Sunday, October 19, 2014

This is not actual anime but it is in the style of anime. The entire series is fantastic. Enjoy!

しゅうまつ

こんにちは。
わたしは いいしゅうまつです。わたしは  どようび くじに おきました。そして 
あさごはんを たべました。いつも あさごはんを たべます。そして としょかんで 
べんきょうします。わたしは ひるごはんを べんきょしません。よじはんに フェンスングで 
ヂルンジメに いきました。ヂルンジメは 大きいです。そして ばんごはんを たべました。
そして りゅう いきました。りゅうは あまり りっぱじゃないです。なるとを めました。
じゅうじに ねました。わたしは どようびが すきです。
じゃ、また。

Saturday, October 11, 2014

Final Fantasy

おはよう。

The following video is a trailer of one of my favorite games ever.
Final Fantasy X

Monday, September 22, 2014

Darling です

こんばんは。
はじめまして。Darlingです。どうぞよろしく。
Princetonだいがくのいちねんせいです。せんこうはせいぶつがくです。New YorkのFreedom
からきました。わたしはAlbert Einsteinがすきです。
たんじようびはさんがつのふつかです。
さよなら。  

Thursday, September 18, 2014

Goals

Ohayoo Gozaimasu,

Through the course of this class I really want to achieve some goals. One of these goals is to advance further into Japanese,than I did in High School french. I want to learn to speak accurately, with proper pronunciation. Not necessarily fast, but accurately. I will probably shadow quite a few clips to practice the proper way to speak. I will attempt to shadow three times a week for around 10 mins. My second goal is to learn better listening skills. I have trouble picking out subtle differences and want to be able to. I think listening to Japanese clips from movies or songs or news would help me learn to pick out the differences. I will attempt to watch Japanese anime on the days I do not shadow either part of an episode or the full episode. My plan is, by the end of this series of courses, to achieve full fluency. Its going to be difficult but I am ready for the challenge.

Monday, September 15, 2014

Interests

Konnichiwa,

My Professor today, Shibata Sensee, suggested that everyone share their interests in Japanese culture. So I guess here it goes, I am a huge video gamer. I play a lot of games and probably more often then I should. My favorite series is the Final Fantasy series which is made by Square Enix. I love the music, the story, and the elements of culture that are hidden within the game. Besides video games, I love movies. Hayao Miyazaki films are some of my favorites. Spirited Away and Howl's Moving Castle rank extremely high up on the list. But besides all of the pop culture I really enjoy the spiritual ideas of Japan. The influence of nature and all of the traditions are extremely cool to me. I hope to learn more from this course and be able to appreciate the culture more.
Arigatoo gozaimasu for reading,
Walker