Ask your small questions here which are to small for a separate Thread. For grammar related Questions: [image] Short Grammar Questions (Part 1) Grammar This thread is for grammar questions that are too short to create a new topic for them. We used to have a thread like th…

[image] WeebPotato: that’s more of a “no one remembers that kanji anyway”. Or an “I can’t expect my audience to know this kanji even though it’s a pretty common one overall” - but then you’re talking children’s books and the like.

or a “the character saying this doesn’t know the kanji”

Never looked at it that way, but yeah, you do see that in よつばと for instance. I just took it as a stylistic choice to emphasise her childishness, but I guess that’s basically the same thing, in a way? :smile:

I ran into an example of that with a character name recently: new person A is being introduced (and the non-dialogue text describing this uses the kanji when writing A’s name). B says “how do you write A” (with kana for A in that line of dialogue); A gives the usual kind of “this character from word…

Hi! KaniWani(And sometimes WK) has me constantly bonking my head on the word “Action” or as I’m coming to know it: 作用, 活動, 行動, 仕草, and the Kanji 事 just for good measure. I’m assuming this is something that’s tripped someone up before so I’ll ask, is there a good, simple breakdown of those words and…

[image] The Nuance Thread notebook_with_decorative_cover Japanese Language This thread’s goal is to finally help you figure out the differences between all those words meaning action, district and consent. In other words, think of it as the bible of nuances, wh…

Thank you! I knew this had to have been asked before. :pray: :pray: :pray: :pray: :pray:

Quick (hopefully) question: 明智小五郎氏来修民間探偵の第一人者明智小五郎氏は、ながらく、外国に出張中であったが、このほど使命をはたして帰京、旅のつかれを休めるために、本日修繕寺温泉富士屋（ふじや）旅館に投宿、四―五日滞在の予定である。 What in god’s name is 来修? I’ve looked online and found nothing lol. I assume it means he’s coming (来) to Shuzenji onsen (修), would that be it?

[image] Milgram: What in god’s name is 来修? I’ve looked online and found nothing lol. I assume it means he’s coming (来) to Shuzenji onsen (修), would that be it? I think so. I was thinking also of 修繕 (repair, mending), but the title is probably more of a headline. Props for reading Edogawa Ran…

[image] WeebPotato: I think so. I was thinking also of 修繕 (repair, mending), but the title is probably more of a headline. Ah, yeah, that would be a place name, I ommited it but it was introduced earlier in the book: 伊豆（いず）半島の修善寺（しゅぜんじ）温泉から四キロほど南、下田（しもだ）街道にそった山の中に、谷口村（たにぐちむら）というごくさびしい村があります。 …

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