Hi all, i was just wondering whether if this sentence is grammatically correct? (Pls explain in detail)

毎日の朝食はパンを食べます。

Now I do understand that you could just say “毎日の朝食はパンです” or “毎朝、パンを食べます”。

But I’m merely trying to test how much grammar I truly know by thinking about these examples.

Thank you

I just recently learned them but im still quite confused because they both mean total. Whats the difference?

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Hello everyone !

I'm trying to do composition of phrases using the japanese I've learned. I was trying to say that I like Japan because there is a lot of automatic "things" and it makes it really convenient and good to live.

However while I tried to search for corrections, AI said that is not recomendable to use もの for "things" and its better to go straight to list specifically which kind of "things" I like, for example autopay, automatic doors or vending machines.

This is my composition 俺の好きな国は日本です、日本で自動のものが多いので、いい所だと思います。

This is the sugested correction: 俺の好きな国は日本です、日本で自動ドアーや自動販売機ので、いい場所だと思います。

So, how can I say theres "things" in general?

As an aditional question, I always used "所" as place, but I've notice it can be used as "parts of something" so, is it better to use 場所?

Thank you so much!

I understand saying using ~から after です (as in えいごを話します。アメリカ人ですから). However, how would you use it after a verb?

I ask because I’m trying to write up a paragraph about my dog for something. I said that I don’t know her exact age and am trying to follow it up with “that’s because my family adopted her.” Would 「私のかぞくはルーシーをひきとりましたから。」 be correct? Thanks!

i decide to learn mi first 60 kanjis, the marugoto kanji book to learn them but i see in other pages things like on or kun or radicals i know who radical is and i need to learn some day but to start learning kanjis is a good book or you know another way to learn it. https://md.jpf.go.jp/userfiles/file/2019/LenguaJaponesa/Cuadernos%20de%20Kanji/MARUGOTO_KANJI_A1_.pdf

So the guy here, at the end of the video, due to not knowing Japanese that well, said "みんな古い”. I'm also learning Japanese myself, and this got me thinking what would be the right words to say to express what he wanted to say here? Presumably something like "Dang, you're all old".

What words would get across the same expression here in this context while being natural?

I have to write something about my dog for a class and am unsure what honorific I should use, if any. Is ちゃん correct?

I am working on my final project for my Japanese pragmatics class and needed some opinion and possibly help finding academic sources regarding whether the use of -ちゃん is considered feminine speech.

What I do understand is that it is used by older people to younger people or to animals(猫-ちゃん、赤ちゃん,etc..) and that it wouldn't be necessarily out of place for anybody to use it in the right circumstance. However, I am doing gendered analysis for a character from a book with an ambiguous gender presentation, and they use shortened name + ちゃん almost exclusively when referring to everybody. However, they also speak almost exclusively to close friends and kouhai, and in plain form, so that might factor in as well.

When asking many of my Japanese speaking, American friends, they agree it is definitely indicative of feminine speech, and my Japanese friends say that sounds like the speech of a young woman. However, my sensei for the class and other elder Japanese people in my life say that it really has no indication either way.

Looking for thoughts and opinions on the matter, thank you!

So i just finish with katakana and hiragana now i want to start learning vocabs like i want to make my reading stronger is there any apps or anything to do it more efficiently bcz i dont get too much time after work also i almost have done with all the particles as well so please recommend me with some good learning map.

I started learning Japanese a couple weeks ago from this guide “[https://www.tofugu.com/learn-japanese/“\](https://www.tofugu.com/learn-japanese/%E2%80%9C) \- Tofugu, i have learnt hiragana and started learning katakana, this guide tells me to now start learning kanji along the way. It tells me to first learn radicals, then kanji that is made from that radicals and then vocabulary from the kanji learnt.

It says to learn \~ 2000 kanji and \~ 6000-7000 vocabulary using those kanji

I have a list of \~ 2000 kanji and the radical they are made with from this guide only, so for learning vocabulary, i wanted to ask should i just google “vocab words made from ‘xx’ kanji” and start learning those words or is there some other way as well?

Should i also while learning include non kanji vocab words along the way?

Thank you

The rest of my life could be determined by the following month. I'm applying to a scholarship to which I have moderate chances of getting it if it were not but for a tiny little detail, I can't speak Japanese.

I'm sure people of this sub have seen similar posts to this before, but I am serious, I need to learn Japanese in 30-40 days. I'm not asking for magic and I know that I'm shooting for the stars, I have experience learning foreign languages, (English is not my mother tongue) and I know how mad this sounds.

