Let's learn basic Kanji #13 level 2

 Hello guys!
How are you doing?
みなさん元気ですか？
どうも、日記を２日でやめるなまけもの、ひろです(´・ω・)
I quit keeping a daily in 2 days. :(
But you don't quit learning Kanji, do you? 
Or you even try to start learning Kanji?
C'mon guys, let's get started today's Kanji. :)

Let's learn basic Kanji #12 level 2

Hi all!
How are you? 
Basic Kanji is easy and boring?
Ok, I'm gonna give you difficult and exciting Kanji. :)
髑髏 　Here you are!
どくろ means 'cranium''skull' tho.
When the hell do I use this Kanji?
I've never written 髑髏 in my life. lol
I would write どくろ in Hiragana ever. That's fine.
I'm pretty sure most Japanese people can't write 髑髏. :p
So all I wanna say is that basic is importan. :)
Anyway, let's start today's Kanji!

Japanese Test #1 Level JLPT N5

Hello everyone!!!
How's your Japanese going???
Today I'm gonna give you a kinda Japanese test you guys like. :)
In the test, there are Kanji and grammar things which I taught you guys in my previous lessons.
Probably this test's level is between JLPT 5 and 4.
Therefore it's a little bit difficult for beginners I guess.
But just try it and check what you don't know 'bout.
This is also the first time I've made a test. So I wrote questions in English just in case.
Probably you don't need it, do you?
Anyway, please comment whatever. :)
I hope this test helps you guys.

Are you ready for your first test?
Here we go! :)

Let's do Kanji Puzzle!!!

Hi all!
How are you doing?
Are you still struggling to learn Kanji??
Hmm.. don't hate Kanji.
They're so cute, aren't they?
Let me give you a tip to love 'em.
海　池　滝
These Kanji are in the same group.
Do you know why?

Let's learn basic Kanji #11 level 2

Hi all!
How are you doing?
わたしは、夏が待ち遠しいです！
I can't wait for summer!
とくに計画はないですけどね。(´・ω・)
I don't have any plan tho. :/
Learn Kanji and go to Japan this summer!
(´・ω・)....ok.

Let's learn past tense + verb !

Hi everyone!
みなさん元気ですか？
わたしは今朝、犬のさんぽで二時間歩きました。
楽しかったけど疲れました。(´・ω・)
How are you doing?
I walked with my dog for 2 hours this morning.
It was fun but made me tired. :/

Let's learn basic Kanji #10 level 2

Hi everyone!!
元気ですかー？
わたしは今日、午後３時におきたので、元気でーす！ww
はい、なまけものです。(´・ω・)
How are you guys?
I woke up at 3p.m today so I have a lot of energy! Lol
Yes, I'm lazy. :/
Btw, we use 'w' as an expression of laugh in a chat.
It's a kinda chat slung tho.
If you used 'w' in a chat people would think that you're understanding Japanese I guess.
Anyway, today is Kanji lesson not slung. hehe
Let's start. :)

Let's learn basic Kanji #9 level 2

Hello everyone!
How are you doing?
みなさんお元気ですか？
I'm enjoying studying in my house everyday!
I feel like wanna sing a song by Eminem! ....sigh.
わたしは毎日、家の中で勉強を楽しんでいます！
Eminemの歌でも歌いたい気分！.....(´Д｀)はぁ…
Anyway, let's study together. :)

Let's learn what te-form is!

Hi everyone!
みなさんお元気ですか？
わたしは、日本語をどうやって教えられるかなやんでいます。
How are you guys?
I'm wondering how I can teach Japanese.

