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Daily Thread: for simple questions, minor posts & newcomers [contains useful links!] (September 25, 2025)

  • September 25, 2025

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5 comments

  1. >彼女の訴えは、私達が当初から保証しているはずの権利でもあります。

    I don’t understand this usage of はず. I thought はず was a strong *expectation*, something that would translate to “I strongly expect that we have been garunteeing that (権利) from the start.” But in the function of the story it seems to be more like “we *should have* (but didn’t) garuntee it” like a べき meaning.

    I can’t find this meaning of はず though so I’m second guessing myself.

  2. question about this ssentence from genshin

    **送別会**もなしに行っちゃうなんて許さないからね！

    context, character is saying that to the protag who’s gonna leave to a different region

    1. is this なしに the “without doing” grammar, if it is, whats the purpose of the も, is it for more emphasis? This is how i understand the sentence:

    I/we wont forgive a thing like going(leaving) without doing (もなしに?）a farewell party？

  3. I’m struggling a bit with my immersion.

    When listening to things more above my level, it’s hard to stay motivated to listen for long periods without being able to understand anything.

    When listening to this closer to my level, in that “i+1” range, I can’t stop myself from constantly hopping on every word I know and translating in my head. This leads to me getting burnt out in a relatively short amount of time.

    Any advice for a way to find a better mindset here? It’s really hard to want to listen more when it seems that no matter what level content I pick I get that brain fatigue immediately…

  4. I’m trying to watch the Cure Dolly videos as everyone says they’re amazing. However, whatever voice filter she uses is very grating to my ears. So, are they really that good? Is the information she presents available elsewhere?

  5. 弟は部屋のそうじをしました。

    Hi everyone! I’m having issues understanding the sentence above. Why do we use the particle の instead of に?

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