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Daily Thread: simple questions, comments that don’t need their own posts, and first time posters go here (June 12, 2025)

  • June 12, 2025

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16 comments

  1. 3・11から半年間働き詰めだもんね

    3・11 is a shorthand to write March 11, right? Are there other meanings?

  2. 日本語で書いてみました。[添削お願いします！](/r/WriteStreakJP/?f=flair_name%3A%22%E6%B7%BB%E5%89%8A%E3%81%8A%E9%A1%98%E3%81%84%E3%81%97%E3%81%BE%E3%81%99%EF%BC%81%22)

    **６月に、私の日本語講師が日本にいる事、それについて私の感想です。**

    私の講師は日本人です。　海外に住みますが、時々一時帰国していることがあります。講師は日本にいるのに私に続いて授業をするから嬉しいと思います。

    でも、現在は梅雨でしょう。日本に行った事がありませんが、その雨の強さが有名なので、こんな私も知っています。梅雨だったのに、日本に行ったら危ないでしょう。

    授業の中に講師と話しているとき、なぜ日本に一時帰国するかという理由は理解しました。一番多い理由は、親友に会いたかったです。聞きました時点で、「なるほどね」と言いましたが、授業が終わったあと、もっと考えました。天気が悪いでも、親友に会うことができるかなと思いました。

    もしかして、親友が会いたいというのは、何が手伝うことができるのかという意味かな？簡単な言い方すると、普通な一時帰国することではなくて、悪い天気のせいで、講師も、他の日本人も、家族のこと心配しますので、日本に帰るかなと思いました。それを気になりました。

    ・・

    ご確認よろしくお願いします。いつもありがとうございます。変な日本語すいません。変な意見もすみません。

  3. So you learn early on the て-form can be a conjunctive particle, how does it sound when you choose not to use it?

    食べて買い物に行く vs 食べる買い物に行く

    Something like “I eat and then go shopping” vs “I eat, I shop”?

  4. What’s the best way to find a 1 on 1 tutor for levelling up speaking? I’m about to take N2 and pretty confident in reading and listening around this level, also with self study to improve but my output is severely lacking.

  5. I actually think I asked this before, but I forget the answer…And it just popped up again in something I was watching!

    I was watching an anime and there are two characters in this context: Koga and Satoko. A third character sees them from afar and says: “こがさんにさとこちゃんじゃない！元気してた？”

    Why に here to separate the two names? I’ve never seen it used like that, I think. Why not と? What’s the difference?

  6. Hello I would like to know grammatically what 頑張ってもらわないと　from the sentence 「そこは頑張ってもらわないと、これをやる意味がないからな」

    Fromってもらわないと I’m not really sure what it’s doing that’s different then just 頑張らないと

  7. Is there a site that’s good for onomatopoeic words? Especially in instances that are outside of a dictionary entry, as seen on advertising or such? Something like ふわもこ but less common. Or following a [sound]っと format? I used to use this site, but it’s so old the formatting is messed up. [https://thejadednetwork.com/sfx/](https://thejadednetwork.com/sfx/)

  8. He received an incredible job offer that lets him to travel around the world but he decided to decline [https://imgur.com/a/cLtlmbR](https://imgur.com/a/cLtlmbR)

    What she meant by 「ASAYAN」で小室哲哉やつんくに見初められるのとはワケが違うんだよ? “This is different from being liked by TK or つんく♂ in TV program ASAYAN”? She is saying that being liked by them is minor compared to his offer?

  9. Is there any Japanese phrase similar to “fuck around and find out”? I do know of 犬も歩けば棒に当たる but it seems like it can have positive connotations too

  10. Not a queston, but when you look up a word from a book and then the dictionary cites that book as the first recorded example of that word it gets a solid -___- from me.

  12. He explains to her why he can’t accept the job offer that lets him to travel around the world: [https://imgur.com/a/7waNylD](https://imgur.com/a/7waNylD) Also, it is known that she has plans to relocate somewhere in Japan after graduation.

    I have doubts with the meaning of 同じ遠距離なら in 同じ遠距離なら日本にいるほうが百倍ましだぜ. Does it mean どうせ遠距離恋愛なら (if we will be in long distance relationship anyway)? Can 遠距離 be short for 遠距離恋愛?

  13. Anyone have good content creators on youtube that talk about baseball/NLB?

  14. What is going on with this sort of てです construction?

    Context is the two characters are discussing an experience they just had flying and saying it was fun, but also how one of them appeared scared in the middle of it.

    A: 「ちょっと途中、恐そうにしてたけど」

    B: 「その辺も入れてです。Aさんがついていてくれたので、恐かったけど安心でした」

    Shouldn’t it be ungrammatical to use です here?

  16. Hope someone reads this but… What are some good suggestions to learn vocabulary that isn’t anki??? I know everyone swears on it but I’m part of the minority that DOESNT.. I see that im more likely to memorize words when I hear it being repeated alot (like by watching anime for example) and no matter what I do I just keep forgetting what I learn in anki, I think it’s cuz the sentences are too repetitive… Any suggestions on how I can efficiently build my vocabulary like this??? I continue to pick up words from anime but I’d like to know the more common words first rather than unique ones

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