# Episode 55 - 確か・確かに

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Podcast: [How to Japanese Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/how-to-japanese-podcast-658575)
Published: 2024-09-23T08:27:00+00:00
Episode link: https://howtojaponese.com/2024/09/23/impossible-pairs/
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## Resource

確か ( tashika ) and 確かに ( tashika ni ) seemed impenetrable to me when I first started studying; somehow they're nearly identical but meant the exact opposite? I found that I was able to crack the code by "brute forcing" this an other impossible pairs. Read more in the newsletter , and check out the blog for a link to the Kakuta Mitsuyo reading I mentioned and to find a link to my Japanese reading group. Feel free to reach out with any questions or 悩み事 to howtojapanese@gmail.com . You can also follow How to Japanese on Substack , Twitter , Instagram , TikTok , and Facebook .

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