Pera Pera Penguin

This was a great short (1-page PDF) Japanese language learning column written by Hitomi Hirayama and carried every five weeks in the Daily Yomiuri newspaper. Although the main link is no longer valid, the original PDF files are still online and I link to them below. Alternatively, I have compiled all of them in a single .zip file (25.4MB) you can download from my server. Note that for some reason issue 56 is not available and I cannot find a copy of it anywhere online.

• Vol. 100: Nihongo ga sukinan desu!
• Vol. 99: jakkan | sukoshi
• Vol. 98: counters according to pronunciation
• Vol. 97: counters
• Vol. 96: shiasatte | yanasatte
• Vol. 95: laughter
• Vol. 94: Onomatopoeia
• Vol. 93: imikotoba
• Vol. 92: Kanji
• Vol. 91: mushi?
• Vol. 90: No! dame akan iken
• Vol. 89: O gata? A gata? B gata? AB gata?
• Vol. 88: Nihon chizu quiz
• Vol. 87: chatta
• Vol. 86: tara ba
• Vol. 85: to Automatically same result Pick one nara
• Vol. 84: …tara…ba…to…nara
• Vol. 83: hitohada nugu?
• Vol. 82: SAKURA?
• Vol. 81: Kabuki?
• Vol. 80: Nihon chizu quize
• Vol. 79: jikan ga yomenai?
• Vol. 78: tsume ga amai?
• Vol. 77: itadaita denwa?
• Vol. 76: Italy ryori? France ryori? Knkoku ryori?
• Vol. 75: usso-
• Vol. 74: Meiji-dori? tori?
• Vol. 73: migi? hidari?
• Vol. 72: No parking
• Vol. 71: Using abstract ko_ so_ a_ in conversations
• Vol. 70: Kore Sore Are
• Vol. 69: ichi-ji ame
• Vol. 68: Baka?(crazy?) Baka? Baka?
• Vol. 67: Using Keigo for oneself?? Huh?
• Vol. 66: Keigo (Polite/Teineigo, Honorific/Sonkeigo, Humble/kenjogo)
• Vol. 65: itsu oide ni narimasu ka? (When will you go?)
• Vol. 64: itsu irasshaimasu ka? (When will you go?)
• Vol. 63: itsu ikaremasu ka?(Keigo)
• Vol. 62: What is honorific language (Keigo)?
• Vol. 61: +-÷×
• Vol. 60: kimasu
• Vol. 59: ikimasu kaerimasu
• Vol. 58: Kyoto ni? e?
• Vol. 57: taste aji
• Vol. 55: ga kita(to come)
• Vol. 54: _tai desu ka?
• Vol. 53: oto ga nagareru toile(t)
• Vol. 52: kiru?haku?
• Vol. 51: nugu?toru?
• Vol. 50: hara-hara
• Vol. 49: hara-hara doki-doki
• Vol. 48: oishi sakana
• Vol. 47: sakana
• Vol. 46: mu… fu… mi…
• Vol. 45: ma ma
• Vol. 44: shiritori
• Vol. 43: maru, sankaku, batsu, shikaku
• Vol. 42: taka—-i! (very expensive)
• Vol. 41: water (mizu)
• Vol. 40: hai
• Vol. 39: difficult? muzukashi desu ne…
• Vol. 38: o? go?
• Vol. 37: anata you?
• Vol. 36: Breaking the Ice (Heart Opener)
• Vol. 35: Icebreaker (Heart Opener)
• Vol. 34: 0141 o i shi i (delicious)
• Vol. 33: Kanji (numerals)
• Vol. 32: Green… midori? ao?
• Vol. 31: hito no fundoshi de sumo o toru !?
• Vol. 30: miso…soybean past ?
• Vol. 29: me ga tobideru !?
• Vol. 28: “watashi ga” “watashi ga” “watashi ga”
• Vol. 27: restaurant o tabemashita!
• Vol. 26: “-mashita” is not a past tense!
• Vol. 25: kao ni kaite-aru
• Vol. 24: What day is donichi?
• Vol. 23: gomennasai…I’m sorry
• Vol. 22: maho no kotoba…kara, node, de
• Vol. 21: Pole san Pole kun Pole sama
• Vol. 20: zenzen oishi!
• Vol. 19: …………
• Vol. 18: su…su…su…hakushon
• Vol. 17: ue? shita?
• Vol. 16: giri-choco: Made in Giri
• Vol. 15: Watashi wa penguin
• Vol. 14: Juhachiban
• Vol. 13: Shrunk Japanese
• Vol. 12: buri (yellow tail?)
• Vol. 11: shirimasen wakarimasen (I don’t know)
• Vol. 10: obaaaa-san
• Vol. 9: tasukete? tetsudatte?
• Vol. 8: goro-goro (lying about)
• Vol. 7: tsumaranai mono (boring gift)?
• Vol. 6: oare really stormy
• Vol. 5: Bride has “tsuno”??
• Vol. 4: many minds???
• Vol. 3: wide face? light mouth?
• Vol. 2: official receipt
• Vol. 1: Like & Dislike