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Daily Thread: for simple questions, minor posts & newcomers [contains useful links!] (September 20, 2025)

  • September 20, 2025

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  1. looking for harry potter 7. was using a series of itazuraneko sites, but both of the two i used to use seem to be down now. anyone know where I can find it online?

  2. I finished Tae Kim grammar and already finished anki 1.5k (only reviews now) and I’m using anime as a way to immerse while learning 3-4 new words a day but I am wondering if I’m correctly learning?

    I also want to add manga to my immersion list too but is I don’t know what manga to read because I still lack alot of vocab.

    I was also wondering where people know that they become N5, N4 etc if there is a website I would appreciate it. Thanks in advance

  3. is there a website that I could paste this: 激突(げきとつ) into, and have it appear correctly as furigana?

  5. Ok this question is regarding のります and おります

    Ok so are these verbs used only for things like getting into room or vehicle or getting out of it

    へやにのります or 車にのります or 車をおります

    or can also be used for things like getting into a university or graduating

    Like : 大学にのります/をおります

  7. 認知症の疑いのある医師

    I understand this sentence is supposed to mean a doctor suspected of having dementia, but I’m struggling with the purpose of the の’s in the sentence. I would appreciate any breakdown of this grammar usage. Thanks!

  8. Hi, why are there 2 は particles in this sentence? I thought you can only have 1 topic in a sentence. It is from tango n4 Anki deck

    この辺りは昼間は人が多いですが、夜は静かです。

  9. I saw that post about how to assess one’s level; I’ve never taken the JLPT and have no intentions on doing so unless necessary, but I’ve always been curious how I’d do. However, I got curious and did a mock N2 test (old practice test taken from the official website) because I’ve been thinking that N2 is the closest to my level. I got 32/40 questions correct, which told me that I could pass the N2 fairly comfortably. Obviously, how they calculate points is not simply by percentage but with the time I took, it clearly falls within the passing range.

    Considering that I’ve hardly ever ‘studied’ Japanese in the 3 years I’ve been here (i.e. barely ever used Anki or habitual studying), and have only been leveling it up through consuming content as I please for the past 8-9 months or so, I’m quite happy with the result lol

    Granted, I have an advantage due to being half-Japanese, so childhood exposure to the language, however little, has always given me a leg up in terms of picking up new concepts. I have never had to learn pitch accent or pronunciation, for example.

    I know that N2 isn’t super high or anything, but I was ready to get humbled hard because I have always been way better at speaking than vocabulary/grammar points. I’m just happy that my level is basically exactly where I thought it was. I look forward to trying out a mock N1 test in the future.

  10. I thought it might be a nice change of pace to read some short stories in japanese (native-level). Does anyone have any recommendations of short story collections? I also don’t even know what keywords I would search to find short stories… is 短編小説 the right word?

  11. i just started grinding for n5/n4 jlpt this december 🙏 i hope i can reach it by then 🫠

  12. How important is the nasalized ん sound in 凄い or 音楽 for example?

    Sometimes it’s nasalized sometimes not. I heard that only old people do it. How should i pronounce it?

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