/jp/ - Otaku Culture

[Anonymous No.]

So wait, "fire" is 火 and "day" is 日, but both of them are pronounced "hi". How the fuck are they able to tell them apart?
Wouldn't "the day of fire" then be 火の日？ But then it would be pronounced exactly the same as "the fire of the day", 日の火, "hi no hi".

I am fucking confused.　

[Disco Electric Eel No.]

sup /jp/

[Anonymous No.]

It's okay if you're stupid.

[Angry Type-Moon Fan !MOONRXwPDU No.]

PROTIP: Each kanji has 2 or 3 different pronunciations

[Anonymous No.]

Try not being so dumb or change your method of learning.

[Anonymous No.]

PROTIP: Japanese is a terrible language

[Anonymous No.]

That's why the kanjis were invented...

[Anonymous No.]

Don't learn kanji individually like that.
Learn new vocab and know their kanji readings. You'll eventually get a feel for which readings go with which combinations. Even if you don't, at least by learning primarily vocab, you'll have some arsenal of practical knowledge in the language. And please use a book or resource of some sort. You don't gain anything by reading a dictionary and learning some obscure word only used in the 1500s. And that way you'll also pick up on some grammar as well.

[Anonymous No.]

YOU ARE BEYOND RETARDED

[Anonymous No.]

火 definitely means fire, but is not used as the word for fire. One would use 火事 かじ　for an actual fire incident of if you want the general flame or fire, then it'd be 炎　ほのお

[Anonymous No.]

Context and alternate readings. Gotta learn each combination.

[Anonymous No.]

>>4786578
You can't speak kanji.

[Anonymous No.]

>>4786533
Protip: "I" and "eye" have the same pronunciation.

[Anonymous No.]

PROTIP: Tuesday is pronounced "Kayoubi" (火曜日）.

[Anonymous No.]

"A" as a prefix means "without" or "not" like in "atypical" or "atheist" but it can also go before singular nouns. How can you tell whether someone's saying they believe in god or not? Shit doesn't make sense.

[Anonymous No.]

If by "the day of fire" you are reffering to the weekday, the correct word is 火曜日　（かようび）

火 is here pronounced か.

[Anonymous No.]

So wait, "息子" is son and "日" is sun, but both of them are pronounced "son". How the fuck are they able to tell them apart?
Wouldn't "日の息子" then be son of the sun？ But then it would be pronounced exactly the same as 息子の日", "sun of the son".

I am fucking confused.　

[Anonymous No.]

日曜日: Sun
月曜日: Moon
火曜日: Mars
水曜日: Mercury
木曜日: Jupiter
金曜日: Venus
土曜日: Saturn

[Anonymous No.]

>>4790215

wat

its

1. Sun
2. Moon
3. Fire
4. Water
5. Wood
6. Metal
7. Earth

They are named after the elements.

[Anonymous No.]

Stop making up days. There's only 日曜日

[Anonymous No.]

>>4790228
The five planets are named after the five elements in traditional East Asian philosophy: Fire (Mars), Water (Mercury), Wood (Jupiter), Gold (Venus), and Earth (Saturn).[citation needed]

[Anonymous No.]

>>4790248

Well I'll be.

[Anonymous No.]

>>4790209

[Anonymous No.]

The only thing that might help you confusion, OP, is to keep reading and listening to Japanese stuff. Eventually, you'll understand exactly how those phrases work.

[Anonymous No.]

So wait, "knight" is with a k, and "night" doesn't have one. Both of them are pronounced "nite". How the fuck are they able to tell them apart? If I said "the knight rides in the night" it would be pronounced exactly the same as "the night rides in the knight". How the fuck do I tell them apart?

I am fucking confused.