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Writing in Japanese every day: how I built a new habit with マイブック

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I am not doing much to actively study Japanese lately, but there is something that I do every day since February: writing a page in Japanese in マイブック. マイブック...

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motivation / daily study

My new daily reading exercise

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I have been much into stationery lately, and while I was looking for information to sustain my newly born passion, I discovered a most interesting site: ほぼ日刊イトイ新聞, or ほぼ日...

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Reading Progress: Making my way through difficult books

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I am currently reading two challenging books that are not fiction 「在日」by 姜尚中 (カン・サンジュン) and 「朝鮮の開国と日清戦争」by 渡辺装機 (わたなべそうき). While reading these difficult books, I visualised myself trying to hold...

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Monthly Review: May

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May has been without a doubt a month of drawing and journaling. These two activities have found their place in my daily schedule by replacing what used to be...

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Read in Japanese: self-improvement books

I am mainly talking about novels on my blog, but I am also reading some non-fiction books. I realised...

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Learning Japan Prefectures

Since I started reading the news in Japanese, I am telling myself that I must learn Japan prefectures. I...

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January 29, 2018

My method for the JLPT reading part

Last week, I got the results of the second session of the JLPT (December 2017), and I was happy...

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January 8, 2018

Bullet Journal: daily log or how to spare willpower

Even if I have a lot of things I want to do, I often end up spending most of...

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Book Review: 「ヒーローズ（株）！！！」by 北川恵海

「ヒーローズ（株）！！！」(read: かぶしきがいしゃ) is a novel by 北川恵海（きたがわ・えみ）. It is the second book by Emi KITAGAWA, the first one being...

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Book review: 「赤い指」by 東野圭吾

「赤い指」is the seventh book of the detective Kaga series “加賀恭一郎シリーズ” (かが・きょういちろう) by Keigo HIGASHINO. Before starting the review of...

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Book Review: 「放送禁止」by 長江俊和

I finished reading the three stories of the book 「放送禁止」by 長江俊和 (ながえとしかず), and it was much better than I...

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Book review: 「イノセント・デイズ」by 早見和真

I have finished reading 「イノセント・デイズ」by 早見和真（はやみ・かずまさ） and loved this novel very much. I found the story interesting, I like the...

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Korean resources: monthly listening magazine for Japanese

I always have doubts when I present Korean resources to learn Japanese because I don’t know if they can...

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Book Review: 「ぶたぶたラジオ」by 矢崎存美

When I was doing my book haul in Kyoto last December, I took this book only because the cover...

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Reading Notes on the novel「彼女がその名を知らない鳥たち」by...

I am reading the novel 「彼女がその名を知らない鳥たち」by 沼田まほかるand the two main characters of the story use the Kansai dialect when...

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January 10, 2018

Reading notes: 舟を編む, part 5 and Review

Finally, the last chapter of 舟を編む! As I haven’t taken many notes for this chapter, I will also write...

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January 3, 2018

Reading Notes: 舟を編む, part 4

Still reading 舟を編む! Part 4 is told from the point of view of a new character and we know...

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November 8, 2017

Reading notes: 舟を編む, part 3

My reading notes for the third part of 舟を編む.

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