☆１０月９日☆
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・ひだまりが聴こえる ーリミットー １「第四話」「第五話」
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YUYUの日本語 | podcast | 30mins |
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コーヒーが冷めないうちに | audiobook | 30mins |
Finished chapter 1 of コーヒー and started chapter 2.
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10月10日(木)
[日本語アドバイス] リピートしたら、みんなの日本語はもっと自然になる
YUYUの日本語Podcast
22分
(I’ve listened to this one before, but wanted to listen to it again - some good tips about repeating words for certain effects)
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I’m starting a bit late and I’m a bit worried I’m putting too much on my plate, but I’m rolling with my current japanese learning high and joining in! I’ve restarted learning japanese recently, so I’ll be listening to things like japanese pod 101 - I hope that counts?
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Japanesepod101 Absolute Beginner | 10 lessons - Complete |
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Japanesepod101 Nihongo Doujou | 22 lessons |
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ハウルの動く城 | Complete |
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NHKやさしいことばニュース | 168 articles |
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君たちはどう生きるか | Complete |
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The Boyfriend | 10 episodes - Complete x2 |
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Welcome! And I think you’re pretty much free to decide your own parameters
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Thank you! And awesome, that’s great. 
Day 1!
I did two japanesepod101 lessons! I’ve started the level 1 series less than a week ago, because I wanted to start from the start again. It’s very easy, but after a 7 year hiatus, I want to make sure everything is cemented again!
I also watched an hour of Howl’s Moving Castle with both japanese audio and japanese subtitles and I’m loving how much I’m understanding! I must admit that the subtitles are helping, so maybe that’s cheating haha
I watched this movie several times recently, firstly dubbed, then just japanese, then japanese with english subtitles, and then today I changed it to just japanese again. Because I know the story quite well, I’m really focusing on what words and grammar is being used, rather than what is going on. 
So fun!
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I don’t think watching movies with subtitles is cheating (not at first anyway). What you’re doing is great - just don’t burn out.
And I love Howls Moving Castle too.
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I’m glad you think that! I think in the future I’ll try watching things without subtitles, but for now it’s great for me to be able to separate the words from each other. As for burning out, I burnt out in the past, so I’m cautious about that happening again. Sometimes going too full on does that, but I’m just so excited about learning japanese again! I’m sure reality will hit soon, but this time I will do my best to not quit
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…I sure hope not, otherwise I’ve been cheating this whole time 
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10月9日 (水)
るろうに剣心 S3E3
言語交換 #297 Olympic medal bounty ranking 
. Listening to country names and prices. Listening for magnitudes at least, but it was a little (too) fast…
Rebuild #393 (0-0:40/2:09)
10月10日 (木)
本好きの下剋上 Vol.5 end (11:24-12:18/12:18). Extra short stories.
腐女子外国人たち
Perhaps I’ll skip listening to Chinese lessons for today. Maybe 動詞 tomorrow or someday.
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10月10日 
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I’ve read posts here where people definitely seem to be suggesting that using subtitles is a cheat. Personally, I use subtitles a lot although I also like to switch them off too. Like @wonderwitch, if I’ve watched something a few times, I often elect to switch them off.
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Watched this for listening practice and now I want to get this game!
