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オレンジでござる。

@orenjisupeesu

勉強しんといかんね。よろしく。
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今日は休みだったから今朝はいつものミルクティーと読書タイム。ちょっと家を片付けたら久しぶりに勉強のやる気が出た。別にテストしたいからではなく、教科書を手放したいからです。

日本で後1年間ぐらい。なので、1級やっといたほうがいいんだよね。あといつも「いつかしよう」とか「いつか行こう」とかのもしないとね。

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I’ve been studying Japanese for about a year now and have just finished Genki 1, any tips on staying motivated to learn?

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The motivation to learn is dependent on your goal, what you want to use Japanese for outside of textbooks. Why are you studying Japanese?

Once you have your goal clearly in your mind, you need to find ways to measure/check your progress. The easiest one for Japanese is the JLPT. But since this does not include speaking, it isn’t for everyone. Find a media that suits you (drama, books, manga, anime, television, idols, music, newspapers, etc.) and practice using the real thing. Once you see progress, you will feel motivated to continue. For me, as my goal was reading Japanese novels, that’s where I started, with Japanese books. Start on the bottom and work up. While I can’t read every novel smoothly and perfectly from the start, as I go along I notice that it gets easier, I can understand more. If I go back to some earlier books, I will find I can read them more easily than the first time.

But if your goal is more speaking/listening related, you can start with kids shows and work up the same way. Maybe start with subtitles, and then try without subtitles, repeat the process and you will find progress. In progress you will find motivation.

That is not to say that I am myself motivated all the time to learn, once I got to a comfortable level to read the novels I wanted, I don’t have motivation to study further than that^^;;

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みなさま、お久しぶりです!

フォロワー5000人超えてしまった。たまにしか投稿しないのにね。みなさま、ありがとうございます🙇‍♀️

せっかくだから、何年前からやってない自己紹介をしようと思います。

初めまして!

オレンジでございます。30歳のノルウェー人で、5年間日本に住んでいます。前は愛知県も長野県も住んでいましたが、今は東京で働いています。

日本語を勉強するきっかけは小説が好きだからでした。村上春樹の本の全部を英語で読んで、「日本語で読んでみたい、どのぐらい違うかな」ってことでした。今は村上春樹より、他の作家さんと出会って愛読しています🙈

趣味は上にも述べたけど、読書。他によくしていることは、紅茶を飲んだり (本を読みながらw) 、片付けたり (家がいつも綺麗わけではないけど)、手紙を書いたり (日本の切手も好き)、料理とベーキングしたり、時々ハイキングしたりします。

好きなものは、愛猫のダージリンちゃん、甘いもの、文具、ミルクティー、手帳、秋、オレンジ色、編み物など。

今年 (2022年) やったことは結婚したことと運転免許を取得したことです(日本語で取得しました!ちょっと自慢させてください)。

そろそろ日本語能力試験を取得したいと思います。なぜかというと、日本語能力試験の本を手放したいだけです。あまりろくな理由ではないですけど、取得できずに手放すには気が進まないと感じます。

みなさま、よろしくお願い致します🙇‍♀️

Long time no post!

Even though I only post once in a while, I now have over 5000 followers. Thank you so much!

Since I haven’t done one in years, I thought it would be a good opportunity to do a new self introduction! So,

Hello!

I’m «orange». A 30year old Norwegian that has been living in Japan for 5 years now. Previously I lived in Aichi and Nagano prefectures, but now I work in Tokyo.

The reason I started studying Japanese was for my love of novels. I read all of Haruki Murakami’s books in English and thought «I want to read these in Japanese, I wonder how different they are». Now I am enjoying other Japanese authors maybe even more than Haruki Murakami🙈

Hobbies are, as stated above as well; reading. I also often drink tea (while reading), tidy and organize (not to say that my house is always tidy and clean), write letters (I also love Japanese stamps), cook and bake, and sometimes go hiking.

Things I love; my beloved cat Darjeeling, sweets, stationery, milk tea, planners, autumn, the colour orange, crafts etc.

Things I did in 2022; got married and got my driver’s license! (I got the license all in Japanese! Please excuse my bragging just this once haha)

I want to pass the jlpt soon, mostly just to be able to get rid of all the jlpt textbooks I have. While it is not the best reason, I feel like I can’t get rid of them without having passed so.

Yoroshiku everyone!🙇‍♀️

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Anonymous asked:

What books are you using to study Japanese?

At the moment? These:

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ドライビングスクールが始まった。本当に学生に戻った感じがする。「机に落書きしないでください」などのルールがあって、18歳からの人の中に落書きする人いるんでしょうか😅 

教室にいた人を見て、やっぱりみんなが若かったわ。もう30歳なった私がちょっと…って感じですね😅 

Driving school has started. It feels like I really have returned to being a student. With rules like «don’t doodle on the desks». Are there really people who doodle on the desk above the age of 18?

Looking around at the people in the classroom I realize they are all so young. And with me already 30 years old… I felt old haha

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