*教える(おしえる)[v] to teach
  悩む(なやむ)[v] to wonder

Let's learn basic Kanji! #8 level 2

Hi all!
みなさんお元気ですか？お休みの日はなにをしましたか？わたしは、雨がふっていたのでいえの中で犬とあそんでいました。(´・ω・)
How are you guys? What did you do on your day off?
Since it was raining, I was playing with my dog in my house. :/
Anyway, finally we reached basic Kanji level 2!
We're gonna learn 'bout 160 Kanji in level 2.
They're more complicated than level 1 but still basic and you should know be4 going to next level.
Probably it takes more time to memorise them. But like I always say, the most important thing is keep learning continuously and write down kanji on your notebook or a piece of paper.
Let's study together. :)

Let's learn verb + negative in present sentence.

Hi everyone!
In this lesson, we'll learn how to conjugate verbs to a neagative form in present tense.
After this lesson, you'll be able to say 'わたしは働きません。' like this. :)
If you need to know how to structure positive verb sentence plz check Here!
In negative form, you need to think whether they're u-verb or ru-verb.
For sure, 「食べる」is ru-verb.  TABERU is ended in ru sound.
                「歩く」is u-verb.   ARUKU is ended in u sound.
Are we on the same page?
Those above are a mere example. So plz make sure that you're understanding ru-verb and u-verb. :)
Ok, so let's start today's lesson. :)

Let's learn adjective + negative in sentence.

Hi all!
In this lesson, I'm gonna teach you how to structure negative sentence using adjective.
YeaH!! Learning grammar is always exciting!!
Do you remember how to structure positive sentence using adjective?
Adjective + です。
But there're 2 types of adjectives, i-adjective and na-adjective.
na-adjective connects to a noun directly but connects to です without な. Right?
If you don't know it yet plz check Here!
Are we on the same page? Yes?
Ok then, Let's start today's lesson. :)

Let's learn present tence verb.

Hi all!
I post these lessons everyday.

わたしは、このようなレッスンを毎日とうこうします。
*投稿(とうこう)[n] a post
  投稿+する[v] to post

However I didn't write about grammatical thing at all.
Because it's hard to explain it even for Japanese people seriously.
But now I think you expand your vocab and are ready to learn grammar if you're following my lesson hopefully.
So let me talk 'bout how present tence verb works in a sentence.

Let's learn basic Kanji! #7 level1

Hi everyone!
This is gonna be last lesson as basic Kanji level 1.
After this lesson, you're gonna learn Jukugo.
Anyway, let's have a look at today's Kanji. :)

How to count various things in Japanese! #1

Hi! Lovely kittens. :)
In this lesson, I'm gonna teach these kittens how to count various things in Japanese. :)
How many kittens are there in my class?
Let me count them.
One,two,three,,
There are three kittens learning Japanese in my class.
Don't worry even if there're only three students in my class I'll keep doing this corse for them. ::)
Plz gimme a cuddle... sigh,,,,
Anyway, do you know how to count small animal such as a cat in Japanese?

Let's learn basic Kanji! #6 level 1

Hello everyone!
How are you doing?
わたしはきのう、月を見に山へ車で行きました。
てん気がよく、雨もふっていませんでした。
I went to a mountain to see the moon by a car yesterday.
It was good weather and not raining.
行く dosen't mean to climb but we say '山へ行く' as to climb a mountain.
But you can say '山をのぼる' as to climb up a mountain as well.
*登る(のぼる)[v] to climb

Those Kanji above are from my previous lessons #1~#5 plz check 'em if you need  Basic Kanji #1

Let's have a look today's Kanji. :)

Let's learn how adjective works in Japanese!

Hi all. :)
In this lesson, I'm gonna teach you how to attach an adjective to a noun in Japanese.
It's not too difficult to understand I guess. Cuz It's similler to English.
Let me give you an example first.
This is a beautiful flower.
これは、きれいな花です。
In this case, 'きれいな' is an adjective and attached to a noun '花'.
See?
Just put an adjective before a noun as you do in English.
Sounds easy, dosen't it?

