Daily Thread: simple questions, comments that don’t need their own posts, and first time posters go here (May 01, 2023)

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1. Hi everyone! I have a question, what is the difference between:

   すこしぬむいです

   and

   すこしつかれました

   ?

2. Can someone explain the origin of the word kawaii/可愛い, specifically the kanji meaning. So the definition of 可 means acceptable or permitted while 愛 means love. So together it means “acceptable love” to cuteness or adorable.

   I’m just curious to why that is.

3. How can I practice my handwriting and learn to write faster with it still being legible?

4. what’s the best word for “glowing” in the context of embers or red hot steel?

5. How can I tell when 止める should be read ‘yameru’ and when it should be read ‘tomeru’?

6. いや、まだ何も聞いていないよ。

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   Is this, “No, I still am not hearing nothing”, or “No, I still am hearing nothing”?

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   Thanks!

7. あの狭い店に**多くの男の人**が行きました。A lot of men went to that narrow store over there.

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   I don’t understand why there is a の after 多く?

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   Why isn’t it 多い男の人?

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   Thanks!

8. ように見える
   This means in order to be seen? Correct?

9. today, after about 9 months of doing it consistently and daily, I hit a big milestone of 1,000 cards graduated to “mature” in Anki. Since I am learning Japanese secretly, I have nobody to tell but you guys. Feels really cool. Just wanted to share with someone. Here’s to 1,000 more! [Screenshot](https://imgur.com/a/IfMWddf)

10. A small question please about the usage of だったりして.

    The definition in [weblio](https://www.weblio.jp/content/%E3%81%A0%E3%81%A3%E3%81%9F%E3%82%8A%E3%81%97%E3%81%A6) is: 物事を並存する事項の一つとして並べ、そういう可能性もある、といった意味合いを付け加える表現。仮定や控えめな提示の意味合いで用いられる。

    Does this kinda mean: there would be a grouping of facts that you line one other thing up with, and through this grouping together you are implying that that one thing that you added is a possibility?

    I saw だったりして below; the context is, two detectives Maniwa and Ikari are talking about a victim’s (Sagi Tsukiko’s) statement that she was attacked by Shounen Bat. Ikari does not believe her. At the beginning of the conversation, they are talking about an unrelated case. (Source is: Paranoia Agent Ep. 7, 4:04)

    馬庭: 記憶喪失？

    猪狩: まさか蛭川の娘とはな気の毒に。 鷺月子はどうした？

    — Fade to black —

    猪狩: フン…少年バットか…卒倒の発作も芝居だったりしてな。

    Edit: Additional context, when Ikari confronts Sagi, saying that she made everything up, she fainted.

11. I was going through my Animal Crossing Anki deck and saw the phrase “知らない人” to mean “unknown people.” Would a sentence like “たくさん知らない言葉がまだあります” be grammatically correct to say “There are a lot of words I don’t know yet”? 知る a specific “to know” such as “to know a person”?

12. Has anyone had success with any tools like Supernative.tv to help with listening? I have been studying for 1.5 years and my listening is a huge road block. I listen to podcasts and watch anime every day, but I am lucky to pick up 1 or 2 words in a sentence.

13. I’m strugling a bit with the structure “(past tense verb) ことがある”.Does it basically mean “done thing is”?An action that already took place?