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Daily Thread: for simple questions, minor posts & newcomers [contains useful links!] (August 22, 2025)

  • August 22, 2025

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  1. In a visual novel there’s a character that says this line: “親切にされて 疑えない?”

    The English translation I’ve alredy played translates it with “Don’t you doubt when others are kind?”. I guess されて is the passive form of する, and in this case I assume it has the connotation of “something was done to you and it didn’t please you”.

    My question is: why 親切 is followed by the particle に instead of, let’s say, by を?

    Is it a common structure? Online I could find “ni suru” only with the meaning of “I’ll take this order”. And the rules for the passive sentence say that “ni” follows the person or the thing that performs an action on you. But in this case “ni” seems to refer to the thing that was performed, instead of being the thing that did the action.

    Thanks in advance 🙂

  3. ![img](v5c9bykotgkf1)

    What is the purpose of ため in this sentence from renshuu? The translation is: “I checked hotel prices (in preparation) for the trip next year.”

  5. https://imgur.com/a/GK8CHPB

    For context, the protagonist is hesitating to send a text message to a girl who kissed him suddenly. The other girl is encouraging him to do it (she didn’t know about the kiss until he told her).

    Does 自分は知らなかったからアレすけど mean 自分は知らなかったから言うのもアレすけど (“I didn’t know at that time so what I will say might be off putting”)?

    Does 背中押す mean to nudge her to start conversation?

  6. How far can the grammar taught in Genki 1 and 2 get you? I’m mostly curious but also trying to set realistic goals for comprehension and stuff when I finish both books. What I means is sort of.. In theory if you know every word you come across but only the grammar in Genki 1 and 2, how much can you understand and figure out. I’m studying Vocab and Kanji with the books but also additional stuff separate and currently Genki is my main grammar resource. I just wanna know what’s a reasonable expectation for understanding grammar after Genki.

    I’m finding it hard to find clear lists of grammar points for each JLPT level, or how many grammar points you need to know for certain levels of understanding, stuff like that so setting goals is difficult. I’m assuming finishing both books gets you around N4 level with grammar because that’s whats stated for vocab and kanji, but I’m just curious if finishing genki gives you enough of an understanding with grammar that it’s easy to figure out other stuff in context if you know enough words, or If there’s a ton more grammar points.

    Also, does anyone have any recommendations for good books to help with Grammar? Workbooks, textbooks, dictionaries or anything I don’t mind. I just found out recently that my major weak spot in learning Japanese is understanding grammar and sentence structure because of the way my brain processes language. (I still say sentences out of order even in my first language(English), lol) So I’m trying to break down grammar into ways I can understand and genki alone is difficult so I’m looking for other recommendations as well, thank you!

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