Let's learn basic Kanji! #5 level 1

Hi all!!
It's already #5! It means you learnt at least 40 basic Kanji if you were following my lessons.
That's so cool, right?
And here is a good news for you. We're in a halfway of basic Kanji level 1.
After that, you're gonna learn 熟語(じゅくご)Jukugo such as 花火.
Normally Kanji has an individual meaning and it can work by itself independently.
However when kanji is used with another kanji their meaning will be changed.
For example, 花 means 'flower'. 火 means 'fire'. we learnt them already, right?
Plz guess what 花火 means.

Ler's learn basic Kanji! #4 level 1

Hi all!
まい日、かん字のれんしゅうしてますか？
Are you practicing Kanji everyday?
I post this Kanji lesson everyday.
There're over 80.000 Kanji in the world.
That's alot and takes a long time to learn.
But don't worry.
According to study,You should know at least 2,000 Kanji if you live in Japan comfortably.
In these lessons, I'm gonna teach you basic Kanji which you should know.
If you've not read previous lesson plz check 'em Let's learn basic Kanji! #3
Let's start :)

Let's learn Grammar 「~だ。」「~です。」

Hi evereone!
みなさんお元気ですか？
How are you doing?
わたしは、げんきです。
I'm fine. :)
In this lesson, I'm gonna teach you what 「だ」and 「です」are and how to use them.
They are used to declare what something is just like [To be] in English.

Let's learn basic Kanji! #3 level 1

Hello everyone. :)
How are you doing?
きょうも、かんじを学んでいきましょう！
You can read it, can't you? We learnt 学 in previous lesson.
If you haven't read previous lesson yet plz check Let's learn basic Kanji! #2
Ok, are you ready??
Let's learn basic Kanji! :)


口　音: ・コウ・ク　　　　　　訓:・くち   
                Meaning: 'mouth'

Example sentence: 口をおおきくあけてください。/Kuchi wo ookiku akete kudasai.
                                (Please open your mouth widely)

*おおきく[adv] widely


校　音: ・コウ・キョウ　　　　　　 
                Meaning:

Example sentence: 今日は学校はお休みです。/Kyou wa gakkou wa o yasumi desu.
                                (School is closed today)


*今日(きょう)[n] today


左　音: ・サ　　　　　　　訓:・ひだり   
                Meaning: 'left'

 
Example sentence: 左右のかくにんをしましょう。/Sayu u no kakunin wo simashou.
                                (Check right and left)


手　音: ・シュ　　　　　　　訓:・て
                Meaning: 'hand'


Example sentence: 左手をあげてください。/Hidari te wo agete kudasai.
                                (Please raise your left hand)



山　音: ・サン・セン　　　　　　訓:・やま   
                Meaning: 'mountain'

Example sentence: 昨日、山をのぼりました。/Kinou yama wo nobori masita.
                                (I climbed a mountain yesterday)

*登る(のぼる)[v] to climb



子　音: ・シ・ス　　　　　　訓:・こ   
                Meaning: 'kid''child'

Example sentence: 子どものせわをする。/Kodomo no sewa wo suru.
                                (Take care of a child)

*世話をする[v] to take care of



糸　音: ・シ　　　　　　訓:・いと   
                Meaning: 'string'

Example sentence: あかい糸とあおい糸。/Akai ito to aoi ito.
                                (Red string and blue string)


*赤い(あかい)[adj] red
  青い(あおい)[adj] blue



字　音: ・ジ　　　　　　訓:・あざ   
                Meaning: 'letter'

Example sentence: じょうずに字をかきます。/.Jouzu ni ji wo kaki masu.
                                (Write a letter well)

 *上手(じょうず)[adv][adj] good/well/ to be good at 



耳　音: ・ジ　　　　　　訓:・みみ   
                Meaning: 'ear/s'

Example sentence: 耳をひっぱらないで！。/Mimi wo hippara nai de!.
                                (Don't tweak my ear!)



