| I, technically, started 1 month ago, learning independently, but in Sep I'll be taking a proper intro class in uni. It's a lot harder than expected, not the actual language, but putting in the hours >.< I've learned all the hiragana and katakana characters, and have started on kanji (cries). Also steadily building up my vocabulary. If anyone has some resources they'd recommend for beginners, please share! Or if you have tips :) ありがとうございます。 |
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| I've studied a little bit of the basics at an adult education center... I'm going to start studying japanology (language, history and culture of japan) in a university starting next week. Hiragana and katakana are fairly easy, but kanji is nightmare inducing stuff >﹏< |
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| me yo Im continue with my japanese classes! woohoo! :) |
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| I've started learning the hiragana and katakana independently but I'll take some classes officially probably after I complete my teaching certification program |
| I taught myself hiragana and katakana so I could play Pokemon. 8) Nothing else. |
| Three years ago I finished A1 level for beginners, learned hiragana, katakana and some basic grammar and vocabulary but then I couldn't continue and with time I forgot most of it. I started another course two months ago. Now I'm learning the same things but it's good to refresh my memory before I move on to the next level. |
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Eruza-chan said: Check this thread:I, technically, started 1 month ago, learning independently, but in Sep I'll be taking a proper intro class in uni. It's a lot harder than expected, not the actual language, but putting in the hours >.< I've learned all the hiragana and katakana characters, and have started on kanji (cries). Also steadily building up my vocabulary. If anyone has some resources they'd recommend for beginners, please share! Or if you have tips :) http://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=460685&show=0 One of the best advice to learn kanji is to use Remembering the Kanji by Heisig. |
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| denshi jisho is an online Japanese dictionary, very helpful so I recommend checking it out I've also been learning Japanese in school for about 3 years Perhaps learn simple kanji for now (like numbers and simple verbs like "to eat") but don't prioritise kanji That stuff can be learnt whenever, and learning vocab and grammar structures first will be much more beneficial also, if you do want to learn kanji, wanikani is an interesting website I haven't used it often, but I've tried and it's improved my kanji It's not a lot, but hopefully my advice is somewhat helpful ^^ |
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| Yep, It's somewhat a little hard but i'm doing it so i can play untranslated Visual Novels without dealing with shitty machine translating. |
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| I taught myself both kana charts back in high school. |
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| I'm learning Japanese now as well. I know some grammar and vocabulary but kanji is my weakest skill. |
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ashishkaull said: I went to the market to buy a book on Japanese learning and the seller started smirking and I was like >_< . Then he advised me to go to the bigger market which might be selling the books , so my learning has been postponed ^^ you could just get the books from Amazon, if there's no Japanese bookstore nearby :p |
| You can buy lossless digital music from your favorite Japanese artists on https://ototoy.jp/. The songs are all DRM-free and you can re-download your purchased albums as you wish. Show your support to your favorite artist if you can! ps. if you are looking for Japanese albums, you have to search it in Japanese (not romaji). Just copy and paste the name. For those who want to learn Japanese through anime Resources for learning the language |
| While I'm not learning Japanese at the moment, I mainly came here to give you language-learners some advice. As stereotypical as it is, slowly integrating the language your learning into your daily conversations is very helpful. Even though most true Japanese people would scoff at the idea of practicing Japanese by combining it with English, it truly does help. Slowly integrate more and more Japanese words, and before you know it you're speaking fluent Japanese. Good luck to all of you learning here. |
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VariFox said: While I'm not learning nihongo at the moment, I mainly came here to give you language-learners some advice desu. As stereotypical as it is, slowly integrating the language your learning into your daily conversations is very benri. Even though most true nihonjin would scoff at the idea of practicing Japanese by combining it with eigo, it truly does help. Slowly integrate more and more Japanese kotoba, and attoiumani you're speaking fluent nihongo. Good luck to mina-san learning here desu. *fixed* desu not enough desu what do you mean my nihongo is not legit? |
