japanese – Page 2 – アマンダの勉強 / Amanda Learns!

july 2021 goals

I can’t believe it’s almost July already! This year has really flown by and I’m going to start sharing my language goals here as a reminder to myself of what I plan to achieve by the end of the month. Japanese Kanji – aim for level 11/12 on WaniKani – I’m averaging a level everyContinue reading “july 2021 goals”

amazon.jp kindle set-up

Recently I took advantage of the Amazon Prime Day to get myself an Amazon Kindle Paperwhite – I have had my Kindle Fire since 2013 but it doesn’t give me the same experience as a normal Kindle, plus I’ve wanted a separate device for using with the Amazon Japan Kindle store. You can only registerContinue reading “amazon.jp kindle set-up”

how i’m preparing for jlpt n3

Firstly, thanks covid for the multiple cancellations! I first took the JLPT N3 in December 2017 at a point where work was chaotic, I was dealing with big changes at home and I was super stressed. Needless to say I didn’t have time to study and I failed, but by a small margin. I thenContinue reading “how i’m preparing for jlpt n3”

#minimmersionweekend – may 1-2

If you’ve been in the Japanese studygram community on Instagram you may already know what this is, but #minimmersionweekend is a retreat based around immersing yourself in your target language for a weekend with no rules (which I love, as I’m not a fan of many of the challenges often posted). It was created by @leaf.ling_learns and @rubygagotoku andContinue reading “#minimmersionweekend – may 1-2”