macalys’ Home Post (and Thread)
1月1日月曜日
Nihongo con Teppei for beginners, episodes 4 and 5.
I think I’ll listen again the 5th episode with the subtitles, but I was glad to understand everything from the 4th episode.
I’ll play some game tonight or maybe watch an anime so my listening isn’t finished, but I don’t know how yet 
1月1日月曜日
1 episode from JapanesePod101:
Say Hello in Japanese No Matter What the Time of Day
Because that was to easy, was intrigued by macalys (tnx) podcast. I gave the frist episode a go.
I was able to recognise some words even one I have learned to day:
少し - すこし - a little, a few
Which telt great and good for reinforcing it.
Even watched Japanese folk tale for kids, and focusing on listening.
Time to go to bed!
SB’s Home Post
Wishing everyone a very Happy New Year! Thank you @hotdogsuplex for keeping the challenge going!
Last year during winter I’d participated in both the listening and reading challenges for the first time, and the listening challenge in particular proved to be a boon for me as I got to get some good listening practice done as well as ended up discovering so many great podcasts and YouTube channels that I continued to listen to/watch throughout the rest of the year. One of my favourite podcasts from last year was the Thinking in Japanese Podcast which I plan to continue listening. I’m also hoping to practice listening watching doramas on Netflix with Japanese subtitles using the Language Reactor extension for vocabulary lookup & mining. Hoping to share my daily updates here and looking forward to having great discussions in this thread 
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Day 1｜1月1日、月曜日
Listened to the first two episodes of the Nihongo con Teppei SLEEP podcast. It felt nice to start with a new podcast in the new year; Teppei san was speaking slowly and clearly, and had I not been working simultaneously, I’d probably have actually fallen asleep 
Will recommend this podcast if you want something easy and fun to listen to after a day of school/work, can be a good way to wind down after a long day 
Day 1
Welcome to the first day of the challenge everyone! Today I watched this video from Comprehensible Japanese about cherry blossom trees in different seasons. I was actually participating, speaking along with her and answering her questions.
New words:
銀杏 - Ginko tree
散る - to fall (leaves, blossoms)
枯れる - to wither (of a plant)
蕾 - flower bud
おしまい - “the end”/closing/that’s all
I was able to figure out 散る and 蕾, for 枯れる I knew it had to do with dying, and おしまい was obviously some kind of ending. But 銀杏 I had no idea.
Thank you to everyone who decided to participate! Looks like we’ve had a great first day and I’m super proud of you all 
1月1日
listened to two episodes of Learn Japanese with Tanaka San: Train Announcements and In-Flight Announcements
1月2日
I chose to listen to the same video @hotdogsuplex chose to listen to yesterday from Comprehensible Japanese. I really liked being able to understand almost everything 
Jan 1, Mon of Week 1 of Q1 2024
Missing a day is art, unless I miss a week or something.
Jan 2, Tue
YUYU, the latest episode, plus a little more from Patreon.
本好きの下剋上 Vol.3 : Prologue + Ch.1, then Vol.2 on paper making preparation. All while looking at the text. I have got 本好き book series for free or cheap or something, up to Vol.12; and listening is all in Audible 聴き放題.
Home post // Jan 2 
Kusuriya no hitorigoto ep 5
Listening is hard 
What’s hard about having low level listening skills?
1 - The amount of unknown vocab. Even if I know the word when I see it written with kanji, it doesn’t help if I can’t identify it when spoken.
2 - Forgetting what was said at the beginning by the end of a long sentence.
3 - When it’s too fast paced and I’m not done processing.
Hmm, how do I say this. It’s a long story, but in short: Last year, I realized I have a hearing problem. So I went to my doctor, got a referral to an audiologist and eventually got hearing aid. Even my friend who has been watching anime for years but haven’t studied Japanese catches words better than me Ah, I remember that moment. Devastating, but also hilarious. I never knew my hearing was lower than average compared to others at my age (still in my twenties).
4 - Often not catching what is being said (especially consonants) which makes lookups a pain.
