皆様, こんにちにゃあぁ！Welcome to Kiki+Koko: Let’s NihonGO!! Online, your digital destination for Japanese language and culture. We’re your guides, Kiki and Koko! We’re here to lead you through Japanese language and culture in a way that not only assists you in understanding it, but actually learning and using it! We’ve presented you with a plethora of Japanese vocabulary words, but just memorising them isn’t the key to learning. It’s actually being able to put them to use! Learning is about stretching your mind in ways that you may not have even thought. And, it’s that element of surprise that makes these skill-testing / practice segments so useful. It helps you to follow the logic of a sentence, apply your vocabulary knowledge, and not only create sentences, but understand them. Communication takes at two! Not just us twins, but one to give information and another to receive it. And, this segment, we’re going to turn this Japanese language mixtape over to ＳＩＤＥ－Ｂ where you’ll not only practise using your skills to communicate, but also test your skills of understanding and comprehension.

We’re taking ＴＡＰＥ３,  flipping it to ＳＩＤＥＢ, and pressing [▶ＰＬＡＹ], and remixing it with parts of ＴＡＰＥ１and ＴＡＰＥ２, then seeing if you can suss out their meanings! That’s right! You’re not only practising and testing one skill, but putting together the previous skills you’ve possibly learnt. However, this isn’t as comprehensive as it can get. We’re trying to keep things simple enough to make sense to anyone who has a basic understanding of the vocabulary, but complex enough to keep those who have the vocabulary memorised to instead try to apply logic, creating more pathways in their minds for future linguistic usage~!

𝕃𝕒𝕤𝕥 𝕥𝕚𝕞𝕖, 𝕠𝕟 𝔹𝕒𝕤𝕚𝕔 ℂ𝕝𝕒𝕤𝕤𝕣𝕠𝕠𝕞 𝕍𝕠𝕔𝕒𝕓𝕦𝕝𝕒𝕣𝕪… We had a listen of those classic jams: 🔊 Basic Classroom Vocabulary | Verbs | TAPE 3 – SIDE A, and 🔊 Basic Classroom Vocabulary | Verbs | TAPE 3 – SIDE B. And, during that, we had throwbacks to previous tapes, on which we tested your skills in 🔊[QUIZ]Listening, Reading, & Translation Practice| Basic Classroom Vocabulary | TAPE 1 + TAPE 2 – SIDE A  and 🔊[QUIZ]Listening, Reading, & Translation Practice| Basic Classroom Vocabulary | TAPE 1 + TAPE 2 – SIDE B. However, these only tested your translation knowledge of said nouns and adjectives. This time, we’re going to test not only your knowledge of these verbs, but a bit about translation and word choice. Again, don’t worry, we won’t make things too difficult, but we’ll be sure to give you enough of a challenge for this to be something to which you can return for revision and practice.

There are quite a few vocabulary words in here, and though we were sure to give some time before we tested your knowledge to be sure there was a bit of a chance to get a better idea of what you know, there was still so much material presented between then and now that we understand if you’re not confident in these words, yet. But, again, that’s alright! Take your time and work at your own pace. And, if you ever feel this quiz is becoming too much at any point for beginners, then just take a rest and come back to it. It’s better to continue when you’re in a more receptive state. It makes things much more enjoyable AND more efficient! We’re not really in the whole school of ‘cramming’ as you may have guessed. We’re just here to support you every step of the way whether those steps are quick or careful, constant or intermittent.

But, let’s not postpone this any longer! Let’s dive into the deep end of learning and revision. It’s time to have a look at today’s quiz/practice! If you’ve completed the previous quiz/practice, you’ll hopefully be acquainted with the rules of the games, but if you haven’t or need a reminder, no worries; we will explain how to complete it as well as its use. Let’s NihonGO!!

Listening (or Reading) Practice |日本語の聞き取り（若しくは読み取り）練習

Hello, there！僕、 QUIZBO™くんです！練習しようよ！Let’s NihonGO!!

We’re starting off with some listening or reading practise. If you’re unable to use the audio clips, then you’ll still be able to use this for Japanese reading practice. We’ll keep this simple, though, and stick to hiragana. If you don’t know one of the characters yet, then it’s still alright, because you can at least try to fill in the blanks with the audio or just practical context. We have here with us the portable version of our computer robot friend, QUIZBO™ Mini, who will be here to help read out the audio portions. And, if you’re not using the audio, then he’ll just be here to encourage you. Are you ready!? Let’s NihonGO!!

