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95 contributions to Japanese Language Learners
📝 今週の日記(Weekly Diary)
✏️ Goal: Write a short diary entry in Japanese 🧠 Focus: Talking about hobbies ✅ Beginner / N5 (with romaji + English) 週末にボードゲームコンベンションに行きました。 Shuumatsu ni boodo geemu konbenshon ni ikimashita. On the weekend, I went to a board game convention. 家族や友だちとボードゲームをすることは、私のしゅみの一つです。 Kazoku ya tomodachi to boodo geemu o suru koto wa, watashi no shumi no hitotsu desu. Playing board games with family and friends is one of my hobbies. とても楽しかったです。 Totemo tanoshikatta desu. It was a lot of fun. 新しいゲームをしました。 Atarashii geemu o shimashita. I tried some new games. 妻と遊ぶために、相撲のカードゲームを買いました。 Tsuma to asobu tame ni, sumou no kaado geemu o kaimashita. I bought a sumo card game to play with my wife. ✅ N3 Version 週末にボードゲームコンベンションへ行きました。 家族や友だちとボードゲームで遊ぶことは、私の大好きな趣味の一つです。 いろいろな新しいゲームを遊んで、とても楽しい時間を過ごしました。 妻と一緒に遊ぶために、相撲をテーマにしたカードゲームも買いました。 🫵 Your Turn What is one of your hobbies? あなたのしゅみは何ですか。 Anata no shumi wa nan desu ka? I'd love to hear about it! 😊
📝 今週の日記(Weekly Diary)
0 likes • 25d
Boodo geemu gasuki desu!
📝 今週の日記(Weekly Diary)
✏️ Goal: Write a short diary entry in Japanese 🧠 Focus: Describing places ✅ Beginner / N5 (with romaji + English) 妻とアデレードに行きました。 Tsuma to Adereedo ni ikimashita. I went to Adelaide with my wife. とてもすてきなところでした。 Totemo suteki na tokoro deshita. It is a lovely place. おもしろい建物がありました。 Omoshiroi tatemono ga arimashita. It had interesting buildings. 食べ物はおいしかったです。 Tabemono wa oishikatta desu. The food was delicious. 町はきれいでした。 Machi wa kirei deshita. The town was clean. またいつか行きたいです! Mata itsuka ikitai desu! I want to go again one day! ✅ N3 Version 妻とアデレードに行きました。 とてもすてきな町で、おもしろい建物やおいしい食べ物がたくさんありました。 町もきれいで、歩いていて気持ちよかったです。 またいつか行きたいと思っています! 🫵 Your Turn Have you visited a nice place recently? 最近、どこかすてきな場所に行きましたか。 Saikin, doko ka suteki na basho ni ikimashita ka? Write 3–5 sentences 😊
📝 今週の日記(Weekly Diary)
1 like • Jul 2
I will be going to Adelaide soon, for the start of our shitbox rally! I look forward to it!
1 like • Jul 3
@Joe Bennett sure! We will be vloging the journey so there will be pics and vids!
300 verbs part 13, 14, 15!
More common Japanese verbs 🇯🇵✍️ This time we’re learning verbs for: 👕 daily life 🚆 travel & places 💼 work & study Set 13 — Body / Daily Care 着ます — kimasu - wear 脱ぎます — nugimasu - take off 座ります — suwarimasu - sit Set 14 — Places 乗ります — norimasu - ride 降ります — orimasu - get off 泊まります —tomarimasu - stay overnight Set 15 — Work Verbs 働きます — hatarakimasu - work 休みます — yasumimasj - rest 練習します —renahuu shimasu - practise These are super useful for talking about everyday life in Japanese. A few examples: ジャケットを着ます。 Jakketto o kimasu. I wear a jacket. 電車に乗ります。 Densha no norimasu. I ride the train. 日本語を練習します。 Nihongo o renshuu shimasu. I practise Japanese. Little by little, these verbs start turning into real conversations. 👉 Your turn! Can you make a sentence with one of these verbs? Arigatou, Joe Sensei.