Makes me wonder how did I pass N2 lmao. Just gotta keep at it and get more exposure. やるしかないわね！
1月2日火曜日
Nihongo con Teppei for beginners, episodes 5 (again^^) and 6.
Kiki-Mimi Radio, episode 11.
Thank you for the reference, this channel seems great !
I did the same with my episodes of Nihongo con Teppei today 
1月2日
Second eps from Nihongo con Teppei for beginners.
Not easy but somehow I deducted what the main topic was.
Also train announcements same as @Jojo_Sunshine.
One eps from comprehensible Japanse about weather. Reinforcement of WK level 4 vocab.
And 1 episode from Japanese Pod101.
Introducing Yourself in Japanese.
Various degree of difficulty and style. Feeling it today.
Enjoy the rest of the day guys.
Day 2｜1月2日、火曜日
Listened to the 3rd & 4th episodes of the Nihongo con Teppei SLEEP podcast.
Update: １月 １日、２日 
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【JLPT N3】文字・語彙の問題 <#5> | +11:58 | 11:58/60:00 | on １日 |
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【JLPT N3】文字・語彙の問題 <#5> | +10:06 | 22:04/60:00 | on ２日 |
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【緊急ライブ】羽田空港で（2024年1月2日) LIVE | +40:00 | 62:04/60:00 | on ２日 |
I got sucked into the live news coverage for that JAL crash this morning, such a crazy start to the year for Japan 
I’ve also been working on a 日本語の森 N3 video for both listening and vocab practice. I want to finish their N3 videos before switching over to N2 in a few weeks/months. I hope everyone is enjoying the start of the listening challenge 
I want to listen to something in Japanese everyday but I don’t know what. I would like to find a TPRS Japanese podcast for beginners.
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Reading Challenge
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| Name | Type | Started | Progress | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Persona 3 Reload |
 RPG |
2024-02-03 |  5/5 |
 16h25m |
 Nihongo con Teppei Z |
Podcast |
2024-01-22 |  5 episodes 596, 1-4 |
50m |
 デジモンサヴァイブ |
VN |
2023-12-20 | Prologue 5 Scenes |
3h |
 Japanese from Small Talk |
Podcast |
2024-01-15 | 35 episodes 1-40,84 |
18h55m |
 Log Horizon |
 Anime |
2024-03-30 | 4 episodes 1-4 |
1h40m |
| Name | Type | Started | Progress | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Shirobako The Movie |
Anime Film |
2024-03-29 |  1 Movie |
 2h00m |
| New Game!! |
Anime |
2024-03-15 | 12 episodes 1-12 |
5h25m |
| New Game! |
Anime |
2024-03-05 | 12 Episodes 1-12 |
5h00m |
 ゆるキャンプ |
Anime |
2024-02-20 | 12 Episodes 1-12 |
5h00m |
 カードキャプターさくらS1 |
Anime |
2023 (Ep 1-20) | Season 1 21-35 |
6h15m |
 シュンと日本語 |
Podcast |
2023 (Ep 1-30) | 102 episodes 31-133 |
13h25m |
 Rat And Wolf Enter EN Server |
 Stream |
2024-01-24 | 1 episode |
2h15m |
 きんいろモザイク |
Anime |
2024-01-27 | 12 Episodes 1-12 |
5h25m |
| Name | Type | Started | Progress | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Easy Japanese |
Podcast |
2024-01-15 |  2 episodes 694, 700 |
20m |
 平行線スクランブル |
Podcast |
