so I just got new lessons, involving these two words. how do you personally keep them apart from each other? I know that one of them means ‘to copy’, while the other one means ‘to be photographed’, but I can’t tell for sure which one is what? Since there are cases similiar to this (ex. 出るvs出す), do y…

When a transitive / intransitive pair includes one that ends with す, that one should be the transitive one.

your igirisugo is not bad at all, yo! utsusu= to copy. unimaginative mnemonic: utSUSU, you copy the su utsuru= to be photographed. they both have an R in it? Probably not much help, hopefully someone has come up with a more colorful mnemonic I mostly remember dasu from other vocab I know. Like …

For me, I just use a slightly altered memonic. The 写る has something in the memonic about you being rude, (rude; る) so I just remember it’s rude to photograph someone without their permission. For 写す I usually use elimination (it’s not る so it’s not photographed). Which I may need to change later, …

I like the mnemonics you’ve listed there. I’m sure they’ll be of much use the next times these words pop up in my reviews, so thank you for supporting my long way to fluency like that! I genuinely appreciate it. (´ ∀ ` *) I’ll also try to keep the transitive/intransitive thingy in mind. honto ni a…

thats exactly the kind of information I needed. thank you! (:

thanks for the input! I’ll try to keep that in mind the next time these words pop up in my reviews. (: arigatou gozaimasu!

る looks like a camera. [images]

[image] Chopper: る looks like a camera. [images] But both have camera related meanings.

What works for me: Don’t worry too much, let the SRS make you learn it. Choose a mnemonic that suits you and let the SRS game work its way. In a few weeks you’re going to remember without any aid of a mnemonic just by sheer repetition. Other thing you should do, if you don’t already, is use KANIWAN…

wow, thank you so much for recommending kaniwani. I haven’t heard about it until I read your comment, but I tried it out immediately and fell in love with it right away. It basically has everything I always wanted wanikani to have. Especially the display of pitch patterns are like a gift from heaven…

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