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Who else is trying to learn Japanese through English, but English is your second language?

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い = Stomach あい = Love うえ = Up, upove いいえ = No あおい = Blue か = Mosquito かく = To write かげ = Shadow きく = To listen こえ = Voice かぎ = Key きおく = Memory えいが = Movie おおきい = Big ず = diagram すし = Sushi じこ = Accident すき = Like さく = To bloom ずう = Elephant おかし = Sweet おさけ = Alcohol さいご = Last そうぞう = Imagination こうこうせい = High school student て = Hand くつ = Shoes ちず = Map でし = Apprentice たつ = To stand とおい = Far つづく = To continue/to be continued (used a lot in TV shows/Anime in the end of an episode) どっち = Which だいがく = University (literally means big school) あさって = The day after tomorrow おちつく = To calm down なに = What? いぬ = Dog ねこ = Cat にじ = Rainbow おかね = Money せなか = Upper back なっとう = Fermented soybeans おねがい = Please ( as noun it means request ) はな = Flower ひざ = knee はし = * this could mean Chopstick or Bridge, search for pitch accent for better understanding ふしぎ = Strange はなび = Fireworks ふくざつ = Complicated ひきだし = Drawer けっぺき = Perfectionist め = Eye まち Town, city あめ = Rain (high>low) or it means Candy (low>high) あたま = Head きもの = Kimono 👘 literally means something you wear ためいき = Sigh 😞💨 まいにち = every day むずかしい = Difficult さる = Monkey はれ = Sunny, clear weather らく = Convenient, comfortable おふろ = Bath くすり = Medicine おにぎり = Onigiri ( japanese food ) ぬいぐるみ = Stuffed toy りゅい = Dragon -- りゆい = reason きょい = Today -- きよい = handy, skilled ゆめ = Dream やま = Mountain やすい = Cheap りょうい = Cooking かいしゃ = Company じゅうどう = Judo ( national sport of japana ) しゅくだい = Homework びょういん = Hospital かわ = River うん = Circle or Japan Yen ¥¥¥¥ わたし = I, me おんがく = Music しんぶん = Newspaper おかあさん = Mother みずをのむ = To drink water やさいをたべる = To eat vegetables

