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Daily Thread: for simple questions, minor posts & newcomers [contains useful links!] (November 05, 2025)

  • November 5, 2025

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  1. I am almost finished wanikani and im concerned without the daily grind I will eventually forget the readings of the kanji. My question is, for people that have finished Wanikani, what do you do afterwards to ensure the readings remain fresh?

  2. I’ve been using K-On condensed audios for listening and shadowing practice but I’m aware that will likely lead to picking up feminine speech patterns. I’d appreciate some male-led show recommendations, thanks!

  3. how rude if a word is 餓鬼？ my impression was that it was akin to “brat” or “obnoxious kid”, but i captioned an instagram post “私の娘は餓鬼です” on a picture of her throwing a temper tantrum and the automatic translation it showed my wife was “my daughter is a fucking bitch”.

    That’s just a shitty LLM being out of pocket right? I’ve heard kids called gaki in lots of contexts and it never seemed more malicious than like “hey get out of here you punks”. Or have I missed something in the way it’s used?

  4. Really really hate to beat a dead horse but

    ✕ 自分で家事をやってみて以来、母の気持ちがわかった。

    △ 自分で家事をやってみてから、母の気持ちがわかった。

    ○ 自分で家事をやってみて、母の気持ちがわかった。

    ○ 昼ごはんを食べてから、おなかが痛くなった。

    ○ 日本に行ってから、オーストラリアでもよく寿司を食べるようになった。

    ✕ 昼ごはんを食べて以来、おなかが痛くなった。

    ✕ 日本に行って以来、オーストラリアでもよく寿司を食べるようになった。

    Do I have this right?

  5. Just had a quick question about Renshuu(The study app) and the JLPT. I know there’s no official lists of words for any JLPT level, just guidelines. But I was just wondering if anyone knows about how accurate each pre-built JLPT level word list is in Renshuu? For the N5 level, for example, is it enough to just do the N5 list or should I do the N4 list as well? Or is there a different one I should do as well as the N5 list? Or maybe another site/resource to use as well?

    I’m taking the N5 test in December and probably overthinking it a little, but I’m just trying to be as prepared as possible. I’ve done all the words in Renshuu’s N5 list (around 600 words) still have multiple revisions left to do, but I’ve got time for that. But every source i can find on the JLPT says to aim for around 800-1000 words. So I feel like I’m running a little low. I’ve also done the genki 1 schedule which as far as I’m aware repeats a few words but has around 300 unique ones that I’m also aiming to cover as well.

    So I guess my question is has anyone had any experience with Renshuu and/or knows if just revising those words would be enough vocab for the N5 or should I be looking at other resources/word lists as well. I am aware that there is no official vocab list, and I understand why but I’m still getting a lot of anxiety in the leadup to the test, mostly because of all the unknown factors, lol. Especially because I technically know almost enough kanji and vocab for the N4 but I’m still struggling with the N5 practice tests. lol. Which is the main reason I’m worried I’m missing something.

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