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Daily Thread: for simple questions, minor posts & newcomers [contains useful links!] (July 04, 2025)

  • July 4, 2025

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  1. Anyone have any recommendations for kanji reference books (paper or digital) with radical/component “meanings” that aren’t completely made up? I have used WK, KKLC, and a little RTK, but the gap between some of their keywords and the actual way the components are used is really frustrating.

    For example, KKLC calls the grapheme 昜 “difficult”, and RTK calls it a piggy bank (WHAT?), whereas the way it often used in kanji relates to the sun. It even looks like sun spreading its beams across the ground, so why would they make up a bunch of alternate nonsense?

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  6. Sorry if this is the wrong place to ask, but I guess it relates to learning materials.

    Does counterfeit manga exist? Because I’m seeing some suspiciously cheap manga on EBay. Like 36 volumes for 60 bucks USD. Thats crazy

  7. Hello!

    I’m working on Genki 2 and came across 3 sentences that are part of a dialogue. I have 3 questions about grammar.

    1. The first sentence is: 沖縄はエメラルドグリーンの海と白いビーチで有名です。I was wondering why is で used over に? What function is the で providing to 有名?
    2. The second sentence is: ゴルフなどのスポーツが一年中楽しめます。I’m having trouble understanding ゴルフなどのスポーツ. I know its ゴルフ (golf) など (etc, for example, the likes of) の (particle) スポーツ (sports). I know の makes it a big bigger noun, but I’m having trouble making sense of and understanding how “Golf, likes of, sports” (ゴルフなどのスポーツ) translates to “Sports, such as Golf.”
    3. The third sentence is: 嵐山にはお寺も自然もあります。I was wondering why is there two もs? What are the もs doing here?

    Thank you for your time in advance. 😀

  8. I came across this question

    子どもたちは____歌を歌っている

    and the options was A.たのしそうな and B.たのしそうに

    Am I crazy or both options are valid here? (The answer key says B.)

    I suspected that たのしそうな歌 is weird, but I’m not sure

  10. What does ぷはつmean? In the manga the character is turning her head away nervously 

  11. Dialogue is about 店長 telling レオン what to do at the restaurant job

    店長:それと、もう一つ、お客様が少ない時は、できるだけお客様のテーブルを回って、コップに水を入れるようにしてください
    1. What does 回る mean here? 1st time seeing it. Is it “go around”, Like go around the tables?

  16. What’s with the light blue vs dark blue kanji on jisho’s kanji search?

  17. How is langcorrect as a lang8 replacement currently? Trying to get back into the habit.

    The reception on this sub seemed positive but the earliest threads I can find are from more than 2 years ago. The website itself is only showing my entries in English for me to correct and I don’t think I can view others’ corrected entries in Japanese to judge how much engagement they get.

    Is it realistic to expect 1 or 2 corrections on each entry for sure?

  19. I’m planning to read Harry Potter Book 6, Suzume (by Makoto Shinkai), and ババヤガの夜 to prepare for JLPT N1 reading.

    Do you think these are suitable for N1 level? Any advice?

  20. Hi I’m struggling to understand the differences between the following adverbs which all seem to mean “Recently”: 「最近」、「このごろ」、「この間」、「先日」「たった今」。

    Can anyone explain the differences of them to me?

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