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1. Hello, I planned on making a post but it looks like I’m not able to now. Firstly, I want to be clear that what I’m talking about below is going to be for personal use only (I am a member of any other communities that are constantly spammed by people’s app ideas that are thinly veiled advertisements).

   Hi level, I’ve been studying Japanese, I’m going through the Kaishi 1.5 anki deck. I’m lucky enough to have a few friends who speak Japanese, so I’m getting some speaking / listening practice IRL, but I want a lot more practice with words I actually know, rather than just listening to YouTube videos. Since I am an amateur (and I mean amateur) developer, I planned on trying to make a super simple app to help me come up with sentences that I can provide to my Japanese friends so they can easily practice with vocab I know.

   **I wanted some input from you guys to see if this seemed like something that would be worth my time, or if I’m trying to solve something with technology that doesn’t need to be.** So, here is my idea (and yes, I had ChatGPT write a little overview):

   The app would start by letting me import my existing vocabulary from Anki, so it knows which words I already recognize.

   From there, it generates simple Japanese sentences using only those words, following a step-by-step track of increasing complexity (starting with “X is Y,” then adding verbs, particles, adjectives, questions, etc.). I can also apply filters—like spoken vs. written, or casual vs. formal—so that the sentences match the kind of Japanese I actually want to practice.

   # Example first cycle (Stage 1: “X is Y”):

   * 犬は動物です。(*A dog is an animal.*)
   * 私は学生です。(*I am a student.*)
   * 猫はかわいいです。(*Cats are cute.*)

   Here the app is only drawing from words I already know (*犬, 猫, 学生*) and very simple support words (*です, かわいい, 動物*) that fit Stage 1 of the track. The sentences are short, natural, and still reinforce real Japanese structure.

   # Stage 2: Basic Verbs (Subject + Verb)

   At this stage, the app introduces simple action sentences. It still uses only words I already know from Anki, plus very common verbs in the polite form (*ます*). Particles like *を* (object) and *に* (destination) are also introduced in small steps.

   **Example sentences (using common starter verbs like 行く “go,” 食べる “eat,” and 見る “see”):**

   * 私はご飯を食べます。 (*I eat a meal.*)
   * 犬は水を飲みます。 (*The dog drinks water.*)
   * 学生は学校に行きます。 (*The student goes to school.*)

   Notice that each sentence:

   * Has a **topic/subject** (from my known words: *私, 犬, 学生*).
   * Uses a **basic verb** in the polite form (*食べます, 飲みます, 行きます*).
   * Introduces **one particle at a time** (*を* for objects, *に* for destinations).

2. Is there any way to read the quartet practice texts online? I wanna practice reading the comprehension texts at the end of each chapter, but when I don’t know a word or grammar point, it’s difficult to go search for it then come back constantly. I’m looking for something like satori reader but for quarter comprehension texts

3. I don’t understand, why the character here says “消えてて” as opposed to “消えて(い)る” or “消えていた”. She saw a child, then the child disappeared and now she can’t see the child.

   I’m not sure if I’m misunderstanding the word 消える or misunderstanding the use of ~ている (or both?)

   https://preview.redd.it/sqnb4ni5b1rf1.png?width=1764&format=png&auto=webp&s=6407ef0bc677eb82edf88f17150f49312ecd09fc

4. Quick question. When exactly did お前 transition from a neutral/formal “you” to a now familiar/masculine “you”? In Silent Hill f, which takes place in the mid-Showa era, it’s used all the time, usually addressing someone either younger or the same age as you.

5. Experienced guys:

   In general(I know there are variables like the particular text), would you say LNs are more difficult textually than VNs or roughly the same difficulty?

   I don’t necessarily mean the experience but the actual vocabulary and grammatical structure.

6. Ok there are two things that confused me a lot.. first is how て-form (continuous action) affects the verbs.

   For example

   うちへかえって, 水を飲んで, 本を読みました (I returned back home, had water and read a book)

   If we remove the て-form, it becomes

   うちへかえりました。水を飲みました。本を読みました。

   So my confusion is, How to modify these verbs because かえりました became かえって so how editing and omission of letters/particles work here.

   And the second query is the classical confusion between 2 particles… は and が。

7. What are the nuance differences between
   だんだん寒くなっていました
   だんだん寒くなってきました

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