| You can buy lossless digital music from your favorite Japanese artists on https://ototoy.jp/. The songs are all DRM-free and you can re-download your purchased albums as you wish. Show your support to your favorite artist if you can! ps. if you are looking for Japanese albums, you have to search it in Japanese (not romaji). Just copy and paste the name. For those who want to learn Japanese through anime Resources for learning the language |
DreamingBeats said: VariFox said: While I'm not learning nihongo at the moment, I mainly came here to give you language-learners some advice desu. As stereotypical as it is, slowly integrating the language your learning into your daily conversations is very benri. Even though most true nihonjin would scoff at the idea of practicing Japanese by combining it with eigo, it truly does help. Slowly integrate more and more Japanese kotoba, and attoiumani you're speaking fluent nihongo. Good luck to mina-san learning here desu. *fixed* desu not enough desu what do you mean my nihongo is not legit? Thanks Sempai, did I pass my harem girl tryouts? |
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| Yea, I found a real good series about the basics on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4a5kYYcnEKw&list=PL97F8C94FBEBC24A6&index=1 Though I won't watch it with my parents home so I end up rewatching lots of the episodes since I go long times without watching. |
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Wretch said: I've studied a little bit of the basics at an adult education center... I'm going to start studying japanology (language, history and culture of japan) in a university starting next week. Hiragana and katakana are fairly easy, but kanji is nightmare inducing stuff >﹏< Kanji is nightmare-inducing! But I'm using Wanikani to learn some, and it's made the process a bit less daunting. Ohh, Japanology sounds really interesting! I'd also love to learn a bit more about the history and culture alongside the language, especially because I wanna visit Japan next year :) BokuNoHawky said: The best source for a beginner is a course smh Haha yeah, which is why I enrolled in one for this year ^^; Just figured I'd get a head start first. Ohh, yayy! How long have you been taking classes? :) ruckes said: I've started learning the hiragana and katakana independently but I'll take some classes officially probably after I complete my teaching certification program Yeah, that's why I decided to enrol in a class at uni, because learning everything on my own is a bit much. Good luck!!! :) |
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Eminem said: I taught myself hiragana and katakana so I could play Pokemon. 8) Nothing else. Ohhh, haha, that's awesome. I kinda wish kanji didn't exist. Would make things easier ^^; Celestial_ said: Three years ago I finished A1 level for beginners, learned hiragana, katakana and some basic grammar and vocabulary but then I couldn't continue and with time I forgot most of it. I started another course two months ago. Now I'm learning the same things but it's good to refresh my memory before I move on to the next level. Glad you started up again! I'm kinda hoping anime and manga will keep me motivated to continue learning even after I'm done with my course. EratiK said: Eruza-chan said: Check this thread:I, technically, started 1 month ago, learning independently, but in Sep I'll be taking a proper intro class in uni. It's a lot harder than expected, not the actual language, but putting in the hours >.< I've learned all the hiragana and katakana characters, and have started on kanji (cries). Also steadily building up my vocabulary. If anyone has some resources they'd recommend for beginners, please share! Or if you have tips :) http://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=460685&show=0 One of the best advice to learn kanji is to use Remembering the Kanji by Heisig. Thanks so much for this!!!! x Clawds said: denshi jisho is an online Japanese dictionary, very helpful so I recommend checking it out I've also been learning Japanese in school for about 3 years Perhaps learn simple kanji for now (like numbers and simple verbs like "to eat") but don't prioritise kanji That stuff can be learnt whenever, and learning vocab and grammar structures first will be much more beneficial also, if you do want to learn kanji, wanikani is an interesting website I haven't used it often, but I've tried and it's improved my kanji It's not a lot, but hopefully my advice is somewhat helpful ^^ Your advice was really helpful!! I am using Wanikani now, and it is a great introduction to kanji. I will check out the dictionary you mentioned too :) For vocab, Memrise has helped a lot, but I'll definitely start using this too. thegreatnathyboy said: I started a few months back but I'm not a dedicated learner. I don't practice daily but I know stuff with nouns, adjectives, particles and some verb stuff I think that's me right now. When I first started out, I spent 2 hours learning each day, but it's gotten harder to keep that up as time passed. >.< |
