Wow. Just, wow. I had this really dinky list of books I had at hand, since the rest were packed and a handful of cool websites from Nihongo-e-na! during part 2. Now I have this monstrous list (compared to before) full of MANY more books and SOOOO many more websites! I don’t even like sharing …
I said I wanted to make a sequel to the last Japanese-learning post and that I am doing! I am expecting to have a third one as well. You guys will know in time — I’m sure of it. If you haven’t read the last post, that’s fine. Let me just summarize what is going …
[JAPANESE | RAMBLES] Making a Crumb into Bread – Part 2 – The Beginning of Exploration Read More »
With my previous entry (which was originally written about a week or two ago, but not posted until earlier today), I mentioned about how I was clueless on what Japanese study materials were available to me during my in-between and down times of learning the language. One of the things I really needed to check …
Did you know that shortly after writing my 2015 goal post, I got sick? I mean like, within a few minutes/hours of posting it, I got sick. I caught my boyfriend’s cold. Some people think it’s because of my lack of jacket outside, but no — I’m 100% certain I caught it from my boyfriend. …
Between being restricted to playing only my 3DS while my other gaming systems are packed away and Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire being released, I have had that frustrating feeling I sometimes get about wanting to get back to studying Japanese. There are so many things that serve as a reminder that it’s still something I am …
[JAPANESE | RAMBLES] Can I Get Back to Japanese? Read More »
Sometimes when people ask me where to start learning Japanese, I immediately say “learn kana”. I actually honestly swear by this advice because, to me, it has been the most helpful for numerous reasons, including my visit to Japan back in 2010. However, I notice I forgot something…
The last time I sat down and studied any Japanese was back at the end of November for the JLPT. Prior to then, it was way back in July, I believe, that I did anything related to studying Japanese. Needless to say, I’m very rusty right now and for a while, I haven’t had the …
Just this morning, one of my friends tagged me in a fan art they found somewhere on the Internet on Facebook. It was a 4 panel comic featuring Ash Ketchum and N, both from the Pokémon franchise. The comic itself was in Japanese. While I initially glanced over the comic and came into conclusion I …
Its been over two months, I believe, since I last wrote on here! It was only going to be a month originally, I believe, but I got so busy, I completely lost motivation to write my blog! I feel really bad because I told this really pretty blonde lady at a shop I visited about …
Oh, I remember working on Lesson 7 and feel like it was taking me forever to get to the next lesson. I recall flipping through the next three lessons, being super excited about learning short forms and 〜たい (want) form. Each time I found myself getting distracted and fell into doing other, arguably less important, …
– Do NOT learn vocabulary from anime fansites – Do NOT rely on anime or manga being a primary source of learning – DO learn kana as early as possible – DO ditch romaji as fast as possible – DO learn kanji as early as possible – DO learn grammar as early as possible – …
Things to [Not] Do While Trying to Learn Japanese Read More »
I like to refer to the order of learning Japanese (or learning anything, really) as “doors”. Generally, doors lead to rooms, sometimes to a room with more doors to open. While some doors don’t have locks on them, others do. For language learning, you generally first stand in a room with a few doors with …