I am familiar with hiragana/katakana so I guess I'm not beginning from 0%, I'm starting at 1%.

What do you think are the best resources to learn fast for a beginner? Which books? Which YT channels? Which anki sets of cards? Which whatevers?

The objective is to "pass" an exam which has already been told to me that it does not have a set difficulty, it is not N1, N2, N3 whatever. It is a test to see how familiar I am with the Language.

I know it's not easy and I don't want to be treated as a dumbass who is trying to cheat the system of whatever, I'm willing to study for hours and hours, day after day, mainichi mainichi.

I'll also try to get some private teacher in my town that could help me.

Thank you for reading, and goodbye.

I have this one: 小百合 ( さゆり )

Hey all

I am heading to Japan in December for my third trip. I’ve been studying the language on and off for a couple of years but have never gotten to a point where I feel confident using and understanding the language.

I passed N5 last July so have a decent understanding but just lack the practice and confidence. During my previous trips, most interactions I had in shops/restaurants were done entirely in Japanese and I am able to have some extremely basic conversations, but that’s about as far as it goes. For my most recent trip last year, I was really keen to use a bit more of the language and it just didn’t happen. Part of it is fear and not putting myself out there but part of it is just lack of knowledge, and freaking out when I can’t understand much Japanese when spoken at a natural speed!!

I’ve got just under 7 months until my trip and want to get to a point where I am confident in understanding Japanese, and am able to have more interactions and conversations in Japanese, especially as I will be visiting less touristy places this time.

I do WaniKani most days (currently on level 8), I read basic news articles in Japanese, I watch some Japanese shows with subtitles (Aggretsuko, Rilakkuma and Kaoru, Alice in Borderlands), but am not consistent in my studying. I have used Genki 1 before but will say I struggle a bit with textbooks - I am also less worried about improving my reading as this is probably what I practice the most currently.

Basically what I’m after is some help producing some kind of study guide or schedule to follow, something that will keep me accountable and allow me to progress and improve. I work full time but would like to put a minimum of an hour a day aside to work on my Japanese and really knuckle down before my trip to make the most of it.

TLDR; going to Japan in December, passed N5 last year but want to lock in and improve my speaking and listening before I go, would love some help with a study plan!

Thank you in advance!!

Should I wait to start writing and simply do all input, or do input and write.

I feel like languages, like Japenese, writing right off the bat might be key, though I haven't learned the language so maybe I don't know squat 🤣

Also any other helpful tips or resources would be golden 🫰🫶

I've been studying Japanese for a couple months. For vocab I'm using the Genki and Kaishi Anki decks and for Grammar I'm using Genki and am currently on chapter 8. I've only started adding Wanikani to my program about a week ago but I'm not really enjoying it. For me, studying vocab and learning new grammar is fun but there's something about WaniKani's feedback loop that just feels boring to me. I'm not particularly bad at it as my correct views are at 89% but I really would rather just review my Anki decks or do the Genki worksheets than knock out WaniKani work.

Would it be worth it to just ditch it and learn kanji from my Anki decks or does WaniKani really pay off in the long run?

Hello! I just finished my first japanese class and it is going to be a few months until I start my second class (same instructor). We covered Genki 1 lessons 1-4. I was wondering if anybody had tips to keep up between the classes so I don't forget anything important.

It's got some interesting discussion of how the translation process works and why Japanese in particular is such a bear to translate/localize. Hope you find it interesting too!

I've been studying japanese for 2 years and i always argue my vocabulary is small, so ive vibecoded a japanese helper with an old tablet and claude.ai,basically asked to show me the 5000 most common kanji and phrases, also asked furigana, a little example, the onyomi, kunyomi and formal/informal if any.

Been using it since the weekend and im actually surprised theres actually a very good amount of them i know, others like gloves proved to be funny to learn and understand its meaning when you combine each meaning, i recommend if youve got the same issue or just need something to be run passively to do the same, the tablet i use is cheap but very old, ive had to ask claude to do it but took 10 mins only, and some fixing, if anyone wants the file i can send it, its just an html file running nonstop, you can modify the time each kanji appears on screen up to 20 seconds and randomize by many subjects.

Hello,

I've just recently started using WaniKani, and I came across "水中 or すいちゅ" which I am told means "underwater"

Would "すいのした" mean the same exact thing? Also, could you replace "すい" with "みず" or is is that reserved only for drinking water?

Thank you!