This is my first time learning a language and it’s nice to hear I’m using some of the same resources. I did the exact same thing for learning hiragana on Duolingo and I’m going through the first genki textbook. I have a trip to Japan in 2 months and just trying to learn as much as I can before then. I’ve been treating it like a full time job for how much time I’m putting in. It’s cool to start understanding things but there’s definitely moments where I feel like I wasted time. ありがとごじます. And いいにほんごのべんきょとろ. I probably butchered that second part but was trying to say something like “good to do Japanese studying” in hopes that it sounds like “good luck studying” man I got a lot to learn

Wow! You really put a lot of effort into Japanese! It's very helpful and inspiring. Thank you~

Thanks for sharing 🙏 They are really helpful for me❤

Sara, you really make high quality content on language learning. Your advices are really methodic and logical. It's crystal clear you're a scientist. What's your degree btw? What's your current level at korean? I mean when you read a book how many new unknown words you come across per page?

For me, shadowing is almost impossible because Japanese people speak so quickly, and my mouth can’t keep up. I have been learning Japanese for a year, and still don’t know all hiragana and katakana. I use Japanese from Zero, Japanese for busy people, KZfaq and podcasts. I also tend to write down words and sentences I like the sound of and that seem interesting - like: 雰囲気.

This is really cool! Honestly even if you're N5~N4 level, I feel that theres tons of content that you can do, albeit super confusing at first, its like exponential growth, but its super cool hearing your story! One resource that I would recommend for learning 漢字（カンジ）is Wanikani because it actually teaches you the root meaning making vocab connections, meanings, and root words more easy to understand and memorize! and gives you vocab! (Its paid tho... 10$~ per month but I think its worth it)

頑張ろう！

In order to understand anime with a clear recognition of sentence structure despite encountering unknown words, at what level from N5 to N1 do you think is recquired in your case, considering how similar Korean and Japanese are in terms of stentence structure?

ありがとうございます

عمل جيد🎉