A long long time ago a friend gave me a list of suru verbs. An American, he said that after he memorized this list he started to understand the (Japanese) news. It's not a very sexy list, but I have faith that the vocabulary is practical. I have yet to learn all the words, so getting them down visually in this blog is partly for my own sake.
Another friend taught me the Rule of 3, suggesting that it was a helpful thing to keep in mind when trying to remember something. A former marine, he said that most human brains are wired to grasp concepts up to a limit of three at a time. Of course, we can all focus on more than three things at once, but doing so compromises one's ability to properly concentrate on these things; in other words, going past three can spread us thin. He told me that's why, in the military, when they send someone out into the field they try to limit the tasks to three. He also said that it's an old rule, going back at least as far as the Roman Empire. I've heard other versions of the Rule of 3 (e.g. in writing, advertising, etc.), but anyway. . .
The first three suru verbs:
aiyou suru ( 愛用する、あいようする ) --to use regularly, to give one's patronage
anji suru ( 暗示する, あんじする ) --to hint, suggest
annai suru ( 案内する、あんないする ) --to guide, lead
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