7月11日
読み終わった本： 漫画1巻、読み切り0作, 連載漫画1話
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| status | name | natively lvl |
type | pages / characters |
time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 第6話 |  |
聞き耳ラジオ | n/a | Satori Reader |
1100 char | 58m |
Today was the day off that I needed. Basically just hung out with my dogs and studied Japanese. I think I’m starting to figure out a routine with the puppy that gives me some time back but also keeps him engaged and enriched. Soon he’ll be old enough to go on adventures with me and then it’s game on! Probably need to queue up some listening material…
Anyway, caught up on SRS, did my WK lessons, and then did quite a bit of grammar study on MaruMori. Read 3 chapters of 聞き耳ラジオ, and also read a surprisingly long narrative as part of the N4 grammar study on MaruMori that was nearly 1400 characters. I’m not counting that as part of my log here, but definitely felt that I got my fair share of reading in today!
Felt a little strange not reading any manga today, but it’s been fun trying out this whole “pictureless reading” gimmick for a change. 
I saw yesterday that the Beginner Book Club is reading a Haruki Murakami short story かえるくん、東京を救う for their next read and I’d love to give that a go. Cue the training montage!
A final reflection on some studies from today. I feel like I’ve been kinda just brute forcing my way through Japanese grammar by reading a lot and using Yomitan to piece things together. It’s been interesting reading the grammar pieces on MaruMori and Satori Reader because often times they’re not introducing a new concept to me but rather clarifying something I’ve seen before without fully understanding. Time will tell, but I think that these concepts will stick better since I have something already in my memory to tie them to instead of trying to commit a fully new concept to memory.
I was hoping Norway would pull through, too! Especially since England took out Mexico and I’m still miffed about that…
Welcome!! If you’re just starting out, maybe try the free Tadoku Readers. The intro S level is reallly basic and gives a lot of context clues from the pictures. It maybe won’t feel like “reading” per se but it’s a start. When you’re ready to move on check out the Absolute Beginner Book Club for ideas. (Hint: you won’t ever feel ready so just take the plunge sometime!) Happy reading!