Daily Thread: simple questions, comments that don’t need their own posts, and first time posters go here (June 11, 2023)

4 comments

1. I saw this sentence: “あちゃー、こいつはばつが悪いわ。” with this English translation: “Oh boy, that’s embarrassing.”

   What exactly does ばつ mean here? I see [a number of definitions](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E3%81%B0%E3%81%A4#Japanese) for it (penalty, faction, epilogue) none of which seem to make sense here.

2. This is my first ever Reddit post. I will try to be to the point. I am 36 1/2 years old and living in Japan. Unforgivably, I did not study 日本語 prior to coming to Japan last November 13, 2022, despite being a passionate Japanophile since preschool. I am upfront with this shame because I will climb out of this hole I made. Please forgive my tangent. I recently finished reading Tae Kims Japanese Grammar Guide and while it has its flaws and has not been updated in many years, it is as someone else described it, a good base from which to start learning 日本語。

   **My main problem is this: where do I go next?**

   This is the question I have dreaded for over 3 1/2 years. I simply don’t know what is the best option for learning the Japanese language as fast as possible. To start with, what are the best **PHYSICAL** books you recommend? This can include anything from dictionaries to guides. I am eternally grateful for your help and I hope this is the beginning of an excellent relationship with r/LearnJapanese. Thank you very much.

3. みんな野球嫌いなのかな

   If you can – what do these なのかな do in this sentence, im still trying to get a basic understanding through immersion and the dictionary isn’t very helpful in this case.

   If i had to guess hes lamenting that/wondering why nobody likes baseball, an “oh well” kind of vibe?

4. Not to be dramatic, but since this is potentially the last daily thread this sub will ever have I just wanted to say thanks for the fun and good luck to everyone going forward.

   May you all find your inner jouzu