This is the first Japanese lesson I've ever watched and I'm so excited to finally learn Japanese. I'll try to update on how my Japanese is going every few months, I'm really determined to learn this language :) Edit #1: 07/24/23: I just learned all kana and I can now read any non-kanji text moderately quickly. I also just learned how weird Japanese grammar is and the existence of different vocabulary depending on how close you are to someone... This journey's gonna be tougher than I thought, but I won't let that discourage me, and it shouldn't discourage you, either 😁 Edit #2: 08/21/23: I just entirely filled my first Japanese notebook, and I also finished mastering writing the language!! (meaning I know when to use っ and 濁点/半濁点, when to use kun'yomi and on'yomi, all katakana combinations, how to read and write very large numbers, how to read and write dates and time, I could go on. I just meant to say that I didn't master the language, just the "read and write" aspects, sorry if that sounded pretentious lol), and now I'll start learning the grammar, which I'm *hyped* for. I'll also write down my thoughts: 1) I'm very surprised by how much I was able to learn in just under a month! 2) I have to say, I'm very scared of going back to school, because not only will I have way less time, I don't know if I'll have the mental energy to keep studying after I've been studying all day, but I'll do my best and study hard while I can!! 😁 Edit #3: 26/08/23: I'm updating very quickly after the second edit, but I know I need to say it; I'm gonna be changing my method for learning Japanese. All I used to do was just some traditional studying for about 1-2 hours a day, and sure, I was making progress, but there's no way I was gonna reach my goal within 2 years. So I'm gonna change to this plan: -Studying kanji from the Kanji Study app everyday by following the JLPT program -Reviewing what I know with Tango's N5 Anki Flashcards Deck -Traditional study from a PDF of Genki I textbook/Watching a Tokini Andy video (Whatever will feel more instructive) -And most importantly, consuming *ONLY* Japanese content. Watching Japanese videos, reading Japanese comments, attempting to reply in Japanese, and maybe reading a few Japanese books every once in a while to use Japanese as much as I can. I know it will work for me because that's how I learned English practically by accident, by simply consuming a lot of English media without actually ever trying to learn the language. I will mention though, that I am very scared of the different levels of politeness in the language. Japanese speakers will obviously use different levels depending on the situation, so I'll get a lot of mixed signals. But it's definitely gonna be way better than before. I'll keep you guys notified for anything that happens!! 😁 Edit #4: 30/09/23: Going back to school isn't nearly as time consuming as I thought it would be, of course I don't have nearly as much time to study as before but I still do meet my daily goal of 1 hour and 30 minutes per day of study, bare minimum. I should also mention that immersing as early as I did is a bad idea as it's very time consuming and exhausting to do anything because, well, you have to understand what you're seeing/hearing, and at a beginner level, you don't understand ANYTHING, so you don't end up retaining much. Instead, I spend *all of my free time* (carefully) watching GameGengo's vocab series, which is not the most common or even best way of getting input, but it's the only way I enjoy getting input, which does make it the best way for me because it's much easier studying when you enjoy it than not, and I already learned quite a bit from him. When I finish his series though, I think I'll just get input by watching Japanese TV Shows/playing video games in Japanese. I'll keep you guys updated! Edit #5: 15/11/23: I'm done with N5 material, which marks my first milestone! I'm so excited to study N4 Japanese! I've been loving studying Japanese, even more than when I started. In fact, I loved it so much that I even considered making a career out of it at one point (I would still love to, but it's unfortunately not a promising career choice because of AI, and it would require me to actually *live* in Japan for a few years, which I really don't want to do) I'm gonna try to study for a job that I enjoy thoroughly, but that also gives me enough time and money to visit Japan during the summer. Law school certainly doesn't lead to a job like that for me, so I'll have to reconsider my options (which means I don't have the pressure of having to be as good as possible before I go to law school!) I wish I could update you guys more often, but since I don't have unlimited characters, I think I'll start editing every time I pass a JLPT level. Edit #6: 17/01/24: I'm done with N4 material, and that means I'm gonna immerse myself in Japanese! That has been my plan since I've been studying for N5, but I'm kind of scared to find out how it will go now that I actually have to do it 😅. My reading speed has also drastically improved, I can read any text much more comfortably than I first started (as long as it doesn't have too many kanji that I don't know), but I'm still far from native level haha. As for you guys, I responded to most of your recent questions (I'm sorry for leaving you guys hanging!!), and I've also included my daily study plan which should be the 60th reply of this comment :) 第７回目のエディット: ２０２４年５月１１日: 皆さん、僕のコメント読んでくれてありがとうございます！🙇‍♂️ 僕の日本語は最初のエディットからかなり進みましたと思います。集中すれば、ユーチューブとかツイッターとかには、文を７-８割ぐらい分かりできます。ところが、未だに僕の成文は下手ですね。😅 残念ですが、学校の勉強する為に投入法を止めてしまいます。それでも、まだ毎日１時間３０分日本語を勉強します。 日本語を勉強している皆さんへ、頑張ってね！！

"learn hiragana in one hour" me: pausing every few seconds to take notes which resulted in me finishing this video in 2 days

I am Japanese but I think Japanese is difficult. Everyone, please do your best to study Japanese. I will do my best to study English

Note for me Lesson 1 Quiz: 4:55 Lesson 2 Quiz: 10:28 Lesson 3 Quiz: 16:08 Lesson 4 Quiz: 24:03 Lesson 5 Quiz: 29:34 Lesson 6 Quiz: 38:43 Lesson 7 Quiz: 43:40 Lesson 8 Quiz: 48:19 Lesson 9 Quiz: 54:44 Lesson 10 Quiz: 1:00:06 10:13 "k" group pronunciation review 15:54 "s" group pronunciation review 22:15 smaller "tsu" and how it works. 23:46 "t" group pronunciation review 29:25 "n" pronunciation review 38:15 "h" pronunciation review 43:32 "m" pronunciation review 48:13 "r" pronunciation review 52:35 Combination of "y" column and all the columns with "i" Graph 54:03 Diagraph pronunciation review 59:40 the special "n" noise pronunciation variations. 1:02:45 brief summary of everything.

