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There are many different advice on how to learn kanji. I think a mistake people make is to try and learn kanji individually with the onyomi, kunyomi, zenyomi or whatever instead of learning the vocabulary first in context and then learning the kanji representation of said word. Another mistake is to learn Japanese as if it's quantum physics. Language learning is supposed to be fun.

My worst japanese advice I've got, was about kanji. "Oooh there's too much kanji, too much meaning and pronunciation of one kanji, you should know every kanji to understand everything do not use dictionaries to look up a rare used kanji". Like bro, calm down. Not every Japanese person knows every kanji, they know basic ones and can communicate with each other.

Yuta I studied Japanese throughout high school and a year at the university… long before the advent of internet. I’m now 52 and fluent in my native English along with Spanish. Your videos have been tempting me throughout the years to return to tackle Japanese! In the meantime, as an English teacher , I really appreciate your clear response to language acquisition. You continue to be an inspiration as a language teacher. Thank you for your contribution to this space! If you’re ever in Chile get in touch!!!!!

I think the first bit of 'bad' advice is actually true. I majored in Japanese at university, and then lived and worked in Japan for 4 years. Although I was working as an English teacher, I spent all my free time trying to study and practise Japanese language. For the first two years, I was in a small town in the mountains in Hyogo prefecture, so I was able to immerse in the culture, and even though the town had a strong dialect with some similarities to Kansai-ben, overall I improved rapidly. Also, the people in the town all knew me and knew I was able to communicate in Japanese, so I had lots of opportunities. However, in the second two years I was working at a 'language school', first in Kanagawa and then in Shizuoka. It was a very different experience. Just like in the bad advice, the only Japanese who would want to be friends with me were people wanting to practise English. Whenever I spoke to someone or asked a question, they'd reply in a a kind of pidgen Japanese, inserting any English words they knew into a sentence with Japanese structure, e.g 'Today wa, no'. I sincerely wanted to improve my level of Japanese and was working hard to do so, but in the cities I found it was a very closed society, so when I finally got to the stage of only socialising with other foreign teachers, I decided to come home, as staying in Japan any longer was pointless. It's a shame, because I was very genuine in my desire to learn. When I returned home, I felt like a failure for a long time because I hadn't mastered Japanese to the level I wanted to.

The only reason to use romaji is to learn Hiragana and Katakana. After learning those Kanji is easier with Furigana or just looking up at Jisho. After writing it, it is exactly what you said :D The JLPT exams can be a great motivator, not sure how much it actually teaches you to communicate. Learning is fun

I don't understand why so many people decide to learn Japanese without first learning the hiragana or katakana. It takes less than 2 weeks, and you can start to learn kanji immediately. There are so many resources that will teach you entire sentences at a time, which gives you intuition in how the grammar works. Sure, you'll mess up prepositions sometimes, but you can also go slowly through grammar all while building vocabulary. There's youtubers, podcasts, dramas, anime, and tons of other resources to listen to for listening to Japanese. I love Japanese and have been studying it since 2019. There are some things that are so similar in languages that learning one helps you learn and teach others (even languages you don't know). Some of those things are the international phonetic alphabet, topic vs subject prominence, stress and pitch accent, declensions, morphology, alphabet memorization, resource exploring and so on. There are also tons of speaking resources like iTalki and HelloTalk.

I love that you addressed the idea of immersion, it's a struggle to get the balance between trying to learn something currently beyond me, without it being so much that I lack the context to even find the right definition from a dictionary or searching online.

Starting out a lot of my immersion materials were period dramas, so people would say I either sounded like a samurai or an old man when speaking.

I agree with everything you said. As someone who lived for two years in Japan over 30 years ago, as an English language teacher, and as someone who restarted Japanese as a pandemic amusement, I think your comments are sensible. I so wish the input available now through the internet had been available 30 years ago!

As a beginner, i try to learn what i could. Im far from perfect, but if you dont mess up, you never learn. You can polish the details as your learning.

"JLPT N1 is so hard even natives will fail it!" - person I know living in Japan for 5 years and seemingly takes pride in not knowing how to read kanji.

Learning kanji separately actually can help you if you spend a limited amount of time (not more than about 1-2 month). Than you can easily forget them and start learning WORDS written in kanji. The thing is that writing those bastards down helped me to develop an eye for them, so now memorizing a new one is not a problem. My brain is kinda adapted to those strokes that didn't have any meaning before.

