Well, I’m no expert, but looking at your hiragana I think maybe you could give yourself more space inside the line to write? It looks like you’re trying to make the hiragana the same size as the English letters and also rest on the bottom line, but I find it easier to have space for characters when I write in the middle of the line.
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6月18日（水)
今月どうにか忙しくなってきました！これからも忙しくなるはずだけど、日本語に集中し続けたいと思います。毎日頑張ってます！スピーキング力が上がってる気がして、嬉しいです 
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ありがとう！来年まで復習している。それから、「Quartet」を読むつもりだ。
Thank you! I’m reviewing until next year, then I plan on reading Quartet.
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もう「Quartet」を買いました！
日本ではフランスより「Quartet」が本当に安いんです。
まだ4章残っています。それから「Quartet」を始めます。
「Quartet」の勉強会をしたいと思っています。もしかしたら興味があるかもしれません。
でも、僕より先に始めると思います。
I have already bought Quartet!
It is truly less expensive in Japan than in France.
I still have four chapters remaining. Then, I will start Quartet.
I think I’d like to have a study group for Quartet. Maybe you will be interested as well.
However, I think you will begin before me.
Edit: I didn’t see the “next year part” when reading the post 
. I don’t know if you’re talking about school year or calendar year, but if you’re interested, it could work out!
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Great news… 
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Thank you for sharing! 
However, I think I’ll take a few more months on the Genki so maybe this group will have finish Quartet I by the time I join ?
Do you have some sort of Discord where you can practice speaking with each other, I think that’d be great!
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It’s a casual study group, so you can go at your own pace- we’re not all following the same schedule. Some people just started Quartet 1, some people have finished it, etc etc. You’ll be fine to join in a few months!
There are a couple although I’m not sure which ones are still active. Myself and a couple others just started working on the Quartet speaking sections together on Discord but we would be a bit ahead of you by the time you start. Maybe we can sort something out when you start though!
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Glad to hear it 
I guessed as much. It will be okay if I’m not the only one to join in the coming months. Maybe @feralfuton and others will be glad to hear about this casual study group. 
Thought of gratitude:
I found out that the more I explore the forum and participate in threads, the more I find structure in my study. With the ABBC, the write every day challenge, study logs, etc.
This place is a game changer.
I’ve been considering starting a study log as well. I think I’ll do it when I leave Japan and arrive in Chile. There will be a bit less Japanese people there 
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Agreed! This forum is probably the number one reason I’ve been able to learn Japanese, there are so many awesome resources, and the community is so lovely and supportive.
I’d love to read your study log whenever you start one!
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頑張ってください！
スピーキング力が向上したことをお祝いします。
お忙しい中、勉強に影響が出ないことを祈っています。
お祝いします → congratulations
↳ Learning a new way to congratulate feels nice. Recently WK is trolling me with all those 負け犬、弱虫、弱弱しい… (and the 千 ways of saying to kill 
)
影響 → impact
祈っています → hoping
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Ah, that’s so awesome, I’m so glad!!
ありがとうございます！私も、影響受けなかったら嬉しいと思います 
笑笑
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Same here. I’m usually one to drop hobbies after a while, usually a few months max. But the structure and encouragement I found here keeps me motivated. I felt that usual hobby burnout I get come and go, and it’s the need to hit those daily challenges even when I didn’t feel like it that kept me going through it.
Thanks for sharing! I’ll definitely join the study group when I start quartet.
I mean calendar year since I was studying Genki on my own. Genki covers a lot of material so I’m using the rest of the year to review and absorb everything before I move on.
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6月19日（木)
今日仕事のことについて話しました。年下のいとこが私と同じ会社で働いて始まりました！！同じビルなんだけど、別々の部門で働いてるからいつもじゃなくて、たまに会うことですよね。それでもすごく嬉しいです！今日一緒に昼休みしたんです〜
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２０２５年６月２０日(金)
父と一緒にバーベキューのレストランで昼ご飯を食べた。このレストランが大好きだよ。彼はベテランだから、レストランは彼の写真を掛けるつもりだ。海軍の時から写真を見つける。
I got lunch with my dad at a barbecue restaurant. We really like this restaurant! Since he is a veteran, the restaurant intends to hang up his picture. We will find a picture from his time in the navy.
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２０２５年６月２１日(土)
晴れの週末だから、今日父と一緒に釣りに行く。明日、爬虫類展示即売会に行くかも。でも、遠い。
Since it’s a sunny weekend, I’m going fishing with my dad today. Tomorrow I might go to the reptile expo, but it’s far.
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２０２５年６月２２日(日)
昨日、マスを3匹も釣った。でも、ナマズを1匹しか釣らなかった。今日、爬虫類展示即売会に行かない。私の誕生日は、彼女と一緒に他のに行く。
Yesterday, we caught as many as 3 trout. But we only caught 1 catfish. Today, I am not going to the reptile expo. I will be going to another one with my girlfriend for my birthday.
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うん、彼女は蛇を飼っている。ボールパイソンだ。私も爬虫類が好きが、虫方が好きだ。私はタランチュラ、蠍、百足、と蟷螂を飼っている。
Yeah, she has a snake! It’s a ball python. I like reptiles too, but I prefer bugs. I have tarantulas, scorpions, centipedes, and mantises.
これは私のお化けの蟷螂だ。
This is my ghost mantis.
これは彼女の蛇だ。
This is her snake.
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２０２５年６月２７日(金)
明日、彼女の妹の卒業式に行って、パーティーに行く。明日は雨でしょう。でも、日曜日は晴れの日でしょう。その日は海に行くかも。
Tomorrow we are going to my girlfriend’s sister’s graduation ceremony, then to a party. It will probably rain tomorrow, but Sunday should be a sunny day. Maybe we will go to the beach that day.
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２０２５年６月２８日(土)
昨日、市でアイスクリームを食べた。それから、パンク・ロック・フリーマーケットに行った。剥製術の品は沢山あるから、カスタムの仕事をしているのか問い合わせた。私の虫が死ぬと、剥製術したい。
Yesterday, we got ice cream in the city. Then we went to the punk rock flea market. They had so many taxidermied goods so I asked if they do custom work. When my bugs die, I want to have them taxidermied.
Getting consecutive reply error so editing this one for my new entry.
２０２５年６月２９日(日)
私と娘はホラー映画が大好きだ。今日は「イット２」を見ている。
My daughter and I love horror movies. Today we are watching “It 2”.
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