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I think I get it now.

I'm bad at explaining but I find this, this and this helpful.

 

If you get it then I wont attempt to explain lol

 

I did say "had" lol

 

Hi,
can you recommend me a custom vocabulary trainer for android and/or windows?
Ideally i would add vocab lists by myself, and the trainer quizzes me then.

 

I don't know any useful apps but what I've been doing to train to read Japanese, considering I also have to practice English, is to try to read any text of my interest and search for the words in weblio. It's a better option than relying only on Google Translate imo, with various examples of how to use the word.

https://ejje.weblio.jp/content/選抜

In addition I keep a self vocabulary in hands, always adding new words and fixing others for better meanings.

Spoiler: Vocabulary

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あ
煽る（あおる）- stir up, instigate, incite
明らかに（あきらかに）- unveiled
粗削り（あらけずり）- unrefined
争い（あらそい）- battle, fight, conflict, struggle
淡い（あわい）- light, light-colored, pastel, weak, faint

い
勢い（いきおい）- power, force, momentum
勢いを増す（いきおいをます）- gather strength (momentum), grow stronger
生き様（いきざま）- way of life
勢いがある（いきおいがある）- be fresh and lively, be energetic, have vigor and power,
意見（いけん）- opinion, suggestion, view
意見が合う（いけんがある）- agree
意見が合わない（いけんがあわない）- disagree
一部始終（いちぶしじゅう）- whole story, all the details, everything (about),
否めない（いなめない）- cannot deny, undeniable,
一向に（いっこうに）- completely, absolutely, totally. (in a negative sentence)(not) at all, (not) a bit, (not) in the least
意図する（いとする）- intend to do, aim at something, aim to do
いわゆる- the so-called, what is called, what you/they call
言わんばかり（いわんばかり）- as if to say, as much as to say, as if sb was/were saying

う
打ち合わせ（うちあわせ）- avdance arrangement, preparatory meeting, briefing session
裏返し（うらがえし）-

え
演出する（えんしゅつする）- to perform, to play, to represent, to produce, to direct
縁遠い（えんとおい）- far, distant, unconnected, weakly related.

お
怖気付く（おじけづく）- to be seized with fear, to be intimidated, to be frightened
怖気付かない（おじけづかない）- not shrinking, fearless
驚き（おどろき）- amazement
思い描く（おもえがく）- conceptualize, conceive, visualize, image, figure
穏便に（おんびに）- peaceably, amicable
帯番組（おびばんぐみ）- a weekdays program, strip

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か
開校（かいこう）- opening of school
解消（かいしょう）- cancellation, dissolution, resolution
格差（かくさ）- difference, gap
拡大（かくだい）- extension, magnification, amplification, augmentation, expansion, enlargement, dilatation
獲得する（かくとくする）- acquire
過激（かげき）- radical, violent
肩書き（かたがき）- title
語り継ぐ（かたりつぐ）- transmit, hand down
兼ねる（かねる）- embrace, combine, serve for
カメラマン - cameraman, photographer
絡む（からむ）- get involved
-側（－がわ）- on -'s side
監修（かんしゅう）- supervision
観点（かんてん）- point of view, standpoint, viewpoint
感動する（かんどうする）- be impressed

き
機会（きかい）- chance, opportunity
危機感（ききかん）- sense of crisis, sense of danger, sense of impending
記者（きしゃ）- reporter, writer, journalist
起訴猶予（きそゆうよ）- indictment suspension, s
器物損壊（きぶつそんかい）- destrictions of things , damage of property, material damage, material loss
疑問（ぎもん）- interrogation, query, doubt, problem, question
疑問点（ぎもんてん）- question, point of uncertainty, unclarified issue, doubt
疑問を呈する（ぎもんをていする）- cast a doubt on, question
キャリア - career, experience
起用（きょう）- appointment
脅迫される（きょうはくされる）- be intimidated, threatened
器用貧乏（きようびんぼう）-dfd-
局地的（きょくちてき）- local, regional
緊急事態（きんきゅうじたい）- emergency
近年（きんねん）- in recent years

く
暗い（くらい）- gloomy
件（くらり）- issue, passage, paragraph
苦言を呈する（くげんをていする）- give a candid advice, give unpleasant but wholesome advice, present a compliance

