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Pimsleur-

I've been away for a long time, but I'm back at it again!

I've been eyeing Pimsleur for a long time after learning about it from one of the YouTubers I follow, Oriental Pearl.

The moment I learned about Pimsleur, I had to try it, so I did the first lesson (since it's free) and I am not disappointed.

When I started learning Japanese, I mostly did it to understand what people were saying and for reading purposes (ahem manga ahem). That meant my Japanese-speaking abilities were, and probably still are, very lacking-

I also did the speaking practice, where they show you where your pronunciation is wrong or almost there. (white: Excellent, grey: Almost there, Red: Not even close)

I got so angerly motivated to get my pronunciation right, that I didn't realise I had been saying 'iie, wakarimasen' nine times until I got it-

I've never been so motivated to say a word right in my entire life and that is where they got me hook, line and sinker-

I still don't know if I'm willing to pay that much, the once off, for just the Japanese lessons or the monthly one where I have access to everything.

Since I mostly, almost only, use free apps or apps where I can get by without having to spend a cent.

So I would like to know from those who do use Pimsleur, was it worth it? Or did you find something else?

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one of my students shared this cool website where you can drill yourself on japanese conjugations: link

i looked at it myself and you can mess with options to choose if you want verbs, adjectives, which conjugations you want to practice, if you want furigana, etc. there's a bunch of stuff

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What I use to learn 日本語! I'll be updating this as I go! So make sure to check in sometime! ദ്ദി(ᵔᗜᵔ) (Incomplete!!)

Apps!

Renshuu - Adjustable plan, has flashcards, games, guides, and an interactive community! Overall really simple to use and so fun!

Busuu - Full of ads but has helpful information and an interactive community, no flashcards though.

Websites!

Wanna use Japanese! - It'll show you a few sources/links for the thing you want to practice, whether it be reading, speaking, writing or listening!

Dokusho club - Gives you reading sources!

Tadoku - Also another reading website, with furigana!

Nihongo e na - You choose what category you want to study in, and it'll give you resources! You can also add resources of your own!

Anime & Manga - Can't forget about all my anime/manga lovers!

Minato - For self-study students, they also have a few tutor courses!

Hikidasu - Hikidasu is a Japanese-drama series about Xuan our main character who found herself in Japan for work despite knowing little to none Japanese, embark on a journey of learning with her!

Youglish - Dictionary, plays a video and the timestamp where said word is being spoken so you can pronounce it like how a native speaker would!

Jisho - Another dictionary with examples!

Japanga - 3 in one! Dictionary, Kana and Kanji studies along with radicles!

Youtube!

Japarrot - Learning Japanese and listening practice in forms of skits!

Let's ask shogo! - Culture!

Kaname Naito - Japanese learning, particles, words, ect.

Comprehensible Japanese - It's in the name, The channel contains gaming content, cooking, unboxing, reading books, all in Japanese with gestures! I suggest watching the unpacking series!

Nihongo Dekita With Sayaka - Much like Kaname Naito, teaches you real Japanese!

Daily Japanese with Naoko - Food, listening practice, and conversation practice!

Nihongo learning - Bite sized comprehensible Japanese videos!

Japanese Ammo with Misa - Like Sayaka, although she uploads frequently(?)

Learn Japanese with Tanaka San - Short skits and listening practice!

Yuko-Sensei - One of THE best teachers there is tbh, explains grammar points, particles, Kanji radicles, and so on!

Leisurely Life Diary - Life vlogs from the country side of Japan! All in Japanese + Japanese Subtitle

Akane Japanese Class - Vlogs and essential vocab for certain places, All in Japanese!

Anime!

Atashin'chi Official Channel - Slice of life anime in Japanese without subtitles! There are Eng subs though.

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Can't remember the word-

or in my case, words-

I've been consistent with my word reviews on Renshuu for the past 5 weeks, also adding new words after I've done my reviews, but I have realized I can't remember them outside of the reviews-

When I do my reviews, they give me 4 choices and I only need to choose the correct one that correspond with the word they ask.

example: ばか 1. you 2. idiot 3. I 4. river (ofc it's idiot since I feel like one :'))

I breeze through them, but now I've changed my settings where it makes me type the word and it's むずかしい .

my 90% success rate went down to 10%-

But I do feel like I'll be able to remember them more outside of the reviews from now on.

It might feel difficult since you're technically throwing yourself back to the starting line, but after a while you'll see the progress even if it's slow.