車　音: ・シャ　　　　　　訓:・くるま   
                Meaning: 'car'

Example sentence: 車をうんてんする。/Kuruma wo unten suru.
                                (Drive a car)

*運転(うんてん)[v] to drive



 Phew, we did a lots, didn't we?
Now you know at least 30 Kanji if you're following my lesson. 
That's so cool, right???!
After more 2 or 3 lessons, You'll be able to read short story. :)
So let's keep studing together! :)
I'm looking forward to your comments.
And if you like my blog plz tell your friends who are learning Japanese.
You guys's passion for learning Japanese motivate me to make my blog better. :)

Thank you!

ありがとうございました！

Let's learn Basic Kanji #2 level 1

Hello everyone!こんにちは！
How's your kanji life? :)
I know it's a bit hard to remember kanji.
But just try to write basic kanji down on your notebook.
To write kanji is quite important to remember them.
I do remember when I started to learn Kanji at school I wrote at least 30 times each Kanji every day.
I'm not learning Kanji anymore but still find unusual Kanji.
I can read it and understand it. However I can't write it.

Let's introduce yourself in Japanese! #1

In this lesson, I'm gonna teach you how to introduce oneself in Japanese.
If you don't know Japanese grammar yet but don't worry about it.
You just remember how to introduce yourself as a phrase.
You can learn grammar later.
And then today's lesson will help you to understand complicated grammar.
So you don't have to think about how は works in this case or Why が is used in this case.
You'll see later if you keep learning Japanese. hehe
Anyway, Let's start!
When you first meet someone what do you say?

Let's learn basic Kanji! #1 level 1

In this lesson, I'm gonna teach you some basic Kanji.
According to study, 50.000 ～ 80.000 Kanji are discovered in China and Japan.
What the hell do I have to remember all of them??!!
Don't worry, you just remember about 2.000 of them.
Sounds easy, right? hehe
So, you just need to learn 2.000 Kanji which are called 常用漢字(じょうようかんじ）Jouyoukanji.
They are used in dairy life.
It might be hard to remember Kanji for now. But if you learn basic Kanji it'll be easy to remember more complicated Kanji.
Anyway, let's have a look some basic Kanji :)

Let's structure Japanese sentence!

Hi, everyone, how are you doing??
こんにちは！
You're able to read it, aren't you?
If you need to learn Japanese letters plz read my previous post Let's learn Japanese letter!.
In this lesson, I'm gonna teach you how to structure Japanese sentence as an introduction.
So, I'm not gonna teach how to write an essay in Japanese. Don't worry hehe.
By the way, I do remember the first time I've learnt English.
Did I learn how to say Hello? How to introduce myself?
What I've learnt first time was how to say ''This is a pen!''
Maybe most Japanese people answer the same question like this.
I've never said ''this is a pen'' in my real life.hehe
But This is gonna be your basic sentence structure.

Let's learn Japanese letter!

The first lesson for beginner is learning Japanese letter!
If you want to learn Japanese you must learn Japanese letter.
Because in Japan we don't use alphabet. Instead of alphabet, we use ひらがな(Hiragana), カタカナ(Katakana) and 漢字(Kanji).
Oh well, we also use alphabet to express a pronunciation like the above sentense.
Hiragana and Katakana don't have any individual meaning just like alphabet.
And just notice, Hiragana is a basic Japanese letter. Normally we use Hiragana.
So when do we use Katakana? The answer is Katakana is used for originally foreign langage such as a (カレー)curry which is coming from India.
Anyway, Let's check Japanese letter out!

あ　い　う　え　お

 a           i           u          e          o

These letters are Japanese vowel which is called 母音(ぼいん)boin.
We have 5 vowels and 9 consonants.
Consonant is called 子音(しいん)shiin in Japanese anyway.
Let's have a look how they work.

か　き　く　け　こ

ka         ki         ku       ke         ko

See?
Each consonant combines each vowel normally.
And like I said each letter doesn't have any meaning.
That's why I said Hiragana is just like alphabet.
So now you can pronounce Japanese letter!
That's so cool, right?

