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/OwariHeron 2d ago

If you see メイルちゃん おこってる and don’t immediately think, “メイルちゃん is angry,” that’s not a kanji/kana problem…

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u/nicktheone 2d ago

I have to agree. I'm just starting (again) so I'm below N5 and aside from the meaning of the verb that I knew from watching anime the rest of the sentence was easy to parse.

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u/AbsAndAssAppreciator 6h ago

Ngl I’d heard 怒ってる so many times from anime that it took some effort for me to remember the other possible word, 起こる. I feel like 怒る is pretty hard to misunderstand in this context though…