I hope you guys have not forgotten how to smash the like button

Native Japanese here, your high speed speaking is a real challenge for me, but I should be stepping out of my comfort zone as an English learner lol

N1 in a year is amazing. Thanks for the inspiration!🙏🏾📿

Thank you for this clear and succint advise. Much appreciated!

Glad to see you guys back. Missed you ❤

I haven't had any fun lately, 😭 so it was fun. You bring me joy!❤🙂I love the kind and generous heartwarming atmosphere that you create, your kind, easygoing, warm vibe. ❤

This is really good advice. I think the notion of working on domain comprehension (mentioned during the game plan part of the video) is something that most people are not even aware of, and is severely underrated in general. It's a shame it was only mentioned in passing. Another thing that I wish you would've elaborated on is the mindset shift. That section was so short you'd moved on to the next before I even quite understood what the simple action actually entailed. For example, what do you really mean when you say ‘actually commit’? I personally don't think it's a good idea to make a flashcard of every single word you come across that you don't know, but on the whole, this is arguably the best video on learning Japanese (and probably any language in general, since it's basically the same process) that I have seen. Great job!

Great video, thank you!

This is the video I needed to watch! It is so straight to the point and extremely honest :) Thank you so much :)

This might be the absolute best advice I’ve ever heard for learning Japanese, and frankly, in my opinion, any language. I’ve been living in Japan for years now, I’ve been stuck at an intermediate level forever and I didn’t quite know how to punch myself up to the next level. That last third of the video is perfect advice. I showed it to some friends fluent in both languages and they enthusiastically approved. I will be fluent in kanji reading in a year thanks to you.

Thanks for getting straight to the point!

Nice video man. I started learning via textbooks in 2022, did Genki 1 and 2 but then gave up due to other commitments after 3-4 months. I started again in January this year, however going down the full immersion route. So far I have done 5+ hours of intensive immersion per day and have been mining sentences for grammar/vocab. I feel like I have made 10x as much progress from this method, however, the early grammar from the textbooks definitely gave me a good head start. Keep up the videos and godspeed to you.

Really great video thank u

Good to see you back man! Very useful video!

great video man, this definitely has given me some good insights on my own Japanese journey, thanks for sharing!

Great video Eric! I'm blown away by the quality of the content you guys put out on this channel. I love the tip that you gave about making sure to get speaking practice in in addition to immersion. I'd definitely practice speaking more if I could redo my journey too.

Great to see you're back. Loved the video :)

Thanks for the inspiration bro. I'm gonna try these tips to learn japanese myself. I've been learning for about 4 months but I haven't rly seen much progress (know about 300-800 kanji, but i've been slacking in grammar). But I feel like I'm much more ready to learn it now.

Super perfect timing on this video since I’ve just committed my year to learning Japanese after visiting Japan and absolutely loving it, but being frustrated not being able to communicate. Aiming on taking the JLPT at the end of the year! Love the content. New sub!

Going to do homestay is such a great opportunity. There is a huge difference between that and going to a meet-up. Most Japanese people at meet-ups want to speak English and youre not using Japanese out of necessesity or seeing them use Japanese in a variety of situations. You really need to be in an environment where you are forced to use Japanese all day everyday, not making yourself study, but just incidentally as part of your everyday life out of necessity and seeing other natives using it in normal everyday situations. Except for homestay, there are not many other chances to be in that situation.

Glad your back! 😊

your videos are really inspiring thank you so much

Welcome back! Was cool running into you guys in New York at Kinokuniya a few years back

Great video

Thank you!

I study 10 minutes of an anime in several passes. 1. Japanese audio with English subtitles. ( So you know what's going on. ) 2. Japanese audio with NO subtitles. ( Immerse yourself in the sounds and images. ) 3. Japanese audio with Japanese subtitles and pause every line to take down the vocabulary and kanji. I also shadow the speakers and repeat everything they say, exactly as they say it. ( Get the pitch accent too. ) 4. Load everything you copied in step 3 into Anki and study it. 5. Re-watch the anime in Japanese with the Japanese subtitles. ( You will understand everything this time. ) Shadow the anime line for line. ( I put my mouse next to my chair and pause frequently so I can have time to repeat everything. ) 6. When you finish the anime, come back and re-watch it every other week with shadowing. You will get bored with the anime, but you will own every line 100% . Input only works if it is comprehensible input. When your mind recognizes that it has some memory of a word or phrase, you know it immediately and get excited. After a few months, you will have learned hours of natural Japanese dialogue.

