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Daily Thread: for simple questions, minor posts & newcomers [contains useful links!] (September 15, 2025)

  • September 15, 2025

This thread is for all the simple questions (what does that mean?) and minor posts that don't need their own thread, as well as for first-time posters who can't create new threads yet. Feel free to share anything on your mind.

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  1. So, uh, it feels a bit presumptuous to announce this but I guess I kinda ought to at the same time:

    I’m quitting reddit indefinitely. Too many other priorities in my life right now (incl. other stuff that I would much rather be doing in my free time instead).

    I’ve tried to at least maintain a minimum level of activity/monitoring in the past, but I always end up caring too much and letting this place take up too much of my mental real estate (even when I’m logged out), so I’m just gonna take the easy way out and stay away completely.

    I’ve already been very on-and-off with my activity for some time but this will explicitly be a long off.

    u/Moon_Atomizer Sorry for leaving you on your own again bud. またいつか。

  2. Hello, i just started to learn japanese and i want to know if there is a good online dictionary where i can write down the words im learning to hear how to pronounce them with the correct pitch. Im learning so many words but im pretty sure im pronouncing 90% of them wrong so i need to look them up to not have a horrible accent later down the line.

  3. I made a post in /r/CiJapanese but cannot cross post here due to lack of karma.

    May be valuable to other total beginners like me

  4. ない vs. いいえ to mean “no” – is it just informal vs. formal, or do they have separate use cases? I’ve heard ない used to answer a question “no” a few times now.

  5. Been studying japanese for a year and have learnt about 1800 words so far. I memorised every word in Jojo BA stardustcrusaders episode 1 in anki. But when I watch it I still dont understand what they are saying. I mostly catch a few words and can from context make a qualified guess what they are talking about.

    I presume someone else here have been in my shoes. Whats the next step? What would be the best use of my time?

  6. Ok if I have to say Mr. Tanaka’s Father I would say 田中さんのお父さん and if I have to say My Father, I’ll say 父 but if I have to say Dad, how is the weather I’ll say お父さん,天気はどうですか。

    Please tell me how this works.

  7. 尊敬語の表現の３つの:

    – 読んでいらっしゃる
    – お読みになっている
    – お読みだ

    の間に意味のある違いがある？それともほとんど同じ意味を表現する？

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