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Latest Monday posts: In search of inspiration to start the week!

Monthly review: July 2018

Published by Inhae

I haven’t been productive this month, I was mainly fighting the heat, sleeping badly because the temperature would hardly go down during the night. That’s okay, because I know...

July 30, 2018
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motivation / daily study

Organising my studies

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For some time now, I come up with things that I want to do every day. I want to write in Japanese every day, I want to do listening...

July 23, 2018
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motivation / daily study

New Anki deck, old goals

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I have started a new Anki deck… and I am not using anymore the one I started on the very first day of my learning Japanese. I have realised...

July 16, 2018
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motivation / daily study

My listening exercise for the second half of 2018

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In my checkpoint about how good I was doing in 2018, I had to admit that I hadn’t work much on listening. I regularly come up with a renewed...

July 9, 2018
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motivation / daily study

The book I am reading at the moment

Currently Reading: 『往復書簡』by 湊かなえ

by Inhae

I was very excited to start a new book by Kanae MINATO! I have read only one book from this author before, but it is clearly one of my favourite books. I was looking forward to reading another story by Kanae MINATO and was full of expectations when I finally opened 『往復書簡』. The fact that it is an epistolary (書簡・しょかん) work added to my...

August 1, 2018
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currently reading

Things I figured out that help me learn Japanese

May 14, 2018

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...

by Inhae
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April 23, 2018

Learning Japan Prefectures

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

by Inhae
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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...

by Inhae
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Daily Log and Willpower
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...

by Inhae
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Latest book reviews

July 25, 2018

Book Review: 「私のクラスの生徒が、一晩で24人死にました。」by ...

The book 「私のクラスの生徒が、一晩で24人死にました。」by 日向奈くらら (ひむかな・くらら) reminded me how much I like horror stories and thrillers. I have a taste for...

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July 4, 2018

Book review: 「虚ろな十字架」by 東野圭吾

「虚ろな十字架」is both a typical Keigo HIGASHINO and a surprising one. Typical in its setting, its characters and the way...

by Inhae
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June 27, 2018

Book Review 「君たちはどう生きるか」by 吉野源三郎

I have finished reading 「君たちはどう生きるか」by 吉野源三郎 (よしの・げんざぶろう), and as I said in my monthly review on Monday, I did not...

by Inhae
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June 6, 2018

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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May 23, 2018

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...

by Inhae
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May 2, 2018

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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My latest posts

August 6, 2018

Blog Summer Holiday!

August 3, 2018

Japanese Immersion: August week 1

August 1, 2018

Currently Reading: 『往復書簡』by 湊かなえ

July 30, 2018

Monthly review: July 2018

July 27, 2018

Japanese immersion: July week 4

Reading the news in Japanese

Japanese News: July week 2 (終)

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Introduction This week’s post is very short, only two topics, and it will be the last post in the section “Japanese News”… The reason why I stop is that...

July 13, 2018
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辞書は、言葉の海を渡る舟だ

三浦しをん、「舟を編む」

Reading Notes about some challenging novels I have been reading

March 7, 2018

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...

by Inhae
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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...

by Inhae
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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...

by Inhae
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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.

by Inhae
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