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 “映画” “テレビ番組”. 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
あなたの国で製作されたどの映画やテレビ番組をお勧めしますか。なぜですか。
Example
Answer：
私がお勧めする日本で制作されたテレビ番組はアニメシリーズの攻殻機動隊 STAND ALONE COMPLEXです。
Japanese
TV show that I recommend is the first season of Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone
Complex (The Laughing Man).
理由は神山健治氏による監督、脚本が素晴らしいということです。
This
is because its direction and scenario by Kenji Kamiyama is amazing.
このアニメシリーズは公安九課の捜査官、草薙素子が企業経営者の電脳をハッキングし、誘拐したハッカー、笑い男を探し出して逮捕しようとする話がメインストーリです。
The
main story of the anime is that Public Security Section 9 agent, Motoko
Kusanagi tries
to arrest a hacker, the laughing man that hacked enterprise manager’s brain equipped
with computer and kidnapped him.
このアニメの脚本は、実際に80年代や60年代に日本で起こった未解決事件、グリコ森永事件や三億円事件などを土台にしています。The story of this anime is based on several actual cold cases in
Japan such as Gurico Morinaga case in 80’s and 300 million yen robbery case in 60’s.
SFの世界観の独自さと、現実に実際に起こった謎の未解決事件の要素がいい意味での緊張感と興奮をもたらし、ストーリに引き込まれます。
I
got completely drawn in the anime because its uniqueness of SF world view and
story based on actual cold cases bring tense atmosphere and excitement.
それなので、グリコ森永事件や三億円事件などをネットで調べてから、アニメを見ると更に楽しめると思います。
I
think if you check the actual incidents online, you can enjoy the anime more.
菅野よう子さんの音楽も非常にかっこいいので、是非チェックしてみてください。
Moreover,
the music composed by Youko Kanno is super cool, I recommend this anime.
Level 2: For Intermediate Level Learner
ネットフリックス、3か月で新規加入者1600万人を獲得” 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
④Ending
OK,
that’s all for today. Thanks for checking. Bye bye.
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