Thank you so much for the references! I’m still in phase 1 but I was struggling to figure out how to come across native Japanese speakers without seeming like a complete weirdo. Thank you so much!

Honestly you could and probably should make a whole vid on a change of mindset, it’s applicable not just to Japanese (surely) but there are so many people who are frustrated and on the verge of/have given up and I think it would really encourage people that it really is possible to attain fluency

I’m in my third month studying Japanese. I’m a 75 year old retired educator…determined to learn the language as a mental challenge. My wife and I will visit Japan this summer. Using Italki tutor.. lesson 3 Genki… lots of other apps. I can read hiragana and katakana, but I can’t write it. IS IT NECESSARY FOR ME TO BE ABLE TO WRITE THE KANA? It is a challenge to learn all of the new vocabulary, and to wean off of romagi. I’m also trying to use Japanese readers, and I am looking into the Satori reader. Thank you for the video…. Any suggestions for me will be much appreciated. Best, John

I am living in Japan and am in my same conversation and word patterns since a while. So your tips how to break out of them sound really helpful. Hope they will work

Yooo the return of KoreKara!!

Thank you for such good advice🤝 60 days in a row, but Anki only... yet 💪

THANK YOU! A child doesn't learn a language by reading or writing at first, that comes after 5 or 6 years, but I see many videos pushing for it which I disagree on. I learned english by listening and speaking bits at times. Took me a good 8 years I kid you not to be fluent and be able to translate and interpret 😊 Now at 54 I am on the quest to learn Japanese but at my own pace and no pressure. I appreciate you clarifying this point😊 Cheers from Panamá 😊

Welcome Back!

I…just randomly out of the blue decided to check this channel again as I was looking for listening practice material, figuring there wouldn’t be anything new since the last upload was a year ago. But surprisingly I see “Uploaded 3 hours ago”. That timing is craaazy. It’s early in the morning and I have a test later so I’ll have to watch this later but just wanted to say welcome back! 🎉 I missed this channel

Good video!

久しぶりですね

I like that you promote immersion a lot because it really is super important. I went to school to learn Hawaiian, if not for the fact that I could talk with my friends/teachers I would only be gaining vocab from music or old voice recordings. The main thing I would do after reaching some baseline of speaking proficiency was asking how to spell a word they used, define it (in that language), or write it down to look up later. Studying the vocab itself was largely useless without it ever coming up in conversation. Always start with the words that you are actually going to use first and ignore EVERYTHING ELSE for the time being.

Welcome back Eric!

Just started this Journey ! Hopefully it gets good from here ! Thanks for your content ! I been enjoying

welcome back

I think for me personally the last tip - to commit - is the most important advice that i had to hear. Because my interest in Japanese is quite light compared to, for example, Korean that i have achieved a speaking level after learning for 3 years and still counting. So i didn't have time to think that i actually gotta commit to Japanese if i really want to learn it. Thank you for this video and i will go think about how i want my Japanese journey to look like

Bro WELCOME BACK!!!!

Thanks for all the tips! As a full time working dude with a family 1 year is as good as impossible for me. But I'm happy I finally commited myself to learn japanese. It's been a lifelong dream of mine, and last summer I actually made japanese a daily habit of my life. On good days I invest 2h a day, but 15min is my absolut minimum. The first try to learn it was 2010.. I was young and had the time. But lacked the Conviction to really want it. 😄

wow you're back . one hug

I cant seem to find that Japanese - English dictionary app anywhere, is it a different app icon on android or does it just not exist?

The video and the way it’s explained is the best.. But can you share with us whats your daily/weekly learning schedule for japanese? Like the apps or books you use and how you apply it?

THANK YOU SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO MUCH

I've been grinding japanese for 2-3 weeks from 0. ajatting 90% for a week. Game Gengo, Khatz and this KoreKara keep me going. ♥️ I don't recommend ajatting from scratch. Just learn hiragana and katakana, then learn grammar and sentence structure. While you're learning those two things, you're gonna pick up vocab naturally. Most important tip: DON'T DO THINGS THAT FEEL LIKE A CHORE! Always make it fun, otherwise you're not gonna remember anything important. I literally just finished playing re4 remake in japanese and that was fun af even though I didn't understand 95% of it. That means 5% I understood and I'm proud of that. Don't give up. If my dumba** can do it, so can you.

