週末について話しましょう 🗣️ This Saturday, let’s practise talking about our weekend in Japanese! Listen to the example audio, then record yourself using the template below. This week we’ll practise using: ✅ 週末 — shuumatsu — weekend ✅ 土よう日 — doyoubi — Saturday ✅ 日よう日 — nichiyoubi — Sunday ✅ 〜をします — o shimasu — I do/play ___ ✅ 〜を見ます — o mimasu — I watch ___ Don’t worry about being perfect. The goal is to speak, practise and improve step by step. 🌱 ✨ Example Text こんにちは。わたしはジョーです。 週末は、いそがしいです。 土よう日に、サッカーをします。 日よう日に、すもうを見ます。 コーヒーを飲みます。 いい週末です。 どうぞよろしくおねがいします。 ✨ Romaji Konnichiwa. Watashi wa Joe desu. Shuumatsu wa, isogashii desu. Doyoubi ni, sakkaa o shimasu. Nichiyoubi ni, sumou o mimasu. Koohii o nomimasu. Ii shuumatsu desu. Douzo yoroshiku onegai shimasu. ✨ English Hello. I’m Joe. My weekend is busy. On Saturday, I play soccer. On Sunday, I watch sumo. I drink coffee. It is a good weekend. Nice to meet you. 🎤 Your Turn! Use this template and post your own audio in the comments: こんにちは。わたしは＿＿＿です。 週末は、＿＿＿です。 土よう日に、＿＿＿をします。 日よう日に、＿＿＿を見ます。 ＿＿＿を飲みます。 いい週末です。 どうぞよろしくおねがいします。 ✨ Romaji Template Konnichiwa. Watashi wa ＿＿＿ desu. Shuumatsu wa, ＿＿＿ desu. Doyoubi ni, ＿＿＿ o shimasu. Nichiyoubi ni, ＿＿＿ o mimasu. ＿＿＿ o nomimasu. Ii shuumatsu desu. Douzo yoroshiku onegai shimasu. ✨ Helpful Words いそがしい — isogashii — busy たのしい — tanoshii — fun リラックスします — rirakkusu shimasu — relax サッカー — sakkaa — soccer ゲーム — geemu — games べんきょう — benkyou — study えいが — eiga — movies アニメ — anime — anime すもう — sumou — sumo テレビ — terebi — TV コーヒー — koohii — coffee おちゃ — ocha — green tea みず — mizu — water 🎙️ Challenge: Post your audio below! Feel free to ask for any vocabulary or grammar you may need to help create your sentences. ⭐ Bonus challenge: Listen to someone else’s audio and reply with: いい週末ですね！ ii shuumatsu desu ne! That sounds like a good weekend!

This week’s fact is about one of the most influential creators in Japanese pop culture history. 🐉 Japan Fact Friday — Akira Toriyama and a French Honour On this day in 2019, legendary manga creator Akira Toriyama was awarded the title of Chevalier (Knight) of France’s Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. This prestigious award honours people who have made major contributions to the arts and culture. And Toriyama absolutely earned it. 🐉 The Creator of Dragon Ball Toriyama is best known as the creator of: 📖 Dragon Ball 📺 Dragon Ball Z The adventures of Son Goku inspired millions of fans around the world. For many people, Dragon Ball was their first anime. Its influence can still be seen today in: ⚔️ action anime 💥 power-up transformations 🏆 tournament arcs 😂 humour mixed with epic battles Many modern creators openly say: “We grew up on Dragon Ball.” Why This Matters What makes this story special is that a Japanese manga artist was honoured by France. It shows how Japanese pop culture — manga, anime, and games — became something truly global. A boy chasing Dragon Balls… ended up influencing the entire world. Language Lesson — Anime & Manga 📖 マンガをよみます。 Manga o yomimasu. I read manga. 📺 アニメをみます。 Anime o mimasu. I watch anime. 🐉 ドラゴンボールがすきです。 Doragon Booru ga suki desu. I like Dragon Ball. --- 🫵 Your Turn What was your first anime or manga? And who is your favourite character created by Toriyama? Answer in English or Japanese 😊 See you next Friday for another Japan Fact Friday 🇯🇵✨

what does anjin mean ??

Konnichiwa! Listen to this monologue, then try to speak along at the same time. This is called shadowing. It improves your fluency in Japanese. The focus of this monologue is adjectives. There are more shadowing audio and scripts available in the classroom: https://www.skool.com/japanese/classroom/2ab34d46?md=dfa9aa440f30417ba8ebbd90d7077e89 Ganbatte kudasai! Joe Sensei. 🗣️ Monologue Japanese: みどりです。 にほんじんです。 わたしのまちはにぎやかです。 わたしのへやは小さいです。 でも、きれいです。 コーヒーはおいしいです。 でも、さかなはあまりおいしくないです。 にほんごはむずかしいです。 でも、おもしろいです。 🔤 Romaji Midori desu. Nihon-jin desu. Watashi no machi wa nigiyaka desu. Watashi no heya wa chiisai desu. Demo, kirei desu. Kōhī wa oishii desu. Demo, sakana wa amari oishikunai desu. Nihongo wa muzukashii desu. Demo, omoshiroi desu. English I’m Midori. I am Japanese. My town is lively. My room is small. But it is clean. Coffee is delicious. But fish is not very delicious. Japanese is difficult. But it is interesting.

In 3 days, we will have Ocha & Chat, our live call where we practise and use Japanese together 😊 This week, we’ll focus on: 👉 Negative い-adjectives We’ll practise describing things that are: - not fun - not tasty - not interesting - not good And we’ll use them while chatting together and building confidence speaking. --- 🧠 Mini Lesson: Negative い-Adjectives To make an い-adjective negative, change: 〜い → 〜くないです Examples: おいしい → おいしくないです oishii → oishikunai desu delicious → not delicious たのしい → たのしくないです tanoshii → tanoshikunai desu fun → not fun おもしろい → おもしろくないです omoshiroi → omoshirokunai desu interesting → not interesting ながい → ながくないです nagai → nagakunai desu long → not long --- 🗣️ Example Sentences この映画はおもしろくないです。 Kono eiga wa omoshirokunai desu. This movie is not interesting. この食べ物はおいしくないです。 Kono tabemono wa oishikunai desu. This food is not tasty. 今日はさむくないです。 Kyou wa samukunai desu. Today is not cold. --- 🫵 Before the Call Try writing one sentence: ＿＿＿は＿＿＿くないです。 Example: このゲームはおもしろくないです。 Looking forward to chatting together ☕🇯🇵 Can you make the call?