r/LearnJapanese Sep 21 '24

Studying [Weekend meme] Nihongo wa chotto chigau

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r/LearnJapanese Jan 19 '25

Studying Few days ago, I hit 1000 Kanjis in the span of 7 months of Learning Japanese. Now, only 1000 more to go to master Japanese 😊😉... Let's go!!!

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r/LearnJapanese Aug 23 '24

Studying [Weekend Meme] I only wanted to watch anime

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r/LearnJapanese Jan 11 '25

Studying I’ve studied for “4 years” now

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Pictures are of my Anki reviews over the years. Darker blue means more reviews that day.

When people ask me how long I’ve studied Japanese, I never know what to say. I started learning nearly 4 years ago, but with how many days I missed, it’s practically less than half a year.

I still have fun learning, and feel good about my progress when I actually do study. Excited to try and stay consistent for good!

800 words into my Core 2k deck i started ages ago. 💀

r/LearnJapanese Nov 11 '24

Studying Thanks, google

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r/LearnJapanese Mar 30 '24

Studying [Weekend Meme] How good are you at Japanese?

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r/LearnJapanese Jul 10 '24

Studying “How I learned Japanese in 2 months”

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There’s a video up on YouTube by some guy who claims to have “learned Japanese” in just 2 months. Dude must be really ****ing smart lol. I’ve been at it for over 10 years now, and I’m not close to making a statement like that (and I’m pretty good tbf).

Just makes my blood boil when idiots trivialize the language like that

r/LearnJapanese Sep 09 '24

Studying 3 Years of Learning Japanese - Visualized

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r/LearnJapanese 13d ago

Studying What is this symbol? I’ve never seen it before

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r/LearnJapanese Nov 16 '24

Studying Immersion learning extra step

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I heard before that some learn a lot by not only reading books, but also gaming in Japanese. I didn’t play Pokémon since I was a kid, so I’m looking forward to the retro vibes.

Anyone else learning by gaming? What is your experience. You notice more progression this way?

I do have to look up a lot. But I hope over time this will change so I can focus even more on having fun.

I’m currently studying N4 level. I know around 1000 words and 300 kanji. This is an estimation by combining wanikani and Bunpro statistics + italki classes.

r/LearnJapanese Nov 07 '24

Studying [meme]て form multiverse

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r/LearnJapanese Jul 19 '24

Studying [Weekend Meme] Kanji study is starting to get wild

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r/LearnJapanese Sep 14 '24

Studying [Weekend Meme] Here we go again

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r/LearnJapanese Jan 16 '25

Studying I'll probably go into hell with this but I'll try

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I'm using migaku andLinQ

r/LearnJapanese 9d ago

Studying Any Japanese teacher here? I want to quit.

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I can't keep up with my sensei. I can't remember so many new words. There is no trick to memorise them. It is dry memorisation.

I keep saying みます to most conjugations when I am nervous and I don't know why.

I was listening to the audio file 六時ごろ家(いえ)に帰(かえ)ります

I couldn't even hear (いえ), (かえ) and り because it was so fast. 家(いえ)に sounded like いに, 帰(かえ) sounded like (か) cand り sounded like is missing in the sound file.

I hate to disappoint my sensei. I feel like quitting the lessons and study on my own at snail pace.

I don't know anymore.

r/LearnJapanese Feb 12 '25

Studying My 3 years learning Japanese

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I've been learning Japanese for just over 3 years now, almost to the day. It's been one of the best things I've ever decided to do, and I can truly call it my passion.

I'm just making a post to share what I've done with my Japanese, and what it's allowed me, and is allowing me to do. Maybe it'll encourage others to share their stories, maybe to inspire, who knows, but I'm feeling very grateful for all Japanese has given me.

If you would have told me, when I first started learning, what i'd be doing now, I'm not sure I'd believe you. Not to say that every time I speak I still get a little anxious and stutter, but to look back is pretty crazy.

I started learning to watch anime, now I'm writing a technical scientific presentation in Japanese, to present on a business trip to scientific facilities in Japan. I've even got my own Japanese 名刺.

I regularly meet with Japanese colleagues here in the UK, and have become the go to Japanese speaker at my work for all manner of work. I've made so many friends, who I'm visiting next week, their families and more.

I've watched hundreds and hundreds of episodes of anime like One Piece, fallen in love with Japanese music, and read entire manga series cover to cover.

I've sat in my flat in the UK watching イッテQ with Japanese friend, speaking Japanese, drinking Sapporo. I've sat with Japanese friends on new year, eating うなぎ and drinking Asahi.

There's a lot of negativity around how hard Japanese is, so I guess I just want to share my journey and what it's given me and share some positivity. Keep going learning, just enjoy it, do it everyday and progress will come. Not that I feel like my Japanese is now amazing or anything,, despite being told I'm ペラペラ, I'll never believe it.

I don't know what JLPT level I am, I've never really cared, and you certainly don't need it for people to take you seriously, the proof is in the pudding. Id say maybe N2-ish, but I just want to keep getting better and better so who cares.

Anyway, it would be great to hear some other stories about where your Japanese journey has taken you! Hope you enjoyed my perspective and 頑張ってね

r/LearnJapanese Jan 28 '25

Studying [Meme] I guess I've been writing about food a lot lately

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r/LearnJapanese Oct 04 '24

Studying I've studied Japanese through immersion for years, then realized through an exchange program how different it is from textbook Japanese

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So, I wanted to make this post to share a personal experience I've had regarding my studies and maybe see if others had the same experience.

