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Daily Thread: for simple questions, minor posts & newcomers [contains useful links!] (July 11, 2025)

  • July 11, 2025

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  1. > この物語は大学生•みなとの夜のお仕事。それは毎晩、午前0時になると帰ってくる、まどろみバニーガールのお世話をすること。彼女は8つ年上のお姉さん。一緒に暮らしているけど、血が繋がっているわけではなくて…？これは家族じゃないけど他人でもない、ウチのうさぎを寝かしつけるまでの話。

    What does ウチ mean in ウチのうさぎ? If it is 内, how it is different from 家族?

  2. 「今回は携帯の**ピ**で旅がどんどん慣れてきたぞ」What does the ピ stands for in this sentence? I tried googling it, but it lead me to nowhere. Honestly, this whole sentence is a bit alien for me, but probably it’s because I have no clue what 携帯のピ was supposed to mean.

    Edit: I got the phrase from here: [https://youtu.be/xN5WfzQlArE?t=45](https://youtu.be/xN5WfzQlArE?t=45) (I included the timestamp for the phrase in the url)

  3. I’m having trouble determining the difference between the は and が particle. Like they both seem like they mean the same thing. How do you know when to use which one?

  4. Obligatory shill post for Milky Subway Ep.2: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGtvnG98mQs](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGtvnG98mQs)

    Really wish these were longer, but I guess with 10 of them we’ll get 30 minutes of air time. It’s weirdly captivating style though (reminds me of early Pixar). Looking into it, it started off as a [solo animation projected headed by just a single dude](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYJrRakUyvg) who did it with Blender no less. It blew up on SNS and now he’s the director. Cool.

  5. Is Dictionary of Japanese Grammar – DoJG or JLAB the better anki to learn japanese grammar? Cause JLAB seems more fun and interactive?

    Also curious if steamgame Hiragana forbidden speech is a good tool to start imersing and learning grammar?

    For context about my current ability have learnt 1000 words in Kaishi 1.5k and have watched dungeon meshi in japanese twice (barely understood anything).

  6. Any tips on automating Yomitan -> anki for mining? The formatting of the auto-import tool doesn’t seem to mix well with my current deck (core 2.3k), so I’m wondering If I should just start a separate mining deck, or just tough it out to fix every new card

  8. https://preview.redd.it/t6l8m85aj6cf1.png?width=650&format=png&auto=webp&s=3fedf37ed69ee6b902a7644819ddf4c5dd6e6902

    Based on this conversation, I understand that ハル didn’t want to go with members at first but in the end he reluctantly accepted that he had to go with the members. My confusion is how that conclusion is reached as シュウジ was asking the rest for affirmation and サキ said 意義なーし
    Doesn’t it mean something like “it is meaningless”? If that is the case, how does saying meaningless become agreeing with シュウジ？

  9. Question about adjectives conjugation, specifically present tense negative. Using Genki books and it gave 2 options but so far I can’t find a difference between the two or any easy way to tell them apart/tell which to use when.

    The い-adjective example is さむい -> さむくないです (or さむくありません)

    The な-adjective example is 元気な -> 元気じゃないです (or 元気じゃありません)

    I may have just not read up to the part in the book that explains it better, or maybe it’s just not explained I’m not sure yet. I am doing the book a bit out of order, so I honestly may have just missed it somewhere. My only assumption would be that maybe one is more formal, but if that’s the case, which one? How do I figure out which to use when, and how to remember it? Also, I thought the short form was the informal one and the long form is the formal one, is there more to it than that? Or is my assumption wrong?

    Any information is greatly appreciated, sorry if it’s a silly question or if the question is worded badly. Hopefully it makes sense, Thank you for reading!

  10. The below is an exchange between 沙季 and her classmate. Her classmate inquired about her stepbrother 浅村’s birthday.

    (The first line is spoken by her classmate.)

    >「でさ、ってことは浅村くんもそろそろ誕生日？　確か近いって言ってたよね」
    >
    >「彼は私の一週間前」
    >
    >「カレ！」
    >
    >「一般的な三人称代名詞を特殊な発音しないで」
    >
    >
    >「あれ？　一週間前ってことは……」
    >
    >「13日」
    >
    >「明後日じゃん！　ダメじゃん！　なんで教えてくれないの！」
    >
    >「えっ？　……ごめん？」
    >
    >「**あー、ってことは、沙季と同じで休日かー。日曜日に、人のカレシをわざわざ呼び出して誕プレ渡すのもねー**」
    >
    >「だから浅村くんは──」

    Note 13日 is 日曜日 in the story.

    I have trouble understanding the bold part. How to make sense of ending のもねー? Something must be omitted after のも.

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