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Daily Thread: for simple questions, minor posts & newcomers [contains useful links!] (February 14, 2026)

  • February 14, 2026

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15 comments

  1. Does anyone know a good way to meet conversation partners who are native speakers if I live in a major US city? Is there a program with a college or something? Hello Talk is a bit of a roll of the dice.

  2. why do some descriptions of a describing word followed by a noun have の and some don’t? like there’s 日本語教師 (why isn’t it 日本語「の」？) and then there’s other things like 日本の文化 for example. when do you know to use の or not? is it just random or is there a specific rule?

  3. Looking for a list of 3ds games with their jlpt level equivalents.

    Level equivalents sorta exist over in the wanikani boards, but that’s not useful for people using other resources.

  4. 何分間 休み ましたか. なんっぷんかん　やすみ　ましたか.

    The っ feels mechanically weird in my mouth because preceded by an ん. I’m guessing that it’s there to satisfy a rule but that it’s practically not present physically.

  5. Am I the only one that find the grammar point descriptions in Kanzen Master too basic/vague?

    No specific example, just a general sentiment that no matter how many times I read the description, I am still at a loss for how to answer the practice questions. The books are so popular and loved but it just doesn’t seem to mesh well with my brain.

  6. Is self deprecating humor a thing in Japanese? I find people sort of look at me blankly whenever I try something in that vein. Specifically, this is in the context of getting 日本語上’d and replying いいえいいえ、とても悪いですが頑張っています。 Maybe they don’t want to seem rude by agreeing or something like that. I wasn’t sure if this is just a contextual thing or actually a thing that’s not done in Japanese at all.

  8. Anyone have any resources for technical drawing/painting terms in Japanese? (E.g. pigment, binder, foreshortening). The dictionaries I’ve been using don’t seem to have a ton of these more technical terms, and wading through Japanese Wikipedia articles where words are defined in terms of other words I also don’t know is a little challenging.

  9. What does the second が means in the sentence? 
    日本語が難しいですが難しいです!
    Initial grammar but I really don’t know 

  10. nothing makes me feel like more of a doofus than hearing a new word in Japanese, only to look it up and realize it’s English, lol

  11. Any comprehensive series of grammar videos by Japanese speakers in this vein? [https://youtu.be/JIZ49pjJmR8?si=lIUSaKqVbZ4ZWCoh&t=64](https://youtu.be/JIZ49pjJmR8?si=lIUSaKqVbZ4ZWCoh&t=64)

    Been watching nihongo no mori and i really enjoyed their n3-n1 videos strictly in the native language, it wasn’t really something i thought about before usually more of a quick and dirty explanation -> immersion -> lookup kinda guy.

    They use an English speaker when it comes to anything lower and i get why obviously but its not what i want, i figure even hearing the basics again is not only listening practice but it can potentially give you a new perspective too that you aren’t likely to find through a medium of English.

  12. Is there any good app or resource for training japanese numbers and counters for things? Counters is easier and I think and could use Anki I don’t know, but numbers is hard. I’d like some app that for example give me a random number for me to read or something like that. Any tips?

  13. I wonder how do the japanese natives read the names on for example credits rolls. I know that kanji combinations are basically words and should be treated as such, but at the same time i’ve seen posts/comments/threads about names about how people “would read that most probably like”. I think it gets even more complex to grasp for me for last names, since i’m not sure if you can be 100% sure the actual pronounciation of the last names in japan. So how’s it actually for the natives?

  14. I had my first big win yesterday! I was at home when I noticed my roommate had left out some Japanese candy. I was thrilled that I was able fully understand the label without having to look up anything!

  15. What is the best translation(s) for “誰も 知る はず が ありません”?

    I was thinking it would be “There shouldn’t be anyone who is supposed to know”, or perhaps “There isn’t anyone who should know”.

    The flashcard I found this in says it should be “Noone should be supposed to know”.

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