-1
votes
4answers
248 views

How to know what Okurigana signify? [closed]

For example, the kanji for "one" has a kun reading of "hito(tsu)." I looked it up and found that it's the difference between "one" and "one thing," but how could you have known that without ...
10
votes
2answers
143 views

How do I know when to read the kanji 抱 as 【だ・く】, and when to read it as 【いだ・く】, or even 【うだ・く】?

This sentence was in a grammar textbook: 彼は同僚にライバル意識、ひいては殺意すら抱いていた Here's how it's read (except for the last kanji, for which this question is about): かれは どうりょうに ライバル いしき、ひいては さついすら ??ていた ...