Skill acquisition

Skill acquisition

In this blog I go through each of the skills I am working on and my progress in them.


Japanese learning #6: falling of the wagon

3 Nov 2021 1 minute read 1 comment Crazy kappa

Over the weekend I didn't practice any Japanese. Although it isn't the end of the world it is still disheartening especially since I had the opportunity but didn't capitalize on it. I was busy playing a blockchain game called Gods Unchained (somethin...

Japanese learning #5: I don't have time

29 Oct 2021 1 minute read 0 comments Crazy kappa

I'm busy again, so I can't really even add a thing I find interesting about Japanese this entry. Now for my daily learning stats:  Today I learned: 5 words bringing my total to 450 words That's all for today folks. If you've got any tips or tricks fe...

Japanese learning #4: pronunciations

28 Oct 2021 1 minute read 0 comments Crazy kappa

An interesting thing about Japanese is that in different regions words are pronounced differently. For example, in the Kanto region 日本, meaning Japan, is pronounced nihon while in other places like Kansai it is pronounced nipon. This poses an inter...

Japanese learning #3: Kanji is crazy

27 Oct 2021 1 minute read 0 comments Crazy kappa

One thing that I find confusing about Japanese is the Kanji system. Granted, I haven't put that much effort into learning about it, and I've heard that a lot of Japanese people use Hiragana anyways, so maybe it isn't as important as I'm making it out...

Japanese learning #2: Transliteration is easy!

27 Oct 2021 1 minute read 0 comments Crazy kappa

One thing that I like about Japanese is identifying and reading transliterated words is straightforward because they are all written in Katakana (at least from what I've seen so far), so I understand them fairly quickly. I am proficient in Hebrew, bu...

Japanese learning #1: In medias res

25 Oct 2021 1 minute read 0 comments Crazy kappa

I have been learning Japanese for around a couple of months now using the Refold method (in sources).  I haven't strictly adhered to it as I still haven't finished reading all of it, and I'm taking a more laid-back approach to language learning. I us...