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MichaelMyers-San said: Yep, It's somewhat a little hard but i'm doing it so i can play untranslated Visual Novels without dealing with shitty machine translating. My goal is to be able to read manga without having to wait for translations lol. Good luck to both of us! :) Otaku-Gunso said: I taught myself both kana charts back in high school. It's easy enough to learn both kana, it's the darn kanji ^^; Although I do still get confused with some similar-looking katakana characters. Yumehara said: 最初は大変だけど頑張れ！ One day I'll be able to read that haha. Shinjisus said: I'm going to start next month to study it, with other 3 lenguages. That's awesome! Which other languages? ^^ Thebigofan said: I'm learning Japanese now as well. I know some grammar and vocabulary but kanji is my weakest skill. Same! What are you using to learn the grammar? I've found Human Japanese has been so useful, but I'm always looking for more resources. :) ashishkaull said: I went to the market to buy a book on Japanese learning and the seller started smirking and I was like >_< . Then he advised me to go to the bigger market which might be selling the books , so my learning has been postponed ^^ Noooo, maybe you can order a book online? Or would the shipping and everything be too expensive? There are also some great online resources you can start with till you get a book, if you haven't tried that yet. :) |
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Interrrrrpetgyu said: No, that language would never be useful in life. I think I wanna learn it for more of a personal achievement, rather than how useful I think it would be in society. :) And if I decide to live in Japan, I think it would be quite useful haha. Lord_Sithis said: Hiragana and katakana are really easy. Kanji are easy as well, the problem is that there are MANY. Even if you only want to learn the most common, you'll have to memorize over 2.000 kanji. You'll get it done, but not today, it's a matter of years. As long as you don't give up. Remember every new kanji you learn is another step forward. That's really great advice. I guess that's what scares me most, how many there are.. but I'll keep this in mind, and keep forging forward! x VariFox said: While I'm not learning Japanese at the moment, I mainly came here to give you language-learners some advice. As stereotypical as it is, slowly integrating the language your learning into your daily conversations is very helpful. Even though most true Japanese people would scoff at the idea of practicing Japanese by combining it with English, it truly does help. Slowly integrate more and more Japanese words, and before you know it you're speaking fluent Japanese. Good luck to all of you learning here. That's what I try to do haha! I have some Japanese friends, so I try to practice with them. And I use random phrases with my brother all the time, lol, although he doesn't understand. Thanks for the advice!! :) UnpopularAnime said: Yea, I found a real good series about the basics on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4a5kYYcnEKw&list=PL97F8C94FBEBC24A6&index=1 Though I won't watch it with my parents home so I end up rewatching lots of the episodes since I go long times without watching. This is great!! Thanks so much for the link! :D Midori-tan said: I'm keeping an eye out for this language teaching institution, they offer Japanese classes and I decided to enroll and finally learn the language. That's great!! When do you start? I don't even know if we have that kind of institution where I'm from, which is why I wanna learn as much as possible while in uni. Good luck to youu! :) |
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| @Eruza-chan Japanese language itself seems easy, so at least the only difficult bit will be kanji... I wanna visit Japan too whenever I get the chance, unfortunately I don't believe I'll be financially ready yet too soon... :S Which means I can probably go only after I've done studying and started working as a Japanese teacher. My friend just went to Japan for two weeks recently, I'm so jealous!! Dx But yeah, you have a fun and safe trip there :3 |
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This is gonna be my third one, so about a year now :D same teacher for all of them too, which is entirely unintentional. But hey, there's only 2 japanese teachers at this school. |
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Shinjisus said: I will start with french and german, and I will continue with english because my english still sucks T_T Your English is quite good :) I also want to continue learning French, because I stopped after high school. ashishkaull said: I am learning the characters right now . No success >_< yet . I used these two pages to help me learn hiragana and katana :) Imagining images to go with them helped me. Wretch said: @Eruza-chan Japanese language itself seems easy, so at least the only difficult bit will be kanji... I wanna visit Japan too whenever I get the chance, unfortunately I don't believe I'll be financially ready yet too soon... :S Which means I can probably go only after I've done studying and started working as a Japanese teacher. My friend just went to Japan for two weeks recently, I'm so jealous!! Dx But yeah, you have a fun and safe trip there :3 True, kanji is the only real obstacle ^^; My uni has summer abroad placements which are paid for, so I'm hoping I can apply for the Japan one next year and get it. I'm jealous of your friend too :( But omg good luck! :) xrockxz89 said: This is gonna be my third one, so about a year now :D same teacher for all of them too, which is entirely unintentional. But hey, there's only 2 japanese teachers at this school. Oh woww, that's quite a while. Oh haha, I would love to have the same teacher throughout my learning ^^ I can't wait to have reached a year of learning Japanese. |