2024-01-14 |  1 episode 1 |
25m |
| Persona 3 Portable |
RPG |
2024-01-30 | 4/21 |
2h |
| Date | Name | Type | Amount | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week 13 | – | – | – | – |
| 2024-03-31 | Log Horizon |
Anime |
2 episodes 3-4 |
50m |
| 2024-03-30 | Log Horizon |
Anime |
2 episodes 1-2 |
50m |
| 2024-03-29 | Shirobako The Movie |
Anime Film |
1 Movie |
2h00m |
| 2024-03-28 | New Game!! |
Anime |
3 episodes 10-12 |
1h15m |
| 2024-03-27 | New Game!! |
Anime |
4 episodes 6-9 |
1h40m |
| 2024-03-26 | Persona 3 Reload |
RPG |
5/5 |
1h30m |
| 2024-03-25 | Persona 3 Reload |
RPG |
5/1 |
1h00m |
| Week 12 | – | – | – | – |
| 2024-03-24 | New Game!! |
Anime |
1 episode 6 |
25m |
| 2024-03-23 | Japanese From Small Talk |
Podcast |
1 episode 40 |
35m |
| 2024-03-22 | Japanese From Small Talk |
Podcast |
1 episode 40 |
35m |
| 2024-03-21 | Persona 3 Reload |
RPG |
4/29 |
1h00m |
| 2024-03-20 | Japanese From Small Talk |
Podcast |
2 episodes 36, 39 |
1h15m |
| 2024-03-18 | Persona 3 Reload |
RPG |
4/26 Evening |
2h00m |
| 2024-03-18 | Persona 3 Reload |
RPG |
4/23 Evening |
2h30m |
| Week 11 | – | – | – | – |
| 2024-03-17 | New Game!! |
Anime |
2 episodes 4-5 |
50m |
| 2024-03-16 | New Game!! |
Anime |
2 episodes 2-3 |
50m |
| 2024-03-15 | New Game!! |
Anime |
1 episodes 1 |
25m |
| 2024-03-14 | Japanese From Small Talk |
Podcast |
1 episodes 35 |
40m |
| 2024-03-13 | New Game! |
Anime |
3 episodes 10-12 |
1h15m |
| 2024-03-12 | New Game! |
Anime |
3 episodes 7-9 |
1h15m |
| 2024-03-11 | Japanese from Small Talk |
Podcast |
1 episode 33 |
35m |
| Week 10 | – | – | – | – |
| 2024-03-10 | Japanese from Small Talk |
Podcast |
1 episode 22 |
45m |
| 2024-03-09 | New Game! |
Anime |
1 Episode 6 |
25m |
| 2024-03-08 | Japanese from Small Talk |
Podcast |
2 episodes 30-31 |
1h20m |
| 2024-03-07 | New Game! |
Anime |
1 Episode 5 |
25m |
| 2024-03-06 | New Game! |
Anime |
2 Episodes 3-4 |
50m |
| 2024-03-05 | New Game! |
Anime |
2 Episodes 1-2 |
50m |
| 2024-03-04 | Japanese from Small Talk |
Podcast |
1 Episode 29 |
45m |
| Week 9 | – | – | – | – |
| 2024-03-03 | Persona 3 Reload |
RPG |
4/24 |
30m |
| 2024-03-02 |  釣り人農家おじさん ｜Stardew Valley |
Stream |
0.15 episodes |
30m |
| 2024-03-01 | Japanese from Small Talk |
Podcast |
2 episodes 25,27 |
1h10m |
| 2024-02-29 | Japanese from Small Talk |
Podcast |
2 episodes 23-24 |
1h10m |
| 2024-02-28 | Persona 3 Reload |
RPG |
4/23 |
2h00m |
| 2024-02-27 | ゆるキャンプ |
Anime |
3 Episodes 10-12 |
1h15m |
| 2024-02-26 | ゆるキャンプ |
Anime |
2 Episodes 8-9 |
50m |
| Week 8 | – | – | – | – |
| 2024-02-25 | Japanese from Small Talk |
Podcast |
1 Episode 21 |
35m |
| 2024-02-24 | ゆるキャンプ |
Anime |
2 Episodes 6-7 |
50m |
| 2024-02-23 | ゆるキャンプ |
Anime |
2 Episodes 4-5 |
50m |
| 2024-02-22 | Japanese From Small Talk |
Podcast |
1 Episode 20 |
45m |
| 2024-02-21 | Persona 3 Reload |
RPG |
4/21 (Again) |
2h30m |
| 2024-02-20 | ゆるキャンプ |
Anime |
3 Episodes 1-3 |
1h15m |
| 2024-02-19 | Japanese from Small Talk |
Podcast |