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Luckily I’m the host and I get to make the rules, and I declare that:
Japanese \ subtitles \ are \ allowed
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10月11日(金)
4989 American Life Episode #24
ダンスは世界の共通語。でもやっぱり英語は必要。
Summary
Intro: she starts the episode talking about how after having started a new topic for the podcast two episodes ago, “What I Miss About Japan” she’s been contacted by listeners to tell her that the lint rollers she desired (the larger T-shaped ones) could in fact be bought in the US (and yes she’s managed to find some on Amazon at a price she can afford). She comments that it’s the same with food items - things that are cheap in Japan are often comparatively expensive in the US. (new vocab: 割高)
Part 1: Today she wants to talk about dance: how - as it’s often said - you don’t need words to communicate through it but is this the case? Last week she went to a tap dancing workshop. She used to do tap dancing in Japan but since coming to America, she’s attended classes on and off. Her current instructor is busy so only teaches when she’s free, but this instructor sent round a note saying that a teacher from NY would be holding a visiting workshop in a place about an hour away for Utaco and so Utaco decided to attend - a beginners class and an intermediate/advanced class were offered and Utaco took both & had a great time. She notes that dance is often seen as a common language - in tap dancing for example you talk with your feet. Her most recent instructor also did the workshop & it was great to dance with her too after not having seen her for a while. She’s glad she’s continued with tap dancing since coming to America - it’s made it possible for her to connect with the outer world. Also, with the exception sometimes of when instructors have to give detailed instructions, it’s a space where being able to use English isn’t a priority. At the workshop - even though she couldn’t understand an instruction given - after seeing the others perform the step, she was able to do it second time round. She strongly recommends her listeners to continue their pastimes they pursued in Japan (in her case, dance but yoga etc would also be good) overseas.
Part 2: Here she complains about the slow service in American shops, how the shop assistants take their time & talk about things other than work. She notes that Americans seem to like to do their shopping in one go but she likes to buy items as she needs them, but when she enters some shops and sees the long queues she sometimes loses heart and gives up. She wonders why when there are 6 registers, only 2 are open even though the queues are long. In Japan, in such cases staff would be called from other work stations to serve the waiting customers. She also laments the time spent by staff packing shopping bags - they’re often slow and don’t do a good job. Interestingly she’s noticed that in more well-to-do areas there’s often someone to scan the items at the register & someone to pack them. She thinks that Americans are comparatively patient, no-one seems to be annoyed at having to wait.
Part 3: She’s been getting into scrabble. She was introduced to it at an ESL class and as mentioned in a previous episode managed to get her hands on a cheap set at a yard sale, thinking “Yay! Now we can play it at home” only to find out later - to her great disappointment - when she opened the box up that it wasn’t an English version but was in some Scandinavian language 笑！Thinking back, shouldn’t the people who were selling it have told her it wasn’t in English? Anyway, the other day a package arrived from Amazon and upon opening it she found a proper English version bought for them by her very kind husband. They played a game straightaway & she won even though her level of English is lower than his! You can play it as a couple, with your kids, up to 4 players. There are also lots of free phone apps available
Part 4: she misses Japanese sushi! You can divide sushi shops in America into two groups - real sushi & American sushi (roll sushi - California roll, Philadelphia roll etc). She thinks the later is tasty but it’s not the same as the real thing. It’s not like there aren’t any sushi shops around - in fact about an hour away from where she lives there are a lot of Japanese people and so the place is comparatively blessed with sushi shops but to get quality equivalent to Japanese sushi, you have to go to expensive shops which she can’t afford to do. A くるくる寿司 shop recently opened but as she’s come to expect the quality of the American shop is lower than that of the Japanese one. Even supermarket Japanese sushi is good. When she next visits Japan, she going to fill up on sushi!Thinking about くるくる寿司, reminds her of 沼津魚がしfrom Shizuoka with outlets in Tokyo and Yokoma, even Hanada airport. Because it’s summer holidays, a lot of her Japanese friends are visiting Japan and she feels envious
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Home| Date | Name | Type | Progress | Time |
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| 2024-10-10 |  Free! |
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 Episode 6 |
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Today continues the Free! week with episode 6.
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It depends on what the biggest problem to focus about is, prior vocabulary knowledge and transcribing to written sentences (i.e. imagining how the speech is written)? Or rather, vocabulary detection and grasping important points (key grammar / keywords)?
If not sure, start with splitting time for both might be a good option.
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１０月１０日 | Material | Time |
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YUYUの日本語 | podcast | 30mins |
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コーヒーが冷めないうちに | audiobook | 10mins |
Yuyu today was a grammar episode about transitive/intransitive verbs and causative passive form and so on. Episode 273 if anyone’s interested.
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Would like to say “Wow, great” but should probably say “Much needed, specially the causative passive”
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