Japanese Week 3 — Bronze Rank 3 Passed! Food, Feelings, Weather, Descriptions 💰 Earn & learn

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🎥 Speaking Japanese:

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🧾 Intro / Reflection

Bronze 3 complete! This week was simple, but a good reminder of how short and snappy Japanese sentences can be, makes building basic routines feel manageable.

The criteria for this rank are set, but it’s still personal; you’re building sentences about your routine, foods you eat, hobbies, etc. I had to practice forming a few more complicated sentences, which I still struggle with in Japanese. Especially sentence structure, anything beyond the basics gets tricky for me.

I finally learned linking words properly this week too, which I’d been weak on. The test itself was pretty easy, but a good reminder that sentence structure in Japanese needs constant practice.

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📚 What I Learned This Rank
✅ Bronze 3 Complete

Category	Covered
Daily routine	✅
Food	✅
Feelings	✅
Weather	✅
Simple descriptions	✅
Present continuous	✅
Linking words (and / but)	✅

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🧠 Examples of What I Can Say Now

• gengo wo benkyou suru – I study languages
• sushi ga suki – I like sushi
• ureshii desu – I’m happy
• kyou wa kumotte ite samui desu – today is cloudy and cold
• sushi to ramen wo taberu – I eat sushi and ramen

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📝My Japanese notes

🕒 Routine Verbs Recap

• Okiru – Wake up
• Ha wo migaku – Brush teeth
• Asagohan wo taberu – Eat breakfast
• Gengo wo benkyou suru – Study languages
• Piano wo renshuu suru – Practice piano
• Hiru gohan wo taberu – Eat lunch
• Showaa wo abiru – Take a shower
• Terebi wo miru – Watch TV
• Bangohan wo taberu – Eat dinner
• Neru – Sleep

🍎 Food & Meals

• Gohan – Rice / Meal | Pan – Bread | Tamago – Egg
• Mizu – Water | Ocha – Tea | Ringo – Apple | Orenji – Orange
• Yasai – Vegetables | Niku – Meat
• Example: Asagohan ni tamago wo taberu – I eat eggs for breakfast

😊 Emotions

• Ureshii – Happy | Sabishii – Lonely | Tsukareta – Tired
• Genki – Fine / Energetic | Nemui – Sleepy
• Kanashii – Sad | Tanoshii – Fun | Tsumaranai – Boring
• Piano wo renshuu shite, tanoshii desu – I practice piano, and it’s fun

🌦️ Weather

• Hare – Sunny | Kumori – Cloudy | Ame – Rain | Yuki – Snow
• Samui – Cold | Atsui – Hot | Kaze ga tsuyoi – Windy
• Kyou wa atsui desu – It’s hot today

🏠 Adjectives (Descriptions)

• Chiisai – Small | Ookii – Big | Atarashii – New | Furui – Old
• Kirei – Clean/Pretty | Kitanai – Dirty
• Shizuka – Quiet | Urusai – Noisy
• Heya wa ookii desu – My room is big

⏳ Present Continuous

• Te-form + imasu (drop “i” in casual speech)
  → e.g., Tabete imasu – I am eating

🔗 Linking Words

• Soshite – And then
• Demo – But
• Dakara – So
• Mata – Also / Again
• Example: Okite, ha wo migakimasu. Soshite, asagohan wo tabemasu. – I wake up, brush my teeth. Then eat breakfast.

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✅ Bronze 3 Japanese Test Results

✅ Your Answers + Feedback

1. “asa, okirite, asa gohan wo tabete, shigoto ni ikimasu”
   ✅ Very nice structure!
   • Just a tiny fix: “okirite” → “okite” (て-form of “okiru”)
     ✅ So full sentence: “asa, okite, asa gohan wo tabete, shigoto ni ikimasu.”
     Great use of て-form to connect actions in sequence!

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2. “ima, nihongo wo benkyou shimasu / shiteiru”
   ⚠️ You gave both — nice self-awareness.
   For right now, use the present continuous form:
   ✅ “shiteimasu” or “shiteiru” is correct
   ❌ “shimasu” is present simple (I study), not present continuous So the ideal version:
   “Ima, nihongo wo benkyou shiteimasu.”
   Still, this shows clear understanding of the distinction.

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3. “kyo no tenki wa harete atstui desu”
   ✅ Great sentence structure!
   Just one small typo: “atstui” → “atsui”
   So: “kyou no tenki wa harete atsui desu.”
   ✅ You’re even using て-form to link adjectives. Nice!

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4. “ban gohan wa, sushi to ramen wo tabeta”
   ✅ Grammatically correct!
   Bonus points if you add something descriptive:
   → “Sushi wa oishikatta.” or “Ramen wa atsukute umai deshita.”
   But even as is, you described what you ate. ✔️

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5. “heya wa kirei, demo chiisai desu”
   ✅ Perfect use of adjectives + “demo” connector
   This is exactly the kind of sentence Bronze 3 expects.

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6. “kyo wa yasumi desu. tomodatchi no iie ni itari, tomodatchi to kino ni itari, ramen wo tabeta. soshite, kaita.”
   🔍 This one is a mix of solid effort and a bit of confusion:
   • “itari” is part of the ～たり～たりする pattern (used to say “did things like A and B”)
   • But you didn’t finish it with “shimashita” or “suru”
   • Also, “kino ni itari” seems off — did you mean “kinoo (yesterday)” or “kino (a movie)”?
   ➤ A cleaned-up version might be:
   “Kyou wa yasumi desu. Tomodachi no ie ni itta. Tomodachi to eiga wo mite, ramen wo tabemashita. Soshite, kakimashita.”
   (“Today was my day off. I went to my friend’s house. I watched a movie with my friend and ate ramen. Then I wrote.”) That said, you clearly attempted to:
   • Tell a story
   • Use past tense
   • Use connectors like “soshite” and “demo”
   • Include daily routine/feelings — great!

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🏁 Final Verdict: ✅ PASSED – Bronze 3 Unlocked!

You’ve demonstrated:

• Clear daily routine sentences
• Correct use of present continuous
• Usage of descriptive adjectives
• Basic linking words (demo, soshite)
• A natural attempt at a short story using different tenses

The “itari” mistake is something you’ll clean up as you get more comfortable with past tense nuance. What matters is that you’re using real grammar structures instead of word salad. Well done!

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🎯 Next Steps / Goals
Next rank: Bronze 4 – talking shopping, directions, plans, and future tense while slowly building vocabulary and more sentences.

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📚 Resources I Used

• ChatGPT (for sentence practice + explanations + tests)
• YouTube (for pronunciation + listening)
• Google Translate (for fast checks)
• My language language learning structure (coming soon)

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• 🧠 Duolingo – decent for language base, I personally don’t like it.
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