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1. 正解で「連続で」です。「立て続けに」「相次いで」と訳す 事もある!

   When I was searching up how to use 連続 online (how how to say in succession) there was this answer came up. I’m just curious to know what the use of で is in this sentence and what its purpose is. If it was me, I would have written 正解は。。。

   Thanks!

2. I’m currently very new to studying Japanese and I’m following the Tofugu plan found [HERE](https://www.tofugu.com/learn-japanese/).

   This seems to indicate that I should use WaniKani and learn about 300 Kanji before jumping into grammar study.

   **Do most people here agree with that?**

   Second, in the early stages of learning, **aside from SRS, what have you found to be the best way to reinforce what you are learning?** More, different SRS? Writing? listening? I’m open to suggestions.

   Third, when I start studying grammar I plan to use Bunpro and Genki. **Is there a better textbook or resource these days than Genki?**

3. I am an absolute beginner to Japanese and I really want to learn the language. I have found a handful of videos on YouTube that have given tips for learning languages and one thing I have kept hearing is to watch movies and tv shows and listen to music that has simple vocabulary to learn from. So l’m sure this has been asked before but does anyone have any suggestions for what I can listen to/watch to help me learn the language? Thank you in advance and I hope you have a spectacular day!

   私は日本語への絶対的な初心者であり、私は本当に言語を学びたいです。私はYouTubeで言語を学習するためのヒントを与えたいくつかのビデオを見つけました。私が聞いていたことの1つは、映画やテレビ番組を見て、学ぶべきシンプルな語彙を持つ音楽を聴くことです。だから私はこれが以前に尋ねられたと確信していますが、私が言語を学ぶのを助けるために私が聴くことができるものについて何か提案がありますか？よろしくお願いします。壮大な一日をお過ごしください。
   P.S. Google翻訳を通してこれを実行したばかりなので、これは悪い翻訳かもしれませんが、誰もが理解できるようにしたかったのです。

4. In English, it’s very common to restate the question when answering prompts or interviews. This is drilled into us since elementary school. For example:
   What year did the Taisho period end? **The Taisho period ended** in 1926.
   What did you do last summer? **Last summer I** went abroad.
   What music do you listen to often? **The music I often listen to is** rap music.

   Is this common in Japanese? Do these examples sound natural?:
   あなたがよく行くお店やカフェでは、どんな曲が流れていますか？：**よく行くカフェでは、**いつもJ-POPが流れています。
   あなたの育った国では、何歳から選挙権があります？：**育った国では、**18歳から選挙権があります。

   Is this also common in Japanese? I’m particularly asking about interview situations and answering prompts.

5. Hi all,

   When I was in Japan, I noticed that some tv channels had programming on that showed slow paced slice of life like or educational stuff (I’m not quite sure what to call it). Examples of segments are:

   * Following the day in the life of an obaachan and ojiichan farmers couple who farmed onions.
   * Following the day in the life of a fisher man

   The segments were subtitled (in Japanese) in such a way that important words were highlighted (by color (hot=red, cold=blue for example), font etc.), which made it possible for me to follow along to some extent (I didn’t know the word for ‘onion’ at the start, but if you point at an onion 20 times in 10 minutes while the subtitles go “yes we farm **ONIONS**, now we dig up the **ONIONS**” you get the gist at some point).

   Note that I don’t think this was aimed at children per se, it wasn’t overly cutesy or anything, just wholesome public broadcasting-like television.

   Does anyone know youtube channels that provide this kind of content (or live streams on websites of broadcaster or something?). I’ve tried to look for it, but I don´t know where to start, or how to concisely google for this kind of stuff.

   Thanks in advance, and happy learning!

6. Do I need to practice writing hiragana and katakana or is it better to learn it naturally while trying to write answers to workbook questions (like looking up how the letter is written over and over again until it sticks in the memory)? I now can read the kana without a problem but I did not learn how to write them, so if somebody asks me to write a word with kana, I wouldnt be able to do so (at least for now).