Week 2: Basic Verbs

There were some basic verbs that I feel like I should know, so this week has some simple words that can get a lot of use.



Okay, so these aren't the only basics left on the list, but I'm still trying to keep to just six words per week. And since I'm still not very familiar with a couple of words from last week, I'm putting them in the review section.

Oh, and I noticed that the kanji for narau (習う) is the same as the second kanji of renshuu (練習) which means practice (noun)

Week 1 : Directions

Okay, this week I want to focus on some words that will help me in understanding directions. Namely the compass directions, and streets and so on. So here they are



Okay, so it was more than 3 per lesson. That's fine, as long as I don't bite off more than I can chew. I should also list some other words that I already know that fall into the same sort of category.

Goals

So(u desu ne), my plan for the year is to make a trip to Japan in mid October, and then take the lowest level of the Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT) a few months afterwards (they administer it every December). So I sat down, looked through all the vocabulary I need to learn, and of the roughly 700 words, I've got about 190 left to learn. I did better than I thought.

I'm going to try to get all of these by the time I go to Japan, which is just at 30 weeks from now. So I need to learn about 6 words a week. Here's the list of words that I don't know (or, rather, that I don't know well enough).



Whew .. that's pretty intimidating staring at that list all by itself. I just need to break it down into 3 new words for every lesson, and then try my hardest to use those words as much as possible from that point on.

Frist Psot

Ah, the first post. As a little introduction, this is going to be a chronicle of my ongoing adventures in learning the Japanese language, or as they call it 日本語 (Nihongo), where 日本(Nihon) means Japan, and 語(go) means language or word.

I plan on reviewing various study materials that I've bought, so that others can spend less money and still get all the essentials (without bothering with all the crap). I'll also occasionally post new words / kanji that I learn both as a record for myself, and as a word of the day kinda thing for anyone interested ... well, in reality, it'll probably be more like a bundle of words per weekend.