Review: winter, from Christmas to the snow festival
No new material. Here are 40 sentences from Lessons 1–7, mixed up so you have to think which festival each one belongs to. This one is made for walking: pick "Everything" in the bar below and go. Tap to hear any line. The bar at the bottom plays a hands-free drill for walking.
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30 sentences from Lessons 1–7
Each card shows the word, the lesson it came from and a sentence. Read it, tap to check the English, then play it and copy the speaker.
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The winter calendar
Every festival in this course, when it is and one custom that goes with it. If one looks unfamiliar, go back to that lesson.
| Festival | When | Key custom |
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- Holiday or not? Of these, only 1 January and Coming of Age Day are public holidays. Christmas, New Year's Eve, Setsubun and Valentine's are ordinary days, though most offices close from about 29 December to 3 January.
- Same verb, different job. is drawing a fortune and pulling a float. is the Christmas tree and the New Year door decoration.
- Book early. came up for cakes, kimono, sushi rolls and inns. Seasonal things sell out.
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Four patterns from this course
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Say it in Japanese
Say each one out loud before you reveal the answer. Getting close counts.