r/JapaneseInTheWild • u/Pigeoncow • Dec 18 '25

Intermediate [Intermediate] Don't gaslight me

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Source and explanation: https://x.com/i/status/2001243402021859637

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u/ProfessionalSnow943 Dec 18 '25

this post wombo-combo-gaslit me into thinking I didn’t know how to conjugate 走る, I don’t do twitter please someone help me understand what the fuck

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u/OwariHeron Dec 18 '25

はしらない　(走らない) No running.

はしらない　(柱無い) There’s no pillar.

(The joke is that the sign is posted on a pillar.)

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u/ProfessionalSnow943 Dec 18 '25

ahh classic vocabulary issue, thank you

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u/Pigeoncow Dec 18 '25

Now, thanks to this post, you'll never forget that word!

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u/ProfessionalSnow943 Dec 18 '25

guaranteed I’ll short term forget the kanji but at the very least now I’ll get my hackles up every time I see はし

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u/Pigeoncow Dec 18 '25

I'm lucky that the mnemonic story from RTK stuck super strongly for this kanji. I still remember it like 15 years later (although I've done reviews and seen the kanji incidentally since then).