Dear diary: today I recognized my first kanji

Published 2026-11-13

tag(s): #music #useless-facts #日本語

Well, I don't have a "dear diary" to post this to. Nor any social accounts to share the """news""".
So to the blog it goes. (I am not changing the title to "dear blog", but maybe I should.)[1]

I made some posts recently about languages and configuring font stuff on my laptop (in Spanish). Because a couple months ago started studying Japanese.
Lately, I am writing less here, and doing less stuff in general, because about 80% of my free time is spent studying in one way or another. With the textbook, a podcast with dialogues, apps, whatever. I am enjoying the process, and I want to take advantage of the momentum. 🤓

An app/website the teacher recommended has been slowly introducing kanji. Today I was listening some music while working, and in the background I though I overhead the word "ongaku" (music), which we have been using in the last couple lessons.
I quickly looked over the TV, and in the sea of characters, I quickly made out the kanji for it!!!

It's the first time I recognize a kanji like that, "in the wild". I was soooooo excited.
I took a picture to commemorate the occasion. I also sent a screenshot in the family group on Signal. And because I am still over the moon, I am sharing the news (?) here, too.
Sorry, not sorry. =P

Screenshot of a Signal chat with the fam.
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Footnotes
  1. I am writing this right before publishing the post: I did not change the title.

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