Learn roughly 1000 Japanese words in ONLY romaji for like 6 months, then spend another 6 months learning them all again in hiragana, and another 6 months doing the same in katakana, but DONT move onto kanji! That's too hard! Its "advanced". Also, speak from day 1, but only with other learners in your course. You aren't ready to speak with Japanese people yet. But when the course is done! Ohhhh then you'll be fluent 😂 (My "friend's" old university's Japanese teacher)

If you try reading Japanese without Kanji - it's going to be much more difficult because the positions of the Kanji give you a HUGE clue as to where the words start and end (since there are no spaces). In any case, you should use a browser plugin like Yomichan that gives you a popup dictionary, once you do that you can basically read anything as long as you know the grammar and can at least tell Kanji apart. The other thing is that if you know the Kanji and you're looking at a sentence that you know the English translation for (for example, in a grammar example) then it's super-easy to figure out which words are which, and that makes it extremely easy to figure out what the example sentence is trying to say. It also makes it much easier to memorize new words.

Why did that remind me of the old language course binder for US diplomats that was just in Romaji? 😁

Honestly ... This video actually gave me some confidence that I might be able to learn Japanese. I think I really give it a shot ... It'd make things much easier.

I’ve started trying to actually SPEAK Japanese out loud, but I sound like a kilt wearing Samurai 😢. Peppa Pig in Japanese is interesting.

When I was in Japan, they were very flattered that I tried to speak the language.

all very true! i've found i've made the best progress using JapanesePod101, reading books alongside a dictionary, and watching KZfaqrs who are Japanese speaking only. my pitch accent has gotten better and i've picked up new kanji from the subtitles that many Japanese KZfaqrs put on their videos. echoing what you've just heard said is a great way too, repeat the phrase in your brain, then say it out loud, trying to get as close to the native speaker's pronunciation as possible

Very insightful. Thank you.

Immersion can teach you natural ways of saying things plus a lot of simple words of daily use. But it is something to do a little bit after understanding the grammatical concepts and such.

one Issue I've encountered is that when meeting Japanese people online to make friends, especially when they don't often or hardly ever encounter a foreigner speaking Japanese, they often have many questions. I feel like I often times have derailed their entire conversation simply by being there, which prevents me from getting too much input, which is a shame because I think conversations are the most fun way to learn. I'd just prefer not to be the main subject of the conversation lol.

Hey Yuta, what do think about Cure Dolly and her Japanese grammar explanations? I think particularly her explanation of は and が is amazing, and has helped me understand each sentence way better

The first one gave me hope 🙏 ありがとうございます

Being a fan of Yuta and Dogen, I definitely think pitch accent is one of the least important aspects of the language until you can actually speak a fair bit and communicate with people effectively. 99% of the time it's not REALLY going to matter and the other person is going to understand what you say. It's like the final boss of the language imo, the last step to sounding like a native speaker. An optional, but necessary step for those wanting to go the extra mile. Otherwise I just think it adds a lot of unneeded stress on new learners while they grapple with the alphabets, grammar, and vocab when it really doesn't make much of a difference in real life. The guy at the restaurant isn't going to be confused when you asked for a "bridge" instead of "chopsticks". He's going to understand you.

I have been learning Japanese for the last couple of months and ive found that just using every resource at your disposal has helped me learn it. I use these videos and other KZfaq videos to help with concepts I don't understand, Duolingo and similar apps to help me learn new words/Kanji, online textbooks, and tutoring with a friend of mine who has been learning Japanese for 6 years. It's been very helpful and I'm fairly confident that, while I am no where near conversational, I know enough basic words and phrases to get around in Japan.

it really shows how big of an understanding yuta has when it comes to hit linguistic knowledge when he just says all this stuff off the top of his head。 さすがです、ゆうた先生

Great video! (Plus i loved the glimpse of Amami Yuuki...)

