窶堙坂?堋ｶ窶堙溪?堙懌?堋ｵ窶堙?。窶昶?卩ｽRﾂ静??堙?申窶堋ｵ窶堙懌?堋ｷﾂ。ﾅ?F窶堋ｳ窶堙ｱﾂ、窶ｹX窶堋ｵ窶堋ｭ窶堋ｨﾅ?ﾃｨ窶堋｢窶况窶堋ｵ窶堙懌?堋ｷﾂ。
窶堋ｷ窶堙昶?堙懌?堋ｹ窶堙ｱ窶堋ｪﾂ、ﾅｽ窶樞?堙個静吮?氾ｲ窶愿ｺ窶怒ﾅ津ｪ窶堙??堋ｷﾂ。窶啣窶啗ﾂ催寂?堙??堋ｷﾂ。窶｢ﾃ?坂?倪?堙個出ﾂ身窶堙??堋ｷﾂ（窶堙懌?堋ｽﾆ谷ﾆ段ﾆ胆窶堙可住窶堙ｱ窶堙??堋｢窶堙懌?堋ｵ窶堋ｽﾂ）ﾂ。ﾂ静ｦﾅ椎ｽﾋ?遺?藩?、窶愿ｺ窶怒ﾅ津ｪ窶堙ｰﾅｽﾂｩ窶｢ﾂｪ窶堙??｢ﾃ冷?ｹﾂｭ窶堋ｵ窶堙懌?堋ｵ窶堋ｽﾂ。ﾂ債｡ﾂ、窶愿ｺ窶怒ﾅ津ｪ窶堙ｰﾂ渉ｭ窶堋ｵﾋ彙窶堋ｷ窶堋ｱ窶堙??堋ｪ窶堙??堋ｫ窶堙懌?堋ｷﾂ。窶愿ｺ窶怒ﾅ津ｪ窶堙娯?｢ﾃ冷?ｹﾂｭ窶堙娯?ｹﾂｳ窶ｰﾃ按鞘?倪?堋ｪ窶堙吮?堋ｵ窶堋｢窶堙??堋ｷﾂ。ﾂ鞘?｢ﾅ陳ｾ窶堋ｩﾂ。ﾅｽ窶樞?堙坂?愿ｺ窶怒ﾅ津ｪ窶堙個鞘?ｰﾂ心ﾅｽﾃ停?堙懌?堋ｾ窶堙??堋ｷﾂ。窶堙??堙?窶啀ﾅｽﾅｾﾅ?ﾃ披?突??愿ｺ窶堙??｢ﾃ冷?ｹﾂｭ窶堙や?堙?窶堙ｨ窶堙??堋ｷﾂ。窶堙絶?堙ｧ窶堋ｪ窶堙遺?堙??堋ｩ窶堋ｽ窶堋ｩ窶堙遺?堙ｰﾅ?w窶堙鯛?堙懌?堋ｵ窶堋ｽﾂ。窶堙懌?堋ｽﾂ、窶禿ｱ3窶唹窶唹ﾅ?ﾂｿﾅｽﾅ｡窶堙ｰﾅ?w窶堙鯛?堙懌?堋ｵ窶堋ｽﾂ。
ﾆ陳債ーﾆ筑ﾅｽﾅ｡窶堋ｪﾅ停┐窶堋｢窶堙??堋ｷﾂ。ﾅｽ窶樞?堙哉陳債ーﾆ筑ﾅｽﾅ｡窶堋ｪ窶慊ｪ窶堙ｰ窶凖俄?堙溪?堙懌?堋ｷﾂ。窶堙懌?堋ｽﾂ、ﾅｽ窶樞?堙坂?妊窶氾??愿ｺ窶怒ﾅ津ｪ窶堙固ｽﾂｫﾂ鞘?倪?堋ｪ窶堙吮?堋ｵ窶堋｢窶堙??堋ｷﾂ。窶愿ｺ窶怒窶堙娯?｢ﾂｶ窶ｰﾂｻ窶堙俄?堙??堙??堙?窶ｹﾂｻ窶督｡窶堋ｪ窶堋?窶堙ｩ窶堙娯?堙??堋ｷﾂ。窶愿ｺ窶怒窶堙問?堙坂?堋｢窶堙や?堋ｩﾂ行窶堋ｫ窶堋ｽ窶堋｢ﾂ。窶堋ｵ窶堋ｩ窶堋ｵﾂ、窶愿ｺ窶怒窶堙問?堙坂?堙懌?堋ｾﾂ行窶堙≫?堋ｽ窶堋ｱ窶堙??堋ｪ窶堋?窶堙ｨ窶堙懌?堋ｹ窶堙ｱﾂ。窶堙??堋ｱ窶堙ｫ窶堙?、窶堋ｱ窶堙姑脱ﾆ竪ﾆ鍛ﾆ置ﾂ・ﾆ探ﾆ辰ﾆ暖窶猫窶愿ｯ窶堋､窶堋ｲ窶堋ｴ窶堋｢窶堙懌?堋ｷﾂ。
Hajimemashite. Shirayama Shizuka to moshimasu. Minasan, yoroshiku onegai itashimasu. Sumimasen ga, watashi no setsuretsu nihongo desu. 28 sai desu. Baikoku no shusshin desu (mata kanada ni sunde imashita). Sengetsu irai, nihongo o jibun de benkyou shimashita. Ima, nihongo o sukoshi hanasu koto ga dekimasu. Nihongo no benkyou no kyoukasho ga hoshii desu. Jogen ka? Watashi wa nihongo no shoshinya mada desu. Demo 1 jikan mainichi de benkyou tsumori desu. Hiragana to katakana o manabimashita. Mata, yaku 300 kanji o manabimashita. Roumaji ga kirai desu. Watashi wa roumaji ga atama o itamemasu. Mata, watashi wa yuuryou nihongo no jisho ga hoshii desu. Nihon no bunka ni totemo kyoumi ga aru nodesu. Nihon he wa itsuka ikitai. Shikashi, nihon he wa mada itta koto ga arimasen. Tokorode, kono uebbu saito arigatou gozimasu.
Hi! My name is Shirayama Shizuka*. I am very happy to meet everyone.
I apologize for my poor Japanese. I am from the United States (and also Canada). I have been teaching myself Japanese since last month and I can speak a little Japanese now. I am looking for a good Japanese textbook. Any suggestions? I am still a beginner but I intend to study for 1 hour a day to improve my Japanese. I have learned the hiragana, katakana and about 300 kanji. I don't like roumaji - it makes my head hurt. I am also looking for a good Japanese dictionary that defines the words in Japanese. I am very interested in Japanese culture and I would like to go to Japan someday but I have not traveled to Japan yet. BTW, thank you for creating this wonderful website.
