in some shows. Am I confusing another word for an honorific, or is it some kinda obscure one that I can’t find? The best way I could like to write it would be ははわぇい.

  3. Does anyone have recommendation for choukai resource for N2+ learner working as サラリーマン in Japan? Most high-level resources I found has pretty cleaned audio quality, but I want the talker fast-flowing or the audio quality being bad (due to bad connection)

  5. This may be a long shot but I’m wondering if anyone knows any books about Japanese law in 易しい日本語? My friend is in the legal field and learning Japanese and I wanted to get them a book that wouldn’t be too hard for them to read/study Japanese with. I’m still quite the beginner in Japanese and have little knowledge of legal things in general so I’m not entirely sure what to look for. Thanks in advance for any help!

  7. A student got told by teacher to write their future plans thought

    ついこの前まで世界滅びると思ってたのにいきなり将来の夢とか言われてもね

    Can 言われてもね here be replaced with 言われても困る?

  8. I’ve had almost no trouble with pronunciation up until I discovered the word 訓練。For some reason the れ sound immediately after the ん is really tripping me up. 

  9. some question please. is 飲みニケーション a thing used by native speakers? is it about speaking privately and honestly to each other over a meal?

    just read up some notes regarding feedback and speaking with native speakers.

    日本では「空気を読む」「察する」ことが重視されており、直接的な否定は避けられがちです。特に上下関係のある職場や年長者へのフィードバックでは、このような間接的・漸進的アプローチが一般的です。

    また、「飲みニケーション（飲み会＋コミュニケーション）」という言葉があるように、食事やお酒の場は本音を共有する貴重な機会とされています。

  10. So I’ve been listening to some Japanese music lately, and in one of the songs, the lyrics 君が真実でも嘘でもどうでもよかった are used. But when he sings it, he reads 真実 as ほんとう, and I was just wondering if this is a common thing for synonyms? Or a stylistic choice? Are there maybe other examples of this?
    The song is Sweet Memory by Eve btw if that’s important at all

  11. The below is in a list of instructions for how you should cut something.

    3本の切り欠きを2つ作ってカットします。

    I’m having trouble understanding how the pieces interact. It’s this saying “cut three notches” or “make 3 notches and then cut the things you just made notches in”. And I can’t figure out what 2つ is referring to. Is it something like “two sets of three notches”?

    Basically, is 切り欠き the object of 作って or カットします, what is 2つ counting, and could you follow 2つ with を without changing the meaning?

    Thanks

  12. Not a question, just a comment. I was listening to a YouTube video for raw listening practice and instead of listening for comprehension, I was listening for unknown words so I could write down what I thought I heard and look up those words later. Maybe the video was just particularly easy, but by specifically waiting for unknown words to appear, it seemed like the words I did know were flowing into my brain more smoothly. I also felt like I was comprehending certain sentences with a bit less effort as well. I wonder if it’s because having the mindset of seeking out unknown words forces my brain to pay attention to the sounds better. At the same time, I’m lowering my monitor and allowing my brain to focus on smaller calculations (i.e., “Do I know the word I just heard” instead of “What was that word? What does this whole sentence even mean?”) Let me know if you’ve had a similar experience or share your own mindset when listening!

    (The YT channel was Amity Sensei if anyone’s interested, very clean and pleasing Apple productivity tips and numerous vids with subtitles)

  13. I just realized that, at least according to wanikani, 鏡 is supposed to have 見
    as a radical. I thought it was something else because it has only one line, so I was seeing it as 日+儿. Is there a way to learn about/remember these variations?

  15. I see people say that kanji stroke order is mostly intuitive, but I’m having some trouble understanding when a long middle line should be written. It seems random whether it’s written first (e.g. 出る) or afterwards/last (e.g. 東). Is there a secret or does it just need to be rote learned for every single one?

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