Practice 10/31

Practiced varieties of the -て form. －て、－ている、－ていらしゃいます。　３０分。

Practice 10/30

Finished Chapter 8 in my review book.

Did these quizzes:

http://www.manythings.org/japanese/vocabulary/jlpt4-adj.html (91%)

http://www.manythings.org/japanese/vocabulary/jlpt4.html (100%, 105 kanji done)

Practice 10/29

About 45-50 minutes of practice. Did this entire matching quiz:

N4 Matching Quiz

I scored 99%, but only one really "wrong" - where I didn't know the kanji. The problem is sometimes you'll get "why?" and "why?" for possible answers, plus 度して and　なぜ, for example. Or when I got "word, speech" and "word, speech" and both ~語 and　言葉 and chose the "wrong" one. Annoying, since the error is merely matching the wrong kanji to the wrong slot, even if it's the exact same definition in two spots.

Good practice, though.

Practice 10/28

Did a practice quiz in my review book (10/10).


Did this quiz for part of my practice:
http://www.manythings.org/japanese/vocabulary/jlpt4.html

JLPT Level 4 Vocabulary List

Quiz Score: 96% (349 / 363)
Correct: 350 Wrong: 14
Game Points: 16683 (out of a possible 18200)
Total Time: 1495 sec. (approx. 24.9 min.)

You have only a few seconds to pick the correct answer - which occasionally pressured me to the wrong answer as I didn't have time to read them all. Not usre if this is good or bad - I can't get it to tell me the list of wrong answers, so next time I need to write down the ones I missed even if it means stopping.

Practice 10/27

30 minutes of review
もらう、下さる、頂く
あげる、くれる、差し上げる

Practice 10/26

Reviewed Kanji 1-34 today. Read some of my practice book.

Next time through the kanji I will double up on the problem kanji, and then on problem compounds.

Practice 10/25

30 minutes of kanji review. 65-34, twice through. No forgotten kanji, although I never remember 最後.

Practice 10/24

Just kanji today. Did 40 of them (104-65), all of which I remembered thoroughly.

Practice 10/23

30分練習

この話は４回聞いた：
ジンベイ鮫

覚えにくい漢字：
120　働　はたら
113　低　ひく
111　代　こわ
110　仕　し
108　事　こと
106　主　しゅ

Practice 10/22

Read half a chapter of my practice book.

Reviewed 20 kanji.

覚えなかった漢字：
140　問　もん
129　勉　べん
127　別　べつ

Practice 10/21

30 minutes

Kanji:
157　室　しつ
151　太　ふと

Did the Psrt One test. 48/50 = 96%. Not happy with getting two of those wrong, especially since I was sure one was right and only unsure about the other.

Practice 10/20

普通の３０分練習をした。

忘れた漢字：
176　意　い
168　弟　おとうと

本でクイズと書く復習をした。明日、Ｐａｒｔ　１　テストをする予定です。

Practice 10/19

30 minutes, broken into parts thanks to an odd schedule.

覚えにくい漢字：
199　業　ぎょう
191　暗　くら

Later did some reading in my textbook.

Practice 10/18

30 minutes of kanji review.

忘れやすい漢字：
219　用　よう
218　産　セン
215　特　とく
209　洋　よう
206　民　みん


Bonus 漢字:
侍　さむらい samurai

Practice 10/17

Reviewed 20 kanji, and read most of a chapter in my 復習の本.

忘れやすい漢字：
235　答　こたえ
234　究　きゅう
230　短　みじかい
225　発　ぱつ

Practice 10/16

復習は３０分。

漢字の復習：264番から245番まで。
覚えにくい漢字：
263　運　うん
262　進　すす
261　通　とお
258　軽　けい
255　走　はし
251　説　せつ

Chapter 4 quiz in my book - 10/10. Reviewed ある/いる and には

Practice 10/15

Done with my 284-kanji set, so I reviewed 284-265.


忘れやすい漢字：
276　題
272　集
270　集
266　重
265　都 (I often confuse it with 部)

Read more of my review book - most of the way through chapter 4.