Because my Japanese is still so limited and it can take me a while to think of the words for the concept that I am trying to express and then type it (and because I feel a little silly writing in baby Japanese), I'll continue here in just English... I've learned quite a bit recently by reading the forums and studying other pages on the web. I hope my Japanese is understandable - my vocabulary and grammar are still quite poor, I'm afraid. I'm at the point now where I need to use what I've learned for a while before trying to add more or I will start forgetting things. Unfortunately, I live in a remote rural area and there are no other speakers of Japanese nearby for me to practice my spoken Japanese (or inflict upon them as the case may be).
I am thinking that perhaps a college textbook used to teach Japanese would be useful to further my understanding of the language. Has anyone used such a textbook that they liked a lot? A good kanji dictionary and a good grammar textbook would also be very very helpful. Once I can read Japanese better, I'd also like some recommendations of books about culture and history (or now if there are very good English-language books available).
In any case, thanks for your help!
ﾂ?ｦMy English name is different, but for many reasons I have chosen the name Shirayama Shizuka while learning Japanese (it is similar in meaning to my English name for one thing, and it helps me to stay focused on Japanese. I am trying to think in Japanese when speaking/thinking/writing instead of thinking of the English words and then translating; so far this has worked well). If you'd prefer, call my by my nickname, "Kat."
P.S. Is it acceptable to post in this forum with the kana/kanji, roumaji and English as I did above? It is a lot of work to type in the kana/kanji, but it helps me to understand the Japanese better. I apologize if I mistyped any of the roumaji; I'm dyslexic and my "tricks" to help me spell English correctly don't work very well with roumaji. Also, is there an easier way to enter the kanji than using MS IME in hiragana mode and having to pick the right kanji from the list when it gets it wrong (this happens much too often to me)? I am using the standard IME in English Windows XP.
