🔉 🎙 Listen Every Day Challenge (Summer Edition) 🏖

:sound: Listening Room: Date 20220811 :loud_sound:

Day LI: パンケーキ :pancakes:

あかね的日本語教室 video, VLOG with general info about Harajuku, Shinjuku and Odaiba.

Including bonus SHIBA :dog2:

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August 11th

Today I listened to two of the 800 Core Words videos from JapanesePod101.
They tend to be words I already know, which is why I find them useful for listening practise while doing other stuff but today there were a few unfamiliar words too :slight_smile:

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I’m doing better emotionally/mentally today, but I cut ties with my language exchange partner and I’m taking my foot off the gas with regards to spoken conversation practice. That stresses me out far more than any other activity in Japanese and I have no reason to be forcing it so explicitly taking a break there.

Today I listened to two new podcasts, both about crime:
ヒロシエリの未解決事件簿 and 本当にあった猟奇的殺人事件. Both stopped producing new episodes some time ago, but there is enough content for me to work through for awhile should I want to. I was a little leery that 本当にあった猟奇的殺人事件 was actually, you know, 本当, but the case I listened to, the 2008 秋葉原通り魔事件 appears to be a real thing. I then went back to actually read the description of the podcast and they’re voice dramas based on real events :sweat_smile:

Anyways, if anyone is interested, the 未解決事件簿 is a little tricky given the speed and content, but I got through an episode on the 3億円事件 pretty ok. I think if I were to relisten I’d get more out of it. 本当にあった, being a voice drama, was much easier to follow and I recommend it for maybe upper intermediate? :sweat_smile: It’s really hard to recc listening content as I’m not sure if my idea of levels is the same as ya’lls.

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Week 7

8月11日
Multiple YouTube videos


Too lazy to mention everything and I probably can’t remember at this point. I also listened to 三本塾 's new grammar video, that one I can link.

Tomorrow is going to be a very easy day to come up with something to listen to cause there’s a new FF14 live letter and I’m definitely watching that for a few hours.

Also @pocketcat thanks for the recommendations! They seem interesting to spice my listening up a bit. Difficulty wise we’ll see if it’s something that I can manage :upside_down_face: .

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August 11 :blossom: Home Post

I got a little chaotic again today and decided to watch an episode of Digimon? I’ve never seen any of it but I’ve always heard that it’s wild and oh, it sure is :joy: It’s fun so far though, and it’s a kid’s show so it’s pretty comprehensible without subtitles and it puts me in more of a headspace where I’m okay just getting what I get out of it. So add that to the list of nonsense I’m doing I guess :laughing:

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Aug 12, Fri of Week 7 of Summer :beach_umbrella: 2022

Yesterday, I watched an episode of Berserk with JP sub on Netflix. I didn’t look up much, but I wasn’t really satisfied with my understanding. I did take some vocabularies, but didn’t pause much.

Story impression

A man with ill omen spreading, even if he can survive himself, that’s all I can take for now. Also, perhaps, nice graphics. On the whole, I don’t like the series much yet.

Then, up to today, I watched 2 episodes (3-4) of Hunter x Hunter (1999) without sub. These are more difficult as I can’t find subtitle files / transcripts, and my ears aren’t good enough. (Also probably I don’t have enough energy to distinguish sentences.) Then, I read Hunter x Hunter manga Vol.1, but I felt there are some differences – it probably maps better to 2011 version. But, my childhood days must have seen that 1999 one.

So, I finished Hunter x Hunter manga Vol.1 in like 2 hours or something, and has a list of vocabularies in my Android dictionary’s history. (But it doesn’t help much with 1999 ver’s speech, other than the third guy’s name.)

Then, I listened (listen-only) to Rickyy ghost stories (りっきぃの夜話) on YouTube for about 30 minutes. Honestly I felt listening quality wasn’t good enough, but trying to survive (along with learning from other resources), might not be a bad idea.

Additionally, I bought Monster Hunter World (game) from Steam, which has both JP interface and audio, and started playing it. I think the game in general is good and playable, even if my reading can a little slow and didn’t pick up words in time. There is also JP dub in cinematics, but they can’t be paused or rewinded. My experience feels like I am going it read it poorly, barely surviving. I feel like it isn’t time to enjoy the status quo yet; but studying first and enjoying the trophy later is possible.

I also saw that Misa’s マンタルヘルス, but it’s in English to explain Japanese.