さ　し　す　せ　そ

sa        shi/si     su        se         so

た　ち　つ　て　と

ta       chi/ti    tsu/tu     te         to

Here is a tip. つ has a small letter written as っ which is called 小文字(こもじ)komoji.
It's used for double consonants sound such as a 尻尾(しっぽ)shippo.
And then っ is silent sound.
And one more tip. We do not care about pronunciation that much.
For example, sit is written as しっと. Seat is written as しーと in Japanese.
How about lice and rice? You can write lice らいす in Japanese. And you can write rice らいす in Japanese.
Because we don't have L sound in Japanese.
That's why we can't pronounce L sound clearly :/
Anyway, you'll see.

な　に　ぬ　ね　の

na         ni        nu        ne        no 

は　ひ　ふ　へ　ほ

ha        hi       hu/fu      he        ho

Here is a tip :)
は is pronounced as wa when it's used as a particle for a subject.
へ is pronounced as e when it's used as a particle for a direction.
Just remember it for now :)

ま　み　む　め　も

ma        mi       mu      me       mo

や　ゆ　よ

ya         yu        yo

や　ゆ　よ   they can be also a small letter when they combine with consonant.
For example, Kyoushi →きょうし.
I'll explain it later because it's complicated ;/
Anyway, we are almost there :)

ら　り　る　れ　ろ

ra         ri         ru         re        ro

 Let me say again.
They could be la li lu le lo in Japanese.
Sounds strange, doesn't it? hehe

わ　を　ん

wa        wo       nn 

Well done!!
They're basic Japanese letters.
hm? Basic?
Yes, we have some more letters sorry guys ;/
We have 濁音(だくおん)Dakuon sound 半濁音(はんだくおん)Handakuon sound and 拗音(ようおん)Youon sound.
Dakuon is described  with ″. And then sound is changed. Let's have a look.

 

が　ぎ　ぐ　げ　ご

ga         gi         gu       ge        go

 

ざ　じ　ず　ぜ　ぞ

za         zi         zu         ze        zo

 

だ　ぢ　づ　で　ど

da         di        du        de        do

Here is a tip :)
ぢ and づ are written as di and du but pronunciation are ぢzi and づzu same as じ and ず.
Just be careful for now ;)

ば　び　ぶ　べ　ぼ

ba        bi         bu        be        bo

Ok. These are called Dakuon in Japanese.
Yes, some basic letters can be Dakuon but other ones can't.
Handakuon as well :)
Let's see.

ぱ　ぴ　ぷ　ぺ　ぽ

pa        pi         pu        pe        po

And...That's all!!
They're called Handakuon discribed with ゜.
 Last one is (ようおん)youon sound.
And now is the time to explain small ゃ ゅ and ょ :)
Let's see!

きゃ　きゅ　きょ

kya             kyu            kyo

しゃ　しゅ　しょ

sha              shu            sho

ちゃ　ちゅ　ちょ

tya/cha     tyu/chu      tyo/cho

にゃ　にゅ　にょ

nya              nyu            nyo

ひゃ　ひゅ　ひょ

hya              hyu           hyo

みゃ　みゅ　みょ

mya            myu           myo

りゃ　りゅ　りょ

rya              ryu            ryo

ぎゃ　ぎゅ　ぎょ

gya              gyu            gyo

じゃ　じゅ　じょ

ja                 ju                jo

びゃ　びゅ　びょ

bya             byu             byo

ぴゃ　ぴゅ　ぴょ

pya             pyu             pyo

Phew,,,
That's it!! I think...hehe.
We did a lots, right?

