Useful kanji I learned for my LC exam Part 1

 Hello all I'm just after one week's freedom from the Leaving Cert! It's so strange to think I did my Japanese exam last week. It went perfectly fine but mostly because I threw myself into the language and soaked up as many new words as I could! 

Useful Kanji that aren't on the LC course 

1. 京 means 'capital'

   Used in;

   東京 (Tokyo)

   京都 (Kyoto)

   北京 (Beijing)

   京子 - Kyoko (Name)

2. 友 means 'friend' 

    Used in; 

   友だち (friend)

3. 才 means 'years old'

    Used in;

    17才です (17 years old)

4 . 犬 means 'dog'

    

5. 海 means 'sea' or 'ocean'

    Used in ; 

    海り - Kairi (Name)

    北海道 (Hokkaido)

    海がめ (Turtle)

6. 兄 means 'big brother'

7. 牛 means 'cow' 

   used in; 

   牛 (Cow)

   子牛 (Calf)

8. 力 means 'power'

   Used in;

   人力車 (rickshaw)

Saturday Japanese classes!

こんにちは！

Registration has now opened up for the 2018 Leaving Cert class! (September 2016 - May 2018) The Saturday classes are available in Dublin city and Cork city. 

Register here at : http://www.languagesinitiative.ie/languages/japanese/japanese-student

レビンーセートのテスト！

こんにちは！

I'm just after finishing all three of my orals including my Japanese one! It was たのしかったですね！My examiner was a sweetheart and it was definitely my favourite oral exam by far. I got my favourite speech, 日本に行ったら, but sadly I got my least favourite picture, the しゅうがくりょこう! たいへんでつね！

I'll be starting to post tips for the Japanese oral for the 2017 crowd, who I will be glad to share my notes with! I'll also be putting up some sample essays of what you could prepare for the 2016 written exam aswell. 私はいそがしいでしょう!

きっとかつ！(Kit-kats)

Hello again!

I'm just after finishing my mock Leaving Cert exams and I had to say goodbye to one of my lovely Japanese subs, Ueno せんせい, last Tuesday. As a going away gift, she gave us all green tea flavoured kit-kats.

 I hadn't a notion of what it meant until I decided to research the kit-kats online! So in Japan, you give kit-kats to students doing university entrance exams, the Japanese  equivalent of the Leaving Certificate. The kit-kats are pronounced きっとかつ in Japanese, which is also Japanese for good luck!

In Japan, they have many unusual flavours of Kit-Kats, including green tea, strawberry cake, white chocolate and blueberry. Isn't that way more interesting than just plain milk chocolate? Maybe someday when I go to Japan, I'll just buy all the different kit-kat flavours. おいしいです！ 

Blog Twitter!

So I just created a Twitter for this blog so hopefully I can keep it more up to date so please follow me at @airurandojin_ on Twitter please!!

Trip to Tokyo 東京

So just before Christmas I got asked to write a little essay on what I'd like to do in Tokyo, which included a place to visit, a place to eat and a place to meet up with a friend. In this I chose Tokyo Disneyland, Sasuki and the Hachiko statue. 

私は東京ディズニーランドが行きたいです。シンダレッレアを見たいです！かのじょはきれいです。

私はさつきで食べます。ケーキを食べて、バブルティーを飲みます！

そして、私はあなたと東京ディズニーランドを行きます。のは、しぶやであうましょう。はちこであうましょう！あんたはしぶやのこおさてんにいきます！ちょくしんをします。左に行きます。

Update!

Hi guys I'm delighted to say I've officially finished the Leaving Cert Japanese course! I still have a long way to go in terms of my oral work and my exam techniques but I'm almost there! Which means hopefully a lot more blog posts in the coming months :)