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looking for a japanese novel about ancient japanese myths/legends/demons written in a modern style
Hello! I (American) recently purchased a keychain from a Japanese seller on SUZURI. I want to post a picture of the keychain on Twitter aswell as a short message, something like “It arrived! Thank you to (@ artist.)” Would the proper form of “thank you” in this situation be arigatou gozaimasu, arigatou gozaimashita, just arigatou, something completely different?! I’d appreciate any help as I really look up to this artist and don’t want to annoy her by getting a basic thank you wrong
Is there a good dictionary for students? I’ve struggled with online resources because of the lack of furigana; I’m in a local online class that uses a good textbook but think that it’s time for a dictionary to help with vocab. Amazon searches led me to the Kodansha Furigana dictionary, since I’d say that as of today I recognize 50-100 kanji; probably more, since I took Japanese in college, albeit a couple hundred years ago, so I keep recognizing things that I didn’t realize that I still knew. So, not total beginner but *lots* of work to do!
If this is a good resource does anyone happen to know about the difference in the editions? It looks like there are two editions, a [2013 edition with a maroon cover](https://www.amazon.com/Kodanshas-Furigana-English-Japanese-Dictionary-Masatoshi/dp/1568365063/ref=sr_1_5?crid=2NAUTRO0VTJ0Q&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.SlMZamaSih4sBQ9Peflku6GLTYDIN5lwZIHTv5GH5_npDAyMx27jQ0g_3I1nMQHOmjiXpPYbxiOBvXl1MSI_aCgu-BXxEsQ2eN5EtcTCg93aeuY2Qp6U6G3HMURVzjbONLCqkeKwDL7K-7k04DAiqbKe-arPbLgvulRXasHiC5RAlMJlwavOl37XLtD0sEpVlB99PRt4u_wNEmStxPlT5aEH_ATbrEd_1N_dYz_FADE.qX9u0N2YXLovCgVbEqVnfFI9O6JJ2GCgeVcH5lUyfFo&dib_tag=se&keywords=kodansha+furigana+japanese+dictionary&qid=1729055540&sprefix=kodansha+furigana%2Caps%2C159&sr=8-5) and a [2012 edition with a blue cover](https://www.amazon.com/Kodanshas-Furigana-Japanese-English-Dictionary-Dictionaries/dp/1568364229/ref=sr_1_2?dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.SlMZamaSih4sBQ9Peflku6GLTYDIN5lwZIHTv5GH5_nzcWq4548wVwB8Isi9-S5UW8NTlT1AVoagoVQ0IssVTT7SPJ5q1ikPrCEJYNxzno3OhMij53Z3QJT1hf7qn0hbaAo0ZZhP3reQjlJFLyeQqxutRq35LazcsfoDgHsi0j_N6nZZ3i-u9b-K-GWSpnguzk2CiBxBQKD3N_TstRCkjX33iflexb7CVcFEfBBd8fM.bd0YgMNNEY6QT7CjSxB8WzZPx8Gl8JkSGPIoYqjthzY&dib_tag=se&qid=1729055674&refinements=p_27%3AMasatoshi+Yoshida&s=books&sr=1-2&text=Masatoshi+Yoshida), both of them paperbacks, and I simply can’t make sense of that, since the publication dates are only a few months apart.
Thanks!
I came some weird kanji lately.
捏造 should spell でつぞう and 消耗 is しょうこう.
Do you guy use these spelling or use ねつぞう and しょうもう as usual.
so currently I’m preparing for N5, I’ve just started with Kanji. For the Ichi (one) kanji why are there 2 readings? In Onyomi it’s called Ichi and in Kunyomi it’s called Hito? Doesn’t Hito mean person? I looked up the kanji for hito and it’s showing something else. Im so confused please help. Also, should I know both Onyomi and Kunyomi for Jlpt N5?