Tan-chan got her 4 month shots this week, so on top of teething and another growth spurt, she’s been really sensitive lately, so I haven’t had any real down time to sit down to read Pokemon Special, but thankfully there were other things I could do while feeding her. (It’s very helpful that Kanji Drill books can be laid down flat while reading and writing so I can multitask with them when manga are impossible to read.)
1月18日~19日 ~ Days 18~19 / Back to Home
Kanji Drill 1年生 (20 kanji per day/includes list of sample vocab under kanji writing practice, then one of each page for kanji reading practice and kanji recognizing practice - 24 pages total)
This is my first kanji drill book practice for this year and the third for this grade. I was happy to find a new copy I didn’t already have from Seria (the other two were from Daiso). I remember when doing the drills last year, there were a lot more words I looked up and wrote down, some of which were verbs that had multiple meanings and it was hard to guess from the few details in the sentence which meaning it was. This time, I felt more confident about what many of the words meant. I still looked up words if I didn’t feel 100% sure, but at least this time, I could guess what I thought it meant based on the surrounding kanji (if any were given). Most of the time, I was right or fairly close.
Kanji Drill Vocab for more practice
二重瞼・ふたえまぶたて・
三つおり・みつおり・
四苦八苦・よくはっく・
四つ角・よつかど・
一番星・いちばんぼし・
八百屋・やおや・
枝・えだ・
元日・がんじつ・
火花・ひばな・
木刀・ぼくとう・
材木・ざいもく・
並木・なみき・
木の葉・きのは・
汲む・くむ・
水泳大会・すいえいたいかい・
与える・あたえる・
用心・ようじん・
水車・すいしゃ・
大木・たいぼく・
見上げる・みあげる・
黄金・おうごん・
金物・かなもの・
土足・どそく・
土地・とち・
赤土・あかつち・
円形・えんけい・
円周・えんしゅう・
上着・うわぎ・
地上・ちじょう・
風上・かざかみ・
下方・かほう・
川下・かわしも・
下り坂・くだりざか・
金槌・かなづち・
下ろす・おろす・
上り・のぼり・
下り・くだり・
粘土・ねんど・
救う・すく・
逆さま・さかさま・
水中・すいちゅう・
的中・てきちゅう・
中休み・なかやすみ・
大小・だいしょう・
寄る・よる・
中流・ちゅうりゅう・
人物・じんぶつ・
人手・ひとで・
子孫・しそん・
天女・てんにょ・
百科事典・ひゃっかじてん・
呼ばれる・よばれる・
口笛・くちぶえ・
耳鼻科・じびか・
空耳・そらみみ・
手段・しゅだん・
目玉焼き・めだやき・
二口で食べる・eating for two・
中耳炎・ちゅうじえん・
一目散・ひとめさん・
禁止・きんし・
減る・へる・
澄ます・すます・
耳鼻科・じびか・
水田・すいでん・
田園・でんえん・
田畑・たはた・
河川・かせん・
川上・かわかみ・
百万石・ひゃくまんごく・
石材・せきざい・
松竹梅・しょうちくばい・
竹馬・たけうま・
竹林・ちくりん・
籠・かご・
工事・こうじ・
地帯・ちたい・
山頂・さんちょう・
潜る・くぐる・
山門・さんもん・
竹やぶ・たけやぶ・
1月20日 ~ Day 20
はらぺこあおむし (The Very Hungry Caterpillar)
I usually read this book in English to Tan-chan (I translate the Japanese version we have on the spot since it’s pretty simple) and her father or grandfather reads it to her in Japanese, but Tan-chan wouldn’t give me much time today so I decided to just read it in Japanese. She usually stares at the book and follows along, but this time she stared at me like she realized there was something different (or she could have been staring because of my not so smooth reading lol).
Everything is in hiragana to make it accessible for any age, but that’s what makes it harder to read smoothly. It’s a great book for learning counting and the days of the week, so it’s good practice for kids and second language learners alike. There wasn’t really any new words I struggled with except I learned the word for pupa (蛹).
