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Month: July 2017

reading notes

どちらかが彼女を殺した~第5章~3-4-5-6-7

Notes for the end of chapter 5!

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motivation / daily study

After the JLPT, the JLPT! My study plan to N2

There are 4 months left until the next JLPT in December. This is how I plan to study to pass the N2 level.

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Japanese songs

倍書千恵子~世界の約束

Notes for the ending song of the film Howl’s moving castle.

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currently reading

聲の形・こえのかたち

I am currently reading the manga “A Silent Voice”, this is a (very) short review.

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Japanese news

The Korean film Battleship Island in the Japanese news

How the Korean film Battleship Island is presented in the Japanese news. Notes on an article published on the site NHK News Web on July 26th.

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motivation / daily study

I don’t make any progress 😕

When learning a foreign language, it is easy to get demotivated and give up, especially when one is self-studying. One

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reading notes

どちらかが彼女を殺した~第5章~2

Vocabulary for the second part of chapter 5.

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Japanese songs

平原綾香・いのちの名前

Notes and vocabulary for the vocal version of Spirited Away famous theme あの夏へ.

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learning strategies

How to add an audiobook (mp3) to your iBooks library

I said some days ago, that I wanted to buy an audiobook in Japanese and have it available on my

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すーちゃん

すーちゃん~11

Reading notes for this new story where Mai is reflection upon stress and how easy it is to hurt others with a casual remark.

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Currently reading

  • Cover of 寝台特急殺人事件. The cover illustration is a picture of a train wagon taken at night. There is a logo on the train that represents a blue bird with the name はやぶさ written on it.
  • Cover of 김대리가 죽었대. The cover illustration depicts a city with tall buildings at night or dawn. There are lights on several floors.
Latest posts in the Fediverse:

#3GoodThings
🎉 Enjoying the Holidays!
📖 Bought a new book, and I’m looking forward to starting it this weekend.
🌳 Walk in the woods. It was quite pleasant and refreshing. Also saw a squirrel, but I was not quick enough to take a picture of it, so instead, this is just a picture of the trail we took.

28 September 2023 @ 12:36 pm

I finished the short story 냉장고와 넷플릭스 (Refrigerator & Netflix) by 홍지운 (Hong Jiun), a funny story of a ghost in a refrigerator. It’s from a short stories collection with the same title. With this I have already read my two short stories for this week! #Korean #ReadingChallenge

28 September 2023 @ 10:46 am

I could not resist buying Bora Chung (정보라)’s new novel!
The promotion material says that both author Kim Choyeop (김초엽) and translator Anton Hur recommend it.
@mollymay5000 Thank you for recommending this author! I still haven’t got around to reading Cursed Bunny, and I think I’ll start with this novel instead. It’s apparently a SF thriller on the theme of pain, so quite a heavy topic. #Korean

28 September 2023 @ 8:31 am

  • Black and white drawing of a cat resting its head on a pile of books. There are house plants on each side of the pile of books.
    Korean reading challengeSeptember 26, 2023
    In this post, I’m talking about my Korean reading challenge and go through several collections of short stories I bought for this challenge.

Latest book reviews

Cover of 背いて故郷. The cover illustration depicts a round rearview mirror on a grey sky. In the reflection of the mirror, there is a man standing near a road.

Book review:『背いて故郷』by Tatsuo Shimizu

Author: Tatsuo Shimizu (志水辰夫)

One of the rare hardboiled novels that I enjoyed reading, 背いて故郷 starts with an engrossing investigation which turns into more action in the second hal

Cover of チョコレートゲーム. The focus of the cover image is a small desk and two chairs facing the desk, typically the kind that are used in classrooms. On the table there is some kind of board game involving chocolate bars. There are also bank notes and chocolate around it.

Book review:『チョコレートゲーム』by Futari Okajima

Author: Futari Okajima (岡嶋 二人)

チョコレートゲーム is an engrossing mystery with a fast pace. Recommended!

渇きの町 (かわきのまち)

Book review:『渇きの街』by Kenzo Kitakata

Author: Kenzo Kitakata (北方謙三)

Even though 渇きの街 won the Mystery Writers of Japan Award and has overall good reviews, it was not a book that I enjoyed reading, mainly because I disli

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