Phase 1 · practice day · Day 24 of 100 · ~12 min

More reps — の — linking nouns

You met の — linking nouns on Day 23 — today is reps, not re-reading. Fresh words and sentences below, same pattern. Reminder: AのB links two nouns — owning or describing: 私の本 (my book), 日本の車 (a Japanese car). Re-read the full lesson →

Today's words
mother; mom
voice
father; dad
to use (a tool, method, etc.); to make use of
nicely; properly
time
many; numerous
as expected; sure enough
Write today's kanji — tap to replay
使
See it in real sentences
He that knows little often repeats it.
I am glad it was someone else who got it.
Cut one's coat according to one's cloth.
Experience without learning is better than learning without experience.
The best swimmers are oftenest drowned.
Don't worry about that.

Practice

Spaced review — recall from earlier days (tap to flip)
book
(ほん)
1d ago
today
今日(きょう)
1d ago
to breathe in
()
3d ago
to think (about, of)
(かんが)える
3d ago
to sound
()
7d ago
so
だから
7d ago
Recall
Which word means “many”?
Which word means “time”?
Which word means “mother”?
Which word means “to use (a tool, method, etc.)”?
Listen and choose
What did you hear?
What did you hear?
What did you hear?
Your turn — say it, then check
Say: “He that knows little often repeats it.”
馬鹿(ばか)(ひと)(おぼ)え。
Say: “I am glad it was someone else who got it.”
対岸(たいがん)火事(かじ)()かった。
👀 Today’s input · ~10 min — where fluency actually comes from
Read your first real books
You can read kana now — so read. Open a Level 0 Tadoku graded reader: picture books made for absolute beginners, almost all kana. Sound each page out loud and don’t stop to look up every word; getting the gist is the goal.
Tadoku free graded readers — Level 0 →

Furigana by kuroshiro · stroke order by KanjiVG · audio by your browser. Sentences are real native sentences, auto-selected for this day.