がんばっ��！

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I had missed the Japanese Culture Expo but luckily the people I wanted to meet were at Comic con!

There's this Japanese language club I kept seeing around in my area and I really wanted to know more about them! unfortunately I thoroughly embarrassed myself-

I talked with one of the guys there. I mentioned trying to learn Japanese myself, still not near N5 level yet, and he calls his two Japanese teachers over.

since i mostly focus on reading than speaking, I instantly froze up. I kept stuttering, I couldn't even form a sentence and forgot most of my Japanese knowledge-

It literally went with me bowing awkwardly, going はい,　ありがとう and introducing myself with the standard [name] です。

I even showed them the app I use, Renshuu!, and they liked the app so much they even took a picture of it to give to their students!　

Learn from my mistakes and start speaking instead of focusing on reading-

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I've been skipping my Japanese lessons and I've started to review them before I start learning new words again-

And I've come to a realization.

Don't over do it- If you're feeling like you can go for another 40 words for the day, don't do it, otherwise you'll feel like you need to do more and more everyday and that's going to demotivate you. (or at least that's how it works for me.)

Increase it slowly over time, small steps and not a 100 meter sprint up hill-

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Japan Expo is around the corner! [for my fellow South Africans]

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I'm sure most of you guys knew about the mega file, where you can find most textbooks/phrase books for any language-

well, I can't find it anymore-

and the link I have says it's been removed.

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Japanese studying session with Ichiro's new solo, H歴維新! 😎

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My study buddy recommended me the Todaii app and I have to say, I've been missing out!

You get to read articles and if you don't know a word you can find out pretty quick and there is audio for them!

There are tests you can do to see how proficient you are in whatever level of japanese your busy with! There's a dictionary where you can search by levels (N5-N1) or by grammar, kanji or vocab!

And there are lessons (conversational and grammar) !

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Hello Hello!

I've been seeing a few posts about people not knowing what to do after doing hiragana, katakana and some kanji, so I'm going to give some of the things that gave me a guideline to work with!

First off is Tofugu!

Tofugu has a lot of resources and even their own podcast you can listen to, where they talk about experiences (like the jet program), along with words and grammar, when to use them and what to use instead!

But what I'm focusing on is their ridiculously detailed guide to learning japanese! go have a read if your struggling! like they say "raise the floor before you raise the roof!"

Next is Renshuu!

Renshuu has decks you can choose from, be it genki vocab to grammar or N5 and up! they do have decks they recommend at the beginning like Japanese basics which they call N6. (don't be like me and skip it if your a beginner. I went straight to N5 but I'm struggling with the grammar since they are using words i skipped.)

They also have a leveling system where you can evolve your own renshuu for every few levels you've passed! there are also crosswords, mini games and more to make learning japanese more enjoyable!

If anyone has other things they want to add feel free to do so!

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I forgot I skipped Japanese basics on Renshuu, so now I'm doing double the study :]

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[Today's Vocabulary]

いいえ - no, not at all, don't mention it

午後 (ご・ご) - afternoon, p.m.

咲く (さく) - to bloom, to flower

地下鉄 (ち・か・てつ) - subway, metro

バス - bus

春 (はる) - spring, springtime

ラジオ - radio

いつも - always, all the time, never (with neg. verb)

まだ - still, as yet, only, not yet (with neg. verb)

よく - nicely, properly, well, skillfully, frequent, often

[Today's Grammar]

たい - want to A

Example: 私はカレーを食べたいです。

I want to eat curry.

[Today's Kanji]

間 - interval, space

kunyomi: あいだ、ま

onyomi: カン

五 - five

kunyomi: いつ

onyomi: ゴ

四 - four

kunyomi: よっ.つ、よ.つ、よん、よ

onyomi: シ

上 - above

kunyomi: あ.げる、うえ、うわ

onyomi: ジョウ

東 - east

kunyomi: ひがし

onyomi: トウ

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Daily Japanese N5 (2/mth) <-[FROZEN]

[690 Vocabulary] 10

[69 Grammar] 1

[80 Kanji] 5

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Daily Japanese N4 (3/mth)

[588 Vocabulary] 10

[170 Grammar] 2

[151 Kanji] 5

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Daily Japanese N3 (4/mth)

[2280 Vocabulary] 15

[155 Grammar] 2

[380 Kanji] 5

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Daily Japanese N2 (4/mth)

[1892 Vocabulary] 15

[238 Grammar] 2

[380 Kanji] 5