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1. Does anyone know of resources like the audio lessons of pimsleur? I really like their format of how they make you use new words in different contexts after introducing and combine with other new words and words from previous lessons.

2. I’m reposting this post https://www.reddit.com/r/LearnJapanese/comments/105n8vh/any_good_resources_for_grinding_grammar_practices/ to look for grammar grinding options. Not my OP, but the comments there are all deleted LOL. I tried BunPro but they only give you 1 question per lesson. I need something like 10-20 questions per lesson.

3. Hey! I am just getting started but really enjoying learning Japanese. I am working through Tobira textbook and using Anki. I’d really like to get some sort of basic book though to augment these two since they’re kind of dry.

   I went to the bookstore & they only had a Japanese folk lore book which was wayyyy too hard. It had a page of Japanese on the left and the English translation on the right which was way too much. I’m thinking something that has line-by-line translations or something. All Japanese manga is similarly too hard.

   Any recommendations for some basic story books?

4. Hi everyone, I’m in a bit of a rut right now and am despising most traditional methods. I’ve completed genki 1 a while ago, and have begun genki 2 but can’t bring myself to continue (for some reason it just isn’t sticking as well as the first book? not sure why). I also dislike anki (i prefer quizlet, but anki just doesn’t make the words stick as well as quizlet). I reallyyy want to start diving into native material (i’m only N5 so this is probably a bad idea), as it is probably the only thing keeping me interested atp. my goal is to be conversational (albeit, i enjoy reading a lotttt) and be able to speak without sounding awkward/having to stop to speak, and I plan to use the method outlined in nate – のと’s videos where he learned english using dramas. I’m in no rush and don’t plan to take the JLPT ever so yeah. I guess what I want to know is has anyone every stopped formal study after genki 1 and survived (reached their goal)? Or should I try to pursue N4 grammar in my own way?

5. looking for a live action tv show or movie.

   preferably has beautiful women and humor, but can be w/e genre.

6. what do you call the object in front of the man called in Japanese? often used during presentations

   https://preview.redd.it/zpys95k5xeoe1.png?width=2880&format=png&auto=webp&s=a84ca70e1bbd57ab64435ebd15799e53f6f578d9

7. ちょっとたくさんありすぎて覚えてない

   can someone break down to me why this means what it means? it’s from a podcast (teppei) pls and thanks!!

8. Do you “Japanesify” English words when you speak Japanese? As in names of English people, movies etc in Katakana. I was in a group with a Hafu and he’d say stuff like football teams in normal English.

9. Was reading through one of the tadoku graded readers and came across this sentence.

   そして、私は『じゃあ、一生に踊りましょうか。』と聞きました。

   Why is 聞く is used here instead of the usual 言う? It seems to be the narrator speaking since the next sentence is:

   彼女は『いいえ、私は踊り下手だから。。。私と英語で話してくれて、ありがとう！じゃあ、また！』と言って、行ってしまいました。

10. Hi! Posted here a month back and got recommendation for Anki decks.
    Background:
    • Japanese learner 4 months into it.
    • Good grasp on Hirangana and Katakana.
    • Below average of Kanji.
    • Practicing Speaking on Duolingo. I am half way through Unit 2.
    • I am using visual dictionaries to learn about everyday items.
    • Grammar practice with Japanese Sentence Patterns for Effective Communication.

    Q1: Can someone share a book that has inline translation for me to read and write? If there is none, can someone suggest a book for beginner with each kanji broken down to hiragana or Katakana? I am thinking it would be a better practice and will compliment my studies and form text that has a flow or a story.

    Q2: Katakana is specifically used to mention western words, am I correct? I mean English (Foreign language) words that do not have Japanese origin Like smartphone, etc.

11. Does anyone know a dictionary that also shows the particles a verb uses?

    For example, I often mix up that 連れて行く uses を instead of に for the person we take along. But none of the dictionaries I know show the particle directly.

12. I’m using Genki II and I’m at the part about reporting what someone else has said. Two things are throwing me here.
    1) Is “いってた“ just a contraction of “いっていた？” so literally “was/were saying?”
    2) An example dialogue has “なんていってた？” I can’t find anything on this in the book or google! Why on earth nante and not nani?

    Thanks <3

13. I have been learning about the “respectful passive” and It’s probably asinine of a question, but I find it to be a bit odd.

    Typically you can use the particles and it just clearly shows the directional, however if the passive can also mark the doer of the actions own action then in a sentence like

    一ノ瀬さんがみさきに殴られた – Ichinose got hit by Misaki.

    Couldn’t this now also mean Ichinose is the one who hit Mary and mark her action in the respectful passive? Or is there some sort of rule where you can’t use the respectful passive of someone’s own actions if you’re going to mark a に indirect object like this? The に must mark the doer?