Also if you're looking to buy the Genki textbooks, try and buy it from a Japanese bookstore in your area! Support local 💕

I cant wait cry when the time comes where i can speak and understand fluently 😭😭

I finished Genki a while ago but loved seeing how you studied with them! They're definitely an awesome resource when you're just starting out, really helped me nail down the basics and stuff!

This is basically what I’ve been doing with the TRY! grammar series! I’m about to finish the N5 book in less than 2 weeks 😂. Immersion is key with this kind of study method! Less stress too!

I totally relate with your note taking process! As much as I try to tell myself taking notes are overall beneficial, it wasn’t working for me AT ALL lol. Thanks for the video! Super helpful and motivating!

your effort doesn't go unnoticed, keep up the good work!

I just discovered your channel and it’s really helpful! I did an Japanese course in university but since this is over and I want to continue studying, I don’t know what to do. But your video is really good to get an idea of how you can study with a textbook. 😊

People like you are rare, thank you so much for everything you do!

Thank u so much 4 making this video, it really did help me out a lot and it's always nice 2 hear someone else's approach on genki

I’ve had genki for two months and only up to chapter 7 trying to memorise, etc I will try to use this method in the future with the hopes it will help me cover more bases! Thanks for the tips :)

Thanks so much for the point on pacing I have ADHD and have trouble with planning things like that yet no one ever includes it in their videos.

I discovered your channel yesterday and your videos are really helpful!! I havent started my genki book yet but I'll definitely come back to this video when i do :)

Very helpful video, im about half way through a kanji anki deck and i plan on starting genki once i fiinish it so im glad this came out before i started

Best video about genki I've watched so far

Your videos have been a big help! It’s the guide I wish I would’ve had when I started learning Japanese. Thank you!

Very well presented and helpful video. When I write words on paper I don't ever look back at them either. However, the act of writing the words sometimes helps a little. It's not really worth it though and I don't do it very often. Dumbest thing that helps me with memorizing words: I 'write' the words (in hiragana) in the air with my finger while picturing the word in my mind and saying it aloud. For some reason, I tend to remember words better that way. Using my finger without visualizing the word doesn't work as well, nor does visualizing without using my finger.

I'm enjoying your videos. Very good insight for beginners like myself. I'm glad to see you wrote in your books, I've been debating to actually write the answers inside the books or just in a notebook. I'll just use pencil in case i need to erase something ;)

This was good information I just ordered the 4 books to start my journey.

thank youuuu!! this was super helpful!!

Nice tips! Thank you!

Thank you for making this video, I just bought these books 😀, I have finally found a video that has helpful advice.

One thing that's not mentioned here is that there are three Genki apps - Vocabulary, Verbs and Kanji. Those apps are really helpful specially the vocabulary app which has both the word and an example sentence.

I loved how i was recommended this video. It has helped me so much cuz i am lost. I want to understand and get patterns but its weird to speak textbook lamguage by myself. These are great pointers ill end up using.

I really like how you put this together.

Thanks for the video!!! I also was doing some Anki before getting the Genki textbook from a friend, so I was lucky that I could get the textbook free but before that, I bought a course on udemy for passing the n5 and doing Genki and this course side by side is really helpful and boost my speed for learning.

Wow, this video was so helpful, I'm definitely gonna use the vocabulary tips! Thank you💞 (Btw, your hair is really cute)

Huh, I didn't know about that section in the back of the book. Thank you! I'm going to go through it. I'm about 3/4 of the way through Genki 1 and almost done with Japanese from Zero book 3 (with an online class).

Your way of learning is awesome

Awesome vid hun

Love this! Also a Genki textbook KZfaqer! X

The point you make about familiarity is SERIOUSLY so helpful! Drilling information into your brain is so draining to me personally. Anyways, your videos are such refreshing takes on how to learn japanese! Thank you!!

I'm using Genki, Anki, and Tae Kim's grammar book (which is free). Oh, can't forget wanikani. Absolutely a must for me. Mnemonics helped learn Hiragana and Katakana. Kanji is still a beast though. I'm feeling Tae's book better than Genki. I like his presentation and I think he explains the concepts better. Good luck for those who are self studying. You can do it! 幸運!

ty for the advices

i just found your channel and i'm already in love!! i have a problem with genki books because even though i like how they structure grammar and vocabulary, i find the whole experience of studying really dull. i need a week to study a new chapter and another week to finish the exercises and review everything. the dialogue is also a bit boring... anyway i loved your explanation and I'll be trying this format now, especially the vocabulary! that website is a lifesaver. thanks

Really helpful and insightful, thanks, Alivia. I haven't used Genki but many people do and this vid is the best insight into the resource that I've found so far!