1 Episode 19 |
50m |
| Week 7 | – | – | – | – |
| 2024-02-18 | シュンと日本語 |
Podcast |
1 Episode 133 |
7m |
| 2024-02-17 | シュンと日本語 |
Podcast |
1 Episode 132 |
6m |
| 2024-02-16 | Japanese from Small Talk |
Podcast |
1 Episode 17 |
50m |
| 2024-02-15 | Japanese from Small Talk |
Podcast |
1 Episode 16 |
40m |
| 2024-02-14 | Japanese from Small Talk |
Podcast |
1 Episode 15 |
45m |
| 2024-02-13 | Japanese from Small Talk |
Podcast |
1 Episode 14 |
40m |
| 2024-02-12 | シュンと日本語 |
Podcast |
1 Episode 131 |
8m |
| Week 6 | – | – | – | – |
| 2024-02-11 | シュンと日本語 |
Podcast |
1 Episode 130 |
7m |
| 2024-02-10 | シュンと日本語 |
Podcast |
1 Episode 129 |
6m |
| 2024-02-09 | シュンと日本語 |
Podcast |
1 Episode 128 |
6m |
| 2024-02-08 | Japanese From Small Talk |
Podcast |
2 Episodes 12-13 |
50m |
| 2024-02-07 | Japanese From Small Talk |
Podcast |
1 Episode 11 |
25m |
| 2024-02-06 | Japanese From Small Talk |
Podcast |
5 Episodes 5-10 |
1h30m |
| 2024-02-05 | きんいろモザイク |
Anime |
Episode 10-12 |
1h25m |
| Week 5 | – | – | – | – |
| 2024-02-04 | Japanese From Small Talk |
Podcast |
2 episodes 1-2 |
25m |
| 2024-02-03 | Persona 3 Reload |
RPG |
4/21 |
3h25m |
| 2024-02-02 | きんいろモザイク |
Anime |
2 episodes 8-9 |
50m |
| 2024-02-01 | きんいろモザイク |
Anime |
1 episode 7 (Again) |
25m |
| 2024-01-31 | きんいろモザイク |
Anime |
1 Episode 7 |
25m |
| 2024-01-30 | Persona 3 Portable |
RPG |
4/21 |
2h |
| 2024-01-29 | Japanese from Small Talk |
Podcast |
Episode 18 |
55m |
| Week 4 | – | – | – | – |
| 2024-01-28 | きんいろモザイク |
Anime |
3 episodes 4-6 |
1h15m |
| デジモンサヴァイブ |
VN |
Prologue 2.5 scenes |
45m |
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| 2024-01-27 | きんいろモザイク |
Anime |
3 episodes |
1h15m |
| 2024-01-26 | Japanese from Small Talk |
Podcast |
1 episodes 26 |
35m |
| Nihongo con Teppei Z |
Podcast |
1 episodes Episode 4 |
15m |
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| 2024-01-25 | Rat And Wolf Enter EN Server |
Stream |
0.5 episodes |
1h15m |
| 2024-01-24 | Rat And Wolf Enter EN Server |
Stream |
0.5 episodes |
1h |
| 2024-01-23 | カードキャプターさくらS1 |
Anime |
3 episodes 33-35 |
1h15m |
| 2024-01-22 | Nihongo con Teppei Z |
Podcast |
4 episodes 596, 1-3 |
50m |
| Week 3 | – | – | – | – |
| 2024-01-21 | カードキャプターさくらS1 |
Anime |
3 episodes 30-32 |
1h15m |
| 2024-01-20 | シュンと日本語 |
Podcast |
8 episodes 120-127 |
50m |
| 2024-01-19 | シュンと日本語 |
Podcast |
11 episodes 109-119 |
1h10m |
| 2024-01-18 | カードキャプターさくらS1 |
Anime |
2 episodes 28-29 |
50m |
| 2024-01-17 | カードキャプターさくらS1 |
Anime |
1 episode 27 |
25m |
| 2024-01-16 | シュンと日本語 |
Podcast |
16 episodes 93-108 |
1h30m |
| 2024-01-15 | デジモンサヴァイブ |
VN |
<1 scene |
40m |
| Japanese from Small Talk |
Podcast |
1 episode 84 |
55m |
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| Easy Japanese |
Podcast |
2 episodes 694, 700 |
20m |
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| Week 2 | – | – | – | – |
| 2024-01-14 | 平行線スクランブル |
Podcast |
1 episode 1 |
25m |
| 2024-01-13 | カードキャプターさくら S1 |
Anime |
3 episodes 24-26 |