300 verbs part 13, 14, 15!
1 like • Jul 3
is this hirigana mixed with kanji or is it katakana? how are you ever supposed to learn the squiggles? hahaha
📝 今週の日記(Weekly Diary)
✏️ Goal: Write a short diary entry in Japanese 🧠 Focus: Giving opinions ✅ Beginner / N5 (with romaji + English) 金曜日、妻とコンサートに行きました。 Kinyoubi, tsuma to konsaato ni ikimashita. On Friday, I went to a concert with my wife. 楽しかったです。 Tanoshikatta desu. It was fun. かっこいい歌もありました。 Kakkoii uta mo arimashita. There were some cool songs. つまらない歌もありました。 Tsumaranai uta mo arimashita. There were some boring songs. でも、ライブ音楽を聞いてよかったです。 Demo, raibu ongaku o kiite yokatta desu. But it was nice hearing live music. ✅ N3 Version 金曜日に妻とコンサートへ行きました。 とても楽しかったです。 すごくかっこいい曲もありましたが、正直あまり好きではない曲もありました。 それでも、生演奏の音楽を楽しめてよかったです。 やはりライブには特別な雰囲気がありますね。 🫵 Your Turn What type of music do you like? どんな音楽が好きですか。 Donna ongaku ga suki desu ka? 🎸 Rock? 🎹 Classical? 🎤 Pop? 🎷 Jazz?
📝 今週の日記(Weekly Diary)
1 like • Jul 2
Raibu ongaku wa tanoshikatta desu. Rokku to (classical?) To jazzu gasuki desu.
🇯🇵🗣️ #JapaneseTopicTuesday
What do you find easiest in Japanese: reading, listening, writing, or speaking? For me, it would be reading. I find reading the easiest because it is so fun, engaging, and rewarding. When I read Japanese, I can go at my own pace. If I don't know a word, I can look it up. If I don't understand a sentence, I can read it again. I also love the feeling of seeing something that once looked impossible and realising: "Hey, I can actually understand this!" Whether it's a manga, a sign, a menu, or a short story, every sentence feels like progress. --- 💡 My Tip: Try Tadoku One thing I'd recommend to every learner is 多読(たどく / tadoku), which means extensive reading. The idea is simple: 📖 Read lots of easy Japanese. Don't stop to look up every word. Don't worry about understanding 100%. Just keep reading and enjoying the language. The amazing thing about tadoku is that it helps improve: ✅ Reading ✅ Vocabulary ✅ Grammar recognition ✅ Listening (because you recognise more words) ✅ Speaking (because you see natural Japanese again and again) It's one of the most enjoyable ways to improve your Japanese. 🧠 Mini Japanese 読む(よむ) yomu to read 聞く(きく) kiku to listen 話す(はなす) hanasu to speak 書く(かく) kaku to write 多読(たどく) tadoku extensive reading (with an emphasis on fun). 🫵 Your Turn Which do you find easiest? 📖 Reading 🎧 Listening ✍️ Writing 🗣️ Speaking And why? Let us know below 👇
🇯🇵🗣️ #JapaneseTopicTuesday
1 like • Jun 23
I think reading is probably easiest in any other language because of those reasons you mentioned, you can take it at your own pace and look things up as you need to. However, having learnt a little bit of Japanese, and understanding the sounds of the language, I find it interesting to listen to it too. The sounds can be quite easy to pick out, as they are quite short and snappy and different to English, but combine into words and phrases. I don't necessarily understand it all, but I feel that I can generally pick out most of the sounds that were made, and mostly in the right order when doing listening challenges on DuoLingo.
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Lydia Cox
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New to Melbourne. Love crafts, baking, walking, general exercize and being outside. Keen to learn new things & meet some cool people along the way!

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