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| I took Japanese all through high school and a bit into college as well. By the end of high school I probably knew about 200-250 kanji, but I have forgotten a large chunk of them and some of the vocab as well. It does come back easily though, and I do think that watching anime actually helps with refreshing myself. I stopped doing it for a while to learn Esperanto, but I miss it so I might pick it up again soon. And my Japanese is far better anyway. |
Jessiegg said: I took Japanese all through high school and a bit into college as well. By the end of high school I probably knew about 200-250 kanji, but I have forgotten a large chunk of them and some of the vocab as well. It does come back easily though, and I do think that watching anime actually helps with refreshing myself. I stopped doing it for a while to learn Esperanto, but I miss it so I might pick it up again soon. And my Japanese is far better anyway. I really wish we could have taken Japanese in high school :( Yeah, I took French, and have forgotten quite a bit, but I've started reviewing a bit and it does come back easily. I think anime and manga will be the only way I can keep myself from forgetting my Japanese. |
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Eruza-chan said: Jessiegg said: I took Japanese all through high school and a bit into college as well. By the end of high school I probably knew about 200-250 kanji, but I have forgotten a large chunk of them and some of the vocab as well. It does come back easily though, and I do think that watching anime actually helps with refreshing myself. I stopped doing it for a while to learn Esperanto, but I miss it so I might pick it up again soon. And my Japanese is far better anyway. I really wish we could have taken Japanese in high school :( Yeah, I took French, and have forgotten quite a bit, but I've started reviewing a bit and it does come back easily. I think anime and manga will be the only way I can keep myself from forgetting my Japanese. I specifically chose my school because I wanted to take Japanese. I was lucky they let me go there even though it wasn't in my district. If you can find manga with furigana (kanji with hiragana over it) it can be helpful for getting used to kanji you know and maybe learning more. Anime and Manga are best for reviewing things you already know, learning common phrases, and studying speech patterns imo (not really taking in new content). Of course you have to be careful, since, like all acting, it can be unnatural sometimes. がんばってよ！ |
Jessiegg said: Eruza-chan said: I really wish we could have taken Japanese in high school :( Yeah, I took French, and have forgotten quite a bit, but I've started reviewing a bit and it does come back easily. I think anime and manga will be the only way I can keep myself from forgetting my Japanese. I specifically chose my school because I wanted to take Japanese. I was lucky they let me go there even though it wasn't in my district. If you can find manga with furigana (kanji with hiragana over it) it can be helpful for getting used to kanji you know and maybe learning more. Anime and Manga are best for reviewing things you already know, learning common phrases, and studying speech patterns imo (not really taking in new content). Of course you have to be careful, since, like all acting, it can be unnatural sometimes. がんばってよ！ Thanks for the advice!! I'll keep that in mind. :D |
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| @Eruza-chan oh, I see! I hope you'll get one then. :3 Thanks~ |
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| I'm currently self-studying Japanese, the only reason being so that I'll be able to talk to my friend more lol. She can't speak much English. Though Kanji is proving to be one of my worst enemies... |
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| I, on the other hand, love kanji. The only way you can properly learn them though (if you want to know how to write them not only read them) is practice, practice and practice. I have tens of notes filled with my kanji practice. It'll go better if you really enjoy it. And don't worry even if you forget the ones you learnt before, because the point is reviewing. I've forgotten so much kanji that I thought I knew perfectly. I'd recommend starting with the basic ones, according to JLPT levels 5-1 (5 is beginner). You can find tons of online sites with them e.g. http://www.tanos.co.uk/jlpt/jlpt5/kanji/ Also there's no shortcut for learning how to read them, you just have to put it all in your head. Also my advice is to look up for hand written kanji and learn to write them like that, not the PC writing. ( My teacher hated it so much). There are around 1945 kanji japanese use daily if anyone wondered. ;) If you consider japanese to be fun to learn it'll go so much faster and better! (Personal experience) |
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| There was a period I'd study everyday but then I slacked. I'm trying to get back at it. I know a few kanji and have mastered Hiragana but suffer at katakana. Need to put more effort. Don't stress over memorizing Kanji. they're fun and just create your own code in order to remember them. They're creative too. |
| 日本語はとても難しいですー kanji is really hard, but i learning it through raw shounen manga, it has furigana. |
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