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Re:Reasons some languages are harder to learn by glandium on Sunday May 16, 2021 @11:34PM (#27179831)
Whether you want it or not, you'll end up encountering them, not necessarily with enough context to tell you what they are. Example from regular news: 1000軒停電.1000世帯停電.1000戸停電.(and they all point to something slightly different)

Of course, it depends what you use Japanese for.

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Re:Reasons some languages are harder to learn by deeteecee on Tuesday May 18, 2021 @11:46AM (#27196229)
Yes, it does depend. My recommendation would still be to follow up with what I said and master the common ones used for basic conversation first. Then work on the rarer ones that pop up in the news or when you're renting apartments or whatever.
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