Dude what is that song at 10:30? It sounds so familiar and I completely forgot what it was

These apply to every language as well! Did this with Spanish which was super easy due to coworkers speaking it, recommending me dramas and movies, every show on the planet having a Spanish dub and there being a plethora of textbooks and material.

I so agree with your points and moving from the beginner stage. I noticed with Japanese, unlike other languages, that one beginner grammar point opens so many other beginner grammar points - small ones, and it is so easy to go in circles and fall into some kind of Alice in Wonderland rabbit hole where you repeat the same beginner material when you feel like you are forgetting something slightly - you never progress.

This is really great, but I only have one question. For the basics, you said 3 months so if Im learning in the middle of genki, Ill just stop or do I have to learn everything in that 3 months. Please answer this question, I really need to know this.

My goal for this year is to get a 90% mark on the jlpt n4

I'm a Japanese and English grammar is hard for me, thank you for learning our language!!

were your anki cards text on front? sentence or kanji only?

Learning the grammar is relatively easy learning hiragana and katakana is very easy i cant say the same for kanji but ive managed altogether i like seeing how different people explore our language and learn in the best way they can keep up the good work

Hi Korekara, I am from India, and I searched for Genki 1 and genki 2 but the problem is there is a french edition and japanese edition on amazon, isn't there any other way for me than this because these resources are not available in india.

I feel like I’ve seen this somewhere…. 😂 Also, congrats on the release!

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RETURN OF THE KING

I gotta admire your determination. Inspires me. As an older learner whose closest connection to anime is my 24 yo grandson, where should I look other than youtube for Japanese content to watch? That I might be able to comprehend? I'm thinking of watching sumo matches in Japanese but I don't think they have subtitles. Or watch Japanese singers perhaps as I like the Enka music.

algorithm hit me, trying to learn korean here lol but i think i can implement how you learned Japanese to how i should start learning korean

man i feel so demotivated whenever i see "guy learns to N1 level in just 8 months!" type of stuff. also makes me want to rush the learning process and makes me feel like i am never doing enough. eventually i burn out and quit. happened like 4 times now. go strong for 4-6 months and just burn myself out trying to do as much as possible.

Great video with some nice resources! Is there a Firefox equivalent to the language reactor chrome extension?

I ragged you on your other excellent channel for abandoning us here, now I will praise you for returning to us よくできました！ 👍🙇‍♂🙏

He’s back

Could you please recommend some KZfaq channels! I consume so much KZfaq but have a hard time finding similar channels to my interests. Japanese KZfaq is such a different place haha. I’m looking for video essays on economics, game analysis, and pop culture ✨

Any advice for learning Japanese specifically for understanding JAV? I have intermediate Mandarin proficiency as well.

This is good content. I will use these tips in my language learning. Something to note: You are speaking unnecessarily fast and slurring some of your words. I am a native English speaker and this really stood out to me. Also, the music is too loud at several points which is competing with what you are saying. You may want to consider these points for the future, especially since the content you are offering is about language learning (and communicating) and is valuable.

Would you attribute the rate of progress to your study abroad? Unfortunately, I don’t have the funds to live in Japan for a year

do you mean the dub but with japanese subtitles? or just reading the japanese ones while listening to them speak the japanese also whats a master list

You can learn japanese in 1 year if: you have no family, you have no kids, you have no full time job - and so you can immerse 24/7 using ajaat or something

I like this video so much. If you don't mind, I would like to ask your permission to share this video to the other website in China for the embarrassing reason that KZfaq is blocked fromac cessing in China. Of course, I will give sources of the original website. Thank you very much.

The GOATs back

Im glad my counselor knows Japanese and once went to japan 😂 she gives me small Japanese lessons sometimes

The goat!!!!!!!!

Finally posted again huh

my problem is 1.that I am 14 witch means I'm always with my family so I can't do any type of call so I have to find another way 2. english is my 2nd language and I'm translating from Japanese to english mostly witch noticeably slows me 3.I can't just figure out how to use anki and those card stuff

bro i can feel my brain growing by the second

What would you recommend for daily hours goal for japanese. I currently aim for 2 hours of study+immersion

This is extremely helpful. However I have work and hence cant commit learning japanese for hours a day. Can I still immerse myself in Japanese if I study it for only 2-3hrs a day?

did u take abreak from learning japanese?

