Daily Thread: simple questions, comments that don’t need their own posts, and first time posters go here (December 08, 2023)

This thread is for all simple questions, beginner questions, and comments that don’t need their own post.

# Welcome to /r/LearnJapanese!

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If you have any simple questions, please comment them here instead of making a post.

**This does not include translation requests, which belong in /r/translator.**

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