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Daily Thread: for simple questions, minor posts & newcomers [contains useful links!] (February 28, 2026)

  • February 28, 2026

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  2. Hey does anyone know what the つつも in 助けるべきじゃないと思いつつも means? I also see つつ a lot like in 俺は文庫本に目を落としつつ、耳をそばだてる。To me it sounds kind of awkward.

  3. Do people actually use 贈り物 irl

    Learned this word in a beginner deck but don’t think I’ve ever heard that when talking about birthdays n stuff with friends

  4. I’m making some worksheets for some friends, and I’m in the early stages of teaching kana. I want to drive home why I’m going to get them out and away from using Romaji as quickly as possible, as besides slowing progress in learning how to read actual kana, I think the biggest detriment is how English phonic rules will automatically subconsciously interrupt trying to pronounce the word correctly.

    Can anyone help me think of examples of this? For example, my name ends in とね, which will automatically read as “tone” “one” and invoke “silent e.” But I want some words that are long and contain incompatible English phonic rules for new learners that dont even know how to properly break Romaji up into syllables.

    Hopefully I can make a post asking this, but I’m new to the sub.

  5. Is ~ようだな used a lot in daily conversation? I was talking to my wife saying like yeah, I think using this is kinda cool, masculine, and intelligent sounding to use. She was like well I don’t think so. I know it has a more stiff tone than say using みたい.

    I dunno. I feel like a lot of the calm, analytical and rarely talking dudes in anime, novels, and movies seem to use it.

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