Respect to Risa for explaining all this for free and for one hour four minutes and thirty one second straight flawlessy, not making pauses to think of what you're gonna say to the audience, and helping us to memorize Hiragana! :) ❤ Timestamps for Myself: 34:23

What’s my reason for learning a language? 1. Anime with no subtitles 2. When people attempt to talk to me I can pretend to not speak English

Dont worry Anime...I'm coming...no subtitles...

Anybody in 2024?

I love how she teaches using visualization things. It really helps me a lot to remember all these hiragana words

"now, have you understand what is the meaning of Hiragana?" me : *の*

"Learn Hiragana in one hour!" Me, studying the first eleven minutes for 2 hours: HMMMM, YES

Characters: [a] : 2:49 [i] : 3:07 [u] : 3:31 [e] : 3:47 [o] : 4:02 [ka] : 7:03 [ki] : 8:19 [ku] : 8:48 [ke] : 9:17 [ko] : 9:44 [sa] : 13:08 [shi] : 13:53 [su] : 14:26 [se] : 14:58 [so] : 15:27 [ta] : 20:03 [chi] : 20:37 [tsu] : 21:21 [te] : 22:57 [to] : 23:21 [na] : 27:14 [ni] : 28:01 [nu] : 28:17 [ne] : 28:32 [no] : 29:04

I'm a 15 years old boy learning Japanese since I was 12,....... love from Mumbai India 🇮🇳 to my favourite country Japan 🇯🇵😚☺️✨

"You've now Mastered these..." Me : "Whoa , now , let's not get ahead of ourselves here ."

“If you ever watched a Japanese show...or an anime.” SHE FOUND US OUT.

Progress report : Took me 20 days to complete this now i know every hiragana and can read basics without any trouble , planning to read more hiragana to understand words. Started at 10th june 2023 Ended at 24th june 2023 (took 4 days of break in between) Hiragana done, Onto katakana

THIS IS INCREDIBLE. I love the connections she makes with each character. It makes it make so much sense. Amazing teacher.

Me: hey will you remember this ? My brain: の

its like kindergarten all over again except its in hard mode

Took me 4 days of grinding .. but I finally learnt the whole hiragana 🎉 About 4 hours each day

I am so glad I stambled across this channel, It's so useful! I was trying really hard to learn hiragana and after aproximetly two months I did it, but wasn't perfect. But when learning katakana I found this channel and learned it in 1 day, and I'm not joking. I knew all the characters, everything!

"But unlike English, each character only makes one specific sound!" OH THANK HEAVENS

Anyone else learning Japanese because they have nothing to do cuz of self isolation....

Started learning Japanese today [26.05.24] Progress 1st column ✅️ K column ✅️ S column🔒 T column🔒 N column🔒 H column🔒 M column🔒 Y column🔒 R column🔒 W column🔒

im 13 and im learning japanese and this account helps me a lot. thank you so much x

Why i want to know Japanese: -Anime -Flex knowing 3 idioms -Also flex in front of my family -To know more people -To feel smarter somehow -To play that one mobile game that is only in Japanese

risa: it looks like an energetic ninja me: it looks like naruto running

The relation to each symbol with nouns is incredibly relatable and incredible teaching. Thanks!

I have learned so much from just 13 minutes into the video, 13 min has been 1 hour of me writing and studying. I will continue watching but I am thankful for this video. I’m so excited to learn💙

“Learn hiragana in one hour.” Nah I think I’ll spend the next week solely on あいうえお

me: "dude, these tips to try to remember the hiragana are so stupid" me, after my tenth hiragana: "how do I write that? Energetic ninja"

Ah man finally finished watching the Hiragana video. Took a little while to grasp the concept of writing but now I'm fairly confident in my ability to write as well as speaking/reading characters. Seriously, thanks for making this.