Practice 10/14

漢字24番から１番までに勉強をした。

北　きた North
前　ぜん before
分　ぶん understand/divide
出　で leave
円　まる circle
六　む six
八　や eight
入　にゅう enter
先　さき before
何　か what
会　かい meeting
休　きゅう rest
今　こん now
人　ひと person
五　いつ five
二　ふた two
九　ここの nine
中　なか inside
下　した below
上　うえ above
三　み three
万　まん 10,000
七　しち seven
一　いち one

後は、本を読んだ。本で、いとなadjectivesのことを復習した。

Practice 10/13

今朝は漢字と質問の言葉も復習をした。

漢字44番～25番まで

学　まな study/school
子　こ child
女　おんあ woman
天　てん heaven
大　だい big
多　た many
外　そと outside
土　つち earth
国　くに country
四　よん four
名　めい name/fame
右　みぎ right
古　ふる old
口　くち mouth
友　とも friend
南　みなみ South
半　はん half
午　ご noon
千　せん thousand
十　じゅう ten

Chapter 3 のテストも出来た。10/10点出来た。

Practice 10/12

ちょっと調子が悪くて、眠いから勉強は大変だった。でも、ゆっくりで漢字の意味と発音も勉強した。３０分、２０字は３回を読んだ。

あと、ちょっと日本語の教科書を読んだ。

Kanji 64-45
校　こう school
東　とう East
来　らい next/come
本　ほん book/real
木　き tree
月　つき moon/month
書　しょ write
時　じ time
日　に sun
新　しん new
手　て hand
後　あと after
店　てん shop
年　とし year
左　せ left
川　かわ river
山　やま mountain
少　すく few
小　しょう small
安　あん at ease


新は簡単だね～新潟に住んでいたので～

Practice 10/11

30 minutes practice today, slightly broken up.

30 easy kanji today - I set it up so they get easier as I go.

見　けん see
西　せい West
行　こう go
花　はな flower
聞　ぶん hear
耳　みみ ear
立　りつ stand
空　くう sky
社　しゃ social
目　もく eye
百　ひゃく 100
白　はく white
男　だん man
生　せい life
父　ふ father
火　か fire
水　すい water
気　き mood
毎　まい every
母　ぼ mother

Practice 10/10

Kanji 104-85. 簡単な漢字で、よかった。
不　ふ not/bad
魚　ぎょう fish
高　こう tall
駅　えき station
飲　いん drink
食　しょく eat
電　でん electric
雨　あめ rain
間　ま between
長　ちょう long
金　きん gold
道　どう road
週　しゅう week
車　しゃ vehicle
足　あし foot/leg
買　ばい sell
読　どく read
語　かた word
話　わ speak
言　げん say

Also did the test for Chapter 2 in my book (10 for 10) and started in a bit on chapter 3. It's very easy review, but practice is practice and it's all stuff that is on the test.

Practice 10/9

Kanji

124 - 105

写　しゃ duplicate
光　ひか shine
兄　あに older brother
元　げん origin
働　どう work
借　かり borrow
便　べん convenient
使　つか use
作　つく make
体　たい body
住　すむ live
低　ひく short
以　い starting point
代　かわ substitute
仕　し serve
京　きょう capital
事　こと thing
乗　の ride
主　しゅ master
世　せ world

Re-read chapter 1 and 2 of Japanese Demystified.

Practice 10/8

Another 30 minutes of kanji practice today.

漢字１４４～１２５

堂　どう hall
地　ち earth
図　ず diagram
回　かい turn
問　もん question
員　いん worker
品　ひん goods
味　あじ flavor
同　どう same
合　あ combine
台　だい stand
去　きょ go away
医　い doctor
区　く ward
動　どう move
勉　べん make effort
力　りょく power
別　べつ separate
切　せつ cut
冬　ふゆ winter

Also did all of the written sample questions here:
http://www.jlpt.jp/e/samples/n4.html

Practice 10/7

Kanji 165-145
広　こう wide
帰　かえ return
市　し city
工　こう construction
屋　や shop
寒　さむ cold
家　いえ house
室　しつ room
字　じ character
始　はじ start
姉　あね older sister
妹　いもうと younger sister
好　こう like
太　ふと big/thick
夜　よる night
夕　ゆ evening
夏　なつ Summer
売　ばい sell
声　こえ voice
場　ば place

Did 15 minutes twice, and then 20 more minutes. Didn't really have time to spend 30 minutes straight, but this was close enough. Got through the kanji 3 times over those three times.

