Returning to Japanese after a break

The idea

Try six familiar sentences without notes: read, say the meaning and recall a form. Check each answer, mark only uncertain items, and review one pattern in context. Revisit it tomorrow before adding new material.

Examples

• 明日あしたは日本語にほんごを勉強べんきょうします。Tomorrow I will study Japanese.
• 本ほんを読よんでから、復習ふくしゅうします。After reading a book, I will review.
• 昨日きのう、少すこし勉強べんきょうしました。Yesterday I studied a little.
• 毎日まいにち、単語たんごを三みっつ覚おぼえます。Every day I learn three words.
• 分わからない言葉ことばをノートに書かきます。I write words I do not understand in a notebook.
• 来週らいしゅう、もう一度いちど、練習れんしゅうします。Next week I will practise again.

Watch out

Recognition is not the same as recall. Do not restart the entire course or judge your level from one forgotten word; use several examples to choose one gap.

Try it yourself

1. 明日あした＿日本語にほんごを勉強べんきょうします。（は／を）

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   は

   は marks the topic: as for tomorrow, I will study Japanese. Recall the particle before checking the sentence.

2. 本ほんを読よん＿から、復習ふくしゅうします。（て／で）

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   て

   て is correct: 読んでから means “after reading”; the review comes after the reading.

3. 昨日きのう、少すこし勉強べんきょうし＿。（ました／ます）

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   ました

   ました makes the polite past: 昨日 establishes yesterday, so 勉強しました reports a completed study session.

Use it today

Spend ten minutes on the examples, note one uncertain pattern, then make and check a sentence using it. Schedule another recall attempt tomorrow.