Hideki

Hideki sensei was very kind and approachable. He let me speak freely, then corrected my sentences in a very gentle manner so I never felt bad about them. Looking forward to maybe discussing news or reading some books in the next sessions!

Over a number of sessions, I read with my teacher a portion of a popular Japanese light fiction novel series. My teacher helpfully provided me with a list of "missed" vocabulary after each lesson. He also helped elucidate the meaning of typically Japanese "non-subject" sentences and other cultural-linguistic differences with my native language.

Very helpfully, Hideki-san followed up with a list of words I stumbled over.

Reading a mystery novel together. Helping esp. when the subject of sentences (as is frequent in Japanese) is unstated and how the subject can be "identified" by subtle clues.

From mid-January through July 1, with the help of Wakayama-san, I read through a Japanese friend's fairly complicated memoir of his 30-plus years working at a Japanese auto parts and products distribution company, spanning the years between the 1960s to the late 1990s. It was interesting reading Japanese flavored with some arcane, archaic vocabulary, and to find out via the world-wide web that some restaurants mentioned from the 1960s are still operating in Tokyo.

Thank you so much for the lesson and lesson material!