I highly implore everyone who has the ability to practice hiragana and katakana to try and learn both scripts for each letter together when you first learn them. Basic words you can recognize in katakana if you sound them out appear very frequently in early examples to get you started with the language. Putting the letters one on each side of a flash card and trying to remember them by one side and flipping the card before you have to check your answer will help build up the connection which will make reading all of the characters much faster. Treating the alphabet like a 100-character-pair is much better in the long run and makes much of the reading exercises much easier. Continually practice too. Actively try to get better at reading the text quickly, at least for sounds, as soon as possible so your brain can offload that task and focus on the meaning. Obviously you should also be studying grammar, but this is just to get out of that terrible slow-progress phase and get to a point where you can acquire the language faster through more efficient work. It's like 10-15 hours of investment and you can focus on the language itself much better afterwards.

I really like your Videos. They help me motivate to learn more.

The "don't bother" is truly bizzarre. I speak 5 languages fluently and out of all these languages, Japanese has proven BY FAR the LEAST "don't bother" in the sense of how this "advice" was framed. With no other language have I ever had so many people be happy and relieved that they didn't need to try to speak English. Even in my home country of Switzerland I have helped numerous lost tourists and chatted with the staff of various import stores. Everytime the same reaction "we almost don't speak any English, so we are so happy to be able to talk to someone Swiss". Also when traveling in Japan, especially on the countryside, I mean you can literally SEE the relief and fear leave their face when then realize they dont have to try to speak English. Sure there are a few who are fluent in English and eager to show it, but thats a very small minority. I even made a friend here who lives here since 2 years but doesn't speak much English or German and she is always happy to be able to just have a rant in Japanese over lunch. It's really up to you if you go out and connect with people or if you'd rather stay grouped with your country folk and complain that the Japanese don't want to be your friend. The "don't speak" seems to originate from MattVsJapan, who is indeed extremely proficient at Japanese and has a bit of a following. Sure, he started studying Japanese at young age and basically tanked his whole life into the study for years and years, every day. Most people don't want to become native sounding poets but just be able to have fun conversations and connect with people. This "advice" is 100% trash and a huge waste of time and opportunity.

I think the worst advice I hear is "Don't." People saying things like "Dont even try to learn Japanese, its one of the hardest languages and your anime waifu won't love you more! Anime still sounds cringe in Japanese!" 1. Not everyone learns solely for media (and its fine imo if all you want is to be able to watch anime or read manga or listen to songs in your target language!) 2. Media is helpful for learning as input (every other language learning group Ive seen encourages you to take in media to help learn, Ive seen/met many people who say they learned most of their English from tv!) 3. "Dont bother learning at all it's hard" not any harder than any other language...maybe your natjve language is different enough itll be harder than for someone else with a similar language, but that doesnt mean other languages are just inherently easy. And it's awful to just immediately put down people for wanting to learn something, English Japanese learners are one of the only groups Ive ever seen tell people to give up their goal before they even start. 4. You mentioned grammar already so I cant add too much. That just bothers me because I enjoy learning grammar then vocab I can fit into that structure. 5. "Anime still sounds cringe" Ok? Cartoons, especially action cartoons aimed at younger kids or romances aimed at adults/teens, sound cringey to an extent.... What a brave revelation and a great reason to not rver interact with said media or another language again.

I watched some of your old videos and in your latest videos you look much more stylish. It’s go really cool.

I can say that after a couple of years of 'studying' japanese on and off, I thought I was kind of okay at it. Until I actually tried to speak to someone in japanese and quickly realised all the prominent gaps in my knowledge. It is a lot easier to remember something if you know you're going to need it. As in, I'm actually going to put the effort in because I know I need to work hard enough for it to stick in my head (which I knew theoretically, but still). It's easier to see what you need to work on, like pouring water into a container to check for holes as opposed to just looking at it and going 'eh, I'm sure it's fine.' I'm saying this from a 'definitely still a beginner' perspective by the way,

Thank you. This really gives me a new view on "learning" Japanese.

Haha, I am married to a Japanese man, and I speak Japanese like a man 😅 We mirror the people around us it's so true

I'm living in Japan and learning Japanese and while immersion is certainly easier being in the country, it's not the golden ticket. I still have to make the effort to learn Japanese. It doesn't help that I use English at work AND my husband is an English speaker. I barely use Japanese aside from the occasions I'm outside interacting with people.

The point about different interpretations of Japanese grammar is an important one to know. The explanation that you personally find the most helpful *will* be one that some people strongly disagree with. That may include your first teacher or the author of the first textbook you read, so if you aren't aware that there are multiple perspectives out there, you might get stuck for a long time with explanations that just don't click with you.

