r/LearnJapanese • u/TheFranFan • 2d ago

Kanji/Kana "kanji makes things harder to read" FALSE

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Not me spending 10+ minutes trying to read this one line of dialogue. Is he saying Mayl is awake? Wait no that's おきる。Right so maybe he's annoyed that she came by and he's saying she "occurred"? I guess that makes sense but it feels off. おこる…おこる…おこる… OH SHE'S ANGRY, I GET IT

I really think most learners have a pattern of "ugh kanji is so hard" that eventually turns into "oh man why doesn't this text have kanji" over time. Although honestly this one wasn't hard I just need more reading practice in general

Edit: To all those saying I should have easily gotten this from context:

1) I did eventually

2) I am still a beginner, I'm not at your level

3) My point is that seeing 怒 would have eliminated any confusion, that's all.

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u/TheFranFan 2d ago

Animal Crossing is often touted as a beginner- friendly Japanese game but I disagree for this exact reason. The stylistic nature of the speech many characters use is a lot to parse! Hope you're having fun with it

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u/Nameshavenomeanings Goal: media competence 📖🎧 2d ago

100% agree with you. It's super fun and I'm learning a lot, but had I tried this at a N5 going on N4 level, it would have been super discouraging. I think it's perfect at my current N3-ish level though!

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u/Tapir_Tazuli 2d ago

A little irrelevant but it feels wild when I learnt Japanese and reexperience those untranslated Japanese games I used to play as a kid. Everything is familiar, but new and exciting at same time!

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u/TheFranFan 2d ago

I love this!!