Blogging in Japanese / 日本語でブログを書く

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Some of you may have noticed that I posted an entry in Japanese earlier today. I’ve been thinking about giving writing in Japanese a shot for a while, and when the news of Ken Kadokura’s contract with the Cubs broke in English first, I thought I’d take it as an opportunity. The same content was available in English in a seperate post that was published moments before.

I don’t speak or write native-level Japanese and I’ll make mistakes, so I’m looking at this as an opportunity to improve. For anyone out there learning Japanese (and I’m sure there must be a few), ALC is a great resource for translating short Japanese-English, and this site is handy for getting the readings of tough Kanji characters. Both of those sites are intended for a Japanese audience, so they’re not really recommended for beginners. For a more novice learner (and up), jisho.org is a good resource.

今日は、初めて日本語でブログを書いた。しばらく日本語でブログを書こうと思っていたし、今日の門倉健のカブス入団というニューズがさきに英語で出たことをきっかけに、はじめようと思った。同じ内容も英語も記事もアップした。

ぼくは、日本語がネイティブ級じゃないから、たまに間違えるけど、上達するのが目標です。日本人の読者は、間違えに気付いたら、教えてくれてください。英語を勉強してる人には、英和翻訳サイトのALCがおすすめです。オンライン辞書のjisho.orgも便利だと思っている。

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  1. Patrick
    Kris
    20/01/2009 at 3:22 am Permalink

    I’ve been constantly reading your great blog for about two months now and have always wondered what your level of Japanese was considering all the links to Japanese sites.
    Now I know; it’s pretty darn good. Did you ever take the JLPT （日本語能力試験）?
    I just wanna say I really think that blogging in both Japanese and English is a wonderful idea; it certainly helps me with improving my Japanese.
    私はハーフなのに日本語はネイティブほどうまくないので、良い練習になると思います。

    Patrickさんブログ書くのがんばれ！ Keep up with this great resource!

  2. Patrick
    Patrick
    20/01/2009 at 11:52 am Permalink

    Nope, I’ve never taken that test. I’m not much of a test-taker so I don’t know how I’d do.

    I learned Japanese almost entirely from baseball until I was ready to tackle other subjects. If this blog can help someone else learn Japanese or English, that will be very satisfying for me.

  3. Patrick
    Matt Jackson
    01/02/2009 at 10:56 pm Permalink

    Thanks, great post, I have been learning Japanese online for a while and this post is s great help for practicing reading, and thanks for the resources links too.

    Regards,

    Matt