I want to be respectful of culture that I am not a part of as much as possible. However, Japanese engineers who would sneer at a foreigner for speaking too “feminine” are that bad people in that story. They need to grow up, learn about the world outside their bubble, and just gain some enlightenment in general. 🙄

Crazy good video :)

Ayeeee! Loved the Love Village clip! Will you consider doing a video discussing it, and its use for learning? I understand its all older people, is their Japanese dramatically different? Also, that very big, deep voiced man is a SERIOUS perv! Whats the Japanese concensus on all this stuff? 🤔

¿Y que me dices acerca de aprender kanji con el método del libro "kanji para recordar"? Creo que aprender 2200 kanji es una de las primeras cosas que se deben aprender antes de abordar gramática más compleja

I loved the unintentional irony of "passing N1 means your fluent."

last upload was cut on 17:27 and when ended in 'this person is talking...' and my mind autocompleted ...shit'

it helps to challenge yourself a little bit every once in a while to keep yourself motivated

Here I am learning about English AND Japanese, "transitivity". Perhaps something in favour of speaking, is the aspect of eustress that's brought on by speaking. It forces memory recall and flow, and especially if you are speaking WITH someone, it helps find where your knowledge is strong or weak.

I think that Yuta has some good points regarding a natural way to pick up a language, however he is trying to elevate his own product and bearing that in mind of course he is going to disparage other learning methods such as Minna no Nihongo or Genki. These methods certainly arent perfect, but what he doesnt understand is that while Minna no Nihongo and Genki are certainly flawed in certain ways, they still represent a linear progression through learning a language that he is unable to replicate through his method of "find japanese stuff and watch/read/listen to it". People can do both of those things, textbooks and real life/colloquial input arent mutually exclusive. Textbooks provide a foundation of learning, and Minna no nihongo serves as a good foundation of basic verbs, conjugations and grammar that are vital to understand how the japanese language actually works. So yeah you can say, its not "natural japanese that everyday people speak". But that is the transient nature of language in itself, as soon as you publish a book it is likely that things have already shifted, popular verbs may have change, even the way people use sentences. What remains constant (for the most part) are grammatical structures, particles and verb conjugation that these textbooks use to lay down a foundation so that when you encounter the "actual japanese that everyday people speak" you're not just parroting what people are saying, you actually have an understanding of the fundamental structure of the language and can form your own sentences accordingly, based on what you yourself already know and what you learn from everyday speech patterns.

I used many apps and didnt used any text book till now, cuz all r english and ここでドイツ語 r not available... I learn on my own wirh some helps from youtuber. Its been now 5 years and can understand About 50% of all speaking it also depends on the speaking 早い and Sometimes on the dialect

日本語勉強していますけど、難しいです

My best (actual) advice for learning the language is MAKE IT IN YOUR DAILY LIFE!!! My native language is French, I speak Spanish because of my dad and English because of school. Now I'm learning Japanese and ofc started with the Kana, but as soon as I can read those properly then I'll try to change my phone's language setting, etc

I watched many Anime but always with eng subs. now I watched "Uncle from another world" 異世界おじさん on Netflix in English once then I started watching in Japanese with English subs(way cooler) a couple of times.. right now I'm trying Japanese with Japanese subs and trying to figured out the difference in translation, I have two small blackboards with Hiragana and Katakana as a reference tho.. and I'm waiting for Heisig's book "remember the Kanji" to be delivered.. and I keep practicing writing 2 times a week with hiragana and katakana.. I'm all in hahah

The worst advice is to not talk for years and just listen lmafo.

I’m subbed to you but haven’t seen your content in like 6 months. Finally watched Jujutsu Kaisen 0 and immediately when I heard the MCs name my brain went “Yuta teaches Japanese.” I log in to YT today to find this video 😭😭

I'm currently a high school student living in Australia and there is a large Japanese community here, and I was friends with a large number of Japanese people. This motivated me to begin trying to learn Japanese, and I can confirm Japanese people are extremely happy to have a conversation (or try to, if you're still a beginner like me) in Japanese, however your Japanese needs to be quite good to regularly have conversations. I completely disagree with the first commenter Yuta reviewed, I find that speaking Japanese to Japanese people can even make your friendship stronger, as they express themselves differently in Japanese.