Great advice imo. And really great job on music choice and timing. Editing was enjoyable. I got flashbacks watching the part about using the language before you are fluent. I too would recommend this. I've been living in japan for half a year and at least once a month i embarrass myself heaps and i can always laugh about it although it can be a bit traumatizing. Know i think of using the language is the same as trying to sell something to someone, the more failures you have the closer you are to success.(a sale or in language - fluency or something near it). This and learning to say that you don't understand and ask someone to repeat themselves (politely ofc), if that fails learn to ask for the meaning or similar words. When you get into this pattern you are truly learning on the spot and just as he says - your brain will do whatever it takes to remember what is being said in order to avoid embarrassment in the future. Currently my hairstylist and i speak for an hour straight and he almost knows zero english so it's always a bit nerve-racking knowing that i will be expected to use japanese for an hour straight even when im not in the mood to struggle, but most often we both end up having some good laughs and it goes better than expected.

I’m a bit confused. You’ve been learning Japanese for well over 2-3 years. You have videos dating back 2 years ago to 3 where you are still studying japanese. It just makes it hard for me to believe you did everything in 1 year and passed N1. I studied very hard myself as well and I think passing N1 in one year even with your methods would prove impossible. It’s just me. But as always great content 👍🏻

Well, i had a question. I have learned hindi native by merely chatting and watching cartoons and movies. I can't read or write as i've never tried to learn the characters.But I can hold a conversation very well. The same goes for English. I first learned it for educational purpose but when i started watching Eng cartoons and movies (as well as songs). I pretty much got the native tone. I tried to talk to a native Eng speaker for the first time, I clearly understood whatever he was saying. So my question is if this same method will work for the Japanese or not. Thank you if anyone answered.

新しい動画は1年ぶりかな？おかえり！

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I d like to start immersion watching anime , though i couldn’t fine where to download anime with no subtitles , i d be extremely grateful if anyone could help 😭

Shet ive been learning jp on and off for almost 5 years but my jp lvl still at n5 😢

Sounds like Migaku would be really helpful.

this is really motivating me and making me want to study even harder

Me casually learning Japanese with the hope that I could hopefully finish it in 2-3 years

are you imerssing with 3 videos at he same time?

I’m kinda stuck in the endgame where I have enough vocabulary to have a conversation and I know enough to understand everything I need to whenever I watch a drama or an anime in full Japanese, but I don’t have anyone to practice with consistently and nobody to net enough focus to expand my vocabulary vastly enough to reach past business level. I could be consistent on my flashcards, but it’s weird because you don’t want to farm flashcards all the time and just want to learn words you know you’ll actually use organically.

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Watching anime in Japanese with Japanese subtitles is really effective to immerse your self in Japanese. Recently, I'm learning English with anime I've ever watched like DragonBall, Pokémon and Naruto and I realized there're lots of modification even in serious situations haha

in phase three, I would try to connect to Japanese serves on omeTV and talk to yapanese people.

3:30 Fun Fact: the Genki series includes 1,700 vocabulary terms (and 323 Kanji)

This is overall a great video and I respect what Eric/KoreKara created and have done with the podcast and it's cool to see a return, that said, I'm gonna pushback on something that I think has been a toxic part of the language learning community (especially in the Japanese learning community, *in my opinion*) and that I wish would be left behind or more critically dissected. And that's to "give up the timeline (to fluency)". I get it, it's necessary clickbait (how else could you structure this sort of video), but the sea of "In under a year/fluent in X months" videos have done nothing but set the wrong expectations about what the language leaning journey and experience is. And I'm speaking as someone who is trying to do this as fast as possible myself lol (I'm on N3-level content after 8 months, and aiming for this December's N1 -or N2 if I don't feel ready when sign-ups open in August lol-). Even the people that KoreKara have interviewed, some have been learning for over 5-10 years! From watching all these videos the only thing that has ever mattered is pushing your limits and near-daily consistency, everything else is noise. Showing up every day to do the work is already hard enough, remove the pressure of the "fluent in only X year(s)/months" timeline. I'm definitely not trying to say it's an impossible feat at all or that you shouldn't set high standards. But "fluency" has such a nebulous definition already and you can make the perfect plan, but life happens and things can get in the way. I mean, this channel itself literally went on an almost 2 year hiatus lol. Again, that's my only gripe with this video I don't want to sound like I'm trying to rip it apart. I'm also not trying to say that Eric is setting up bad expectations here btw! Encouraging early output is refreshing to see when the old AJATT thinking was "NEVER OUTPUT UNLESS YOU'RE PERFECT", which is just categorically wrong. And "immersion is training for a fight, while speaking (outputting) is like being in an actual fight" is an excellent analogy.