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New threadwhy does 仮面 always ruin my anki streaks
just reset my core deck for the 4th time this year and guess what card instantly killed me? 仮面. i always mix up the か with some other random kanji like 複雑 or just stare at it blankly. is it a mask? is it a face? honestly who cares at this point. my brain just refuses to retain it and i want to throw my phone. why do i even bother trying to learn this.
Sep 21, 20264 commentswhy are people writing 兄 without honorifics??
Step one, you master お兄さん in chapter three of Genki. Step two, you learn the kanji 兄. But today I saw just 兄 alone in a post and it threw off my entire study flow. People who skip the polite forms to look cool are ruining their foundation. You can't just jump ahead of the textbook curriculum. Why are we ignoring the proper sequence?
Sep 21, 20263 commentsstop translating 要求 as "demand" lol
Your Genki textbook is lying to you about 要求. They translate it as 'demand' and make it sound super aggressive, like a hostage situation. Actually, every native uses it for basic requests, even just asking for a favor. If you're still using 頼む or similar beginner crap, you're doing it wrong. Real Japanese is all about 要求. Literally heard it in a vlog yesterday, trust me on this.
Sep 20, 20266 commentsmaking the kanji 糸 actually fun to drill??
so i was struggling with 糸 and its sooo boring to write. so what i do is i literally trace it on my leg while watching tv and i yell 'EE-TOOO' like a dying bird lol. if you make the 'ee' sound really long it helps you remember the thread shape somehow?? wait no maybe it doesnt but anyway i also draw little spiders on my notes to help. is that weird? anyway it works for me but now my hand hurts. at least im not asleep
Sep 20, 20265 commentsis 願望 actually just 順番 but spelled weird??
ok wait is this dumb but i always mix up 願望 with 順番... like they both have that 'an' sound and the kanji are just huge blocks of lines lol. i thought 願望 meant 'my turn' or like 'next in line' because of the 'bou' sounding like 'ban' but my dictionary says it means desire?? is it like, desiring your turn? or am i completely mixing up two totally different things idk help
Sep 20, 20267 commentsWhy you're struggling to get back into it
Honestly, motivation is a myth. If you miss even three days, your brain's linguistic center literally resets and forgets the particle structures you studied. Japanese is a construction-based language; you physically cannot build on a broken foundation. You don't need 'motivation' hacks, you just need to restart your entire deck from scratch. It's basic cognitive science.
Sep 19, 20266 commentsstop overthinking 長者 it is literally so simple
Actually, people keep mixing up 長者 with general wealthy people and it’s embarrassing. It literally means 'long person' so it's obviously just a tall guy. Textbooks say 'millionaire' but that's just because tall people historically owned more land. So it only means tall person, but only use it if they are rich. If you use it for a short rich guy you are wrong.
Sep 19, 20264 commentsis 防 actually used for defense or did my app lie to me
ok so I learned 防 as PREVENT or defend like in waterproof things or maybe 防犯... wait is that crime prevention?? anyway i saw it on this weird sign at a station and i swear it looked like they used it for like crossing a bridge or passing something over to someone (is that 渡す??) and now im so confused. like does it actually mean defend in real life or did my vocab app just make it up. wait what was my question again l
Sep 18, 20265 commentswait is 耐性 the same word as a system??
wait is 耐性 actually the same word as like... government system? i saw it in a game for fire tolerance but google says 'taisei' is also a system or structure?? idk is this dumb. and can i use 耐性 to say i have tolerance for my annoying neighbors like in english or spanish? or is it just for video game defense stats lol pls help
Sep 18, 20265 commentsforgetting vocab instantly
idk how those youtube influencers claim they memorize 50 words a day. i look at a basic word, try to learn its shape or whatever, and it's gone in five minutes. feels like my brain is in permanent mourning for the memory cells i'm losing. is there an actual way to make stuff stick or do i just lack the 'special genius' genes these 6-month fluency gurus apparently have? srs is just a direct ticket to burnout.
Sep 18, 20266 commentsactually you guys are using 記者 totally wrong
I keep seeing people translate 記者 as 'reporter' for literally anyone on TV or YouTube. Actually, 記者 is strictly for print journalism. The 記 literally means writing down on paper. If they are on a screen, they are NOT a 記者. Stop using it for video media, it's basic kanji logic. I noticed this in a J-drama and it's so obvious once you know the rule. Stop embarrassing yourselves.
Sep 18, 20263 commentshow to actually learn from mistakes??
omg so today has been a disaster i spilled oat milk all over my desk and literally almost cried right before my zoom class started. then my srs app kept saying my reviews were invalid and i just felt like such a failure because i keep making the exact same stupid typos on my kanji reviews. i want to use my mistakes to actually learn instead of just getting mad but how do you actually do that?? like any tips?
Sep 18, 20266 commentsHow to stop translating everything in your head
im trying to learn vocab without always translating to english in my brain but its so hard like when I see a word for clothing or traffic i immediately look for the english word instead of just seeing the actual thing. my brain is so slow lol. i tried flashcards with pics but then i get distracted by my cat shes so cute. does anyone have a weigh to make it click? like how do u just know it without the middle man.
Sep 18, 20265 commentswait is 赤い actually an adjective or what
so i was looking at this poster for like a gaming match (対戦?) and it said something about a red light like 赤い照明 but then i swear i've seen just 赤 on its own for the color red?? wait is this a dumb question lol why does it have the い at the end sometimes but not other times? like is 赤い a completely different word or did i just hallucinate the whole thing because my brain is melting trying to learn this
Sep 17, 20264 commentssaw 夫人 out of textbook order and im mad
Step one, you master the N5 kanji. Step two, you do N4. But today I saw 夫人 on a news app and it completely broke the sequence. 夫 is husband, so why does adding 人 make it Madame? If you are trying to learn this by 'guessing' from context like those lazy immersion-only people, you are wasting your time. You have to learn the official radical order first or you're just faking it. Now my daily study plan is ruined.
Sep 17, 20268 comments