Daily Thread: simple questions, comments that don’t need their own posts, and first time posters go here (April 18, 2024)

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1. HELP, How do I change my IME toggle button? I switched it to just the tilde/squiggly line button, and I have searched menu after menu and cannot find how to change it back. I NEED the button as I write code.

2. there’s a description of a person: he’s shit at keeping things. is there a JP version of that?

   such as, plants at home dying. his phone dropped and broken after 1 month of use. is there a version of that a person “being bad at keeping things nice” in JP?

3. can’t find the thing that makes me want to get up in the morning and do it. i was hoping there would be some japanese content that would really make me want to do it all hours of the day, but i haven’t found it yet. recommendations?

4. Dont understand some sentences from a dialogue in genki 2 about 落語.

   落語は今から三百年以上前の江戸時代に始まりました。この時代にたくさんの人の前で面白い話をして、お金をもらう人がいました

   1.What does 今から mean in the 1st sentence?
   I understand this sentence as ” rakugo started in the Edo period more than 300 years ago”, but dunno what the 今から is supposed to mean/do here.

   2. Not sure if i understand the お金をもらう人がいました part of the 2nd sentence. Is it saying “In this era funny/interesting stories were told in front of many people, and there were people who got money”?

5. Hello,

   I posted this before, but didn’t get any replies, so figured I’d ask again:

   I’m trying to get some Japanese yen before an upcoming trip and would like to take advantage of the current rate. I work an informal job where I occasionly interact with random Japanese people. I’m thinking of having a sign that is translated with the following message:

   Hello, this is separate from the bag storage business. If you have Japanese yen in your wallet, I can exchange some US Dollars with you at today’s current rate. Is it okay?

   Is this a good translation or what’s a better clear/concise translation:

   こんにちは、バッグ預かり業務とは別です。お財布に日本円があれば、本日のレートで両替できますが、よろしいでしょうか？

6. 愛だって 夢だって 絆だって
   世界が笑顔になるね

   Does this sentence (from the new Tuyu song) mean “even love, dreams, bonds make the world smile”?

   I’m kinda confused shouldn’t it be を instead of が?

7. I finally got a momentum going on anki where I’m doing vocab, grammar, and kanji. However I looked into the pros and cons of using flash cards. I’m mostly concern that my effort in anki may be a waste compare to some saying to start immersing asap.

   In short, I’ll be alright if I keep using flash cards all the way to even N1?

8. Hi guys – I often encounter つい or ついた usually spelled with hiragana and I’m not sure what usage this is – is this the same as 付ける meaning “to stick/attach” as in metaphorically attach? For example in below sentence

   e.g. 嘘をついたの？

9. Hello I’m a self learner… I’m at the end section of n4 and I had a question. Are たら and た 後で similar? For eg: is it 家についたら電話をかけます or 家についた後で電話をかけます. When I google translate “after I reach home I’ll call you”, the 1st one comes up. But I learned that 後で meant after.