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1. Hi! I’m new to learning, have been working on it for about a month now and pretty confident with Hiragana and working on Katakana.

   I’m trying to immerse myself as much as possible, but I don’t have anyone to practice with. I’ve seen several discords floating around, as well as[ this really helpful post. ](https://www.reddit.com/r/LearnJapanese/comments/13pe9xt/my_review_of_various_jp_learning_discord_servers/)

   But many of these servers have 10k+ members and I find it hard to get a word in or have a question answered.

   Does anyone know of any Japanese Learning discord groups that are smaller and beginner friendly?

2. im starting to learn about 主語 and 述語。can you see if im correct? some help please

   例
   今日は苦手な数学がある上に授業で使う宿題も忘れてしまった。

   主語 = 宿題
   述語 = 忘れてしまった

   is this correct? but also, in this sentence is 授業で使う = adjective? or, in my broken Japanese, 文法のやり方を考えると「授業で使う」この部分は何ですか？

3. Reading quartet 1 chapter 3 居酒屋で dialogue. Got some questions

   1. 店：お決まりでしょうか

   メイリン：すみません、あの、この「ちゃんこ鍋コース」ってどんな料理が出るんですか。

   店：ちゃんこ鍋には、サラダ、ご飯、デザートがついている９０分の飲み放題コースです。おすすめですよ。

   What does 出る mean here? “what kind of food comes out(?) in this 「ちゃんこ鍋コース」”?

   In 3rd sentence is the 店 saying “In the 「ちゃんこ鍋」 its a 90 minute all you can drink course with salad, food, and desserts included, i reccomend it”?

   2. メイリン：あ、ビールなくなっちゃった。追加で頼もうか

   Not sure i understand 追加で頼もうか. Quartet says 追加 can mean to add or to make an additional order.

   Is she saying “Shall i make an additional order and ask?”

   3. ビール５本とレモンハイ１つ、追加でお願いします

   Also confused with 追加　here. “5 beers and one lemon sour cocktail、 additional order please”?

4. Where can I get a list of most popular TV shows and movies in Japan? Recently, monthly, yearly, whatever. Preferably not anime, I want to find more things like Alice in Borderland, Extremely Inappropriate, Tokyo Swindlers, etc. For example on the English side of things we’ve obviously got Rotten and IMDb, and [Netflix even has this page](https://www.netflix.com/tudum/top10/japan/tv) where you can see watch trends month by month, but I’d like to cover all of the popular streaming services if possible.

5. my oshi had もっとお金が欲しい on her advertisement for her next stream and i was trying to translate it – that says motto in the beginning right? when do i read the kana for tsu as tsu and when do i read it as an extension of the sounds before it? (skill level: beginner)

6. practiced making 2 sentences today. may i ask for some advice and correction please.

   1/ けんさん、目を閉じたからといって、義務を消えたことになるわけではない

   けんさん、(私にとって）目を閉じたからといって、義務を消えたことになるわけではない（と思いますよ）

   主語＝私 (hidden)
   述語＝思います (hidden) 
   文法の挑戦grammar rule: からといって
   what is the sentence saying: 　giving an instruction to Ken 

   2/ 君に会った後は、気持ちを告白するに限る

   主語＝私 (hidden)
   述語＝気持ちを告白するに限る
   文法の挑戦grammar rule: 限る
   what is the sentence saying: 　感情を表す　（I’m expressing my state of emotion) after meeting you, the best option i have is to confess my feelings to you. (love at first sight sort of thing)