Hahahaha

😬 Yikes bro

Thanks Cimpy! I'm glad you enjoyed it. =)

Thank you @Ryanoth! I'm glad you are finding Satori Reader helpful! =)

Hi, Ryanoth! We're so glad that Satori Reader has been useful to you! Combining Satori Reader with Andy's videos and/or resources like Genki and Quartet is awesome. The more angles you can get on a topic, the better. Thanks again for your support and we'll look forward to continuing to work with you!

Thanks! I like that too. =) I'm going to use it more. heh

ブリアンさんとほぼ同じく、日本人の彼女（できたら）か友人と。。。アンキ？見当たる漢字を簡単に覚えるようにアンキを使うしかないと確信していますから。 でもいつかはちゃんと仕事ができたら悟りリーダーを使ってみたいですね 😌

A dictionary of basic Japanese grammar and Genki 2 for me :D

Hi, Tams80. Brian here. We have total respect for Dogen, and I think it's great that he's making people more aware of pitch accent, as it is often neglected. My main concern is that I don't want people to feel like, Oh my gosh, here's this other confusing thing I have to learn or else no one will understand me. In my opinion, you can start down the path to correct pitch accent just by being diligent about imitating the delivery that you hear from native speakers. That's a good practice in general, and exercises like shadowing can help a lot with that. Then later you'll find that a lot of what you learn with pitch accent will come naturally.

@@satorireader "you can start down the path to correct pitch accent just by being diligent about imitating" - Not necessarily. Yes, you could potentially acquire pitch accent without any dedicated study and solely through imitation, but in reality that approach is not guaranteed to work out for everyone. That's because most speakers of non-tonal languages like English won't be able to perceive pitch accent correctly to begin with. And if you can't hear it clearly, chances are high that you won't be able to reproduce it properly either, no matter how hard you try. The ability to distinguish pitch correctly isn't in any way guaranteed to come naturally to non-natives, regardless of how proficient they become in Japanese, so it will usually require some targeted practice to develop an ear for it.

@ピーター 私はオッドタクシーが好きです!!!

Thanks for the kind words, Lacerations! We are ほんまにうれしい to have you studying with us! :-)

Brian is the creator! 😊

Hello, Leslie. Brian from Satori Reader here. You can adjust kanji display to accommodate your knowledge, so you can read with any kanji knowledge. It's more about vocabulary and grammar. However, it is also true that vocabulary and kanji are somewhat linked, so I would say that a knowledge of at least a few hundred kanji would be useful to start. In terms of grammar, you can begin to enjoy some of our easier stories like Kiki-Mimi Radio at even a fairly early stage and then grow into more difficult content. Please give the first episodes of that series a try and see what you think!

Where are you up to with your studies now? I'm early on, level 7 wanikani and learning N4 material. Great fun!

@@danielwolstenholme9649 Hi, I stopped doing WaniKani at level 52. It took me more that 2 years to get to that level and in reading I still sometimes need to look up some Kanji.. I figured it was more important to see the Kanji in context and become familiar with it that way. With Satori Reader, I write out every episode (第話) daiwa, and translate it first before looking at the printed translation. This is a lifelong involvement. I wish you well.

YASSSS

I don't think that you should laugh at anyone's attempts at learning a second language.

The other one is Kanshudo. ☺️

@@ToKiniAndy Ah.. Thank you very much.

I'm not sure, I use it on my phone with the newest version of Android and it's been working fine. You could always just use the computer version I guess. I had to for the intermediate version that doesn't work on my phone.

@@coolbrotherf127 I suppose I would have to use it on my PC then. It just doesn't come up at all when I search through the playstore on my phone and when I pull it up in a browser google says that it's not compatible with my version of android.