I order a book from the library and it came in, so tomorrow I'll pick it up and start to mix in a chapter a day from that book as grammar practice.

Practice 10/6

30 minutes of kanji practice, including reviewing yesterday's characters.

族　ぞく family
旅　りょ travel
方　かた way of
料　りょう materials
文　ぶん letter/writing
教　おし teach
持　も have
所　ところ place
意　い mind
悪　あく bad
急　いそ hurry
思　おも think
心　しん heart
待　ま wait
強　つよ strong
弱　よわ weak
弟　おとうと younger brother
引　ひ pull
建　た build
度　ど degree/time

Hard to concentrate because a neighborhood kid was screaming for the entire time, as loud as can be. I'll need to re-review these because it was pretty distracting.

Practice 10/5

30 minutes of kanji practice today. No time to review, yet.

Kanji 204 - 185

歩　ある walk
正　しょう correct
止　と stop
歌　うた song
楽　がく fun
業　わざ business
森　もり forest
林　はやし forest
村　むら village
朝　あさ morning
服　ふく clothes
有　ゆう have/be
曜　よう day
暗　くら dark
暑　あつ hot
昼　ひる noon
春　はる Spring
映　えい reflect
明　あ bright
早　はや early

No time to get down all the meanings/pronunciations. I'll edit them in later (10/6, done)

Practice 10/4

30 minutes of kanji today. 224-205

病　びょう sickness
界　かい world
画　が picture
町　まち town
田　た ricefield
用　よう use
産　さん give birth
理　り　reason
犬　いぬ dog
特　とく special
物　もの thing
牛　ぎゅう cow
漢　かん Chinese
海　うみ sea
洗　せん wash
洋　よう ocean
注　ちゅう　pay attention to
池　いけ pond
民　みん population
死　し death

And then I reviewed them once each.

Practice 10/3

More kanji practice - reviewed my previous kanji at random, did not get through all of them.

Kanji practice - next 20, 244-225

英　えい　English
色　いろ color
自　じ　self
肉　にく flesh
者　しゃ　person （忍者）
考　こう　think
習　しゅう learn
終　しゅう end
紙　かみ paper
答　こた answer
究　きゅう investigate
秋　あき　autumn
私　わたし I
研　けん　grind
短　みじ short
知　し know
着　き wear
真　ま real/actual
県　けん province
発　はつ reveal

Then I went through them again quickly.

Bonus vocab:
悔しい くやしい (adj-i) vexing; annoying; frustrating; regrettable; mortifying;

Practice 10/2

30 minutes, not including a review of yesterday's kanji.

20 new kanji today, 245-264:

遠　とお distant/far
運　はこ transport/luck
進　すす advance
通　とお pass/commute
送　おく send
近　ちか near
軽　かる light
転　ころ・てん turn/rotate
起　お rise
走　はし run
赤　あか red
質　しつ quality/question
貸　かす lend
説　せつ explain
試　し test
計　けい plan/total
親　おや parent
薬　くすり medicine
菜　さい vegetables
茶　ちゃ tea

Did those once through, plus reviewed the 20 before. Total 40 down, 244 to go before my test Dec 1st.

Practice 10/1

30 minutes of kanji practice.

I have 284 kanji in a flashcard set. My plan is to learn all of them. If want to review them all 3x before the test on December 1st, I need to practice at least 15 every day. To avoid crunch time, I'll simply do 20 a day for a while and start isolating the ones that give me difficulty for extra review.

The earlier ones tend to be the easier ones, so I'm studying backwards. Today was 284 - 265

黒　くろ black
鳥　とり bird
験　けん test
首　くび neck
館　かん hall
飯　めし cooked rice/meal
風　かぜ wind
顔　かお face
題　だい title/problem
頭　あたま head
音　おと sound
青　あお blue
集　あつ gather/collect
院　いん institution
開　ひら open
門　もん gate
銀　ぎん silver
野　や field
重　おも heavy, repeat, pile
都　みやこ metropolis (of Tokyo)

I'll review those as I have time for today.
出来るまでに、復習をする。