[300 new Japanese words] in 30 days: Day 14. July 7, 2012.

Here are today's words:

1. 軒　[noki] - the eaves
2. 爆発　[bakuhatsu] - explosion
3. 双子　[futago] - twins
4. 依頼　[irai] -request; reliance
5. 湾　[wan] -bay;gulf
6. 湾岸　[wangan] - the coast of a bay
7. 床屋　[tokoya] - barber
8. 床の間　[tokonoma] - alcove
9. 起床　[kishou] - getting out of bed
10. 燃料　[nenryou] - fuel


Aaaand here's another happy dance gif:

[300 new Japanese words] in 30 days: Day 13. July 6, 2012.

Here are today's words:


1. 整備　[seibi] - preparation; maintenance
2. うろうろする　[urourosuru] - hang around; wander
3. 除く　[nozoku] - excluding; except
4. いわゆる　[iwayuru] - what is called
5. 有料　[yuuryou] - charge
6. いきいき　[ikiiki] - lively; active; excited
7. いずれ　[izure] - some day; in the future
8. 盛る　[moru] - pile up; mound
9. くだらない　[kudaranai] - worthless; trashy; rubbish
10. 浅い　[asai] - shallow




Two more days 'til the halfway point!

[300 new Japanese words] in 30 days: Day 12. July 5, 2012.

Here are today's words:

1. 長生き　[nagaiki] - longevity
2. 穴　[ana] - hole
3. 伸びる　[nobiru] - grow
4. 資料　[shiryou] - data; materials
5. 心理　[shinri] - mental state; psychology
6. たっぷり　[tappuri] - a lot of
7. 息　[iki] - breath; breathing
8. 平均　[heikin] - average
9. がっかり　[gakkari] - disappointed
10. 具体的　[gutaiteki] - concrete

Almost at the halfway point! My to-do list for the rest of this period and beyond:

- do something exceptional
- learn more
-listen to more jazz

Have a good one, everyone. :)

[300 new Japanese words] in 30 days: Day 11. July 4, 2012.

Today was extremely busy, so I have nothing fancy in the way of resources to use. My ten words for today come from my JLPT N2 vocabulary book:

1. 大勢　[oozei] - a great number of people

2. 団体　[dantai] - body; party; group

3. 集中　[shuuchuu] - concentration

4. 値段　[nedan] - price

5. 夫婦　[fuufu] - married couple

6. 修理する　[shuurisuru] - repair; mend

7. 付き合い　[tsukiai] - relationship

8. 発達する　[hattatsusuru] - develop; advance

9. 抜く　[nuku] - pull out; extract; exceed

10. 周囲　[shuui] - circumference; surroundings

[300 new Japanese words] in 30 days: Day 10. July 3, 2012.

Hi there. I'm another one of your purchases that got buried somewhere.

Bilingual books like this one comprise another fantastic resource that I have neglected to use over the past couple of years.

Here are my words for today:

1. 技　[waza] - skill
2. なさけ　[nasake] - compassion
3. 禊ぎ　[misogi] - purification
4. 穢れ　[kegare] - defilement
5. 艶　[tsuya] - refinement
6. わび　[wabi] - the beauty of the simple
7. さび　[sabi] - the beauty of the decaying ("wabisabi" makes perfect sense to me now, finally!)
8. 雅　[miyabi] - elegance
9. 徳　[toku] - virtue
10. 運気　[unki] - fate (not to be confused with "unko,"  which is "shit." But then again, if you're taking about shitty fate...)

[300 new Japanese words] in 30 days: Day 9. July 2, 2012.

Sometimes, just flipping through a dictionary can help build your vocabulary (in your native language and others you're in the process of acquiring).

This is the first Japanese dictionary I ever bought.

Here are my ten words for today:

1. 消化　[shouka] - digestion
2. 鈍い　[nibui] - boring, lacking intelligence
3. 触れる　 [fureru] - mention
4. 礼拝する　[raihaisuru] - worship
5. 議論　[giron] - discussion
6. 孤立した　[koritsushita] - isolated
7. 無条件の　[mujoukenno] -unconditional
8.復元する　[fukugensuru] - restore
9. 熟達　[jukutatsu]-  perfection
10.互換性　[gokansei] -compatibility

[300 new Japanese words] in 30 days: Day 8. July 1, 2012.

I love to read. I really love sitting down with a book and  taking in a good story. The stories in these Japanese Graded Readers are really interesting.

 Plus reading is a good way to build vocabulary, whether you're reading about scary, faceless people or about the person whose picture is on the ten thousand yen note.

Here are my ten words for today:

1. 極楽　[gokuraku] - paradise
2. 糸　[ito] - thread
3. 立派　[rippa] - magnificent
4. 男尊女卑　[dansonjohi] - male chauvinism
5. 不思議　[fushigi] - mysterious
6. 幽霊　[yuurei] - phantom
7. 賽銭箱　[saisenbako] -offering box (like those seen at temples)
8. 一生懸命　[isshoukenmei] - hard
9. 隠す　[kakusu] - conceal
10.驚き　[odoroki] - astonishment