1月21日 ~ Day 21
JLPT Mock Exam (N4)
I found a really useful website in the JLPT 2022 thread that allows you to take a mock JLPT exam (only up to N4 unfortunately) that times you and everything. I was surprised by how much kanji and vocab I recognized even without the addition of kanji (in the first section). I was also really surprised by how quickly I could read through the readings and get not only the gist of the information but also be able to decipher nearly every detail.
I think there was only one question I kind of gave up on (but planned to go back to) because it was costing more time than I was taking on the other questions. Otherwise, I think I may have missed no more than 3 in the first section and maybe no more than 3 or 4 in the second. The only reason I don’t know exactly was… I accidentally held my finger down too long and refreshed the page so it sent me back to the start just before I got to the third section Next time I try it, I’ll definitely do it on my computer. But I did manage to write down this word I didn’t know from the first section: 熱心に・ねっしんに・eagerly; earnestly
1月22日~24日 ~ Days 22~24
Kanji Drill 1年生 (20 kanji per day plus final kanji test - 28 pages total - FINISHED)
The test part was easier to complete compared to my last two experiences. I think I had to keep looking up the kanji because I forgot the strokes. I only missed 文字 (one of my leeches) and second guessed the first kanji for 草原 and looked it up but I was pretty sure it was 草 not 早.
Kanji Drill Vocab
天文台 てんもんだい
恋文 こいぶみ
大字 おおあざ
根本 ねもと
大元 おおもと
大名 だいみょう
名人 めいじん
正門 せいもん
正夢 まさゆめ
姿勢 しせい
正義 せいぎ
本文 ほんぶん
写す うつす
学び取る まなびとる
先日 せんじつ
先発 せんぱつ
店先 みせさき
一生 いっしょう
校庭 こうてい
新記録 しんきろく
花壇 かだん
花瓶 かびん
草原 そうげん
海草 かいそう
若草 わかくさ
昆虫 こんちゅう
幼虫 よんちゅう
名犬 めいけん
犬小屋 いぬごや
千本 せんぼん
千鳥 ちどり
千代がみ ちよがみ
害虫 がいちゅう
雑草 ざつそう
番犬 ばんけん
赤道 せきどう
白夜 びゃくや
白身 しろみ
白波 しろなみ
一朝一夕 いっちょういっせき
夕日 ゆうひ
夕焼け ゆうやけ
貝殻 かいがら
貝柱 かいばしら
白線 はくせん
炊く たく
沈む しずむ
赤道直下 せきどうちょっか
圧力 あつりょく
力作 りきさく
早朝 そうちょう
早足 はやあし
王国 おうこく
宝玉 ほうぎょく
水玉 みずたま
玉手箱 たまてばこ
綿糸 めんし
生糸 きいと
糸口 いとぐち
込める こめる
巻く まく
揃う そろう
王冠 おうかん
製糸工場 せいしこうじょう
縫う ぬう
豪華な ごうかな
記入 きにゅう
出場 しゅつじょう
遠出 とおで
見学 けんがく
立春 りっしゅん
直立 ちょくりつ
建立 こんりゅう
夕立 ゆうだち
休息 きゅうそく
連休 れんきゅう
外出 がいしゅつ
独立する どくりつする
出席する しゅっせきする
創立記念日 そうりつきねんび
祝う いわう
林道 りんどう
林業 りんぎょう
雑木林 ぞうきばやし
山林 さんりん
森林 しんりん
森林浴 しんりんよく
村長 そんちょう
農村 のうそん
村里 むらざと
市町村 しちょうそん
町人 ちょうにん
車輪 しゃりん
水車 すいしゃ
風車 かざぐるま
町立 ちょうりつ
駐車場 ちゅうしゃじょう
地帯 ちたい
天体 てんたい
天井 てんじょう
天の川 あまのがわ
気候 きこう
空き地 あきち
雨天 うてん
風雨 ふうう
雨傘 あまがす
母音 ぼいん
物音 ものおと
音色 ねいろ
含む ふくむ
本音 ほんね
話し合う はなしあう
雨天決行 うてんけっこう
耕す たがやす
I intend to go back and edit in the English translations of the vocab later, but I’ve written them out in my kanji drill book so it’s not a dire need at the moment. I just really want to post this before I lose another draft, haha.