6 comments

1. What is being said here?

   https://youtu.be/BWlJEsMbOi4?si=Sp72xIz7zYkk1PE3&t=226

   I have it as ‘doushite kokoroni utagai o motsunoka’, but I believe motsunoka is wrong or a shortened verb. Please help!

   Timestamp is 3:46

2. Since I cant create a post I will copy paste my question here.

   Hi everyone. I’ve been studying Japanese since May. So far, I’ve finished the RTK 450 and Kaishi 1.5k decks on Anki. For grammar, I’ve been following Cure Dolly and Japanese Ammo with Misa, and for listening practice, I use Japanese Immersion with Asami. Although my main daily routine revolves around Anki, I’m really happy with my progress overall. BUT, there’s one issue: I can’t seem to remember the kanji I’ve learned a month later if they don’t reappear in other sentences in the Kaishi deck.

   Here’s how my Anki routine typically goes:

   1. Check a kanji: there’s a 50% chance I know it, but I can’t recall it clearly.
   2. a) Check the sentence: since I’ve memorized most of the sentences in the deck, I can recall the meaning, but not the kanji’s pronunciation or reading. b) If I still don’t recall it, I close my eyes and listen to the sentence. Once I hear the reading, I immediately know the meaning of the kanji.
   3. Repeat the process.

   I feel like the gap between my listening and reading skills is quite large. For instance, I’ve started picking up words while watching anime or movies, and I can understand some sentences without subtitles, which is great! However, when it comes to reading simple texts, I forget a lot of kanji I’ve previously learned. I tried reading yotsuba, but after just the first few pages, I realized that for some kanji I learned in Anki, I couldn’t recall them when they appeared outside of the familiar context.

   Is this normal? Is there something else I can do to improve kanji retention?

3. Working on some Japanese Homework and the question reads:

   しょうらい　どんなところにつとめたいですか。

   I understand it is asking what type of place do I want to work in the future, but am confused how to respond.

   I am already in the military, but does the below read like “I want a job in the military?”

   ぐんじにつめたいです。

   Thank you for the help.

4. I’ve finished 10 practice tests and have been consistently getting 60% on grammar part, any tips on improving? Feels like my grammar is not improving :/

5. In the below line from a song (キセキ from からかい上手の高木さん), what is the function of じゃ? Is it typically acceptable to use では after a verb or does it usually have to be nominalized. Could you replace じゃ with といっても here?

   アリガトウや　Ah　愛してるじゃまだ足りないけど…

   Thanks

6. Hello all!

   does someone have or know a link for some kind of recap to all the する/なる grammatical forms and uses ? (e.g. ようにする / とする / にする etc.)
   Trying to have something comprehensive as I often either encounter new uses or forget about them

   Thank you