As a project to get rolling on and to have some focus on my Japanese studies I’m going to prepare for the Japanese Language Proficiency Test level 2 by December 2010… I’ve laid out my strategy over at my really-need-to-update Japanese page here
I’ve ordered my books and now am cracking into the vocab/kanji at the moment.
~J out
In the movie “Mada yo” the characters sing a Children’s folk song that I really liked:
Youtube:
Lyrics:
出た出た 月が (deta deta tsuki ga)
It’s out, It’s out, The Moon is out
まるいまるい まんまるい (ma-ru-i ma-ru-i man-marui
It’s round, It’s round, Perfectly round
盆のような 月が (bon no yoo na tsuki ga)
The moon seems like a lantern (O-bon- lantern festival)
隠れた 雲に (kakureta kumo ni)
hidden by the clouds
黒い黒い 真っ黒い (kuroi kuroi ma-kuroi)
Black, Black, Pitch Black
墨（すみ）のような 雲に (sumi no yoo na kumo ni)
Clouds black as ink
また出た 月が (mata deta tsuki ga)
The moon is still out
まるいまるい まんまるい (marui marui man-marui)
Round, Round, Perfectly round
盆のような 月が (ban no yoo na tsuki ga)
The moon seems like a lantern
A simple song that I hope you like as much as I do…
~J
Wow… I probably should have posted more stuff a lot sooner. But anyway… There is lots to talk about…
A list of things I’ll try to post this week are:
The Japanese Driving Exam & drive test (運転免許試験受験票 unten menkyo shiken juu ken hyou)
The change of teachers on April 1st.
A review of 10 awesome Japanese movies I’ve watched that you should watch sometime too:
Here’s the list:
“Dolls”
“Mada Dayo”
“Ososhiki”
“Ran”
“Rashomon”
“Shichimin no Samurai”
“Tampopo”
“Marusa no onna”
“Daibyounin”
“Okuribito”
And finally my new diet idea… “Beans, Rice, and Beef for 2 weeks”
That’s a lot and I’ll try my best to sit down and write it all out this week.
~J out