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Daily Thread: for simple questions, minor posts & newcomers [contains useful links!] (December 12, 2025)

  • December 12, 2025

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6 comments

  1. When talking about approximate time, is there a general preference between ごろ and ごろに when replacing the に particle? For example, 「7時**ごろ**家でコーヒーを飲みます」 vs. 「7時**ごろに**家でコーヒーを飲みます」

    I know the two are interchangeable, but is one more common than the other?

  2. > 「後ろをついて回ったり、家の中を所狭しと歩き回っているのが、ちっちゃくて愛らしくて…！」

    not really much more context, just describing somebody’s cute behavior

    I thought 所狭し was used to describe a physical space being cramped? What does it mean in this context describing 歩き回る？

  3. Does anyone know where I can find the Jikaku v2 or v3.1 Anki deck? The one with almost 6k cards? I’ve scoured the internet but can’t seem to find any trace of the older versions.

  4. >「イビっといていいように使おうとしちゃめーでしょ」
    context: Protagonist is scolding another character, telling them not to treat a third off-screen character poorly.

    I’ve never seen this usage of ておく before, I don’t think? I thought it meant to do something and leave it that way (for the future), but here where he’s describing the action of イビる, I don’t quite get it

  5. Can someone help me find which is correct?:

    Because I plan to drink Japanese sake tonight, I want to find a restaurant straight ahead that has good appetizers

    今夜、　日本酒を飲むつもりだから、　良いおとおしがあるレストランをまっすぐ行って見つけたい

    今夜、日本酒を飲むつもりだから、良いおとおしがあるまっすぐ先のレストランを見つけたい。

  6. Hello! I just finished Genki 2 Chapter 19 and I have a quick question about the dialogue that I forgot to ask before.

    Its this sentence: でも，今日は遠慮しておきます。

    Context: Takeshi-san is replying to his boss, because his boss is inviting him to his house. Takeshi-san replies with “でも，今日は遠慮しておきます”

    I’m confused why ておきます is used and not just written as 遠慮します? Genki taught me that ておきます means “to prepare”. Does ておきます mean something else here?

    Thank you in advance! 😀

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