✏️ Goal: Write a short diary entry in Japanese 🧠 Focus: Past tense + looking forward to something ✅ Beginner / N5 (with romaji + English) 今週はずっと家にいました。 Konshuu wa zutto ie ni imashita. I was at home all week. 本を読みました。 Hon o yomimashita. I read books. ゲームをしました。 Geemu o shimashita. I played video games. 妻とテレビを見ました。 Tsuma to terebi o mimashita. I watched TV with my wife. たくさん笑いました。 Takusan waraimashita. We laughed a lot. でも、家を出るのを楽しみにしています。 Demo, ie o deru no o tanoshimi ni shiteimasu. I'm looking forward to leaving the house. ✅ N3 Version 今週はずっと家で過ごしました。 本を読んだり、ゲームをしたり、妻とテレビを見たりしました。 たくさん笑って、楽しい時間を過ごせました。 でも、そろそろ外に出たいです。家を出られる日を楽しみにしています。 🫵 Your Turn What did you do this week? 今週は何をしましたか。 Konshuu wa nani o shimashita ka? Write 3–5 sentences about your week! 😊

More common Japanese verbs 🇯🇵✍️ This time we’re learning verbs for: 👕 daily life 🚆 travel & places 💼 work & study Set 13 — Body / Daily Care 着ます — kimasu - wear 脱ぎます — nugimasu - take off 座ります — suwarimasu - sit Set 14 — Places 乗ります — norimasu - ride 降ります — orimasu - get off 泊まります —tomarimasu - stay overnight Set 15 — Work Verbs 働きます — hatarakimasu - work 休みます — yasumimasj - rest 練習します —renahuu shimasu - practise These are super useful for talking about everyday life in Japanese. A few examples: ジャケットを着ます。 Jakketto o kimasu. I wear a jacket. 電車に乗ります。 Densha no norimasu. I ride the train. 日本語を練習します。 Nihongo o renshuu shimasu. I practise Japanese. Little by little, these verbs start turning into real conversations. 👉 Your turn! Can you make a sentence with one of these verbs? Arigatou, Joe Sensei.

This week’s fact is about one of Japan’s most famous symbols of perseverance. 🔴 Daruma Dolls A Daruma (だるま) is a traditional Japanese doll that represents: • perseverance • determination • never giving up The doll is based on Bodhidharma, the monk associated with the origins of Zen Buddhism. Its round shape is symbolic too. If you knock a daruma over… it rolls back upright. This connects to a famous Japanese phrase: 七転び八起き Nanakorobi yaoki “Fall seven times, stand up eight.” 👁️ Why Daruma Have Blank Eyes When people buy a daruma, one eye is usually left blank. First, you make a goal or wish. Then you paint in one eye. The daruma watches over your effort and determination. When the goal is finally achieved… …you paint in the second eye. Only then is the daruma complete. ⛩️ When Are Daruma Used? People often use daruma for: 📚 passing exams 💼 business goals 🏃 fitness goals 🎯 personal challenges At the end of the year, many people return old daruma dolls to temples to be respectfully burned in ceremonies. 🔴 My Daruma Goal I recently bought a daruma of my own. It is the one in the photo. Right now, both eyes are blank and I'm about to fill in one eye to start the journey toward my goal. My goal is to make Japanese Language Learners as useful and engaging as possible so we can grow this group to 1000 members. When our group reaches 1000 members, I’ll paint in the second eye. 👁️✨ So every new member brings us one step closer to completing the daruma together. 🧠 Language Lesson 🔴 だるまをかいました。 Daruma o kaimashita. I bought a daruma. 🔴 もくひょうがあります。 Mokuhyō ga arimasu. I have a goal. 🔴 がんばります。 Ganbarimasu. I will do my best. 🫵 Your Turn If you had a daruma, what goal would you use it for? 日本語の目標ですか？ 😊 Also, please let me know what you would like to see in our group to help it be as useful as possible for you and for our 1000 potential members. See you next Friday for another Japan Fact Friday 🇯🇵✨

Hi everyone, I'm wondering how can I type Japanese in my laptop, so I can type more efficiently in hiragana, katakana, and kanji instead of typing romaji. Thanks.

#JapaneseTopicTuesday 日本のどこに行きたいですか。 Nihin no doko ni ikitai desu ka? 私は富士山に行きたいです。 Watashi wa fujisan ni ikitai desu. I want to go to Mt Fuji! Comment in English or Japanese. I can help you translate your answer! Arigatou, 🙇‍♂️ Joe Sensei.