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Michael, American bills stay the same for the most part. Im sure some have changed at some point for some reason, but mostly they’ve stayed the same boring green & white since they began. Yours look cool though. :)
Missingno15, Thanks for the mini lesson! I’ll check it out this week when I have more time (when its not 5AM). ; D
Joel, yeah I don’t know if there is an official JLPT page, but JLPT study guides/materials will have pretty much exactly what you need to know I’d guess. Some are free online -I printed the JLPT 5 kanji from http://www.nihongoichiban.com is pretty informative, but I was getting confused between some of the Kun & Om readings.- and you can get study guides on Amazon.com I think if you want the booklets. :) Also there is jlpt.jp which will have a layout of what’s in the test I think. Google search “jlpt5″ for more of the sites/guides that are free.
And missingno15, I just saw your reply months later too, lol. Your sig pic looks like an idol, but who is it?? :) And I’ll post some pics of my sticky notes & J study area soon! ;) I use the half-sized flourecent colored ones for Japanese language notes. :)
Hey Andrew, I’d still call myself a super-beginner, so no i’m not planning to take any JLPT test this year. I know only a few kanji (at this point maybe 20 by kanji-name so i have a ways to go, lol). That sticky-note method really works for that too though, since a lot of words such as light, lamp, curtain, floor, etc. all have a kanji, so for those, I wrote the kanji on the sticky note with the kana writing below it. :) Also, I just (fiiiiinally! Sorry Koichi San!) started the beta version of WaniKani to see how I do with it, so maybe by next year I’ll give the test a go. :)
Hey guys! I just made a list of the first 103 kanji you need to know for JLPT5 (the Japanese language proficiency test – beginner level). I got it originally from here, so, if anything is wrong, blame it on nihongoichiban.com! ;D
http://nihongoichiban.com/2011/04/10/complete-list-of-kanji-for-jlpt-n5/
I made the whole thing much bigger (deleted the code #s and put the kanji at size 48, and the text at 14) so i could actually read the kanji. It should print out around 12 pages the way i modified it. i can’t figure out how to post it here (maybe i should get on Evernote or start a blog like KoichiSan said to… ;P)
But anyway, for now, you can copy and past that list into MS Word or whatever you use, and modify the colors and text if you want to, and print it out to study. Or e-mail me @ helenkirifides@gmail.com or Facebook msg. me @ facebook.com/helenadetroy and i’ll attach the file. :) またね!
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ようこそ ! Youkoso! Welcome Anna! Good luck with your studies! :)
p.s. It’s awesome that your sisters are interested in learning with you!
I definitely don’t think i could get either of my two sisters on the Japanese wagon with me, haha. You’re lucky! :)
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ようこそ (Youkoso! Welcome!) Peter! I actually know someone who went there for a few weeks with the Navy last year. He loved it, so i hope you will too!
It sucks, but i’ve read that the U.S. military doesn’t have a good reputation, not only among the older generation, but also the younger generation (especially in Okinawa) because of some extremely horrible crimes committed against Japanese people (i.e. women) even recently, at the hands of U.S. servicemen. Just as some foreigners who trash apartments and leave without paying their rent, are probably the cause of discrimination against foreigners sometimes, when trying to rent apartments and such in Japan, a few rotten human beings in the U.S. military, cause dislike against the whole military. A few rotten apples really do spoil the whole bunch. It’s sad, and i feel horribly for the women who have had these crimes committed against them. :/
I hope you go with the open mind and good spirit and willingness to learn that it seems like you have, :) and make our country proud, and not ashamed like i’ve felt after hearing about the crimes in Okinawa.
