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Daily Thread: for simple questions, minor posts & newcomers [contains useful links!] (August 25, 2025)

  • August 25, 2025

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  3. https://preview.redd.it/tl1x0nmyc2lf1.png?width=692&format=png&auto=webp&s=e42c582c1f44a96ebd11cd4374db9154e6cdc6a3

    What does “出てこない” mean in that panel? The context is he was told to build a 60 card deck with 1 mega evolution (Ｍ進化) card in it.

    Based on what I can understand, I think he is trying to say “its impossible to build a 60 card deck with only just 1 mega evolution card in it!!” but I can’t figure out what 出てこない is suppose to mean. In a dictionary, 出る means “to leave” or “to exit” and I also know it can mean “to come out” but none of those make sense here,

  5. I was listening to Japanese and heard someone say sentences like these a few times:

    ちょっと高いじゃないですか?

    Why isn’t it something like ちょっと高くないですか? I had kind of thought using じゃない for い-adjectives would be ungrammatical.

  6. I still make mistakes with causitive and passive, but I am especially lost when it comes to causitive passive…

    How would I say “we’ll have the manufacturers repair it?”
    メーカーさんに修理してもらう is what first comes to mind, but even if this is right, how can I say this more professionally?

    Actually what I need to say is more complex, “please have k-san send it to the manufacturer for repairs”
    kさんにメーカーさんに送らさせていただくように頼んでください？？ Ah, I’m lost.

  7. Hello, I have a question about Japanese Colloquialisms and Etiquette

    1. What does 「そういうノリ」 mean (especially when posed as a question)? What context is it typically used in, and if it is said to the listener, what are some natural responses to it? (I am not very good at responding to things in Japanese at all)

    2. In an empty chatroom, someone attempted to “fill the air” over the course of about an hour. Eventually, someone responded:

    > モノローグのように聞こえる

    > でも話をするのも楽しいものだ

    Would this be an example of a passive-aggressive response? Unfortunately the other user had already logged off by the time the response was given, so I was unable to learn how they would respond to this. What kinds of responses would one typically expect to see to such a statement?

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