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Daily Thread: for simple questions, minor posts & newcomers [contains useful links!] (December 20, 2025)

  • December 20, 2025

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3 comments

  1. Lately I have been studying Kanji while listening to anime passively like a radio. I wonder if this is something that won’t help my listening comprehension or not? Any thoughts on this?

  2. 使えないと言う感じ

    Subtle question: does this phrase feel slightly impersonal or is it directly relating the speakers feelings. A feeling that it can’t be used / makes you feel like it can’t be used vs I have a feeling like I can’t use it.

    Context is just their reaction to meteo costing 99MP in Final Fantasy 4, more than テラ’s max mp ʕ•ٹ•ʔ

    I know its not a crazy important distinction, just want to get in the habit of trying to go a little deeper and build my intuition.

  3. > 夢だったのだと安堵したのも束の間ーーその眼が**みるみる見開かれていく**

    context: the protagonist wakes up from a bad dream.

    Pretty tiny question but why does みるみる… 見開かれていく not feel a little contradictory here? In my head みるみる signals a rapid/quick change, and …ていく signals something happening gradually or into the future.

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