When practicing your Japanese listening comprehension, it is a good strategy to listen for key words. It’s unlikely that you’ll be able to catch everything at this stage of your Japanese learning, but you only need to get the gist to keep up with most conversations.
Frequency words often come at the beginning of Japanese sentences, so for these questions you will want to pay special attention to the first portion of each sentence. Mary asks if Sue often studies, to which Sue responds that she studies every day (‘まいにち’). We answer ‘a.’

Frequency words often come at the beginning of Japanese sentences, so for these questions you will want to pay special attention to the first portion of each sentence. Mary asks if Sue often studies, to which Sue responds that she studies every day (‘まいにち’). We answer ‘a.’

When practicing your Japanese listening comprehension, it is a good strategy to listen for key words. It’s unlikely that you’ll be able to catch everything at this stage of your Japanese learning, but you only need to get the gist to keep up with most conversations.
Frequency words often come at the beginning of Japanese sentences, so for these questions you will want to pay special attention to the first portion of each sentence. After telling Mary that she studies every day, Sue elaborates that she often (‘よく’) goes to the library to do so. We answer ‘b.’

Frequency words often come at the beginning of Japanese sentences, so for these questions you will want to pay special attention to the first portion of each sentence. After telling Mary that she studies every day, Sue elaborates that she often (‘よく’) goes to the library to do so. We answer ‘b.’

When practicing your Japanese listening comprehension, it is a good strategy to listen for key words. It’s unlikely that you’ll be able to catch everything at this stage of your Japanese learning, but you only need to get the gist to keep up with most conversations.
Frequency words often come at the beginning of Japanese sentences, so for these questions you will want to pay special attention to the first portion of each sentence. Her friend asks Sue what she does on the weekends, and she responds with ‘そうですね.’ Here, this means something like ‘I see’ or another filler word. Sue says that she often (‘よく’) watches movies with her friends on weekends, and then clarifies that she means American movies. We answer ‘b.’

Frequency words often come at the beginning of Japanese sentences, so for these questions you will want to pay special attention to the first portion of each sentence. Her friend asks Sue what she does on the weekends, and she responds with ‘そうですね.’ Here, this means something like ‘I see’ or another filler word. Sue says that she often (‘よく’) watches movies with her friends on weekends, and then clarifies that she means American movies. We answer ‘b.’

When practicing your Japanese listening comprehension, it is a good strategy to listen for key words. It’s unlikely that you’ll be able to catch everything at this stage of your Japanese learning, but you only need to get the gist to keep up with most conversations.
Frequency words often come at the beginning of Japanese sentences, so for these questions you will want to pay special attention to the first portion of each sentence. After Sue clarifies that she means American movies, she states that she does not often (‘あまり’) watch Japanese movies. We answer ‘d.’

Frequency words often come at the beginning of Japanese sentences, so for these questions you will want to pay special attention to the first portion of each sentence. After Sue clarifies that she means American movies, she states that she does not often (‘あまり’) watch Japanese movies. We answer ‘d.’

When practicing your Japanese listening comprehension, it is a good strategy to listen for key words. It’s unlikely that you’ll be able to catch everything at this stage of your Japanese learning, but you only need to get the gist to keep up with most conversations.
As you are beginning to learn kanji, you will no doubt notice that individual kanji can often be read in different ways. For example, the kanji ‘時’ can be read as ‘とき’ or as ‘じ’ depending on the situation. In the example below, it is even read as ‘どき.’ Your professor has probably talked to you about why this is, and as you continue your study of Japanese, you will learn how to predict what reading to use and when. For now, however, it is probably the best use of your time to simply memorize each reading of each kanji that you learn and figure out through practice when to use each one. Even native Japanese speakers get the reading wrong from time to time, so it is important to remember that predicting the correct reading is more of an art than a science.
When writing a word that features the same two kanji in a row, we replace the second kanji with the character ‘々.’
Frequency words often come at the beginning of Japanese sentences, so for these questions you will want to pay special attention to the first portion of each sentence. After Sue explains that she does not often watch Japanese movies, she moves on to another topic with the word ‘それから’ (‘and then’). These kinds of conjunctive words and phrases are very common in Japanese, and using them correctly will make you sound like a much more natural speaker. With a new topic introduced, Sue says that she sometimes (‘時々’) plays tennis on the weekends. We answer ‘c.’

Frequency words often come at the beginning of Japanese sentences, so for these questions you will want to pay special attention to the first portion of each sentence. After Sue explains that she does not often watch Japanese movies, she moves on to another topic with the word ‘それから’ (‘and then’). These kinds of conjunctive words and phrases are very common in Japanese, and using them correctly will make you sound like a much more natural speaker. With a new topic introduced, Sue says that she sometimes (‘時々’) plays tennis on the weekends. We answer ‘c.’

When practicing your Japanese listening comprehension, it is a good strategy to listen for key words. It’s unlikely that you’ll be able to catch everything at this stage of your Japanese learning, but you only need to get the gist to keep up with most conversations.
As you are beginning to learn kanji, you will no doubt notice that individual kanji can often be read in different ways. For example, the kanji ‘時’ can be read as ‘とき’ or as ‘じ’ depending on the situation. In the example below, it is even read as ‘どき.’ Your professor has probably talked to you about why this is, and as you continue your study of Japanese, you will learn how to predict what reading to use and when. For now, however, it is probably the best use of your time to simply memorize each reading of each kanji that you learn and figure out through practice when to use each one. Even native Japanese speakers get the reading wrong from time to time, so it is important to remember that predicting the correct reading is more of an art than a science.
When writing a word that features the same two kanji in a row, we replace the second kanji with the character ‘々.’
Frequency words often come at the beginning of Japanese sentences, so for these questions you will want to pay special attention to the first portion of each sentence. Sue’s friend asks her if she eats breakfast every day, to which Sue answers that she does not. She elaborates that she sometimes (‘時々’) drinks coffee. We answer ‘c.’

Frequency words often come at the beginning of Japanese sentences, so for these questions you will want to pay special attention to the first portion of each sentence. Sue’s friend asks her if she eats breakfast every day, to which Sue answers that she does not. She elaborates that she sometimes (‘時々’) drinks coffee. We answer ‘c.’