I haven't completed Genki II yet but I literally understand everything that is in the book. I got a different book Japanese Tutor (Upper Beginner to Intermediate level most likely lower intermediate). I got Genki I for my Japanese classes I took at a local community college back in 2016 (2nd edition) I have a PDF version of Genki II both textbook and workbook with the audio files as well. I primarily use actually Japanese resources now anime manga tv shows movies books light novels newspapers (I got in Japan in 2017 and from a local store here in California). I also buy a lot of my manga from kinokuniya in San Francisco, CA. I'm also planning on taking the JLPT N3 exam this year as well.

I’m learning korean but your videos have been really useful in helping my Korean studies. Korean and Japanese grammar is VERY similar so someday maybe I decide to learn Japanese 🙂

This video was very helpful. Thank you! ...I subbed :)

You are the best! Thanks for your work.

Thank you for that anki deck link! I've taken so many pictures of my book and cropped it into an anki card that I've lost count.

i've been going slow with my text book becuz i want to memorize as much as i can idk if that efficient or not noted : I DID memorize both hiragana and katakana first before jumping with genki

So you would do the premade Genki vocabulary deck in Anki alongside the N5 deck discussed in your Anki video? Or do Genki vocabulary first and and then move to that deck?

this is soo helpful!!! And Do you think it's possible to do the genki textbooks in a month? ( literally am spending this week learning all of hiragana and katakana from scratch if possible). I'd like to do a 30 day challenge if possible where I start from nothing , and see how much I can comprehend after 30 days.

I am currently stuck on Chapter 6 (て form) and in combination with new words introduced, I feel like I am sipping through mud. Just wondering if it is okay to continue going through chapters, while memorising the words ( I use Anki also) from the previous ones, or wait until all of the new words are completely embedded in my brain before moving on ? I find that learning new words even through repetition is an absolute killer as at some point, I come to a grinding halt. Thanks for a very informative video!

That AnkiGen vocab generator was extremely helpful for an Anki newbie like me, thanks a bunch!

Thanks for your videos! I’m considering the Genki textbooks. Your copies have more sleek cover designs than the ones I’m seeing online. Which editions do you have?

Thank you😚😚😚😚😚

Alivia is severely underrated.

I have the genki textbook and workbook but where can I listen to the audio book? Thanks

Question: Do you need both the textbook and the workbook or do you only need the textbook?

What sucks for me is that when my genki textbook came it didn’t come with a Audio CD, and also by comparing some small details between my book and the book used in this one, it is the same book but it’s an older version. Which probably explains my current situation.

Great anki resource, gonna save me hours of work ty

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Are there online MP3s or audio files in place of the CDs? Both my desktop and laptop PCs don’t have a CD drive

im kinda trying to prepare for my college japanese class. think ill do ok doing this before it i got 25ish days before classes start so i kinda wanna prepare a bit for it :3 i dont know if well use genki yet but least i want to get my self rdy

The genki book have jlpt n4 book and n3 book ahh??? Pls can u tell me?????

Which textbook did you move to after these two, if any?

Will learning the 2k/6k Anki deck first be beneficial for genki? Or even like halfway through? Or should I just straight up start the book?

Anyone have the link for the ankindeck? Link in description doesn't work :(

Is it good for learning hiragana katakana

I have started studying Genki 1 since February 2021 and yet, I still haven't finished the book😭 How I wish i have such consistency

With these 2 books, which JLPT level do you think you get?

does anyone know where I can download those books??

Is the audio available online somewhere? It didn't come with my book.

3:04 I can't find the book that is on top on that frame, can someone give me the entire title, please?

I reached page 84(Genki second edition).Suddenly there’s a dialogue with a lots of Kanjis, grammar and new words wich I did not learn yet. How can I adapt myself to it? Do you have any tips?🙏☺️😂

I have acquired some of the very basic phrases. However, I do have some challenges. #1 I have no one with whom to practice. I'm buried in New England and everyone here has no interest whatsoever. PLEBS! #2 I did have a major brain injury years ago and my ability to move short term memory to long term memory is limited and quite hit or miss. Sometimes it takes almost immediately. Sometimes it never sinks in. There is no pattern. I want to move to Japan for retirement and would like to get to at least the JPL5 level. I believe that once I am there fully embedded within the culture my retention for conversational purposes, via live practice, will increase significantly. One thing that I believe would help many people is for the translations to be in the Japanese sentence structure. Having the sentences written as spoken would help a lot since Japanese is a SOV (subject-object-verb) language whereas English is a SVO (subject-verb-object) language. It requires rewiring your speaking and thinking circuits to say the least! LOL Something that is helping me to become familiar with the speaking patterns is J-Pop music! I love AKB48 and they have many songs that are perfect for voice practice. I can't do it without the song playing as if I were in a karaoke bar but, when they do play, it all kicks in just fine and I get it all spot on! Go figure! LOL FWIW

the anki link doesn't work. . .

so after the 1 and 2 chapters of the first book there is no romaji, right?

which genki edition is the textbook?

