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I figure this would be the right board to ask, so Ill go for it, if not, then just point me in the right direction.

Assuming that since this is /jp/, a fair ammount of you know japanese, and of that ammont of you, there are some that can read kanji somewhat fluently, so I ask these people, is there any advice you can give to someone learning it now?
The individual kanji usually arent much of a problem to read (木 meaning moku or ki,　火　meaning hi or ka for example) but my real problem is knowhing when to read a particular kanji as is, such as 木曜日 and when to read it as its alternative, such as with　火山

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>> No.6048342

You don't. The nips don't want us white devils to learn their language, so they teach us these rules about when the different pronunciations count, and then they just break those rules at every fucking opportunity so no one knows what the hell is going on unless they've grown up with that shit and gotten used to it. Actually, even Japanese don't really understand it too well, but they'll be bullied if they read a kanji wrong when they read out loud, so they force themselves.

>> No.6048349

No set rules. You have to learn them by heart, or by familiarity.

>> No.6048359

Most of the times you can read it right, when you can't, just memorize those special situations.

These examples you brought are bad examples, since they both are read kunyomi like expected.

>> No.6048408

>>6048359

>both read kunyomi

how many ways are there to read Kanji?

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On a barely tangentally related note, how exactly do the tails attach to her skull?

>> No.6048497

>>6048408
They are divided into three categories.
Kunyomi, Onyomi and Nanori.

Basically, kunyomi is mostly used for kanji grouping, onyomi when not, nanori for names. There are thousands of exceptions, and you'll have to learn each.

Some kanji have more than ten ways to read, others have only one. You can expect the regularly used kanji to have two distinct and widely used ways to read.

>> No.6050333

>>6048497

THOUSANDS of exceptions? man, i should just quit now. i thought just memorizing the fuckers was hard enough!

>> No.6050345

eroge every fucking day

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>>6050333

Don't get too hung up over it, man. It's not that much worse than English. Their, there, they're, to, too, two, etc etc, y'know? Context is what helps you know the true meaning even if some similar sounding/spelled word can be interpreted in several different ways, and you'll only derive meaning when you practice enough

Don't be intimidated, Anon, I believe in you!

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