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1. At what level is it good enough to start reading and playing basic manga and video games without needing to constantly look something up/not understand what’s going on?

   Earlier this year I tried reading yotsuba to and couldn’t really understand anything. Now, I would say I’m around high N4/low N3. Is there any substantial native content that I could understand at around 95-98% comprehension? Thanks

2. what does “tte” って do to Okoru yo -> Okotteruyo.
   怒ってるよ！ “I’m angry!” What does this change?

3. Was taking a practice N5 test, and the audio dialogue went like this:

   田中さんは、大学はどこですか。

   Options were:

   1. ふじ大学です。
   2. 東京にあります。
   3. 東京駅から近いです。

   I would think the answer is 2 but the answer key says 1. I’m confused why this is the case.

4. すみません。自分で書いた文を確認してもいいですか？

   １）この教室が何人を参加するかお知らせていただいきます。この教室が学習者は１０人ほどいます。
   ２）お外が今とても暑いです。病気になれるほど暑いので、気をつけてください。 ３）この問題に関して、先生に相談に乗るに限る

5. Can someone explain me this sentence?

   僕だって分かってるよ… (I understand this bit) 僕とじゃ釣り合わないことぐらい

   In the last part, what does じゃ and ぐらい mean in this context?

6. Had a surgery today. Right before the surgery, in the surgery ward, they were asking me some confirmation questions like my name and birthday.

   She asked me something like:

   手術する場所はどこですか？

   And I thought about it a bit, and like an idiot, said

   ここで手術するじゃないですか？？

   （😅 しぬー）

7. https://i.imgur.com/cOWfgke.jpeg

   Is the honorific passive preferred for する but not used as much for other verbs? Or is there another reason why it’s used for one but not the other?

8. What is the best place to quickly learn Japanese?

   Going on a trip this year, so I was wondering what apps, videos and other things I should do to help learn as quickly as possible

9. what doest the kanji 部首名 means?

10. wanting to start Genki Volume 2 but I am occasionally forgetful of some grammar in the last few chaptesr of Genki V.1. Should I polish those areas to perfection before moving to the next book?

11. Is anki worth it for a complete beginner? I feel like other methods(immersion, duolingo) are working fine, but I just can’t get my head around Anki. Specfically I am using Kaishi 1.5k with only 4 new words per day. Even basic words like 彼 vs 私 are hard for me to parse when just looking at them and not hearing them.

12. Hi. I’m trying to figure out the right translation for this sentence:

    だが 問題はその先にある

    Is it 1 or 2 or something else?

    1- The real problem, however, weighs far heavier.

    2- The problem, however, is in what happened afterwards.

    Context:

    君たちは 規則を破って来てはいけないところに来た

    しかも 禁を犯して悪魔の言葉に耳を傾けた

    それだけでも重大な罪だ

    だが 問題はその先にある

    君たちは 倫理規定のさらに根幹にある白金法

    Thanks!

13. What’s the difference between 寄る　and 寄り付く?

14. So what’s up with 服 appearing in 克服 and 征服? Seems weird to relate to conquest in two instances.