"Don't bother with Kanji, in japanese they mostly use hiragana and katakana anyway" - Some random guy on discord who claimed he lived in Japan for years and spoke it as well as his first language (but weirdly spoke like an AI when I talked with him).

Biggest problem for me was keeping the learning engaging enough to where I would efficiently remember it all. Flashcards and textbooks worked for a little bit, but around the N2 level, it became harder for me to genuinely see an interest in memorizing names and flowers. So I started to focus more on native material, and that's been more helpful. Viki and Crunchyroll with a plugin provide native material with Japanese subtitles. Japanese TV drives me nuts, so I mix it up with manga and books sometimes. Biggest hurdle is speaking it currently, it's very hard to put myself in a situation in which I depend on Japanese without putting myself back in Japan. It's not impossible, but it is harder to learn the language if you don't have an actual need for it. If you can trick your brain into knowing it's necessary, it makes it easier to learn

for some people speaking the words will help with memorization and for others not so much you really have to know yourself and what tactics have worked in the past and try to apply thos tactics to what you're learning now. so for Japanese some might work better with something more structured/theory focused like a class and others through more immersive/practical techniques reading and/or watching and listening or something else you should know what works for you better than anyone else could tell you.

We're using できる日本語 book, out teacher doesn't like Minna. I've been studying Japanese for 9 months now and I feel I'm having problems with speaking, fluency, and remembering the vocabulary. I'm a little discouraged, but I'll try your advices.

Dude, your English improved a lot!

Good job fixing the video, Yuta

And what about the Marugoto's textbook series?. Those books are from The Japan Foundation, specially designed for non-native Japanese speakers. It seems there are books from the A1 to B2 level, according to the CEFR for European countries.

I learned some new words in Duolingo, I definitely not worth using for learning how to have a conversation in Japanese. Thanks to prior lessons I had with real Japanese, I was able to see how inaccurate, and outdated Duolingo can be at times.

I'm trying a variety of input. I watch anime, and Japanese KZfaq channels, I listen to music and I watch children shows with Japanese audio. I've created flash cards with phrases and I practice reading and saying them. My goal for end of year is to have all Hiragana, and Katakana memorized and the first 80 kanji if I can, along with whatever phrases I might memorize along the way. I'd like to read manga but I don't know how much kanji I need under my belt before I can read and understand it.

Yuta have a course. And it is the best out there to learn native japanese. Subscribed to his email and wait for his courses to open. There is also a subscription where you'll get to listen and learn about speaking native japanese. It also have a video so you'll learn without translating.

I believe 'learn real life Japanese that Japanese people use today' is a marketing to sell your course which I think it's a very nice thing however saying other methods are teaching 'wrong' Japanese I don't agree... that was the way I learned english as well, after you get the basics and go to an advanced level you know you have to change some methods of speaking because it doesn't sound natural. I'm using Duo for a while and it's good for the basics and for vocabulary at least for me and I know I will need to get a teacher eventually if I want to improve to an advanced level which I will do eventually. I studied Japanese with non natives for a while and at the time I think I got to the intermediate level but as I don't emerge to the Japanese culture like musics, animes, and doramas it takes longer for me to learn... and to finish I don't see the problem of learning a more formal way of speaking and then learn how to speak with friends as in Japan the respect and age hierarchy is very important and you wouldn't speak the same way when talking to a friend or a older person you don't know

My take on for now is learn hiragana & Katakana first and stand start reading to get used to it and listen to podcast to catch the sound? Good Idea?^^ sounds like it regarding to you :D

One thing that I never heard someone talking about is: When you learn Japanese by romaji (ローマ字) you will pronounce 弦一郎 wrong. because it will be romanized as Genichiro. But it's not げにちろ it's げんいちろ

My question is: how much of Japanese do you need to read about Japanese grammar in Japanese. I am interested not only in acquiring the language but also the linguistics of it. What about using Wikipedia, for example, to learn Japanese (reading especially). Of course, pages like NHK page or other Japanese pages would be better, I think but still. Is JLPT useful to have? (N2 and N1) at all? Are there any Japanese language tests that are more useful?

