Reflection 9

1. We went over some dialogues from Chapter 5.
2. Probably the dialogues.
3. Learning the kanji in time for the quiz.
4. Studying for the next kanji quiz.
5. Study!
6. Tokoro ga. It is used like a "nonetheless" or "however". It means that you are about to say something that is different than what would be expected from the preceding part of the conversation.

I really am not sure what to do about the essay as I haven't heard details on what it is about. I heard it was something related to Japanese culture and that we can choose pretty much anything within that realm. I like to do things related to video games, so I could always do the Japanese RPG and compare it to RPGs made by American companies. I could pick a different genre, too, and maybe do games in general. The only problem with this would be that I would constantly have to write in katakana, which can be tedious and I usually don't learn anything from it. I could do Japanese swords comparison to swords of other cultures, which would allow me to do some research and learn some things (I would probably learn some kanji along the way, too). The blog post, however, seems to indicate that we're to base it off things from the book, in which case I have no idea. I suppose the differences in weaponry is along the same lines as the difference in sports. So I guess I just need a little more detail before I can really choose a topic for certain. I'm not sure what to do for the hypothetical situation, I may very well have the wrong idea about what the sakubun is about.