A daily record

It is a fine today. There are insects singing on the roadside. If As usual， I must be relaxed. But today was different, the electricity was cut off !
I was on my way home riding a bike，I couldn't see anything. Suddenly a man in the dark walked in front of me. I almost hit him. Thank goodness！We were not hurt.
Technology changes our lives. I must install a bicycle light！

Good job! Nice writing.

Sounds like fun!  I'm interested.  ありがとう！

私はアメリカ人ですが実は母が日本で生まれました。子供の時家では英語しか話しませんでした。日本に旅行のためにと母と日本人の友達と話すことができるし、日本語を勉強しています。私には日本語を勉強するのは面白くて楽しいです。

Practice #20: A short trip with my parents

On last weekend, I went to a hot spring resort with my parents. The resort, named Jouzankei, is an hour ride from Sapporo. It was a short trip, but I was really looking forward to that because we hadn't traveled together for a long time.

When we arrived at the hotel where we stayed, my father said they should have visited there before. But my mother disagreed with that. After retiring, my parents have traveled many places all over Japan, so no wonder they don't remember one of the hotels where they stayed.

In winter, it was difficult to go outside and then we had a few things to do at the hotel: having a hot spring and eating. The hot spring was spacious and had several bath tubs, so we appreciated it. As for the dinner and the breakfast, they were served as buffets and we could choose a variety of dishes of Japanese, Chinese, and French cuisine. Those tastes were good but not better than we expected. We agreed that they were a bit disappointing.

During the trip, we talked a lot about travels we have had before; also we planned our next one. That chatting was the most memorable thing in our trip after all.                                                       とても上手でした！         I enjoyed reading your story.

I think you've covered the important areas. Being polite is a big deal so remember to say "sumimasen, onegaishimasu and arigatou". As a tourist, I've traveled to Japan 5 times and in the beginning those 3 words were so helpful in every situation.

Hi! I'm Satoru

HI. I'm Satoru. I live in Urayasu, Japan.
I'm working at a home electronics shop.

I want be friends with people who can speak English well.
Because, I want can speak English, I'm I've been learning English for years, but I can't speak English.

I love music. Especially I love PENTATONIX.

Please send your message!

I think it's a difficult question. There seem to many variables such as age, whether or not one is already fluent in a 2nd or 3rd language, amount of exposure to hearing Japanese, etc. I started learning Japanese almost 5 years ago using CD's and then by taking lessons.

 

I was over the age of 50 when I took my first lesson! It's been an interesting and mostly delightful journey. I'm not fluent yet, so maybe learning Japanese is just my hobby. Recently I started using intermediate textbooks but I still make SO many simple mistakes and I speak quite slowly.  I'm mostly understood so that makes me happy. I think that fluency in any language is easier if you start at an early age and have lots of exposure to hearing native speakers.

Do rikai and ryoukai mean the same thing?

りかいと了解は同じいみですか。