The section about how even native Japanese scholars don't universally agree on exactly how even basic Japanese grammar functions was actually a huge relief and really helped me. It helps contextualize a lot of the questions and confusion I have with certain aspects of the language (eg the exact nature of the particles は and が) and how my personal understanding of it doesn't exactly line up with any individual explanation. Basically "It's okay not to sweat the details; if you feel like you get it you probably get it" lol Regarding output: I think it does contribute to acquisition. Because acquisition isn't just about repeating a thing ad nauseum. Repetition is good for remembering, but as you implied "acquisition" is about the combination of remembering AND understanding. Using language actively both helps you understand (like solving a puzzle yourself rather than watching someone else solve it over and over) as well as counting for repetitions towards remembering. I would even go so far as to say that active use repetitions count more towards acquisition than passive consumption; to go back to the analogy, which would take fewer repetitions for you to memorize the solution to a puzzle? Solving it yourself a few times or watching someone else solve it a few times? I'd argue the former. Is active use strictly REQUIRED for learning a language? Not necessarily. But I do think it helps immensely, to say nothing of other benefits (such as building confidence, providing an opportunity for native speakers to point out mistakes in understanding, etc). To summarize, input is more important than output because it's the only way you can acquire NEW Japanese; ie it's the only way to actually progress your knowledge. However, I think that output is a very important and efficient component of understanding and retaining that knowledge (ie the process of acquisition).

You don't have to understand the input for it to be effective. Its good if the input mostly comprehensible but it does not have to be. I learned english from watching tv series i did not understand and it went ok. If you have to spend a lot of time to get input that is just over the edge of what you can understand, its better to just do more immersion.

I'm going to school in Japan and they're using Genki to teach us... I'm starting to learn the pitfalls of the book. I try to look up 3rd party help through KZfaq and other sources, and I feel that it will just confuse me more. Learning Genki in school is more about learning enough to pass your tests, even if it's not the correct Japanese that you need to actually communicate with others. We're also moving really fast... we're on Lesson 5 after only 15 days. I hope in the future it gets easier because right now it's a bit overwhelming.

Im doing daly exersises in duolingo, listening songs, watch anime with spesific topics of reshearch... My handicap is there isnt good tool i know of in my own language to doit on my own.... in my free time. Sow im learning japanese threw second language english. Sow basically im learning english too. The grammar part at least...

Hi Yuta, would you consider doing another duolingo japanese video? they have changed the course multiple times since your last reaction so I would like to see what you think of it now, since I do use it to learn. thank you for your videos

"[Tests] tests your test taking skills" - ! That should be printed on huge signs everywhere. It's so true.

The problem with "ignore grammar" advice is that we're adults and we don't have our whole childhood to acquire all the practical knowledge of grammar by trial and error. Having an explicit explanation how to use some form or some grammatical construction is actually very helpful.

i dont think duolingo is bad, atleast not anymore as they've made adjustments the sentences have been improved and there is a report option for the sentences being unnatural. the guides are helpful in the units too though they should only specify that you dont always have to use は and を

Hi yuta, watching your videos since long. But i have a question, can you pls make a video on tae Kim's guide or just review it or you can just answer me here.I have seen many people talking that its better than other textbooks and teach real japanese, but i want your confirmation before starting. Lots of love from india 💕

I saw a short video from a food KZfaqr living in Japan that I liked that really really bothered me, where basically he said “don’t bother learning Japanese because it’s hard unless you wanna dedicate the next 10 years of your life to sucking.” It was so discouraging to hear and some people said it was a joke but it didn’t feel like one. Of course learning a language is hard, that doesn’t shouldn’t do it.

Hello, I am planning to learn Japanese during the five years to come, before a two months trip to Japan. I plan to start with Genki 1&2 ( they have it in French which is good for me ) I might get back to you if things go wrong. I think it is useless to try and learn to speak Japanese without reading even a little bit . Best regards from France, Bernard. My family name is Parent, is it Oya in Japanese?!?

Do you have any recommendations for japanese tv shows or movies to watch to help with seeing how well you can comprehend conversations in real time?

Please...! Can you recommend a book through which a foreigner can learn Japanese (thus, written in English, with examples in Romaji and Furigana) or are they all bad and far from real everyday Japanese? I understand the criticisms of books like "Genki" or "Minna no Nihongo", and I understand that you want to sell your course, but for those who don't have money to invest in their studies and want to learn independently, what books would you recommend? Thanks.

