キラキラ星（twinkle twinkle little star)

みんな！ 

日本語のtwinkle twinkle little star　を見つけた！　

とても可愛ですよ！

ちょっと見てください！

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Shingeki no Kyojin!

So my mom came back to visit me from Japan today and brought back these! Anyone who wants to borrow them is welcome! SHINGEKI NO KYOJIN!

Reflections, Goals,and Activities 2

I am truly blown away by how much I have improved in Japanese since I started this course. Of course before I took the class, I knew very little Japanese, but in the course of only a few months, I can already hold up a short conversation in Japanese with a native Japanese speaker! Because I can easily see the results of my studies in Japanese, I have a motivation and drive to continue studying it everyday. Over the past few months I have improved my Japanese not necessarily though pronunciation but vocabulary and fluency. I am more confident in my Japanese and am eager to speak to anyone who will listen to me. My vocabulary has expanded and I can hold up longer sentences where as before I could only say simple short phrases. I am super excited by my improvement in Japanese and am looking forward to my the challenge ahead! がんばりましょう！

My pronunciations continue to be pretty accurate for the most part. I will continue to check my pronunciation with my professors but other than that my most important challenge continues to be to learn the right intonations for future words. I can pronounce all the characters in the alphabet, all I need to know is the right inflection for phrases. This will be a continuous goal in my studies!

As for other goals and activities, I said in my last reflection that I wanted to go to the Japanese language tables more often. I began going to some Japanese language tables but I hope to go to more! I went to the advanced level Japanese table once and actually had a lot of fun so I think I will stick with that one since it is at Forbes and that is where I live. I also mentioned watching more anime and watching RAW versions of anime in my previous goal statements. As for new anime, I have already begun a new series Shingeki no Kyojin and I love it! Sadly I waste a lot of time watching instead of studying but it is worth it. I also began to notice that rather than before, where I would only read the japanese subtitles of animes, I am now picking up more Japanese words from the actual dialogue and not having to read the subtitles. I want to continue to see how much I can understand without reading the subtitles as I continue in my studies and hopefully try and watch an episode without subtitles in the future!

じゃあ、また
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なら燈火会です(nara light festival)！

こんばんは！Here is another day during the summer at my home in 名古屋 (なごや).

はちがつじょうににちに　ぼくは　じょういちじはんに　おきました！

そしてばんに奈良(City of Nara)で　まつりがあります！なら燈火会です(nara light festival)！

しんかんせんに　いきました！

By the time we got to Nara, it was very dark! But it was time to watch the light festival where 10,000 candles illuminate the area around Nara park and its surrounding temples. These ancient Buddhist temples have been left relatively untouched through the years. 

しんかんせんで　なごやから　ならまで　３０じぷんくらいかかります！

そして わたしのかぞくは　ならこうえんのまえのレストランにたべました！すごいおいしいですよ！

this is the steps to the restaurant we ate dinner at. 

my brother eating some bread at the restaurant.

そしてまつりにいきました。まつりは　ならこうえん　であります。There was a lot of deer. And the deer were very friendly! There was a shop where you could buy rice cakes to feed the deer. My brother and I did that a lot. :3

leaving the restaurant

まつりはじょういちじにおわりました。しょうしてわたしはうちにかえりました。じょうにじにねました。おやすみなさい！

New Song: Hotari no Hikaru by Ikimono Gakari!

Here's me singing another one of my favorite songs!!! 

OMG まだまだ！I just found me singing this song when I was in 9th grade! actually it's so embarrassing I decided not to post it on here. Ill post the real song though so you can compare and tell me what you think!

Shingeki no Kyoujin Review

Reflections and Thanks

First, I want to start by saying みなさん、どうもありがとうございます! for voting for me in the Best Video Blog contest. I do feel a little guilty that I won because part of the reason why my pronunciation is so advanced is because Japanese was my first language. Therefore I recognize certain sounds and patterns such like that of a native speaker without actually knowing any Japanese whatsoever. たいへんですね。Although my pronunciation is above par, I am in the same boat when it comes to everything else like vocab and grammar. Thus, I hope to tackle the journey of the Japanese Language with you all in the coming months and offer you my knowledge of Japanese pronunciation if you need it!