Introduction

Premise:
Similar to a “close reading” but rather than trying to interpret the literary meaning of the text, instead looking and breaking down the language being used. Take a scene from Japanese language media (books, films, drama, anime, manga, games), and look at the language used in it. The scenes will ideally be from early on near the beginning, so it’s easier to get into if you don’t know the story and there’s less added subtext or context to hamper understanding without prior knowledge.

Some notes:

- The most basic grammar won’t be talked about ("AはBです", etc.; what you would probably learn by going through a basic textbook like Genki)

- I’m going to assume the reader can at least read the kana, so there won't be romaji versions of sentences

- Except for certain words I think might need some explaining, vocabulary won’t be individually defined

- Translations are just there to help with the understanding of the text, and so will sound strange and unnatural in English, since the goal is to look the Japanese rather than making a fluent translation

That said, if there’s anything which isn’t clear, you can leave a comment about it.