1-19-25
started level 11 radicals and vocab on 1-16-25; started all available kanji today; extensive reading may be detrimental to me in this area because I recognize the kanji and how they are pronounced in actual words. Several of the kanji in this level are asking for the other reading, which does not come to me naturally.
started 4:15 Politics. I have noted the vocab but am disinterested in the topic. There is no new grammar. Fun fact: I opened a chest and won 2 days of super duo, which meant infinite hearts, free mistake practice and legendary reviews. I found that if I can make mistakes with no consequences, I will make them repeatedly. Limited hearts works better for me. It also works as a handy timer… out of hearts? Game over. Period.
end of week 66-70%- I did not record yesterday’s score.
no grammar lessons yet, noticed they have incorporated graded readers to a limited degree and signed up for that. I have read the stories already as they are from KC yomu. Each story is followed by a quiz though.
I am all over the place with reading in terms of resources. I do read 4 days per week. One day is extensive and three are intensive. Sometimes they are the same story. Currently, into the yomu app reading an intermediate level ghost story with 3000 words. Almost finished the marugoto stories.
will download next section for tomorrow while car is hopefully getting serviced.
Random stuff:
• More feelings; https://yomuyomu.app/lessons/533-words-to-express-feelings
• Added WK levels to Duolingo feelings vocab in my offline log- won’t be updating this log
• Found a new kanji font for my offline study log (Meiryo) which is so much better than MS Mincho
Tomorrow is a national holiday that most private businesses ignore. I always take the day off. This year, I needed to remind my coworkers that it is a holiday. To be fair, I never know when Columbus and President’s days are.
Below is my grade school level attempt at writing an “essay” about Martin Luther King, Jr. My plans were grander but output is very tiring.
If anyone reads the essay and wants to make language corrections, please do. Please do not leave any political comments. Thanks for respecting my boundaries.
Martin Luther King, an American preacher, believed that people could live in peace with each other. アメリカの説教者MLKは、人々は 互いに 平和に 生きられる と信じていました。
He dreamed of a day when everyone was born equal.
彼は すべての人が 平等に 生まれるの日を 夢見ました。
Until then, he recommended that we should not dislike someone just because of their color, since, ultimately, their behavior is more important.
それまでは、色だけで 人を 嫌ってはいけない と勧めました, なぜなら 最終的に 彼らの 行動の方よりが 大切です。
When he became too popular and powerful, he was killed by people who opposed his viewpoint.
しかし、彼は すぎ人気と 強力になる とき、彼の 立場に 反対する 人々は 彼を殺した。
On Monday, in America, we remember this man and consider the things he wanted to teach us.
月曜日、アメリカで 私たちは この男を 思い出し、彼が 私たちに 教えたかった ことを 考えます。
weakよわい A weak wind blows. 弱い風が吹く。
I did read 3 stories from level 3 this week. In lieu of reading another story about monks or yokai today, I watched videos on mute with Japanese subtitles. Oxygen not Included: WK 32 oxygen 酸素 さんそ WK 
hydrogen水素 すいそ WK 
Started reading a short story I bought on my kindle years ago. The Partially Eaten Pie has lots of N3 vocab but the grammar is approachable compared to when I first tried reading.
start level 9
43 % accuracy for the week
You were smart about how you constructed the sentences
level 9-11
60-70%