①Aim of Japanese Writing Club
I am learning English and I want to improve more.
Thus, making video or writing blog with English translation is a good practice
for me.
On the other hand,
I’m also interested in introducing how to practice Japanese. Thus, I am writing
blog or making video about learning Japanese.
As
you know, one of important things to improve writing is to write a lot.
Thus,
I think it is better for us to have co-learning online that we check an article,
we try to write question sentence, write its answer as writing practice and
share them on Reddit or YouTube comment.
②Writing Practice: What will we do?
Level 1: For Basic Level Learner
This time topic is “おもちゃ” “あそび”. I am going to give you a question that I chose
from DMM Eikaiwa. DMM Eikaiwa is a website for Japanese guys learning English. I
will apply it to Japanese writing practice. To practice Japanese writing,
try to write answer in Japanese and if you like, share on the comment in Reddit.
If
you have difficulty to use Kanji, only using Hiragana and Katakana is also OK.
This is just practice so don’t hesitate and just try. If you also have
difficulty to read Kanji, use this web site put Kanji and push “ひらがな”.
Question
子どもの頃、好きなおもちゃは何でしたか。なぜですか。
Example
Answer：
私は子供の頃、よく、スーファミやゲームボーイ、などのテレビゲームで遊びました。
When
I was child, I often played with Video Game such as Super Nintendo and Game Boy etc.
その当時、小学生や中学生の間では、任天堂のゲーム機はものすごく流行っていて、僕の友達のほとんどが、ゲーム機で遊んでいました。
At
that time, Nintendo game consoles were booming amongsｔ elementary and junior
high school students. Almost all of my friends were also playing something video
games.
その影響で、僕も両親に頼んで誕生日プレゼントにゲーム機を買ってもらい、ゲームソフトを友達の間で貸し、借りして、ほぼ、毎日、遊んでいました。
Because
of my friend’s influence, I asked my parents to buy video games as birthday
present, lent and borrowed game cartridges amongst my friends and played them
almost every day.
古いゲームですが、ゲームボーイでスクウェアから発売された、Sagシリーズにはまってました。北米での発売タイトルは“Final Fantasy
Legend”という名前だそうです。
I
was into series of “Sa Ga1,2 and 3” that is very classic games of Game Boy and its
English title is “Final Fantasy Legend” released by Square Soft.
ゲームの中では仲間のモンスターに別のモンスターの肉を食べさせると、仲間のモンスターが強くなる可能性があります。
In
the game, if I feed enemy monster’s meats to my companion monsters, they are
likely to evolve from lower level monster into higher level one.
どんな進化をするか、退化をするかは、どんなモンスターの肉を与えるかによって決まります。What type of evolution or degeneration comes out depends on what
type of monster meat I feed.
組み合わせは何百とあって、その設定にはまって、何百時間もプレーしていました。
Thus,
players have hundreds of combinations. I was into that system, so I had been
playing several hundred hours.
今も、時間がある時は任天堂のスイッチで、遊んだり、日本語を教えるときにゲームを使って教えたりしています。
Even
today, when I have spare time, I sometimes play Nintendo Switch and also use it
to teach Japanese.
Level 2: For Intermediate Level Learner
(1)
I introduce an article “Lego Could Last 1,300 Years in
the Ocean
レゴ、海中で1,300年残存する可能性” from DMM Eikaiwa. DMM Eikaiwa is a web site for Japanese
people learning English. I try to apply this web site to Japanese writing
activity.
To
understand topic, read the introduced article in DMM Eikaiwa. News Article
sometimes has Japanese Translation but sometimes does not have Japanese
Translation. This is not reading practice so if you cannot understand Japanese
translation, it is OK to just read English sentences to understand the topic.
(2)
Under the news article in DMM Eikaiwa, you can find out “Questions”, “Discussion”
and “Further Discussion”. We do not use “Questions”. This is because “Questions”
is made up of easy questions and it seems to be designed for reading activity. Thus,
please choose one question from “Discussion” or “Further Discussion” for your
writing.
(3)
Try to write your answer sentences and if you like, share on the comment in
Reddit. To
make sure which question you chose, it is better to write the question that you
referred to in “Discussion” or “Further Discussion”
Question and Comment
If
you have some questions about topic or some Japanese expressions to write question
and answer, ask me in the comment section on Reddit. It is also OK to ask
Japanese culture or current situation related to the topic. If you ask me
something in English, I will respond in English. If Japanese, I will respond in
Japanese. That might be good practice in writing. Although I cannot respond to
all because I have limitation of time, I try to comment.
Level 3: Upper intermediate level
If
you want to have more practice, try to check “DMM Eikaiwa Daily News”, choose one
news article. In the news article, choose one question topic from “Discussion” or
“Further Discussion” and try to write your answer, and share on the comment below.
When you try to share, it is better to write the question that is referred from
“Discussion” or “Further Discussion” and its link to DMM Eikaiwa to show from
which article the question comes. I am going to show an example.
Example:
(1)
Go to DMM Eikaiwa daily News.
(2)
I have chosen a news article “McDonalds Sells Special Burger Scented Candlesマクドナルド、ハンバーガーの香りがする特別なキャンドルを販売” from DMM Eikaiwa.
(3)
I chose a question topic “What restaurants do you eat at most often? Why? あなたが最も頻繁に食べに行くレストランはどこですか。なぜですか” from “Further Discussion”.
(4)
I wrote example sentence like this.
Example Answer:
家の近くにマックとバーガーキングがありますが、私はバーガーキングによくいきます。(40 characters)
There
are Macdonald’s and Burger King near my house. I prefer Burger King to
McDonald's.
私が住んでいるエリアでは、バーガーキングのコーヒーは少しマックより高いですが、バーガーキングのコーヒーはマックのコーヒーより美味しいので、それがよく行く理由です。(81 characters)
In
my town, the coffee price of Burger King is little more expensive than that of
Mac but I think Burger King’s coffee is much more tasty than that of Mac. That’s
why I often go to Burger King.
あと、バーガーキングのフライドポテトは、おそらく注文が入ってから揚げる方式だと思うので、ポテトも、マックより美味しいと思います。なので、バーガーキングへよく行きます。(83 characters)
In
addition to that, I think Burger King’s fried potato is fried to order. Thus, I
think its potato is more tasy than that of Mac. That is also one of reasons.
(Total
204 Japanese characters)
③Practice
Now, your turn. Try to write answers
in accordance with Level 1-3 and share your writings in the comment section on
Reddit.
Go
to comment on Reddit
OK,
that’s all for today. Thanks for checking. Bye bye.
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