Hello! Welcome to the year 2021. This year will have more progress after my 1-year hiatus from learning Japanese. The bad news is, I haven’t really made much progress in 2020. I skipped during reviews after failing the JLPT N5 test and was pretty demotivated to continue studying. But the good news are I’m finally […]
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WaniKani level 10
Hello reader! I’m still on learning kanji but slowed down on the lessons even more. Level 10 was doable in 84 days which is – wait for it – a new worst time record! As learning kanji is not a sprint, I should somehow manage to get to level 60. Estimations say it’s sometimes in […]
WaniKani level 9
Finally! I broke a new milestone and reached level 9, while setting a new time record. My longest time to level up is now only 61 days.
WaniKani level 8
Somewhere in Italy. In a garden. Under the summer sun. The Crabigator blessed me with level 8! Keeping up with reviews is hard. Bumming around is easier. Doing lessons after reviews are the real chore. P.S. I dated back this blog post to June, so I can later view my WaniKani progress by using the […]
WaniKani level 7
I wanted to slow down a little on WaniKani to avoid drowning in the review pile. That’s why I did lessons pretty slow or not at all. I’m getting more comfortable doing 80-120 reviews a day. My earlier comfort zone was 60-80 reviews. On the other hand it took 33 days to level up to […]
WaniKani level 6
I did it! After 24 days I reached level 6. This was by far the slowest level yet. If I continue with the same speed I’ll be on level 10 by the mid of May and level 60 in March 2021. See you soon!
ラリルレロ ワヲン
Lesson Tofugo: Learn Katakanaラリルレロワヲン Exercise Writing today’s katakana on Benri Nihongo sheets. Getting all 46 katakana in Usagi-Chans Katakana Drag-n-Drop correct (in a reasonable time) No dakuten, no combined katakana. I haven’t touched the V and F sounds. I know you can make vowels longer with a dash (ー). I will have to revisit katakana […]
マミムメモヤユヨ
Lesson Tofugo: Learn Katakanaマミムメモヤユヨ Exercise Writing today’s katakana on Benri Nihongo sheets. Getting all 38 katakana in Usagi-Chans Katakana Drag-n-Dropcorrect (in a reasonable time).
ナニヌネノハヒフヘホ
Lesson Tofugo: Learn Katakana ナニヌネノハヒフヘホ Exercise Writing today’s katakana on Benri Nihongo sheets. Getting all 30 katakana inUsagi-Chans Katakana Drag-n-Drop correct (in a reasonable time).
サシスセソタチツテト
Lesson Tofugo: Learn Katakana サシスセソタチツテト Exercise Writing today’s katakana on Benri Nihongo sheets. Getting all 20 katakana in Usagi-Chans Katakana Drag-n-Drop correct (in a reasonable time).
アイウエオカキクケコ
Lesson Tofugo: Learn Katakanaアイウエオカキクケコ Exercise Writing today’s katakana on Benri Nihongo sheets. Getting all 10 katakana in Usagi-Chans Katakana Drag-n-Drop correct (in a reasonable time) I ditched the Benri Nihongo sheets for writing purposes, because they repeated a computer font and not a handwritten style. But katakana are so angular, those sheets were good for […]
Marugoto 1 Rikai arrived!
Hello folks,just a short notice. Another textbook arrived!Why Marugoto, when I already have Genki 1? -It’s for a language course in March.Will there be reviews and comparisons? -Yes, but only after I’ve finished both books.
New domain and branding
Hello reader!Today I moved the WordPress blog from a subdomain from one of my developing domains to a brand new domain name. Enjoy visiting nihongoblog.com
WaniKani level 5
Hi folks,not a lot of news, but I just reached level 5 on WaniKani! See you next time!
WaniKani level 4
Oops, there weren’t a lot of updates on this blog lately.I did some work on the new domain, webhosting, Google Analytics integration and also implemented some changes on two other blogs. I’ve also wasted some time on Netflix and StarCraft 2. You could say, I had a relaxing weekend. Back to Japanese! I have finally […]