Sleepy's Study Log - Need All The Help I Can

[SleepySP]

Seen other people do this, and thought it might help me organize my mess.

Resources:

• WaniKani
• Bunpou
• Udemy
• Books/Stories
• Diary/Posts
• Podcast

I will try and make use of at least three of these everyday to improve and reinforce my japanese. I will write everyday what I will be learning today and what I have reviewed, even if briefly.
If anyone is interested in having a study pal my disc is sleepysp

05/13/2024

Today I will:

Listen to a podcast about making teriyaki.
☐ Watch a Udemy video.
Continue reading “The secrets of the Japanese mind”
Do my WaniKani reviews.
☐ Write a diary log or post about something in japanese.

I will update later with what I have done and learnt/reviewed.

𝒖𝒑𝒅𝒂𝒕𝒆

I have listened to the podcast and learnt the following:

1- 始める(and 続ける、終わる) as an auxiliary verb.

Hajimeru is a verb meaning “to start.” It can be used as an auxiliary, attaching to the masu stem of another verb. This creates a compound verb meaning “to start to do something”. For example, the verb 食べる (“taberu”, to eat) when combined with 始める gives the compound verb 食べ始める (“tabehajimeru”, to start to eat).

The auxiliary verb 出す (“-dasu”) may also be used to indicate the start of an action, however, “dasu” indicates a much more sudden (and often surprising) start. For this reason, “-hajimeru”, should not be used in combination with such adverbs as 急に (“kyuu ni”, suddenly). In such sentences, “-dasu” is used instead.

2- I’ve also learn some words related to cooking.

• しょうゆ [しょうゆ] soy sauce

• ひっくり返す [ひっくりかえす] to turn over, to upset

• 経つ [たつ] to pass (time)

• 溶ける [とける] to melt, to thaw

• 沸騰 [ふっとう] boiling

• テリヤキ [テリヤキ] teriyaki

• 酢 [す] vinegar

• 鍋 [なべ] pot, saucepan

• たれ [たれ] sauce, dipping sauce

• 煮る [にる] to cook, to boil, to simmer

Apparently, when talking about boiling (沸騰) it is more natural to say that hot water (お湯、おゆ）boils, and not 水。

3 - I’ve also read about the case of the previous president and later on CEO of Nissan, Carlos Ghosn, and how his accusation followed by his escape from Japan may be related to the Japanese notion of a harmonious わ society.

If you are interested in his case: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQ0Ch0-s5Wo&list=WL&index=1

I feel like I’m beginning to understand a lot more of the way Japanese people see themselves and why I’ve often found myself in awe at their achievements as a community I’ve seen in TV or articles.

[trunklayer]

So, now we have both, Sleepy’s Study Log and

Beyond Sleepy’s (pillow fort?) study log

(Update the 4th of August, 2023: I keep changing how I use my study log. Currently I’m only using it to keep myself accountable to my goal of tackling my current “review mountain” a little one starting at ~950 reviews and not letting it grow any larger. @ the moment I don’t feel like displaying what this post usually says so I’m removing it, but you can still read it by looking at the edit history) [Screenshot_20230804-224349~2]

Well, the meowre study logs – the better!
There’s also @SleepyOne さん and @Nemuitanuki さん – the Sleepy League is growing bigger and stronger!
Anyway, best of luck to you; may your sleepiness not hinder your studies

[SleepySP]

Haha oops, I didnt know we had many Sleepys here. SleepySPs just been by nickname for far too long on the internet to think of something else lol

[Nafets]

Wow the first entry of your study log already looks amazing, not like my mess of a “study log” xD

I like that you write down the grammar you learned and also the cooking vocabulary. I didnt get into contact with cooking vocabulary too often so there are some words I didnt know yet. Very interesting!

[SleepySP]

Ive checked it out, and you are doing fantastic. How are you feeling for the N3? I’ve already sat for it and passed, If you need any help or want some advice.

Btw, I love your pfp. My favorite digimon is Luchemon!

[Nafets]

Haha, I am happy that you recognized my pfp

Actually I don’t know how I feel about the N3. The thing is that my Japanese studies were anything but linear. I am married to a Japanese for nearly 8 Years and we lived 7 of these years in germany. I was picking up a lot of japanese through communicating with her and on / off studying by myself because I often lost the motivation. Thats why my Japanese level is all over the place and not really in JLPT order. For example the listening parts of the JLPTs is the easiest for me. They usually use pretty straight forward grammar for them and its not really a test of knowledge but more of keeping up with the speed, which is easy for me. Grammar and Kanji on the other hand are my biggest weakness. While Wanikani is helping me a lot in regards of Kanji I still haven’t found a way to study grammar efficiently. Now that we are living in Japan I finally got the motivation that I needed to get really into studying but now I don’t have the time anymore to do WK and Bunpro together. I think the Kanji in the N3 will be all right because I should be able to cover 80% with WK until then. Grammar on the other hand…

Sorry for the wall of text, somehow lost myself in the rambling.

