Introduction
This is documentation of my progress in learning Japanese, I will post updates on this same post. I tried to learn Japanese before but stoped because LIFE.
Journey
Date format is dd-MM-yyyy
25-05-2024
In this day I learned new Hiragana sounds, I used this game1 to make it fun and motivative to learn hiragana.
sound | Hiragana |
---|---|
a | あ |
i | い |
u | う |
e | え |
o | お |
26-05-2024
In this day I continued playing the hiragana game, I learned new Hiragana sounds, and that a dakuten marker ゛
will produce new sounds.
sound | Hiragana |
---|---|
ka | か |
ki | き |
ku | く |
ke | け |
ko | こ |
and with dakuten they become
sound | Hiragana |
---|---|
ga | が |
gi | ぎ |
gu | ぐ |
ge | げ |
go | ご |
28-05-2024
In this day I continued playing the hiragana game, I practiced the old hiragana learned by fighting monsters in game, also I learned 10 new vocabularies and their romanji, because I don’t know all the sounds, some hiragana are written in romanji also.
Romanji | Hiragana | English |
---|---|---|
hai | ha-い | yes |
iie | いいえ | no |
watashi | wa-ta-shi | I |
anata | あ-na-ta | you |
pen this should be in katana but I don't know katakana yet | pe-n | pen |
enpitsu | え-n-pi-tsu | pencil |
tsukue | tsu-くえ | desk |
isu | い-su | chair |
hon | ho-n | book |
noto | no-to | notebook |
30-05-2024
In this day I continued playing the hiragana game, I learned new Hiragana sounds
sound | Hiragana |
---|---|
sa | さ |
si | し |
su | す |
se | せ |
so | そ |
and with dakuten they become
sound | Hiragana |
---|---|
za | ざ |
ji | じ |
zu | ず |
ze | ぜ |
zo | ぞ |
also I practiced on new words by reading them in their hiragana form
Hiragana | pronounciation | romanji | meaning |
---|---|---|---|
すし | su-shi | sushi | |
せん sound n せい | se-n-se-i | sensei | master or teacher |
から sound ra おけ | ka-ra-o-ke | karaoke |
01-06-2024
In this day I continued playing the hiragana game, I learned new stuff.
Greetings
Romanji | English | When to say? |
---|---|---|
Ohayou | Good Morning | Morning |
Konnichiwa | Good Day | Noon |
Konbanwa | Good Evening | Evening |
Sayonara | Good Bye |
Cuisine
Romanji | English | When to say? | Image | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Itadakimasu | let’s eat or thanks for the meal | Before eating | u is silent |
Romanji | picture | description |
---|---|---|
Takoyaki | ![]() | Diced octopus cooked in butter |
Soba | ![]() | Noodle dish served cold |
Sashini | ![]() | Raw sliced fish |
Drinks
Romanji | English | When to say? |
---|---|---|
Kanpai | Cheers | say it before drinking alchohol |
Ramune | A sweet and furry drink like lemonade | |
Matcha | Popular style of green tea | |
Kouhii | Coffee | Japanese prounanciation for coffee |
Age
Romanji | English |
---|---|
Nan sai desu ka | How old are you? |
sai | age |
desu ka | means it’s question |
Q: Nan sai desu ka
A: 21 sai desu
17-06-2024
In this day I continued playing the hiragana game, I practiced old hiragana, and I learned new Hiragana sounds
sound | Hiragana |
---|---|
ta | た |
chi | ち |
tsu | つ |
te | て |
to | と |
and with dakuten they become
sound | Hiragana |
---|---|
da | だ |
dji | ぢ |
dzu | づ |
de | で |
do | ど |