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Daily Thread: for simple questions, minor posts & newcomers [contains useful links!] (September 04, 2025)

  • September 4, 2025

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2 comments

  1. I see a lot of people talk about doing 10 new words per day with Anki, both people doing it and suggesting new learners do it too. I’m about 3 months in and am currently doing 5 new a day on Anki and only maintaining an average 70% retention on new cards.

    Should I worry less about new card retention and go to 10 cards a day? Is this a trust the process thing?

  2. I have some questions, if I may

    **Question 1**

    When someone gives an explanation for something (例：「どうしよう」と「どうすればいい」(の違いは？/ はどう違いますか)), which response sounds more natural?

    1. 教えてくれてありがとう

    2. 説明してくれてありがとう

    If both of these sound overly stiff: Is there another option that can be used?

    **Question 2**

    I encountered the following in a Manga

    > 最近よくない夢ばっかりだった

    I translated this as: “I’ve been having nothing but bad dreams lately”? Did I get this one right?

    **Question 3**

    Is it possible to abbreviate expressions like “なければならない” into “な”？

    ありがとう！

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