I tried a lot of ways to learn kanji, i've found 2 to be helpful, the first one is take a single page of manga (random) per day and see the kanji in context, the second one is learn vocabulary with kanji, i can distinct the image and know the meaning, but sometimes i don't know how is the reading たくく の漢字の学び方を試してみて、2つの ほうほう が役立ちます。さいしょ の ほうほう は、毎日1ページの漫画を取って文やくで見ることです。2番目のほうほうは、漢字を使って語いいを学ぶことで、イメージを くべつし、意味を分かります、でも読むことができません。

Please write a long essay explaining why Minna no Nihongo is flawed. The language school I went to for 6 months that kickstarted my Japanese to N4 level uses them as textbooks.

what i can say so far ist that everybody agrees that you need to get a lot of input to acquire a language but the hardest part for me is to even start to understand the sentence structure

Regarding immersion. I had an experience spending about a month with some Ukrainian guys. I don't speak any of their language, but by the end I started to understand them a little bit. But that was language fairly similar to mine own. With Japanese it's completely different... The structure, words, even "cadence" of language is completely different. To be honest, I had big problems to remember words as they tended to "slip" my mind somehow and I was actively learning them... Imagine "picking up" language like that on its own.... no way.

How many times do you have yo plug your program in one video? Lol

"Just immerse yourself" - I've learned both English and Japanese through immersion in video games, but even I know that's not all there is to learning a Language. For English, since it's using the same latin alphabet as French and a lot of words are very similar, it is indeed possible to learn fully through immersion, with no preparation whatsoever. But for Japanese, everything's dramatically different and your brain won't even have a way to attempt comprehending the input. So while I also made immersion my primary method of learning Japanese, I had to learn the bare minimum for immersion to be effective: learning the Kanas and enough Kanji so that it doesn't feel like I'm looking at moon runes anymore and can search words up in dictionnaries, and basic grammar so I can at least separate words from particles and avoid searching gibberish. And even after I started immersion, I was making full use of dictionnaries. That's, in my opinion, the starting line to be able to do immersion.

I already learned a tiny tiny tiny fraction of Kanji as a beginner and its just for fun mainly or if I was gonna explain something from a Digimon Anime. 緒進化！or 進化！

Can you make a fraction video to Johnny Somali in Japan please?

Me, a person who 言語学を専攻しました: Oh wow, you said "acquired" a language. I can tell you understand the difference between language learning and language acquisition, very nice.

I don't understand this need to short way everything with languages. It's a complex thing like math or physics, it need an effort, it needs time. Besides the language has much more aspects, like listening, reading, writing, and comprehension, it's much more than math would need. But everyone looks for quickest way to be perfect, but don't stress too much. Have you ever seen "Physics like pro in 10 days"? Everyone understands that you need years to swim through all the universe dark material, but languages are just OK with few tips and some Romanji. 👀

I have one question, Is it wrong for me to learn to speak Japanese and then go back on the written parts because in my head it seems easier to understand what I'm saying as it can pertain to memory but looking at a bunch of text in like a text book is jarring for somebody like me.

I know this is a rerelease since i watched it yesterday

As of right now, I have N2 but unless you're actually going to work in a Japanese work environment with Japanese people, it's really not necessary. There's no speaking portion of the exam anyway, so yeah, it might mean you're knowledgeable in the language and can read and comprehend difficult documents under pressure, but it's not gonna help you much if you're just looking to talk to people.

Hi, I’m a beginner, I’ve been using the bird app, make sure I’m doing and learning it correctly, I really want to keep in mind cultural stuff. Is there any advice I could get?

2:07 Man... I should use だ more often...

日本語使えば普段友達にならない人と友達になれる。友達と話すと自然に新しい語彙が身につく。趣味か興味から学ぶと勉強って感じしない、例えば〈僕の場合）ゲームから学ぶとたまたま自分がレベルアップした感じがする

when he mentioned those who live there as teachers i remembered i actually want to ask... is it somehow possible to move to japan and live and work there when you dont have the degree (studies at all)? or any work experience that would be worth mentioning... me and my boyfriend really love japan and the culture and everything but in our country studies are not really that pushed on people so a lot of us just go straight to work after the mandatory 9 years of school which makes it look impossible for us to be able to move elsewhere now