次の単語のローマ字化をお選びしてください：
Please choose the romanisation of the following word:

次の単語のローマ字化をお選びしてください：
Please choose the romanisation of the following word:

次の単語のローマ字化をお選びしてください：
Please choose the romanisation of the following word:

次の単語のローマ字化をお選びしてください：
Please choose the romanisation of the following word:

Phraseology Practice |用語練習

If you haven’t started learning hiragana, then what are you waiting for? Jump right into learning to read with us! We’ll tell you why it’s useful and help you every step of the way!

In this section, you’ll practise choosing the appropriate word for the situation. Of course, many people can make silly sentences intentionally, but we’re looking for answers that are most appropriate based on context. This takes understanding the meaning of a word to another level, actually understanding which one you should be using in context, helping you pair previous nouns with current verbs. If you’re using this as practice, this will help you anchor these new verbs to the previous words you’ve hopefully already revised. And, if you haven’t, then no worries, you can still use these as context for learning those previous words. Though, of course, it’s best to sort of follow the path or this won’t be as helpful as it could be for you.

This will be a bit more of a skill practice than simple vocabulary as you’ll not only need to know the meaning of the word, but also know how to read it. But, no worries, you can always practise if you’re not quite ready to quiz yourself.

この文に、一番適切な動詞をお選びしてください。
Please choose the most appropriate verb for this sentence.

ゴミ箱は　ゴミを　○○ためです。
ごみばこは　ごみを　○○ためです。

肝要なヒント：「ため」は　「for」という意味です。
Vital Hint: 「ため」 means「for」

この文に、一番適切な動詞をお選びしてください。
Please choose the most appropriate verb for this sentence.

定規は　長さを　○○のです。
じょうぎは　ながさを　○○のです。

ヒント：「長さ」は　「length」という意味です。
Hint: 「ながさ」means「length」.

この文に、一番適切な動詞をお選びしてください。
Please choose the most appropriate verb for this sentence.

この本を　読み終える後、本棚に　○○つもりです。
このほんを　よみ　おえる　あと、　ほんだなに　○○つもりです。

ヒント：この文に「終える」と「後」と「つもり」は　「finish」と「after」と「plan/intend」を意味します。
Hint: In this sentence,「おえる」and「あと」mean「finish」and「after」and「plan/intend」.

Translation Practice |翻訳練習

Now, you’re going to put together your skills from the previous sections in order to actually translate some sentences! We’ll keep it simple by giving you multiple choice, but we’ll also give you a few where you’ll just need to keep to the honour code and write it down or say it aloud or in your mind before revealing the answer.

Now, we’re going to be using a few vocabulary words and grammatical concepts from previous lessons, but even still, you should be able to get good use out of this as long as you know the main vocabulary words from the lesson, and you’ll end up practising a few others along the way~! It’ll allow you to sort of assess your skills and you can even use these to create your own sentences~!

次の文の　英訳を　お選びしてください。
Please select the English translation of the following sentence

「私に　この　不快な　鋏では　紙を　切るのが　難しいのよ！」
「watashi ni kono fukai na hasami de wa kami wo kiru no ga muzukashii no yo!」

次の文の　和訳を　お選びしてください。
Please select the Japanese translation of the following sentence

「Sitting at (their) messy desk, the student asked the teacher, ‘Is it okay if I stand and throw away (my) rubbish?’ 」

(Just look for the key vocabulary words to guide you!)

次の文の　英訳を　お選びしてください。
Please select the English translation of the following sentence

「質問を　すると、答えます。」

「shitsumon wo suru to, kotaemasu.」

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次の文の　和訳を　お選びしてください。
Please select the Japanese translation of the following sentence

「I don’t know  where to put this book. (Her) desk? The bookshelf? On I’ll ask the teacher.」

(Don’t worry about the underlined words we haven’t presented before this lesson.)
(このレッスンの前に見せたことなくて下線部を引いた単語を気にしないでください）

How did you do? Were these activities trickier than last time? Did you find you remembered a lot of the words? Could you read all of the hiragana? Whether or not you had an easy walk through the park or a bit of a careful trek through the woods, we’re proud of you for giving it your best! Remember, the answers are randomised, so you can always refresh and try it again, if you like! Maybe you’d like to try to do a bit more with today’s lesson? Well, the learning doesn’t have to stop here! You can always go through the incorrect answer options and try to translate them to English or from Japanese or vice versa. You can even create your own sentences! You can have a look at our grammar section to see how you can create your very own sentences if you’re not sure of the grammatical pieces of these sentences. (As you may have noticed, the particles and such may change based on the part of speech and the general meaning of the sentence.) We hope this acts as a helpful quick quiz or something that you can spend the evening combing through for even more vocabulary and grammar practice. We hope we’ll be able to create more activities like these in future! They’re quite a bit to code, but we think they’re useful, and something a bit different to the norm. Like a virtual print or a classroom activity.

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