In English, we typically use this when something is close to us and that when something is further away. If there are multiple things, we would change that to be these and those. What about in Japanese, though?

I decided to try and take a new approach to Japanese recently. I want to get better at grammar and Kelsy suggested I try something called “Sentence Mining”. The idea behind that is that you find a grammar point - such as what does the は particle mean - and then you find a ton of sentences that use it and add those to your list of sentences. The eventual goal is to have thousands of sentences that you can flip through and recognize / understand.

I recently finished up a variety of online courses about React and am getting ready to start working on a Japanese typing game. Over the past month, though, I’ve come to realize that it can be hard to feel like I’m making progress. After all - there’s no one there to set deadlines or check-ins other than me. I’ve also come to realize that I learn more when I write things down.

Here’s my first post. How eloquent. What awesomeness.