け
形式（けいしき）- form, format, type
警視庁（けいしちょう）- Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department
経由する（けいゆする）- go through
激化する（げきかする）- get violent/serious, intensify
激高する（げっこうする）- be enraged, be incensed, become indignant
-権（－けん）- right of
嫌悪感（けんおかん）- disgust, aversion, dislike
謙虚（けんきょ）- modesty, humbly, humility
謙虚な（けんきょな）- modest, humble
原稿（げんこう）- manuscript
現行犯逮捕（げんこうはんたいほ）- in flagrante delicto, arrest of flagrant offender, arrest of a flagrant offender
現在（げんざい）- presently, currently, now, at present
検察側（けんさつがわ）- prosecutors side
現状（げんしょう）- current condition, present state, present situation
限定（げんてい）- restriction, limitation

こ
公益（こうえき）- public welfare
豪華（ごうか）- gorgeous
好感を持つ（こうかんをもつ）- like, to fell friendly, have a good impression
後世（こうせい）- future generations, posterity
購入（こうにゅう）- buying, purchase
心掛ける（こころがける）- strive, endeavor, be careful to do, take care to do, try to do
古参（こさん）- senior, veteran
混乱（こんらん）- chaos, confusion　

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さ
才覚（さいかく）- wit
最前線（さいぜんせん）- forefront
削除する(さくじょう）- delete
散見する（さけんする）- be found here and there, various places or situations
雑然（ざつせん）- disorder, mess, confusion
殺到する（さっとうする）- to flood (of comments, for example)
さる事ながら（さることながら）- that goes without saying but also, not only that but also

し
司会をする（しかいをする）- to preside over sth
仕掛ける（しかける）- begin to do, begin doing, start,
時間を割く（じかんをさく）- to spare time
仕切り（しきり）-
事件取材（じけんしゅざい）- incident reporting
事後報告（じごほうこうく）- report after the fact, post fact report
支持する（しじする）- to support, to give a support
自粛（じしゅく）- self-control
姿勢（しせい）- attitude, posture
実績（じせき）- performance, development, results, achievement, experience
視線（しせん）- gaze, glance, look
次第に(しだいに）- more and more, gradually
親しみやすい（したしみやすい）- friendly, favorable, well-disposed, companionable
視聴者（しちょうしゃ）- audience, viewer, public
実際(じっさい）- really, genuinely, truly, in fact
実態（じったい）- actual condition/situation /state, reality
始末（しまつ）- result, management
-氏（－し）- Mr. ***, The *** Family
尺（しゃく）- the limit of time speech should be within
写真雑誌（しゃしんざっし）- photographical magazine, tabloid magazine
取材（しゅざい）- interview
取材陣（しゅざいじん）- press corps, group of reporters
周知の事実（しゅうちのじじつ）- well-known fact
手腕（しゅわん）- skill, dexterity, ability
使用（しよう）- usage, use
昇華（しょうか）- sublimation
昇華する（しょうかする）- to sublimate
称賛（しょうさん）- praise, admire, applaud, speak highly
招集（しょうしゅう）- call, summon
肖像権（しょうじょけん）- right of likeness, right to refuse to be photographed, right of publicity, personality rights
上申書（じょうしんしょ）- written statement
初代（しょだい）- primary, the founder, the first
書類送検（しょるいそうけん）- send documents to a prossecutor, filing charges
序列（じょれつ）- ladder, rank, order
send the case to the public prosecutor's office
素人（しろうと）- amateur, novice, rookie
進行（しんこう）- progress, march, advance, move forward
審査(しんさ）- examination, judgement, inspection
心底（から）（しんそこから）- (from the) bottom of one's heart
信頼関係（しんらいかんけい）- relationship of mutual trust

す
推測する（すいそくする）- guess, presume, suppose, speculate

せ
税金（ぜいきん）- tax
制作（せいさく）- production, creation, execution, work
制作する（せいさくする）- to produce, to create, to execute
政治（せいじ）- politics
勢ぞろい（せいぞろい）- line-up
成否（せいひ）- success (or failure), result, issue
整理（せいり）- order
成立する（せいりつする）- be formed, be organized, be completed, be established, be concluded , be proven true, be approved
接する（せっする）- meet, come in contact with, many, large amount, multitude
前代未聞（ぜんだいみもん）- record-breaking, unprecedented, unparalleled, never heard before
全貌（ぜんぼう）- the whole aspect, all the details, the full picture

そ
壮絶な（そうぜつな）- heroic, magnificent, sublime
騒然（そうぜん）- agitated, uproarious, clamorous, tumultuous
そうそうたる - prominent, outstanding, first-rate
続出（ぞくしゅつ）- sequence,
続出する（ぞくしゅつする）- appear / come out one after another, in sequence, to connect
率直（そっちょく）- direct, frank, honest

