Yesterday I started ep 8 of 4989 American Life. Ok that is really disorienting going from ep 7 to 89 (for intensive listening) back to 8. I think I’ll just do more lookups in these early episodes to get a more intensive listening experience now and then
7月29日 (月)
言語交換 #294 アイスクリーム
Urumqi trip. I can’t read the menu.
狼と香辛料 Vol.5 (6:11-7:47/10:03)
7月30日 (火)
Daily brief x1
YUYU, the latest episode
るろうに剣心 S2E7
Today: watch half of Ep. 9 of Boyfriend. That might be it for today!
Home Post |
Study Log | 27-29/07
Resource | Progress | Total |
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8 → (1/2)9 | 12 |
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685 → 686 | 1220 |
☆7月30日☆
Watched:
・かつて魔法少女と悪は敵対していた。第4話(英語字幕)
・30歳まで童貞だと魔法使いになれるらしい 第2〜12話(英語字幕)
・クールドジ男子 第13〜18話(英語字幕)
omg the new guy in まほあく is just a giant puppy, I love him already.
07月30日
Resource | Time | |
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4989 American Life Podcast | 20min |
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YUYUの日本語 | 40min |
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ふしぎ駄菓子屋 | 20min |
Happened to have the opportunity to do lots of listening today. Doing an hour+ of listening still leaves me with a bit of the Headache of Knowledge though…
July 30
Type | Done today | Progress |
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YouTube | 27 minutes | 479/1200 minutes |
Listened to Sayuri Saying episodes #215 # 216 on what she’d been doing in Osaka since she’d moved there three months previously & the differences in culture she’d noticed between Osaka and her small town in Shikoku.
She reviewed a few local hikes including one which ended with an amusement park on top of a mountain!
I was pleased to hear her using the phrase「ちょっと、話が逸れるんですけど」which I used to know but which I’d somehow forgotten.
And just like that, I’ve completed the first month of this listening challenge having managed to listen to something in Japanese every day.
Fantastic congrats!
Yesterday I listened to the start of another story podcast and today I continued with ep 8 of the American Life podcast. I managed 29/31 days!
And congrats to you! One of the great things about these challenges is finding out about other resources. Thanks to you, I’ve now got American Life on my list of what to listen to.
Today I had an appointment across town and listened to some Japanese with Shun during my commute:
Ep. 134: 50 years from now (7 mins)
Ep. 133: Ukranian war (6 mins)
Ep. 132: Covid isolation (7 mins)
Ep. 131: Overseas travel (8 mins)
Ep. 130: Not fun life (7 mins)
Ep. 129: Studying Spanish (6 mins)
I have listened to Japanese every day this month. Congrats to everyone for your efforts so far!
☆7月31日☆
Watched:
・クールドジ男子 第19〜24話(英語字幕)
・アニマルズ 第1〜4話(日本語字幕)
Annnd that’s all for CDD, unfortunately. I adore it so much.
I think I’m going to be dropping Animals… I’m not liking the romance angle between the model who was 15 when she started at the company and the 社長 who was already in his 20s at the time. It’s fine if it just remains one-sided on her part, but the ep 5 preview doesn’t exactly instill me with confidence on that front…
I managed 22 out of 31 days this month, which I think is more than in any of the previous challenges I attempted lol. Here’s to hoping next month will be much the same, if not better.
Also next month, my family will be going on vacation, meaning I’ll have the house to myself for several days and thus: access to the Blu-Ray player. It is about time for another 2.43 rewatch…
Listened to an episode of 4989 today and finished this video about working in the mountain lodge on mt fuji:
And finished this video from Kaho of her starting a trip to new zealand:
Sponsored by the airline so there’s a lot of airplane amenities featured but tbh I like the secondhand travel experience so i’m like ooh, what’s in the airplane meal
And with the end of today I am at 20 hours listened! I do feel that my listening comprehension is becoming more comfortable, but I’m still feeling like I don’t have enough listening stamina. 45mins-1hr of pure listening (like podcasts) still tires me out and starts to give me the headache of knowledge.
Listened to a Sayuri Saying podcast where she talks with YUYU about the unnatural sounding Japanese sometimes found in textbooks for Japanese learners. They also talk about the way Japanese learners sometimes use expressions which would fine in their own language but sound odd when phrased the same way in Japanese.
Also watched an episode of Spice & Wolf as well as Boyfriend
August 1
Type | Done today | Progress |
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JJK | Episode 12 13 | 13/24 episodes |
Not much dialogue in episode 13, just straight hands.
Listening to ep 8, I’m easily amused, but if you like mimetic words you might like her description about American popcorn makers. it’s short,
just from 12:20 to 12:50 or so
7月31日 (水)
Daily brief x1
Chinese names in Japanese literatures
8月1日 (木)
言語交換 #295 携帯電話と携帯会社 Part 2
Cat in boxes
Rebuild #389 (0-0:30/2:08)
Today: listened to some Japanese with Shun while finally getting around to cleaning the windows.
[N5] #107 My weekend (Easy Japanese) (9 mins)
Collab with YuYu - Is Japan good to live? (last 6 mins)
Ep. 128: New Zealand (6 mins)
Ep. 127: Lasik (6 mins)
Ep. 126: One year anniversary of my podcast (6 mins)
Ep. 125: Tattoo (6 mins)
Ep. 124: Purpose of life (7 mins)
Ep. 123: People you want to meet in the past (6 mins)
That’s good going in 7 min
To be fair, the purpose of life appears to be “whatever floats your boat.”