August 2017 – Inside That Japanese Book

舟を編む by 三浦しをん

By: Inhae August 30, 2017

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A presentation of the novel I am currently reading in Japanese: 舟を編む by 三浦しをん.

Japanese news: comfort women statues on Seoul buses

By: Inhae August 28, 2017September 8, 2017

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Today, I decided to study this news article about the comfort women issue between Korea and Japan.

世界から猫が消えたなら by 川村元気

By: Inhae August 25, 2017August 26, 2017

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世界から猫が消えたなら・せかいからねこがきえたなら is a novel by 川村元気・かわむらげんき. A film based on the novel was released last year. I haven’t seen the film but I plan to. Even if I am posting this in the “currently reading” category of my blog, I am not really reading this book, I am listening to the audiobook. I bought it…

Motivation: The JLPT, a good way to measure your progress

By: Inhae August 23, 2017

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I passed the JLPT N2! Some thoughts about the advantages of taking the JLPT.

Daily Japanese study: How many kanji can I actually write?

By: Inhae August 21, 2017September 8, 2017

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I have realized that even if I can recognize a good amount of character I can write very few of them… Time to set a strategy to write kanji on a regular basis!

NHK radio journal’s “シリーズ戦争を考える”: War orphan ～小倉勇さん

By: Inhae August 17, 2017September 8, 2017

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This week, the NHK radio journal has started a series to commemorate the end of the war. I listened to the first episode and, as usual, was totally unable to follow what was being said. I understood enough to know that a man in his 80’s (whose name is M. Ogura) was talking about his…