It’s a week late, but here’s my challenge wrap-up post!
| Dec | 月 | 火 | 水 | 木 | 金 | 土 | 日 |
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| Week 52 |
= Japanese
= Japanese and Spanish
Hey, look at that! A perfect score! This means I successfully completed my full 365 day immersion challenge! 
I made it almost halfway through the Shin Kanzen Master N3 listening comprehension practice book, and watched probably like 30 Bob Esponja episodes in Spanish. Didn’t get much other comprehensible input listening practice done besides those two things, though of course I’ve done loads of extensive listening practice in the form of pro wrestling shows!
December was an unexpectedly busy month for me (though I shouldn’t have been surprised), so most of my time ended up being split between trying not to neglect spending time with family, and trying to catch up with my other projects and commitments as much as possible before the end of the year.
I think I finished 9 Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling translations in December? That feels like it can’t possibly be right, but… I translated the November 5 show, November 19, November 26, December 1, December 6, the December 14 show that was in America, December 17, December 24, and finally, the December 31 press conference.
It was a busy and somewhat bittersweet end of year for TJPW, as they celebrated their 10th anniversary as a company and also said goodbye to Yuka Sakazaki, one of their original members, who graduated on December 6 
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Here’s a photo from the end of Yuka’s last second to last TJPW match, where she faced Shoko Nakajima and Miyu Yamashita, who are the other founding members of TJPW. Yuka pinned Shoko (her long-ago tag partner) to win the match, and it was one of the most moving pins I’ve ever seen in pro wrestling, because Shoko reached up and put her arms around Yuka and embraced her as the referee counted the pin 
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Fittingly, with this, I’m also graduating from actively participating in the listen/read every day challenge threads . I’m still reading them, but I’m not planning on signing up for any more, because I don’t feel that I need them for motivation anymore!
I’m definitely grateful for the threads for getting me as far as they have, and for helping me make a daily habit of practicing Japanese and Spanish!