I literally can not believe how much easier learning these is once you compare them to something kinda silly to remember them! That was one of my study tactics in college to help me and it always helps me learn so much faster! Thank you 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

"Learn hiragana in 1 hour" Me: finally finished this in 4 days

Quizzes 👌👌 Vowels - 4:55 K - 10:28 S - 16:08 T - 24:03 N - 29:34 H - 38:43 M - 43:40 R - 48:19 Y - 54:44 W - 1:00:06

Her English accent is so cute :)

Thank you Risa! I've learned all Hiragana in two days 😳! Now I'm going to learn Katagana using your other video... Thank you so much ❤️❤️

risa: do you notice that ki and sa look the same? me: holy shit, yea risa: just remember that sa is so sad, that it gets one line me: *holy shit, risa*

The fact that this is free it's amazing. I'm so thankful.

You're a great teacher. I'm learning quicker than I thought I would. Arigato!

This is the best explanation I have had. I have learned more from this than I did from a week on my own with the apps.

So in other words : Hiragana : basic alphabet and sounds exactly the same Katakana : Use for foreign words Kanji : SSS tier difficulty words with infinity meaning

when she said she's gonna give me time in answering.. time: 0.1 seconds my brain processing time: 30 seconds

I tried learning hiragana from duolingo, and although I managed to learn most of them, I missed some explanation on why they are the way they are, like the logic behind them. This video helped me a lot to complement my studies. Much love from Brazil ❤

Arigato Risa. You are impossibly kind and and an excellent teacher. God Bless You.

Me: Six minutes in and i give up Me: watches anime afterwards My brain: we should try learning japanese for the 2004th time this month

LOOK ANIME! WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO ME

This video is amazing. I'm going to review a few more times but didn't think hiragana would be easier to learn than I thought. Thanks to this video of course. Cheers.

I appreciate ! that you show all the different writings for each hiragana

“You now have mastered the 5 first characters” Lesson two begins.... Wait what was it again?

"Learn Hiragana in 1 hour" me: studying it in 5hrs

I have finally learnt hiragana ! I can now easily recognize and write any character so this lesson was quite helpful . It took me around a week to do it , i practised 10 characters per day .besides writing them in my notebook i also used practice worksheets. Thank you !

This is a very information - packed video! I'm halfway through the video, and it's taken me 3 days to get here. I'm kind of excited already, because I can look at a Japanese keyboard or writing and I actually recognize symbols and can put sounds to them. This is going to be a tough but interesting journey!

"Learn hiragana in one hour" Reality: Me, two weeks to learn it

Me: has an exam due tomorrow Also me: Hmmm ah yes this is the perfect time to just start learning Japanese

I'm so excited because the new school year starts tomorrow and there is japanese subject!! this is the first time and the first video I watched to learn Japanese. Even though English is not my first language, this video is easy to understand. It'svery helpful, thank you so much! 💐

Thank you very much for this video. I just started to learn Japanese. I always wanted to have a conversation in that language. This is a wonderful introduction to my new target.

This learning is very credible. 1. Actual Japanese person 2. 1 hour video 3. Pretty specific

“You’ve now mastered these” *CHOTTO MATTE*

Thank you so much, Risa! You're such a great teacher! ❤❤❤️🇯🇵💯

This was super helpful! Thank you very much for making this ^^

Hiragana is the friendly elder that guides you on your mission, katakana is like your first easy boss, and then kanji is that final boss that you can never defeat.

I’m Japanese I respect who can speak Japanese also learn Japanese so difficult. Japanese has 3 alphabet hiragana katakana kanji. And we use mixing Sorry my English is terrible I learn English! I’ll keeping getting better

I thought learning the hiragana alphabet was gonna be a neck stab but she really did explaint it very well which made me learn it

Thank you so much, because of this i already mastered hiragana characters for 1 hour, just like the video said, Very helpful!!!