Let's practice from basic letter for now :)
Hm,,
You remember them already, don't you?
Can you read these words? :)

1. てんき (weather)

2.あかり (light/s)

3.せんせい (teacher/s)

4.せいと (student/s)

5.がっこう (school)

6.やきゅう (baseball)

7.ありがとうございます (Thank you so much)










The answer :)
1.Tenki
2.Akari
3.Sensei
4.Seito
5.Gakkou
6.Yakyuu
7.Arigatou gozaimasu

How was that?
I know how difficult learning 2nd language is.
I'm also learning English as my 2nd language.
So let's study together!!
I'm pretty sure You'll get better step by step.

ありがとうございました　(*'ω'*)

病みつきになりそう！

「病みつきになりそう！」( I'll love it for the rest of my life!)

kakegurui EP3 said by　夢子

「病みつきになる」は、初めて体験することをすごく気に入った時に使えるフレーズです。
様態の「動詞＋そう」を使うことで、まだしていないことでも、「病みつきになりそうだ」と言うことができます。
同様の意味で、「中毒になる」「夢中になる」「はまる」と言うこともできます。
若者の間では、「はまる」を使う人が多いと思います。
例文
「私の作ったカレーライス食べてみる？病みつきになるかもよ！」

語彙 vocabulary
中毒(ちゅうどく)[n] addiction
夢中(むちゅう)[n]　to be into something. to be crazy about something

変な言いがかりはやめて！

「変な言いがかりはやめてくれる？」(Would you stop making a false accusation?)

Kakegurui EP1　said by 芽亜里

自分は間違ったこと、してはいけない事を言ったりやってはいないのに、他の人に文句を言われたときに使えるフレーズです。
例えば、友達と話していただけなのに近くにいた他の友達から、「今私の悪口言ってたでしょ」と言われたら これは言いがかりですね。この場合では、あなたは「言いがかりをつけられた」と言えます。
ただし、本当に間違ったことかどうか自分で気が付いていない、又はそれを隠したい場合であっても使えます。
今回のアニメのシーンでは、芽亜里はイカサマに気づかれた際にこのセリフを言っていますね。
 この他にも、「言いがかりやめて！」「言いがかりやめてくれる？」の様に言うこともできます。
例文
「昨日教室にいたよね？あの花瓶割ったのあなたでしょ？」
「 変な言いがかりはやめて！」

語彙 vocabulary
フレーズ[n] phrase
悪口(わるくち)[n] abuse /悪口を言う abuse someone
イカサマ[n] cheat
花瓶(かびん)[n] vase
 

Let's start!

みなさん、ようこそ私のブログへ！
まずは自己紹介からさせて頂きます！
つい先日ふと日本語教師を目指すことにしたHiroです！
日本語教師になろうと思ったきっかけは、英語を勉強してはいるけど結局自分に何ができるのか悩んでいた時に、日本語を第二言語として学んでいる沢山の人に出会い、みんなの助けがしたいと思ったからです。
自分も英語を第二言語として学んでいるなかで、難しいと感じた場面や母国語ならではの表現など、様々な壁を感じました。
なのでこのブログでは主に、「学校では習わない日本語！」を扱っていこうと思います！
私もまだまだ経験の浅いひよっこですが、このブログを通して自分も成長していきますので、どうかよろしくお願いします！

Hello Welcome to my blog!
Let me introduce myself first!
I'm Hiro who want to become Japanese teacher!
Plz call me Hiro sensei XD
The reason that I wanna be Japanese teacher is wanna help people who are learning Japanese as 2nd language.
I'm also learning English as my 2nd language and then I just thought what I can do.
I know how difficult learning other language is.
So I wanna help people like me.
I'm gonna teach you Japanese language which you can't learn from textbook and in a class such as native speak.
I don't have any skill and experience to teach yet but I'll also grow up with you guys through this blog.

So Let's start new step with me :)

by the way, my English is still not enough good ;/
I'm pretty sure I'll make a lots of mistake.
especially spelling :/
plz correct me if I make a mistake :)
But you know, making a mistake is first step to learn new thing :)