It seems like people in any country, like you more when you show them respect, and a willingness to learn their language. :) I hope you and your fellow servicemen/women love it there, and do your very best in representing our country in the most positive way! :) がんばって! (Ganbatte! Do your best/Good luck!)
p.s. check out http://www.wanikani.com (from tofugu) and get in on the beta version to learn some kanji, and also (first) check out the tofugu free e-book hiragana42 on the tofugu page, or read the first season of textfugu, then Google search “hiragana chart”, or download tofugu’s hiragana chart, and copy it 10 times and put it all over your house. I learned hiragana in about a month that way. :) You can do the same for katakana, and i just made a kanji chart that i’ll post in the forums today too. :)
Good luck with your Japanese studies and adventure to Japan!
Wow. It’s really awesome that you got yourself there and are loving it! Very cool.
ようこそ。 :)
みなさん, ようこそ。Hi hi hiii. :)
Welcome to the textfugu forums Rowen! It’s awesome to be studying alongside other beginners from the USA and around the world! Good luck on your studies! :)
Hi Sara! Welcome to the textfugu forums, and good luck on your studies!! :)
Hi hi Kenichi~ Welcome to the forums! Good luck on your studies! :)
Welcome Alex! :)
I’m loving the textfugu forums because so many of us are all in the same “beginner Japanese” boat, and it’s really great to talk with people on your same level and share ideas and info and such. Welcome to the forums! :)
ギタ really is guitar! ;) Music – ongaku - 音楽 – does have it’s own Kanji however. But i’m not there yet, so i’ll just make a note of it for now. I don’t know what you said Joel…lol, but i’ll try to figure it out. :P
Thanks Joel, for the guitar (gi ta-) katakana above! :)
Maggie, i will try to add some words to your great list as soon as i can!
Also, (and i should perhaps start a blog like Koichi San suggested in Season 1 of Textfugu… since i’m finding so many more things i want to post…!) i just found this amazing story by Danny Choo, while looking for something else on Google, related to Japanese language earlier today. I don’t even remember what i was looking for, but i found this story by accident, and it’s amazing for any fellow Japanese learners and enthusiasts (of which we all are). I had found his website once before (he had some hand in making these hiragana learning cards i found, and still want, when i was looking up hiragana suppliments online. http://www.dannychoo.com/post/en/26495/About+Moekana.html ) but hadn’t really looked at it again, until i accidentally found it again today and found his story.
This is a fascinating story, about Danny’s journey from his rather hard childhood in England, to discovering Japanese culture, and taking all the right steps (and no easy routes) to learning Japanese, and eventually living and working in Japan with his own company. It’s inspiring and well written, and I highly recommend it! Enjoy! ;)
http://www.dannychoo.com/post/en/26094/How+Discovering+Japan+Changed+My+Life.html
Great ideas Maggie! And wow, you put together a really awesome list so far! Thank You!!
And good point Joel about バナナ! I actually have had to move my banana sticky note from the bananas and put it on the counter next to them already, hahaha.
I have the words for floor, mirror, curtain, book, light, lamp, umbrella, cash, guitar, movie, music, & furniture, all in my room so far, and other notes around the rest of the house. :)
And missingno 15, is that a screen shot? Most of my screenshots, if not language tutorial screen shots from YouTube, are screenshots of X Japan concerts, haha (which… don’t really help me with the reading much, or have much written Japanese, if any, as they are already in Japanese) instead of idols :), but whatever inspires you to learn Japanese will definitely help you to keep learning i think! Photos with words or sentences are great to use! :)
I also just found this vlog, which i may make a separate post for. There are tons and tons of “foreigners in Japan” vlogs (video blogs) on YouTube to sift through, but i just found this one which i want to share. I’m not really in love with this video blog overall, but she does have some well filmed, and good footage of Japan, and the reason i like it, is because she speaks in English (she’s Canadian & has lived in Japan for 7 years), & subtitles most of what she says into Japanese, in a big, easy to read font, so you can pause the vid and try to read some of it. I find this fun & useful. Of course it may not all be totally accurate, but i think it’s a decent vlog to check out. Enjoy!
http://www.youtube.com/user/Ciaela
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