1h15m |
| 2024-01-12 | シュンと日本語 |
Podcast |
8 episodes 85-92 |
50m |
| 2024-01-11 | シュンと日本語 |
Podcast |
5 episodes 80-84 |
40m |
| 2024-01-10 | シュンと日本語 |
Podcast |
5 episodes 75-79 |
50m |
| 2024-01-09 | シュンと日本語 |
Podcast |
5 episodes 70-74 |
40m |
| 2024-01-08 | シュンと日本語 |
Podcast |
6 episodes 64-69 |
50m |
| Week 1 | – | – | – | – |
| 2024-01-07 | カードキャプターさくら |
Anime |
3 episodes 21-23 |
1h15m |
| 2024-01-06 | シュンと日本語 |
Podcast |
9 episodes 55-63 |
1h30m |
| 2024-01-05 | シュンと日本語 |
Podcast |
5 episodes 50-54 |
50m |
| デジモンサヴァイブ |
VN |
2 scenes |
35m |
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| 2024-01-04 | シュンと日本語 |
Podcast |
4 episodes 46-49 |
40m |
| 2024-01-03 | シュンと日本語 |
Podcast |
5 episodes 41-45 |
50m |
| 2024-01-02 | シュンと日本語 |
Podcast |
7 episodes 34-40 |
1h |
| 2024-01-01 | シュンと日本語 |
Podcast |
3 episodes 31-33 |
30m |
| デジモンサヴァイブ |
VN |
3 scenes |
1h |
| Date | Name | Type | Amount | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-01-02 | シュンと日本語 |
Podcast |
7 episodes (34-40) |
1h |
| 2024-01-01 | シュンと日本語 |
Podcast |
3 episodes (31-33) |
30m |
| 2024-01-01 | デジモンサヴァイブ |
VN |
3 scenes |
1h |
Listening is also one of my 2024 goals, but unlike reading I have less of a defined target. I’m also being (for now at least) pretty generous with what I count as listening. e.g. デジモンサヴァイブ has voice acting, so I’m qualifying that as listening, and if I watch anime, I plan to count those too.
Day 2
Today I watched this video from 日本語の森 about the difference between おかげで and せいで. I kinda already inferred the general difference, so this just reaffirmed that.
New words:
気のせい - just one’s imagination
脂身 - fat of meat
褒める - to praise
めっちゃ - very; extremely; excessively
Total time so far: 18:36
Are you watching that on viki.com or somewhere else?
This is the show, right?
Ah - I discovered how to turn on Japanese subtitles - it goes by very quickly, too quickly in many cases. The kanji font is a little too small for my liking (for characters that I don’t yet know).
Watching it with Japanese subtitles will be a challenge for me - but it’s a good challenge. I think that I may get a lot of use out of the “go back 10 seconds” button.
The comments from viewers that show up in the upper left are very distracting - I will have to figure out how to shut those off.
1月3日
I listened to 2 things today:
Home post // Jan 3
Kusuriya no hitorigoto ep 6
Yeah, I think I’m gonna have to wear my hearing aids while watching. Simply just cranking up the volume doesn’t work. Just too bad I can’t wear in-ear headphones at the same time, have to wear over-ear headset for it to pick up sounds.
@hotdogsuplex I noticed that the “past challenge threads” section in the OP doesn’t have the previous challenge in there. Could you add it, please?
@omk3 Would it be okay if I (or someone else) added the 
emoji at the beginning of the title in the summer 2023 challenge? 
Sorry if I’m being very fussy, ahahha.
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