[SleepySP]

05/14/2024

𝓖𝓻𝓪𝓶𝓶𝓪𝓻

です、だ、である

Generally speaking, we use a sentence using です, like sentence 1, in formal conversation or letters, e-mails, or memos addressed to someone whom you should respect.

A sentence using だ, like sentence 2, generally appears in an informal conversation among friends or family members.

We typically use a sentence using である, like sentence 3, in formal writing such as essays, theses, newspaper articles, novels, and so on.

Although である is more formal than da, to avoid having the same sentence endings repeatedly, we often use both である and だ sentences in formal writing. Please note, however, that generally speaking, です sentences cannot appear with either だ or である sentences.

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とは…である

とは is an abbreviation of というのは “the thing called — is…” or “what ---- means is …”. This marks the word or phrase we are going to define.

Kekkon to wa gaman da. *
結婚とは我慢だ。
“What marriage means is being patient.”

𝓥𝓸𝓬𝓪𝓫𝓾𝓵𝓪𝓻𝔂

• 常用漢字 [じょうようかんじ] kanji for common use.
• 目安 [めやす] standard, criterion, guideline.
• 日常生活 [にちじょうせいかつ] everyday life, daily life.

I’ve also read an article on the new model of Chat GPT, and found these words/phrases interesting:

「気持ちが落ち着くように手伝ってください」

おちつく、落ち着く to calm down, to compose oneself

このようなAIの新しい製品を作っていて、競争が激しくなっています。

製品、せいひん product, manufacted goods
競争、きょうそう competition, contest
激しく、はげしく violently, intensely. ADV

[SleepySP]

I understand. When it comes to grammar and kanji, I love to sit down at a cafe and work through a textbook/workbook for hours. It will help a lot to make yourself cozy and enjoy the process. And it will give you a break from screens.

If you need, I can talk to you a bit about the N3

[SleepySP]

05/15/2024

𝓖𝓻𝓪𝓶𝓶𝓪𝓻

There are four types of verbs in japanese

大状態動詞「だいじょうたいどうし」

Describes a state of something. Ex. ある、いる、できる、要する。

継続動詞「けいぞくどうし」Durative verbs

Shows a progressive action a certain period. Ex. 読む、書く、笑う、泣く、散る.

瞬間動詞「しゅんかんどうし」

Describes an event that only happens in a moment. Ex. 死ぬ、（電灯が）つく、触れる、届く、決まる、到着する

第四種の動詞「だんよんしゅのどうし」

Doesnt include a concept of time, and represents that sth takes on a certain state. Ex. 優れる（すぐれる）、おもだつ、似る。

-ますけい + 続ける can only be used with durative verbs.

╭── ⋅ ⋅ ──────────────── ⋅ ⋅ ──╮
│To add to the previous ～ますけい＋出す,
│it can also mean “make sth come out/visible”
│飛び出す、探し出す - to jump out, to find out.*
╰── ⋅ ⋅ ──────────────── ⋅ ⋅ ──╯

作り出す*

[SleepySP]

05/16/2024

𝑭𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒂𝒍 𝑾𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈

文章
ぶんしょう
Text, article, sentence

文 also means “sentence”, we often use 文章 and 文 interchangeably. 文章 usually indicates a bigger unit than 文, such as writing or text that contains paragraphs.

について
Concerning, about, relating to.

Follows the noun the speaker is talking about.

つまり
To sum it up, to wrap up, that is to say, put simply, basically.

We use it to wrap up an explanation or to give a summary.

しかし
However, but.

これは、とても固い感じがします。友達同⼠の会話では「でも」を使った⽅がいいです。
Shikashi is very formal and may sound stiff. So in a casual conversation, you should stick to “demo”
友達に、「しかし」を使うと、ちょっと変です。気をつけてください

約

「⼤体」 と 同じ意味です。ダイアログで「約60%」とありましたが、「⼤体６０%」でも同じで
す。
“daitai” and “yaku” mean the same thing. They both mean “approximately” or “about”.
でも、くらい ぐらい はamountの後に来ます。
くらい or ぐらい also means “about”, but comes -after- the amount.
ただ、約はamountの前です。時間の前には来ませんので注意してください。
Yaku comes before an amount, but it cannot precede expressions of time, unlike daitai or
kurai. So be careful.
例えば、⼤体９時。とか 九時くらい は⼤丈夫ですが、約九時はダメです。

About the novel “I am a cat” by Soseki Natsume

The original Japanese title is「我輩は猫である」
わがはい

我輩:「私」と⾔う意味です。今はあまり使いませんが、えらそうな感じです。
我輩 means “I”, but it’s archaic and carries an arrogant nuance.
少し理屈っぽく聞こえます。我輩は男の⼈のpronounなので、「理屈っぽいえらそうにしている男の猫」だな〜とタイトルからわかります。
The title “Wagahai wa neko de aru” sounds kind of argumentative and challenging.

[SleepySP]

sorry but how did you add those cat emojis?

