"Always do your best. What you plant now you will harvest later." — Og Mandino Follow the link, watch the video and learn along. Complete the work sheet. Write your hiragana on some paper. Writing helps you distinguish the characters and get them into your long term memory. Post your work. Show off your skills, receive feedback and get motivation from us sharing together. https://www.skool.com/japanese/classroom/78718867?md=34a5d8c4129545e1bd50ca5ac197fe9a Please try your best (ganbatte kudasai)!!! Joe Sensei. @Leonardo Adoccimo @Ricardo Solomons @Kev Hear @Julia Stanley @Harry Lewis @Serdar San @Lydia Cox @Cecilia Parks @Barry Prescott P.S. Bonus Challenge. Try and recognise the hiragana in this drawing. It is often hard to recognise characters when they are written stylistically, like how cursive can be hard for us to read.

ようこそ！Youkoso!! 🙇‍♂️ Welcome to all our new members over the past week! This community is all about learning Japanese step by step — together. Keep practising, keep supporting each other, and you’ll keep improving! This week’s question is: 侍か忍者か？🥷🗡️ さむらいかにんじゃか？ samurai ka ninja ka? Samurai or ninja? Honour, discipline, and facing your opponent head-on… or Stealth, strategy, and striking from the shadows? This question is open to everyone! Bonus points: Answer in Japanese and give a reason 👇 👉 さむらいがすきです。かっこいいですから。 👉 にんじゃがすきです。はやいですから。 Looking forward to your answers! ありがとう、 Joe Sensei 🙏 Welcome: @Dr. Andrea Porter- Lee @Katerina Lavda @Heidi L. @Haley Clark @Krishna Das @Talan Butler @Junaid Ally

Every Friday, we explore something interesting about Japan. 🗑️ Where Are All the Bins? If you visit Japan, you might notice something strange… 👉 There are very few public rubbish bins. But at the same time, the streets are incredibly clean. 🧠 Why? One reason dates back to the 1995 Tokyo subway attack, after which many public bins were removed for safety. But the bigger reason is culture. In Japan, people are expected to: take their rubbish home sort it carefully respect shared spaces Cleanliness is seen as a personal responsibility, not something for others to deal with. 🇯🇵 Mini Japanese ゴミ（ごみ） gomi rubbish / trash きれい kirei clean / tidy 🫵 Your Turn Do you think this system would work in your country? Would you prefer: more bins or more personal responsibility? Let me know 👇

"Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up." – Thomas Edison Follow the link, watch the video and learn along. Complete the work sheet. Write your hiragana on some paper. Writing helps you distinguish the characters and get them into your long term memory. Post your work. Show off your skills, receive feedback and get motivation from us sharing together. https://www.skool.com/japanese/classroom/78718867?md=d50fe7d5aacb404ebb01c60484edab1b Please try your best (ganbatte kudasai)!!! Joe Sensei. @Leonardo Adoccimo @Ricardo Solomons @Kev Hear @Julia Stanley @Harry Lewis @Serdar San @Lydia Cox @Cecilia Parks @Barry Prescott P.S. Bonus Challenge. Try and recognise the hiragana that makes up this face. This is common for primary school kids in Japan.

"Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever." — Mahatma Gandhi Follow the link, watch the video and learn along. Complete the work sheet. Write your hiragana on some paper. Writing helps you distinguish the characters and get them into your long term memory. Post your work. Show off your skills, receive feedback and get motivation from us sharing together. https://www.skool.com/japanese/classroom/78718867?md=396d3779e8e44180bba74b16c077684a Please try your best (ganbatte kudasai)!!! Joe Sensei. @Leonardo Adoccimo @Ricardo Solomons @Kev Hear @Julia Stanley @Harry Lewis @Serdar San @Lydia Cox @Cecilia Parks @Barry Prescott P.S. Bonus Challenge. Try and read the hiragana of these common verbs.