Are the textbooks better? Or should I buy both the textbook and workbook

What edition are the Genki books?

Should i know all basic hiragana before starting genki? I have genki and know 90% of hiragana. But should i not start it until im perfect with hiragana?

I'm confused , does this book not teach you the calendar? You seem to go on about reading it first then checking to see if you had it right. Is this book not for people that completely dont know anything?

The price is outrageous though. The four of them cost 137€

Hi Alivia! Out of curiosity, after finishing these textbooks in 2 months did you feel confident in taking and passing the N5 and N4 for the JLPT?

I wish I'd known that the answer key for the workbook isn't included ☹️ I bought the workbook. Then had to pay for the audio app. Then find out I don't have access to the answers. It made me feel a bit ripped off and has halted my study outside of KZfaq....

Did you pass JLPT N5 with your approach?

This may seem like a strange comment in the scope of learning the language, but get your book SPIRAL BOUND so that it stays open and flat for you. I guarantee it will help you focus!

What is all levels of Japanese

Sugoi des

That’s crazy $22k for 4 books

🎇🎇🎇

why is it so expensive, cant afford it sadly. My mother wants me to keep on studying chinese so i can't spend a lot of money on japanese text books

these textbooks are too expensive , its like 5k inr and as a student i cant afford it. is there any pdf file for them?

Who recommends skipping exercises? Me 🙋🏻‍♂️😂 Hate them. I’m sure they’re helpful but I don’t like it. Feels like school. I want language learning to be fun. There has to be some book out there with no exercises. 🤷🏻‍♂️👍🏼

plej bona filmeto pri Genki gxis nun.

not for me, i took 6 months to finish both, your way is skimming not studying, i think!

THAT IS REALLY NORMAL IN GOD WHAT I REIGHN TIME WHOLE AS GOD'S GRACE JESUS

It always annoys me when people say "ローマン字"! It's "ローマ字"! Why is that so hard?

Slow down. Who cares how quickly and superficially someone else can do something ? SRS takes time to burn an entry into your memory. Have a life and do other things while SRS works its magic. Expect Genki 1 to take 3-4 months. Genki 2 may take 5-6 months. If you do it all in a year, that's great; Think of how much you will have learned ! You will probably also be doing WaniKani (at a setting of about 5 words per day) to learn the Kanji at the same time. If you try to go faster than that, the reviews will build up and crush you. You won't have any time left to learn the grammar with Genki. You will start to dread learning Japanese and that's not good. A karate teacher put an empty glass on an outdoor table and asked me to fill it. I used a pitcher of water and slowly filled the glass. I didn't spill a drop, but I left room so the glass could be raised without spilling. Then, the teacher demonstrated what happens when you try to fill the glass with a fire hose. The glass shattered when it hit the wall 20 feet away. In the end, there was no water in the glass. You are the glass... choose your approach wisely. How many of you are in such a hurry, you are attempting the fire hose approach to learning Japanese? The mascot of WaniKani is a tortoise. Can you guess why ? Yes, grasshopper... The tortoise beats the hare in the end. (Every freakin' time.) If you keep crawling along, eventually you will get there and there probably won't be any rabbits at the finish line. It takes years to learn something as complex as Japanese. Set a reasonable pace and celebrate your progress as you go. In a year, you will be miles ahead of the speedsters who got behind on reviews, got depressed, and had their motivation totally destroyed. They will all be out failing at some new project as you move toward your goal with discipline and calmness. Slow down and you will get there. People who brag about doing it quickly are usually full of 5hit. They often are the ones who had many false starts and finally made it 20 years after they first began. When they say they did it in a year, they leave out the part where they started over a decade ago and restated last year. It's kind of like the pregnant women who have their baby and then report a miraculous 50 pound weight loss in a few months to sell their new diet plan.

jesus christ that constant pop sound effect

For those who dont want to pay, you can find a digital genki book online for free

6:29 "pronounciation" is not a word.

Oh god, the same girl who said Kenji instead of Kanji is giving advice...eek.

Spends months learning Japanese correctly then says "ANYWAYS" which is bad English and not a real word.