[trunklayer]

With the help of this script:

Kumirei's Userscripts

This is a third-party script/app and is not created by the WaniKani team. By using this, you understand that it can stop working at any time or be discontinued indefinitely. [shocked] Anyone wanna test this new script thing? [image] Wanikani Forums: Emoter Add new emotes: !emote new NAME “URL” Change URL: !emote url NAME “URL” Remove emote: !emote remove NAME Change size of emote: !emote size NAME “PIXELS” Change default size of emotes: !emote size default “PIXELS” List al…

[SleepySP]

@SleepySP

05/13/2024

Today I will:

Listen to a podcast about making teriyaki.
☐ Watch a Udemy video.
Continue reading “The secrets of the Japanese mind”
Do my WaniKani reviews.
☐ Write a diary log or post about something in japanese.

I will update later with what I have done and learnt/reviewed.

05/17/2024

Today I will:

☐ Listen to a podcast about formal japanese.
☐ Watch a Udemy video.
☐ Continue reading “The secrets of the Japanese mind”
☐ Do my WaniKani reviews.
☐ Write a diary log.

I will update later with what I have done and learnt/reviewed.

[SleepySP]

Welp, while I will get to this later, I will post what I have been reviewing.

～たら,…。

[1]（もし）「～たら」 で仮定条件を表します。We show subjetive conditions with たら。

れい：もし、いい料理の本があったら、買ってきてください。

[2] ～たら,…。 「～たら」で そうなった後でという意味を表します。

～はどうしだけです。

It shows the meaning “after what came or occured”.
Only verbs.

[SleepySP]

It’s been quite a while, as I’ve been busy. But here is my progress:

Kanji

According to WaniKani, I am now level 4 and these are the kanji I mastered and the ones to come.

Grammar

I’ve studied more profoundly the differences between たくさん & 多い & いっぱい (and 少ない)

Here are my notes

X が 多い There are a lot of X
Xが少ない There are a few X

多い → 多くのＸ BUT not 少なくのX ► 少しのＸ✓

                                                     いっぱい vs  たくさん

Full/overflowing. Mainly used in informal spch. Many, a lot. More used in polite spch.
いっぱい食べる/寝る May also imply a large amount

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おいしいもの/美味しい食べ物
X いい食べ物 not much natural

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➽ たくさんおいしい食べ物を食べる is OK but not ideal.

美味しい食べ物をたくさん食べた
object+ adv + verb

➽ You can do this though: たくさんのおいしい食べ物を食べた。

[[たくさん水を飲んで → when informal, this phrase can happen.]]

Careful with: たくさんのカメラを使います Lots of cameras vs カメラをたくさん使います I use cameras a lot.

『たくさん usually 4 objects 多い usu. for living beings 』

┕━»•» もうたくさん！/たくさんだ。 «•«━━━━━┙
Enough is enough. That’s enough.

For people, you can also (and they use a lot) say 人が大勢「おおぜい」いる/います。

Vocabulary

I’ve studied some vocabulary related to 自然

名詞

気温
きおん
temperature

嵐
あらし
storm

雷
かみなり
thunder, thunderstorm

湿度
しつど
humidity

太陽
たいよう
sun

四季
しき
the four seasons

梅雨
つゆ
rainy season

確率
かくりつ
probability

パーセント
percent

虹
にじ
rainbow

その他

超える
こえる
exceed

近づく
ちかづく
approach

激しく
はげしく
hard, heavily

乾燥
かんそう
する
dryness, to dry

明ける
あける
（夜が明ける）
end

まぶしい
(uncomfortably) bright

さわやかな
bracing, refreshing

蒸し暑い
むしあつい
muggy, sultry

06/12/2024

[SleepySP]

03/08/2024

I’ve leveled up to level 5. This are the kanji I learnt in level 4.

Grammar and Vocabulary

Recently, I’ve studied a lot of things. I’ve specially been checking language relating to looking for a job, and the formalities related to it.

①者****(もの) ＆方 (かた)

アルバイトの雑誌を見て電話をしている者です。（私はアルバイトの雑誌を見て電話をしている人です）

アルバイト希望の方ですね。（あなたはアルバイト希望の人ですね）**

もの is a word we use for ourselves instead of ひと
かた is a word other people use for people instead of ひと

②～と申します

私はパクと申します。（私はパクと言います）

humble language.

④尊敬語＆謙譲語

山田さんはいらっしゃいますか。（山田さんはいますか）

A：いつ日本へいらっしゃいましたか。（あなたはいつ日本へ来ましたか）

B：半年前に参りました。（私は半年前に来ました）

come and go for others, elevated is いらっしゃる
come and go for us, humble is 参る

some vocabulary related to looking for a job

募集（する） we need people, recruitment
ぼしゅう

用資格 only people with the qualifications
ようしかく

時給 hourly pay
じきゅう

勤務地 work location
きんむち

応相談 面接で話します
おうそうだん

まかない アルバイトの人の食事、無料

I will be reading help wanted posters to further study this.