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Daily Thread: simple questions, comments that don’t need their own posts, and first time posters go here (February 27, 2025)

  • February 27, 2025

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  1. I was talking to a Japanese friend and trying to explain my thoughts on living in my hometown (in Arizona) vs visiting. I’m not 100% certain if he understood me, or if the ideas I’m expressing are too disconnected. Does this make sense and is the grammar correct (for casual speech)?

    日本に興味ある人は多く、別に日本に住んだり働いたりしたくないけど、日本で旅行だしたいな。その逆、アリゾナには観光のことがあまりないから、俺は旅行したくないけど、住みたいんだ

    I was trying to say that a lot of people who are interested in Japan don’t in fact want to live there, they actually just want to travel there. Whereas I feel the opposite way with my hometown, there isn’t much to do when I go back for brief visits, but really I’d just like to live there again.

  3. Its it ok to be listening to music while learning? Ive been trying to do some different types of learning, but I’ve been listening to music. Would this alter the effectiveness of it?

  4. really basic question but which of these is correct/ more natural
    (original: the kid left his plate on the table)
    子供がテーブルに皿を置いたままにした、

    子供がテーブルに皿をおいた

    (same) 皿を置きっぱなしにした

  5. I just started working on learning japanese about 5 days ago, but I’ve put in a good 5-6 hours a day, just because I have the time. I’m following the moe 30 day guide, but I’m working ahead a bit here and there. So I’m here with 9 episodes of cure dolly in, reading most of the kana, and a couple of days on the kanji anki deck.

    It was my first time watching a subbed show with japanese subtitles and I expected myself to not be able to pick anything apart. But I noticed a few words that I understood, head some grammar that sounded familiar, and it wasn’t a 100% useless experience. Also, I’m picking up on the smaller words. I know I have a looooooong way to go, but I feel progress happening.

  6. Hello!
    I wanted to ask for help understanding the following sentence. There is no context. 

    I’m using the Nihongo Lessons app. It has been amazing for my listening comprehension, but the downside is that occasionally there are sentences (like this one) where I’m unsure of the meaning, as you go learning words one at a time and the knowledge builds up on what you learned previously (but then explanations are missing).

    日本人が好きですから、もちろん日本に住んでいます。

    This is what I understand:

    I like japanese people because of course I live in japan.

    Obviously that doesnt sound right.

    I’m used to seeing から at the end.
    本を買いません　お金がありませんから

    But here から is in the middle, and the use of もちろん threw me off.

    Thank you for your help!

  8. Very simple question about gaming lingo when speaking Japanese. How would you refer to a “map” on a game? For example say there is a game that has multiple multiplayer “maps” like Call of Duty. I doubt you say “地図”but I don’t know. Can any gamers help me out?

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