{"id":3863,"date":"2014-07-29T10:58:32","date_gmt":"2014-07-29T10:58:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/?p=3863"},"modified":"2018-07-25T14:51:32","modified_gmt":"2018-07-25T14:51:32","slug":"how-to-learn-japanese-efficiently","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/how-to-learn-japanese-efficiently\/","title":{"rendered":"How to learn Japanese efficiently."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you are learning Japanese and always looking for a way to improve your Japanese, you might want to add this learning method to your current learning. \u00a0I would like to suggest<strong> &#8220;creating a simple sentence&#8221;<\/strong> exercise to learn more Japanese expressions.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Let&#8217;s start with the word summer (natsu, \u590f\u3001\u306a\u3064)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>What is the first thing that comes to your mind when you hear the word &#8220;natsu(\u590f\u3001\u306a\u3064)&#8221;?<\/p>\n<p>You might think of sentences such as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>I love summer! \u00a0&#8211; Watashiwa natsu ga daisuki desu. (\u79c1\u306f\u590f\u304c\u5927\u597d\u304d\u3067\u3059\u3002\u308f\u305f\u3057\u306f\u3001\u306a\u3064\u304c\u3060\u3044\u3059\u304d\u3067\u3059\u3002)<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Summer is hot! &#8211; Natsu wa atsui! (\u590f\u306f\u6691\u3044\uff01\u306a\u3064\u306f\u3042\u3064\u3044\uff01)<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>I like to travel during summer. -Watashiwa natsuni ryokou surunoga suki desu. (\u79c1\u306f\u3001\u590f\u306b\u65c5\u884c\u3059\u308b\u306e\u304c\u597d\u304d\u3067\u3059\u3002\u308f\u305f\u3057\u306f\u3001\u306a\u3064\u306b\u308a\u3087\u3053\u3046\u3059\u308b\u306e\u304c\u3059\u304d\u3067\u3059\u3002)<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>I love\u00a0the beach in summer. &#8211; Natsuno umi ga daisuki desu. (\u590f\u306e\u6d77\u304c\u5927\u597d\u304d\u3067\u3059\u3002\u306a\u3064\u306e\u3046\u307f\u304c\u3060\u3044\u3059\u304d\u3067\u3059\u3002)<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>It is nice getting together with family during summer vacation. &#8211; Natsuno kyu-ka chu-ni kazoku de isshoni atsumarino wa iine.(\u590f\u306e\u4f11\u6687\u4e2d\u306b\u5bb6\u65cf\u3067\u4e00\u7dd2\u306b\u96c6\u307e\u308b\u306e\u306f\u3001\u3044\u3044\u306d\u3002\u306a\u3064\u306e\u304d\u3085\u3046\u304b\u3061\u3085\u3046\u306b\u304b\u305e\u304f\u3067\u3044\u3063\u3057\u3087\u306b\u3042\u3064\u307e\u308b\u306e\u306f\u3001\u3044\u3044\u306d\u3002)<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>It is too hot to go outside during summer. &#8211; Natsuno aidawa atsukute sotoni derarenai. (\u590f\u306e\u9593\u306f\u3001\u6691\u304f\u3066\u5916\u306b\u51fa\u3089\u308c\u306a\u3044\u3002\u306a\u3064\u306e\u3042\u3044\u3060\u306f\u3001\u3042\u3064\u304f\u3066\u305d\u3068\u306b\u3067\u3089\u308c\u306a\u3044\u3002)<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>You can keep making new sentences by replacing the word, &#8220;summer(natsu, \u590f\u3001\u306a\u3064)&#8221; above with something else. Let&#8217;s try another season, &#8220;Fall (aki, \u79cb\u3001\u3042\u304d)&#8221; in the first sentence.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>I love fall! \u00a0&#8211; Watashiwa aki ga daisuki desu. (\u79c1\u306f\u79cb\u304c\u5927\u597d\u304d\u3067\u3059\u3002\u308f\u305f\u3057\u306f\u3001\u3042\u304d\u304c\u3060\u3044\u3059\u304d\u3067\u3059\u3002)<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Try with different words, such as<\/p>\n<p>Spring (haru, \u6625\u3001\u306f\u308b)<\/p>\n<p>Winter (fuyu, \u51ac\u3001\u3075\u3086)<\/p>\n<p>How would you say these\u00a0in Japanese?<\/p>\n<p>I love spring! ==&gt;<\/p>\n<p>I love winter!==&gt;<\/p>\n<p>Any other word you might know in Japanese, try replacing the word above in any of the sentences.<\/p>\n<p>You might want to say:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>It is nice getting together with &#8220;friends&#8221; during summer vacation. &#8211; Natsuno kyu-ka chu-ni tomodachi de isshoni atsumarino wa iine.(\u590f\u306e\u4f11\u6687\u4e2d\u306b\u53cb\u9054\u3067\u4e00\u7dd2\u306b\u96c6\u307e\u308b\u306e\u306f\u3001\u3044\u3044\u306d\u3002\u306a\u3064\u306e\u304d\u3085\u3046\u304b\u3061\u3085\u3046\u306b\u3068\u3082\u3060\u3061\u3067\u3044\u3063\u3057\u3087\u306b\u3042\u3064\u307e\u308b\u306e\u306f\u3001\u3044\u3044\u306d\u3002)<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I simply replaced the word &#8220;family&#8221; with &#8220;friends(tomodachi, \u53cb\u9054\u3001\u3068\u3082\u3060\u3061)&#8221;. You can try making this sentence with the words like,<\/p>\n<p><strong>co-workers (do-ryo-, \u540c\u50da\u3001\u3069\u3046\u308a\u3087\u3046)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>brothers (kyoudai, \u5144\u5f1f\u3001\u304d\u3087\u3046\u3060\u3044)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>sisters (shimai, \u59c9\u59b9\u3001\u3057\u307e\u3044)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>mothers (haha tachi, \u6bcd\u305f\u3061\u3001\u306f\u306f\u305f\u3061)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>~ and so on&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Got an idea? \u00a0Once you are comfortable writing or speaking a simple sentence in Japanese, try this learning method to increase your vocabulary.<\/p>\n<p><em>Answers to the above questions:<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I love spring! ==&gt; Watashi wa haru ga daisuki desu. \u79c1\u306f\u3001\u6625\u304c\u5927\u597d\u304d\u3067\u3059\u3002\u308f\u305f\u3057\u306f\u3001\u306f\u308b\u304c\u3060\u3044\u3059\u304d\u3067\u3059\u3002<\/p>\n<p>I love winter!==&gt; Watashi wa fuyu ga daisuki desu. \u79c1\u306f\u3001\u51ac\u304c\u5927\u597d\u304d\u3067\u3059\u3002\u308f\u305f\u3057\u306f\u3001\u3075\u3086\u304c\u3060\u3044\u3059\u304d\u3067\u3059\u3002<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you are learning Japanese and always looking for a way to improve your Japanese, you might want to add this learning method to your current learning. \u00a0I would like to suggest &#8220;creating a simple sentence&#8221; exercise to learn more Japanese expressions. 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