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Daily Thread: simple questions, comments that don’t need their own posts, and first time posters go here (April 14, 2025)

  • April 14, 2025

This thread is for all simple questions, beginner questions, and comments that don't need their own post.

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8 comments

  1. What in the world are 日用品? My vocab list says “Daily goods.” Online sources say “Daily necessities.” A google image search turns up random items like soap, tooth brushes, pans, knitting needles, brooms…. Do I just not know English or is this an abstract concept in Japanese that we don’t quite have? XD

  3. Anyone else using Language Reactor/Netflix/Phrase Pump?

    I’ve been studying Japanese for a year now and I feel like Language Reactor is better than Anki, at least for me it is.

  4. There are terms I am not sure about in this image [https://imgur.com/a/8S2gV7y](https://imgur.com/a/8S2gV7y)

    1. Does ふんわり設定 mean “rough layout”?

    2. What does カス mean above 治安おわってる?

  5. I am uncertain about the meaning of the line「濃いて‼ のっけから濃いて‼」in https://imgur.com/a/1VZjZdg.

    I guess he is saying that his face is “dense” (can’t nail down an appropriate English word) or something? Also what does のっけから mean?

  6. Is there a voice chat connection for language exchange? I’ve been in communication with a weekly 1 hr language exchange but had taken a pause since my exchange partner recently gave birth. I was hoping to set up new language exchange zoom chat.

  8. Is ありません on its own understandable as a response to a question of whether or not you have something? I know it may be a bit blunt, but I was shopping in Japan and a girl was helping me and we had a pleasant interaction the whole time she was helping me look for an item (despite my very very very basic Japanese). She was ringing me up and asked if I had a point card and I just blurted いいえ、ありません in response. For some reason it haunts me (this was six months ago LOL) because despite having studied for quite a while and having decent understanding, that trip was my first time ever speaking Japanese out loud to someone else and I struggled a lot (obviously) lol. We had been interacting very pleasantly the whole time and so I hope she didn’t think I was rude and she chalked it up to me still being a beginner, but my main concern is—did she understand what I meant? Is that a valid response when someone asks if you have something?

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