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New threadstop reading and listening at the same time lol
Ugh, seeing people try to read and listen simultaneously is painful. Literally everyone does this wrong. The human brain physically cannot process logographic characters and audio phonemes at the same time—it's basic linguistics. It's called the silent-front reduction rule. You need to read the text silently first to build the mental pathway, then listen separately. Doing both just trains you to ignore sounds.
Aug 6, 20264 commentsis anyone actually saying 数々 or is my textbook lying
so i memorized 数々 because the deck said it means 'numerous'. sounds easy right? double kanji, cute. but i swear every time i try to use it in a normal conversation people look at me like i just quoted classical poetry. is this just another JLPT bait word that nobody under the age of 80 actually uses? because honestly im tired of learning vocabulary that just makes me sound like a weirdo.
Aug 5, 20263 commentsconfused about synonyms help
so i was literally trying to study at my desk but my cat jumped up and spilled coffee all over my notes so now im crying lol anyway i was looking at vocabulary and how do you guys tell apart words that basically mean the exact same thing in english? like normal vs regular or rock vs stone? there are so many of them and they all look identical in my head help
Aug 5, 20264 commentspronunciation is so hard actually
okay so I always MESS UP the double vowels like when you hold the sound longer??? I literally called someone a grandmother once instead of a teacher wait no i mean aunt or is it the other way around?? anyway my roommate has this cat that always makes this weird noise when it eats and it reminds me of trying to do the rolled R sound which is basically a D?? or an L?? honestly i totally forgot my question but
Aug 5, 20265 commentsreading while listening is just sensory overload
Some 19yo on youtube told me reading a novel while listening to the audiobook is 'the ultimate hack' for quick fluency. spoiler: it's not. I just end up losing my place in the text while some voice actor talks at warp speed. i guess my brain is just too slow to do both. how do people actually do this without wanting to throw their phone into a wall?
Aug 5, 20265 commentsmy SRS spreadsheet logged 半数 as half but the math is not mathing
I’m at 650 hours of Anki Phase 3. My database has 半数 mapped strictly to 'half the number' (numerical 0.5 ratio). But in my daily 120-minute reading block, I saw it used where 半分 should be. If the data parameters for these two aren't 100% distinct, my SRS efficiency algorithm drops by 4%. Does 半数 actually require discrete countable items, or is my dictionary spreadsheet glitched?
Aug 5, 20266 commentshow to review vocab without dying of boredom?
so im trying to review vocab but its so boring. i heard somewhere that if you actually study words it blocks your natural acquisition? like you should only see a word once and then sleep on it? is that real? also i think looking at flashcards too much ruins your kanji vibes. wait is that dumb? how do people not fall asleep doing this, maybe i should just watch anime instead
Aug 4, 20265 commentsactually 突く is just dogging a hole
People get so confused with 突く and other 穴 kanji like 空. Its actually super simple. Look at the bottom part, its 犬 (dog). The top is a cave. So 突く literally means a dog aggressively poking its nose out of a cave. If you arent poking something with aggressive dog energy, you are using the wrong word. Actually, if you use it for anything else, you're just wrong. Trust me on this.
Aug 4, 20266 commentsStop trying to learn particles naturally
First you master Genki chapter 1 to 12. Step two, you search every particle in a dictionary database. Step three, you drill grammar formulas daily. You can't just vibe with particle usage in casual chat if you haven't memorized the standard rules first. People trying to skip the textbook sequence to sound natural just sound completely incoherent.
Aug 4, 20267 commentswhy is 末 ruining my 未来 efficiency stats
Hour 682 of Phase 3 and my SRS stats are tanking. My recognition speed for 未来 dropped 15% because of 末. Step one is identifying the top line length, step two is cross-referencing my database, but the 0.3s lag is killing my daily efficiency metrics. I cannot have 末 messing up my 未来 reviews during my 5 AM block. Anyone got a hard mathematical rule to split 未 vs 末? It's ruining my spreadsheet tracker.
Aug 4, 20267 commentsBest vocab routine when life gets crazy?
gonna lose my streak i swear to god work is so busy this weak. how do you guys find thyme to review? i usually rely on my phone in the bathroom but today i dropped it in the sink lol. anyway eye tried to do five mins before sleep but i just pass out thinking about spicey food. my brain is mashed potatoes rn need to bond with my flashcards again but they look so boring help
Aug 4, 20264 commentswait is 棋士 a knight or what
so i saw 棋士 in a post and i thought it meant knight like with swords because of the sound? but then the context was about some guy playing board games. are knights in japan just really into shogi or am i completely mixing up two totally different words here? my brain hurts idk
Aug 4, 20265 commentsanother day of being defeated by 寧ろ
just spent ten minutes staring at 寧ろ trying to figure out why my brain insisted it meant "insect" or "straw mat" instead of "rather." also who designed this kanji? 寧 looks like a cupboard that's about to collapse. i always confuse it with 丁寧 and then my head hurts. honestly why do we need this word when there are like five other ways to say "rather" that don't involve writing 14 strokes of pure misery.
Aug 2, 20264 commentsstop crying over mistakes and fix your SRS intervals
First you must isolate the exact failure point. Second you create a dedicated error-quarantine subdeck. Third you set the learning steps to exactly one minute five minutes and fifteen minutes. Fourth you manually reset the ease factor to exactly one hundred and thirty percent. This is the only scientific way to convert errors into permanent memory traces. Do not skip a single day or the entire mathematical decay curv
Aug 2, 20264 commentsbored to death with vocab reviews
omg today was such a disaster my roommate literally gave me a massive lecture about the dishes and then my boss kept emailing me about some secretary drama anyway i tried to sit down and do my vocab cards but like its getting harder and harder every year to stay focused on these boring words... how do u guys actually review stuff without wanting to scream from boredom?? literally dying here help
Aug 2, 20266 comments