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た
対策（たいさく）- measure, countermeasure
多彩な（たいさな）- colorful
大勢（たいせい）- crowd, a great number of, a large number of,
代打をこなす（だいだをこなす）- to pinch-hit
態度（たいど）- attitude, bavior, manner
タッグを組む（たっぐをくむ）- to work in collaboration with, to work together, to strive together
脱帽する（だつぼうする）- to take one's hat off to sb
団結する（だんけつする）- stick together, come together, to be united, work togetherfor the same cause.
淡々と（たんたんと）- calmly, (can be ignored in the translation)

ち
知名度（ちめいど）- reputation, notability, name value, notoriety, be well known, name recognition, name publicity, self publicity, how popular, visibility, familiality, popularity
着々と（ちゃくちゃくと）- firmly, steadly
挑戦する（ちょうせんする）- challenge something, give a challenge
直撃（ちょくげき）- (a direct) hit, stroke
直撃する（ちょくげきする）- hit directly, make an direct hit
珍（ちん）- rare, unusual, curious, strange

つ
作り上げる（つくりあげる）- make, do, produce, create

て
提出する（ていしゅつする）- submit, produce, advance
手がける（てがける）- dfs
的確に（てきかくに）- precisely, accurately, unerringly, without making erros
手探り（てさぐり）- feel (grope) one's way (in the dark), touch
手慣れた（てなれた）- practiced ***, used to ***, accoustomed
手の込んだ（てのこんだ）- elaborate, complicated, complex
テンパる - to freak out, to be in panic, to be nervous, not to know what to do

と
同-（どう-）- the same ***, the said XXX
童顔（どうがん）- baby face
投稿する（とうこうする）- post in a electronic magazine, media services
盗撮（とうさつ）- secret photography
当時（とうじ）- then, that time, those days,
当時の（とうじの）- the then ... , ... of that time, ... of those days
動じることなく（どうじることなく）- keep unruffled
投入（とうにゅう）- to charge, to invest, to throw/cast sth into sth
徹す（とおす）- go through, pass, get through, all the way
得意分野（とくいぶんや）- et
突拍子もない（とっぴょうしもない）- crazy, astounding, tremendous, exorbitant
トントン拍子（とんとんびょうし）- smoothly, swimmingly, without a hitch, with rapid strides

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な
内紛（ないふん）- internal trouble
慰める(なぐさめる）- to comfort, to give a comfort, to console, to cheer sb up
納得（なっとく）- consent (agree, allow)
馴れ合い（なれあい）- conspiracy

に
入稿（にゅうこう）- receiving a manuscript, sending material to press, sending manuscript to the publisher
認識する（にしきする）- recognize

の
のめり込む（のめりこむ）
- to be completely absorbed in, to fall for something, go into (one's work) heart and soul, intense devotion, to devote

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は
背景（はいけい）- background
廃止（はいし）- abolition, disuse, discontinuance　
廃止する（はいしする）- abolish, do away with, discontinue, phase out, repeal
廃止になる（はいしになる）- be abolished, go out of use (existence), fall into disuse.
配慮する（はいりょする）- consider
場数を踏む（ばかずをふむ）- have a lot of experience, to gain experience, to get accustumed, to experience various things, to have varied practical experience, to accumulate experience
爆笑（ばくしょ）- a/an explosion/gales/outburst/roar of laughter
励ます（はげます）- encourage, cheer up, urge
波長が合う（はちょうがあう）- to be on the same wavelength, to think alike, to get along
発言（はつげん）- speech remark
発信（はっしん）- transmission
発信する（はっしんする）- send, transmit
発想（はっそう）- idea, way of thinking, mindset
はっちゃける - to make merry and forget one's trouble, to do as one pleases
抜擢（ばってき）- selection, an exceptional promotion, promotion by selection
抜擢する（ばってきする）- selection/choose/pick somebody (from among many) (for an important job position)
抜擢される（ばってきされる）- to be selected/chosen/picked (from among many) (for an important job position), to be catapulted
発表する（はっぴょうする）- announce, show, present, declare
歯に衣着せぬ（はにきぬきせぬ）- to not mince matters, to speaky frankly, outspoken
場面（ばめん）- setting, scene, picture, place, occasion, situation
反響（はんきょう）- effect, echo, influence, repercussions, reaction, response, reverberate
反抗心（はんこうごころ）- rebellious spirit

ひ
被害届（ひがいとどけ）- registration of damage, report of damage, damage report
尾行する（びこうする）- to tail
尾行される（びこうされる）- to be tailed
膝蹴り（ひざげり）- knee
人当たりがいい（ひとあたりがいい）- is friendly to everybody
批判（ひはんする）- criticize
掻き回す（ひっかきまわす）- raise up, stir up, shake up, disturb, agitate
表現（ひょうげん）- expression
表現する（ひょうげんする）- present, portray, express, interpret, depict, describe, represent
表情（ひょうじょう）- expression