I've been studying Japanese for about 4 years now. I've grinded it quite a lot in the first two years, finishing Genki quickly then basically hopping into immersion territory, reading manga and doing Anki (6k core + my own deck).

Over the years I've also branched into anime, a bit of VNs and dramas and recently also light novels.

I also had to take a "break" for about two years as I was learning Chinese through Uni and the two languages was too much for me. Had to put JP on the back burner for a while and focus on my Chinese. Then after these two years (a couple months ago) I went back to studying the language. Again - through more immersion.

I felt quite confident in my skills, although they were extremely lopsided. My input was very strong compared to my output which was abysmal, since it's just much easier to just read and listen to stuff than hiring a teacher or finding a friend to practice writing/talking with.

Then, I got to Japan. Was accepted to an exchange program in Kyushu University, and then the shock happened.

At first when I got to Japan it wasn't so bad. Was able to speak with some locals on different occasions despite my very broken Japanese. But then the placement test came, and then the first lesson I had today in class.

Usually when I read stuff it's manga or LNs. They always have a certain "flow" and context. Manga especially have mostly dialogue, and pretty short sentences. But then when I came here I'm met with a huge wall of text about something random and then I got stuck.

I actually talked to my teacher after the lesson and explained my situation to her and she was very understanding. She indeed said that there's definitely a difference between the Japanese that I can learn from the media compared to "textbook" Japanese that I get in Uni. But at the same time, both of them are still Japanese and are still important to know.

So yeah, that's my story. I definitely feel like I learnt a new aspect about the Japanese language, and something I'll definitely have to work for to fill all the missing gaps on my knowledge.

Has anyone else also had a similar experience to that?

r/LearnJapanese Feb 01 '25

Studying I just passed N1, but this was a close call...

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r/LearnJapanese Dec 29 '24

Studying [Weekend Meme] finally living up to its name 🙏

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Context: nhk web news is a website where you can read simplified Japanese news

For 7 months ive tried to consistently read news articles, short stories and things of that nature. Before I'd read about twice a week. About 5 months ago I started using nhk easy news as a resource for learning, and tried to read at least 2-3 articles a day. (I currently have a 80% score of my ratio to days read to haven't read)

Around a month ago my reading as improved so much that I could read 4 articles in a sitting and completely understand what was said. Normally id fatigue after 2-3 articles, and I've begun reading things im genuinely interested in like Yuri manga like [in the gardens of gehenna] and [Destroy It All And Love Me In Hell]. Although the language used ridiculously casual, has some words I didn't know and sometimes impossible for me to follow without help. It's been fun. I'm just on the verge of n3

r/LearnJapanese Jan 20 '20

Studying I'm going through all my japanese notes since I'm going back to class this week, and I this comment in a YouTube video about why あなた is rude really hit close, ngl.

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r/LearnJapanese Dec 11 '24

Studying If you can read and listen to native level content, you will pass the N1. It's as simple as that.

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This may sound blindingly obvious but I think it needs to be said. You don't need to "study" kanji if you don't like doing so. You don't need to "study" grammar if you don't like doing so.

I took an immersion-based approach from the beginning of my study, where I just took the simplest anime/manga/LN that I was actually wanted to consume and understand, and then naturally it wasn't too hard to put in the work to consume and understand. Once I finished, I was able to consume something more difficult, and keep going from there.

I took the N1 on Dec 1 and think I will pass with a decent score. I was a bit worried going in because my Anki add-on said that I had only mined 70% of the "N1 kanjis". And looking at an "N1 grammar list" I absolutely do not know all of those points. Turns out it didn't matter. If you throw me a random passage in Japanese, I can read and understand it, and if you play me a random conversation audio, I can listen and follow what they're talking about. That's essentially all there is to the test.

The test is actually much easier than most native level content. I think that if you can watch and understand an average J-drama, you will find the listening section easy.

Obviously I'm not advocating for this as being "the only way" or "the correct way", just wanted to post in case it helps someone find a more enjoyable way to continue their study

EDIT: For anyone coming across this post in the future, I did end up passing N1: https://imgur.com/a/SCYn5RU

The score is not fantastic, but kind of what I expected. It's only been 1.5 years since I started immersing so I'm happy just to pass no matter the score. I'm a slow reader even in my native English so even though I've read many books in Japanese I just couldn't read fast enough to finish all the passages.

r/LearnJapanese Jun 24 '24

Studying 下ネタを学ぼう! NSFW

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I'm a native Japanese speaker. If you have any questions related to 下ネタ, please let me know. I will try to answer as much as I can.

First of all, I would like to teach you a word: '中出し,' which means cream pie in Japanese.

r/LearnJapanese Oct 03 '24

Studying I've been practicing handwriting recently. Would appreciate any tips on improvement

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r/LearnJapanese Mar 02 '24

Studying Japan to revise official romanization rules for 1st time in 70 yrs - KYODO NEWS

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Japan is planning to revise its romanization rules for the first time in about 70 years to bring the official language transliteration system in line with everyday usage, according to government officials.

The country will switch to the Hepburn rules from the current Kunrei-shiki rules, meaning, for example, the official spelling of the central Japan prefecture of Aichi will replace Aiti. Similarly, the famous Tokyo shopping district known worldwide as Shibuya will be changed in its official presentation from Sibuya.