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I haven’t seen this channel mentioned here before so throwing it out there - it’s well done and well explained ‘how to sound more natural’ and ‘what are the differences between these words/grammar point’ videos. I really appreciate the explanation of nuance here. Some of the topics it’s just confirming what I got from gut feeling, and others I’m like “oh! so it’s that nuance!”.

I also have continued my dabbling in strange history videos, but none have been interesting enough to link and share.

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The last 2-3 days have been mostly passive listening to hours of podcasts (only partially active for a few minutes at a time) so not really useful. I am clearing my current apartment and packing for my JET Programme stint in Japan (cross fingers that my PCR test is negative next Thursday) so my brain is all over the place. Luckily I am still enjoying wanikani and my grammar lessons with my cutie cutie tutor online.

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Whoa, that sounds super exciting! Where will you be based in Japan?

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:sound: Listening Room: Date 20220812 :loud_sound:

Day LII: ダイヤモンド :diamonds:

NHK school vid, in the language section. This episode was about antonyms, I got a few right before the characters did so I guess that means I can understand what they’re saying a little bit.

Good luck! 頑張って!

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Yamaguchi Prefecture.

This Programme is an amazing opportunity no matter where you are from, but being from a small island where 1 person goes every 3 years…its surreal at the moment.

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Thank you so much :grin: :sweat_smile: :smiley_cat:

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August 12th

Today I listened to Episode 42 of Nihongo con Teppei for Beginners - no trouble understanding today! :slight_smile:
I’m going to watch some Old Enough while I eat dinner today too, I only have 4 episodes left now.

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Oooh, beautiful! Enjoy :blush:

… as long as you’re from an English-speaking country :wink:

I’m sure you’ll have a blast! Good luck with all the prep and with the move :+1:

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Week 7

8月12日
Final Fantasy XIV Live Letter
ゲームなんとか (FROM SOFTWAREをなんとか)


As intended, watched the live letter. Then my brain has to be in another galaxy because I thought “oh I haven’t listened today, I have to!” and listened to half an episode of ゲームなんとか :joy: . I guess I didn’t take the live letter as listening practice per se and I took it as pure fun, which I guess is kinda good because referring to something as fun > referring to something as study, even if both are study in the end. Good job, brain! よく頑張ってるんですね、最近。 :raised_hands:

Enjoy and best of luck!!

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August 12 :blossom: Home Post

I watched another episode of Digimon today! and took some psychic damage because a like ten-year-old child has the same VA as the guy in my icon lmao but yeah it’s still just a nice time, just casually watching something like a child would and enjoying it for what it is feels good! It’s still wild :joy: it’s good having something where watching without subtitles doesn’t feel like a whole endeavor.

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:sound: Listening Room: Date 20220813 :loud_sound:

Day LIII: ケーキ :cake:

I watched one of Misa’s Japanese listening videos. I could answer some of the questions and understand a bit of what was going on, but not enough to really get it. Still in that awkward stage of only half-understanding things.

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August 13th!

This morning I had a class with my tutor where we focused on listening practise. Firstly we did some general conversation, and then we watched a video together to check my comprehension and then discussed some of the interesting phrases.

This evening I listened to a Core Words video from JapanesePod101, and also listened to an episode of Nihongo con Teppei for beginners, which was about different jobs so was quite easy to follow :slight_smile:

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Hi everyone!

I missed several days due to covid. I’m all better now, but with some trips coming up, I decided I’d better put this challenge officially on hold. I started listening (almost) every day back in June, and while I probably did get a little better at it, I never grew to like it. I’ve talked about it before, but while reading is my favourite thing ever, even when it’s hard, even with constant lookups, listening is something I never really do for entertainment. Even movies I prefer with the volume low and subtitles on. So while I could tick the box with just ten minutes of listening (when reading easily takes hours), I found that strangely I could somehow never easily find time for it. So for the rest of the summer (the little that remains), I think I’ll put more focus on enjoyment and devote my time to reading only.
I’ll definitely resume this challenge in September, when keeping to a routine will become effortless again. I’ve got an audiobook to finish at some point, after all, and I’m sure I’ll find shows and documentaries to watch. But not just yet. :slight_smile:

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Week 7

8月13日
ゲームなんとか (FROM SOFTWAREをなんとか)


Second half of the episode. I’ll be honest, I’m fairly tired today and zoned out part of it :eyes: .

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