Daily Thread: simple questions, comments that don’t need their own posts, and first time posters go here (March 26, 2024)

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1. In anime terms, does the term bishojo have a specific age range?

   I was wondering this about the term Bishojo. So about the 美少女? , I was curious on some points. I read Fairy Tail and there is one character(Lucy) whose 17 at the start and time passes and when it ends I believe their age is 20 or so. So I’ve seen figures of them here released after the series ends and they use the word Bishojo: 豊満ボディや美少女っぷりも再現！『フェアリーテイル』ルーシィがフィギュア「POP UP PARADE」シリーズに登場！逞しい体が魅力のグレイもチェック！ | 電撃ホビーウェブ and here about them: 【フェアリーテイル】星霊を愛する美少女ヒロイン！ルーシィ・ハートフィリアの魅力10選！ So I was wondering does it mean the character is not 20 and I was wrong about their age and all

2. How do you say “bye” on an online meeting (zoom call or google meet) in Japanese? Let’s say I am meeting with a prospect (whom i want to sell to) or an existing client. Now sayonara cant be used because its kinda forever. I might have another call with them 3-4 days later or a week later. The call is ending. Now I need to say “bye”. What do i say before ending the zoom call?

3. Looking for some help with parsing longer sentences. Using this as an example:

   >俺は降りる人ごみに流されるよう器用に進んで行く。

   Reading it over, without any commas, it’s a bit difficult to follow but I know sentences of these length or longer are common for written works. Is it a valid approach to try to break it down into smaller sentences, to understand them individually and then putting it together? E.g. 俺は降りる。人ごみに流されるよう。器用に進んで行く。

4. How do I test review what I’ve already learned in a gamified way?

   I use:
   RoboKana
   HelloTalk
   Duolingo
   PastelKana
   And once I’ve learned all the Hiragana and Katakana I’ll start using
   Genki Books
   Bunpo

   I want to start reviewing what I’ve learned in a way like Duolingo. I’ve tried Quizlet but it’s too boring for me, and if I were to write, I forget what I even learned that day, and I don’t take it seriously and write 3 characters and that’s it. I want an app that shows me things I already know, and put in the answer, but subject isn’t specific to anything. I like the way Duo is structured, but I want something that is geared towards reviewing what I learned in a way like Duo does for teaching new things. I can’t find anything that fits this criteria.

   Background: I learned some very basic Japanese a few years ago and know basic phrases, but never learned Hiragana or Katakana. And I never tried to be serious about it and have a schedule for learning, unlike I do now. (Which is why I’m only now learning Hiragana and Katakana)

5. Was reading some dialogue on genki 2 about the life of a university student where 入れて is used & I’m not sure of it’s meaning here. Can 入れる also mean “to pay”? Genki said 入れる means “to put something” or “to make coffee/tea, etc” , but I don’t think it means any of those 2 in this sentence

   家賃は一か月ご万円だ。食費、電気代などを入れて、一か月の生活費は十万円だ。

   Also, does 電気代 mean electricity bill?

6. This is a question from a JLPT study book.

   招待状をもらったら(answer)返事をしないと失礼になる。

   The correct answer is (出席するにしろ欠席するにしろ). What’s wrong with (出席するにつけ欠席につけ)? 

7. First time poster & japanese beginner here. I am looking for a way to get vocabulary really stuck into my mind.

   Context: i started learning japanese in September through duolingo, which i used till january, when i moved to Genki (im now in Lesson 6). I have been studying new vocabulary on genki, but when i hear the new words i sometimes/often dont get the meaning straightaway (its like i know that i have studied the Word, but i dont recognize what it means). This is a thing that didnt happen (or not as often) when i was using duolingo.

   I really hate the way duolingo introduces new grammar (and thats why i switched), but i think it does a preatty good job with vocabulary, as it costantly forces you to hear new words. Genki does also have audio content, but it is not as much present as duolingo. I think that this is the issue.

   Does anyone have/had the same issue i have? Can you suggest any resources to fix this? (Pls cheap ones, i have already spent too much money on the books 😔).

8. ただの、おもしろオジサンとして接してたから、ちょっと反省するわ。

   Does this mean the speaker treated the listener as a funny uncly, or the Speaker was acting like a funny uncle towards the listener?

9. Does “丸い形をする建物” sound strange?