[pjimage] Y U Do This!?? [tenor] Is there a better way to look up the nuanced difference between these words and other similar words? My usual method is looking up example sentences or checking Stack Exchange/Hi-Native to see if this question has already been asked and answered. And while this …

You already have the answer! Looking up similar terms in a monolingual dictionary will make things much, much clearer. I’d recommend starting with Sanseido (三省堂) , because its definitions tend to be super concise, making them very straightforward to understand even if you haven’t covered much gramma…

Try to see how they’re used in sentences (jisho has this), instead of just by themselves. You’ll also see them in context, etc., so that should help.

The Japanese to Japanese dictionaries are pretty helpful if you can understand them, but given that you’re probably relatively early in your Japanese learning, I would recommend two things: 1.) Use google search by image. If you put in 事故, you’ll see that it’s often refers to a traffic accident, (a…

Can I hug you! OMG!? This dictionary recommendation is amazing! [Screenshot%20(109)] Assisted with a little Yomi-chan (MCdict), for unknown vocabm. I am going to try this out from now on and see how I go. I guess those bunpro lessions are really helping me out now :stuck_out_tongue:

You might be interested in the dictionaries I posted in this thread [image] Yomichan and Wanikani/JLPT tags? Japanese Language I just found out today about the wonderful Rikaikun and Yomichan for Chrome. For the uninitiated like me, they’re extensions that let you hover o…

I absolutely love Yomichan with those JLPT and WK dictionaries :heart: huge time savers

[image] Kazzeon: Try to see how they’re used in sentences (jisho has this), instead of just by themselves. You’ll also see them in context, etc., so that should help. Jisho sentences come from the site Tatoeba, which means anyone can write them, which means you might be relying on other non-…

Thank you for making this @Kumirei !! I had no idea something like this existed, but i’m so glad it does. And worked like a charm, first try :stuck_out_tongue: [Screenshot%20(114)]

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