2024.02 Learning Japanese - Hiragana and Katakana

goals

• Review Vowels and 'K'
• Learn 'S' column

resources used

• Tofugu - Learn Hiragana: The Ultimate Guide
• Tofugu - Learn Katakana: The Ultimate Guide
• Genki 1
  • Japanese Writing Systems - pages 20 & 24
  • Reading and Writing - Lesson 1 - pages 296 & 300
• Duolingo - Hiragana and Katakana practice tab
• Also see created resources at the end

reflections

🤖 ChatGPT actually gets some of the characters wrong so you definitely need to double check it. That being said, error checking ChatGPT ended up being really good practice for me to recall the characters and make sure the results were correct.

Nearly lost my streak in Duolingo, that definitely would have been a catastrophe.

Went back to work this week. So hard to find the energy and time to pursue these interests after a full work day. I had hoped to use the three day weekend to catch up on studying Japanese and some other projects... but well... you saw how that actually went down.

created resources

obsidian spaced repetition flashcards

さ::sa - hiragana - two hands stirring bowel of soup
し::shi - hiragana - upside down shepherds crook
す::su - hiragana - "i'm gonna sue you" as they fly off the loop
せ::se - hiragana - cheesy smiling salesmen "selling" you something (see the snaggle tooth?)
そ::so - hiragana -  sipping a soda through a straw
サ::sa - katakana - sardine and salmon fish hanging to dry
シ::shi - katakana - she has a weird sea face
ス::su - katakana - super man run
セ::se - katakana - same as hiragana, but an even *worse* snaggle tooth
ソ::so - katakana - needle and thread for sewing, point straight down!