How can I only focuse on "an obstables" in your sentence hahaha

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I think that the only one solution is to keep studying. When the kanji is followed by kana (okurigana), it uses the japanese reading, since it will be fot sure a japanese word. (I think there aren't too much exceptions to this rule, but for sure are.) When several kanji form a word, it usually will be a chinese word and those kanji use the chinese reading, but in this case you will find lots of exceptions: words that seems to be chinese, are using the japanese reading; or even there are words that mix both readings. It's crazy.

I used years ago the book Remembering the Kanji, and it was helpful. Is not a complete solution, but it helps to distinguish the kanji by its components, instead its strokes. That way, it becomes much easier.

Now, I became aware of the problem to remember the chinese readings (the japanese readings are not that hard, but I'm not sure why), and started studying with Remembering the Kanji 2 and Anki, which centers in chinese readings. I can't still tell if it will become useful or not, but so I hope.

Good luck.