May 23, 2022 – Monday
令和4年5月23日 ― 月曜日
First day,
post-senior-final.
どうしたら いい か 分かりますか。
映画が見たいですか。
日本の経験（けいけん）について 話したいですか。
Missing
assignments が したい ですか。
Monday, May 23, 2022
Class with juniors
Wednesday, May 18, 2022
好きな漢字
May 18, 2022 – Wednesday
令和4年5月18日 ― 水曜日
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Write 3 of 一番好きな漢字 your favorite
kanji (that are not
numbers) among those studied here in Japanese classes, write their pronunciation(s)
and meanings, explain why you like them, and write each one in a sentence..
たとえば： 楽 たの（しい） ラク、ガク
I
like it because of the meanings, pleasure and fun, and
because
the kanji looks to me like a little drum on a stand,
with
drumsticks flying.
私は音楽が楽しいです。
1.
2.
3.
A.
学生の文法（ぶんぽうGrammar）に ついて の しつもんーーStudent grammar review questions (based on Grammar
Warm-up on Classroom)
B.
他（ほか）の期末試験（きまつしけん）について
の しつもんOther
final-exam-related questions
C.
Work on project, if still unfinished (due date
is today)
Tuesday, May 17, 2022
北斎 Print: Red Fuji
May 17, 2022 – Tuesday
令和4年5月17日 － 火曜日
Print commonly known as “Red Fuji” from “36 Views of Mt. Fuji”
by Katsushika Hokusai, 葛飾北斎, known simply as
Hokusai, was a Japanese artist, ukiyo-e painter and printmaker of the Edo
period. Hokusai is best known for the woodblock print series Thirty-Six Views
of Mount Fuji which includes the internationally iconic print The Great Wave
off Kanagawa. Wikipedia
Born: October 31, 1760, Edo
Died: May 10, 1849
Period: Edo （also known as the Tokugawa Period）
Known for: Ukiyo-e painting, manga and woodblock printing
Parents: Nakajima Ise
Children: Katsushika Ōi, Katsushika Tatsujo
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漢字を書いて下さい。
多い 少ない
南 北
西 東
春夏秋冬 温度
晴れ 勉強
暗い 明るい
弱い 季節
A.
プロジェクト について（Regarding）の しつもん
B.
期末試験（きまつ しけん Final Exam）に ついて の しつもん
Monday, May 16, 2022
Senior Ditch Day and Biang -- 57 stroke Chinese character
May 16, 2022 – Monday 令和4年5月16日 ― 月曜日
四年生のサボする日（Senior Ditch Day）
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書いて下さいーWord of the day, learned at an educational
conference:
読字障害/dokuji shougai
dyslexia; paralexia; reading disorder
A.
List as many separate parts of this kanji as
you can, with their meanings.
http://howtowritechinesecharacters.com/index.php/2017/04/21/what-is-the-most-difficult-chinese-character-how-to-write-complex-chinese-characters/ Biang Chinese character
B.
Isamu's Kiso Road tanka
Just me. all alone
As I go walking straight through
Hokusai's old print
Kiso province mountain road
Summer evening now at dusk translation/paraphrase
by Carol Ruth Kimmel
ただ一人
北斎の絵の
中を行く
木曽の山路の
夏の夕ぐれ
quoted in "Walking the Kiso
Road: A Modern Exploration of Old Japan" by William Scott Wilson
Friday, May 13, 2022
Wanting things/wanting to verb/to do
May 13, 2021 -- Friday (Friday the 13th!)
令和４年５月１３日 － 金曜日
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三回書いて下さい。
多い 少ない
明るい 暗い
晩 昼
A. Wanting a thing・object (You, I/ は Thing が ほしい です。
Example: お金がほしい ですか。Do you want money?
I want food.
Do you want a new car?
I don't want the textbook.
B. Third person wants a thing Thing が ほしがって います。
The teacher wants a cake.
The students want apples.
（My) friend wants 5 pencils.
C. Wanting to do Wanting to verb （You or I) -- Verb stem + たい です。
Example: 山 に のぼりたい です。I want to climb the mountain.
I want to go to Japan.
Do you want to read manga?
I want to give (my) older brother a present.
D. Third person Wanting to do/Wanting to verb
Verb-stem+たがる
Example: おしゃさん は びょういん に いきたがって います。 The doctor wants to go to the hospital
（Your) mother wants to swim in the pool.
Suzuki wants to go/return home.
Ken wants to drink orange juice.
E. Article about
Japanese terms related to nuclear power and nuclear weapons https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2022/05/06/language/nuclear-terms-know-discussing-news/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1651885439
F. プロジェクト： 子供の物語、 童話劇
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