ふ
不在（ふざい）- absence
不祥事（ふしょうじ）- scandal
に踏まえて（にふなえて）- based on
不満（ふまん）- disapproval, discontent, discontentedness, discontentment, dissatisfaction, unsatisfactory
不利（ふり）-disadvantage, disfavor
‐ぶり- the way sb do/does sth
雰囲気（ふんいき）- ambience, atmosphere
奮闘（ふんとう）- struggle

ほ
暴行（ぼうこう）- criminal assault, violence, rape, outrage
方式（ほうしき）- method
放置（ほうち）- neglect, leaving
報道（ほうどう）- information, news, report, coverage
暴力行為（ぼうりょくこうい）- violence, act of violence, violent behavior
補欠（ほけつ）- substitute
勃発（ぼっぱつ）- outbreak, sudden occurrence, outburst
本来（ほんらい）- per se, as such, intrinsically, in and of itself, original, primary

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ま

み
認める（みとめる）- admit, recognize, permit, allow, approve
妙技（みょうぎ）- wonderful skill, exquisite skill, feature,

む
むちゃくちゃ - absurd, chaos
群がってきる（むらがってくる）- to come round, gathered
空しく（むなしく）- in vain, to no purpose, fruitlessly

め
明確な（めいかくな）- clear, definite
めぐる- go around, move around, circulate
目白警察署（めじろけいさつしょ）- Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department

も
持ち込む（もちこむ）- bring forward, take
物おじしない（ものおじしない）- unfaltering, be at ease, never be shy

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や
役職（やくしょく）- position
躍進（やくしん） - progress
躍進する（やくしんする） - make a rapid progress, advance rapidly (by leaps and bounds), take/make great/rapid strides, leap ahead, take/make a (great) leap forward
動もすると（ややもすると）- being apt to, being liable to, being inclined to
遣り遂げる（やりとげる）- carry out (through), complete

ゆ
優遇（ゆうぐう）- warm reception, favorable treatment
勇姿（ゆうし）- brave figure

よ
要所要所（ようしょようしょ）- every important point, key point

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り
理想の（りそうの）- ideal
理不尽（りふじん）- irrational, ridiculous, laughable, idiotic, unreasonable, unfair, unjust

れ
冷静沈着（れいせいちんちゃく）- calm, cool, collected, level and calm, level-headed
連載（れんさい）- series, serial publication, serialization
連載される（れんさいされる）- appear serially, be published serially, be serialized
連続（れんぞく）-

ろ
露出（ろしゅつ）- exposure

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わ
話題になる（わだいになる）- become a popular topic of conversation, to be in the news
話題になる***（わだいになる***）- *** that gets continued public attention.

Of course, it just helps to train reading and not to learn how to write kanjis.

 

Anki is the most recommended app for that - it uses spaced repetition formulas. You can create your own decks or download decks other people have created. It's available on basically every platform.

 

I recently came across constructions of the -te form of -te iru.

会社は特別な道具を作っていて、注文もたくさん受けています。
kaisha wa tokubetsu na dougo o tsukutte ite, chuumon mo takusan ukete imasu.

What does the -te ite in this case do, which other "because" expressions cannot do?
Are there other applications? Ive found another example on the net, which wasnt well explained. What is the difference between "Oboete ite kudasai" and "Oboete kudasai"?

 

「会社は特別な道具を作っています」+「注文もたくさん受けています」=>「会社は特別な道具を作っていて、注文もたくさん受けています」
The -te form is used to connect two parallel verbs (or verb phrases, including subject/object/etc.), similar to English "and" when used in the same fashion. There's nothing special about -te iru in this regard.

The same as the difference between Oboete iru and Oboeru.

 

Thank you. So, its not so complicated as i feared. Would you rather translate the sentence as
"The company is producing special tools, and its getting a lot of orders." or
"Because the company is producing special tools, it is getting a lot of orders."?

About the second example, is it then "Please remember" vs. "Please keep remembering"?

 

The first one, but note also the も: The company makes* special tools, and gets* lots of orders too. It would make sense that there's a causal relationship between those two things but it's not being stated.

* If it's meant habitually, the simple present is more natural in English.

"Please memorise/remember (once)" (oboeru) vs. "Please keep this in mind" (oboete iru), yes.

Also I should be clear, the -te form is used in other ways too but as far as I recall none of them treat -te iru differently from other verbs.