I can finally read hiragana. Yay! Now I just need to understand what I'm saying.

In America: “I just learned all 26 letters of the alphabet. Now I can read and write English” “Great job! Have some ice cream as a reward!” “Yay!!!” In Japan: “I just learned all the Hiragana! I’m so proud of myself!” “Hold up, you still got katakana and the basic 2,500 kanji.” “何?!”

I've just finished this lesson fully. So proud of me😅 that's so useful for absolute beginners. Thanks❤

Im here to thank you risa sensei 2 years ago i saw this video and started learning Japanese now i have jlpt n2 thank you very much sensei

Learn Hiragana in 1 hour Me: First 26 minutes = 2 days

i finally learned hiragana after 3 days, no one cares but im happy

Thank you! This video is so useful and it answers all my questions 🤩

Amazing video, this is my very first attempt to learn Japanese and I'm honestly amazed how quickly I remembered the alphabet! It's when she started putting the characters together that threw me off. Definitely need to rewatch this a few times.

Why I want to learn Japanese: -watch anime without eng subtitles -impress people I know -read mangas in Japanese -go to Japan so I can communicate to people and go to anime places :D

Nobody ME: getting random motivation at 3 AM to learn japanese.

This video is awesome, you guys did amazeing job explaneing the symbols. When I saw " Learn ALL Hiragana in 1 Hour " I laughed, but still clicked on the video. But now I can't belive that I realy learned the whole Hiragana in just one hour. Thank you very muchh. This is the best video I have ever watched. Great job

I can't thank you enough for these lessons ❤ Thank from the bottom of my heart !

Risa: try this long word Me: いいえ

One important thing I wanna point out is う is mostly used as an extended/long sound of the character before, we do not pronounce them! for example: とうきょう (Tokyo) う (u) is not pronounced at all, it stretches the sound of と (to) and きょ (kyo). In katakana, we use "ー" as the long sound symbal. Hope it helps yall if you got confused by the う sound in some words like me.

The font variations are extremely helpful!

“What’s your #1 reason for learning Japanese” Me: world domination

"Nani means what" Anime Fan: I will pretend I never knew.

this video is sososo helpful. thank you so much!!

I like that she teaches easier ways to remember the character. Unlike duolingo

My reasons for learning: 1. One language is limiting 2. I listen to Japanese music 3. I watch anime 4. I want to suffer 😭

AMAZING video. Insane quality and so easy to follow. Thank you so much for this content. =]

Best teaching method ❤ the memory techniques and quiz help learn faster and retain information longer. Wish all teachers taught like this

I forgot my own language after watching it for 10 mins

Note for me Lesson 1 Quiz: 4:55 Lesson 2 Quiz: 10:28 Lesson 3 Quiz: 16:08 Lesson 4 Quiz: 24:03 Lesson 5 Quiz: 29:34 Lesson 6 Quiz: 38:43 Lesson 7 Quiz: 43:40 Lesson 8 Quiz: 48:19 Lesson 9 Quiz: 54:44 Lesson 10 Quiz: 1:00:06

The tips at the end of each lesson set are VERY good. Definitely will lead to full understanding and memorization.

Lesson 1: 2:18 (vowels) Lesson 2: 6:52 (k-, g-) Lesson 3: 13:00 (s-, z-) Lesson 4: 19:50 (t-, d-) Lesson 5: 27:05 (n-) Lesson 6: 32:06 (h-, b-, p-) Lesson 7: 41:41 (m-) Lesson 8: 46:19 (r-) Lesson 9: 50:52 (y- and digrams) Lesson 10: 57:08 (w- and n) Review: 1:02:35

*When you're about to read something in Japanese but u forget and cry and than watch it again.*

I'm freaking dying at your visual representations for the characters. 10/10. Very nicely done.

She is so amazing I wish I had seen this 7years ago, I learned a lot from her channel.

How to learn Japanese as a fluent mandarin speaker: 1: guess the meaning of the word 2: w r o n g

Risa: Now you have mastered the first 5 characters me: Read japanese manga right away