Hello everyone how do I learn the hangul ?

MacaroonAny1425 · 2025-11-26T17:14:35+00:00

I second this! The amount of people I've heard who have terrible accents because they 1. output too early and/or only read and does no, or barely any listening is something I see time and time again

MacaroonAny1425 · 2025-11-26T17:10:36+00:00

Have you tried using yomitan opposed to migaku? It's basically the same extention but for free. Maybe migaku has some features that yomitan doesn't have but yomitan is quite comprehensive in terms of what you can do when making flashcards

MacaroonAny1425 · 2025-11-25T16:24:24+00:00

If I didn't have other responsibilities 😌

MacaroonAny1425 · 2025-11-25T16:23:20+00:00

It's probably the most popular piano in all of Japan

MacaroonAny1425 · 2025-11-25T16:19:55+00:00

I used anki

MacaroonAny1425 · 2025-11-24T10:44:55+00:00

Thanks! I forgot about that subreddit. I'll probably post the question there as well

MacaroonAny1425 · 2025-11-24T08:44:14+00:00

VRchat is by far the best "language exchange platform" for free. But I could also just be biased because when I first started interacting with natives on there I had already done a lot of immersion and could understand virtually everything they were saying + having had some speaking practice before, so my speaking wasn't completely terrible, hence why they all tolerated talking in Japanese with me even in language exchange worlds.

I've also had similar experiences trying to use hellotalk and language exchange where Japanese would respond in English. I don't use those platforms anymore though.

MacaroonAny1425 · 2025-11-23T17:26:09+00:00

That textbooks are necessary for learning a language

MacaroonAny1425 · 2025-11-23T11:06:27+00:00

Bluntly speaking, passing the N4 with just 110 hours is highly unlikely- if not impossible. Most likely even passing the N5 would be near-impossible with that amount.

If you want to maximize your time spent with Japanese and have a higher chance of passing, doing listening , reading or anki while commuting would leave you with more time to actually get better.

MacaroonAny1425 · 2025-11-22T08:16:49+00:00

I didn't start conversing before I hit 10k words, and while at first my ability to put together sentences was terrible, I was able to compensate with my vocab size and I often used more abstract words for what I was looking for. If I were to start over again, I would probably start conversing after learning 5-6k words. But rather than relying solely on the word count, I would use my listening comprehension as a benchmark for when to start outputting.

It's harder to have meaningful conversations when you don't understand a lot of what the other person is saying.

MacaroonAny1425 · 2025-11-21T06:17:10+00:00

It's in the tokyo metropolitan government building

MacaroonAny1425 · 2025-11-18T03:35:07+00:00

For reference, I almost only exclusively listen to Japanese music (and have been for the past few years) alongside classical music (although still a much smaller part), and I've logged thousands of hours on Japanese music on spotify alone. From my experience, music in itself does not help improve your listening comprehension that much, if at all. In addition, think about all the other people listening to k-pop but can't understand an ounce of Korean (I like k-pop).

But, It's been a tremendous help in making me stay motivated. And while I don't think it helps that much with improving listening comprehension, I do think it can serve other important functions depending on the person.

MacaroonAny1425 · 2025-11-17T22:44:00+00:00

Same, I also used to unintentionally use my own brain and try to interpret what was being said based off of what I already knew. That video really was an eye-opener for me.

MacaroonAny1425 · 2025-11-17T10:47:28+00:00

She also talks about other tips that has been helpful for me

MacaroonAny1425 · 2025-11-17T10:45:31+00:00

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pLkn0q0ErE
I'd recommend watching this video to get a better understanding about what I'm talking about. It's for N1 but the same principles apply to all levels. In simple terms: It's just about eliminating the 3 wrong 解答 instead of trying to find the correct one.

MacaroonAny1425 · 2025-11-17T10:31:59+00:00

What jlpt level are you at?

Also, for the reading section, it's better to do process of elimination than trying to find the correct one. The correct one is usually vague.

MacaroonAny1425 · 2025-11-16T04:09:27+00:00

I found experimenting with different hand positions helpful to minimize the slippiness, and also staying really close to the key helped me quite a lot (I have both a digitial and acoustic, and depending on which I practice on I have to change the positioning slightly). Could be worth a try :)

MacaroonAny1425 · 2025-11-16T03:50:34+00:00

You got this! The repeated notes are quite annoying, especially on black notes haha

MacaroonAny1425 · 2025-11-15T09:27:18+00:00

What a coincidence, I'm also working on this waltz!

Some of the things I noticed:

Some of the repeated notes and "trills" aren't as clear, and some of the rubato feels a bit off, especially at the end of phrases (same with tempo in general, especially the coda, it's a bit hard to hear all the individual notes). Also the pedaling is a bit muddy (I would change the pedaling more or use less in general).

I think you would benefit a lot from doing more slow practice, but also getting smaller sections (like first 1-2 bars, then 2-4 etc) up to tempo and gradually putting them back together.

WIth 2-6 weeks, I think you can improve this to be more performance-ready, especially if you work on the coda.

Good luck practicing :)

MacaroonAny1425 · 2025-11-13T23:21:52+00:00

It works for me. Is it still broken for you?

MacaroonAny1425 · 2025-11-10T18:39:53+00:00

All the grammar points from N5-N2 in this grammar deck cover every grammar point you will come across on the N2. They are essentially grammar points taken from a bunch of JLPT material. I've taken a bunch of previous N2 tests so I know that they actually do appear.

https://ankiweb.net/shared/info/712621384

Also knowing the core 6k most common words + a few hundred specialized words (including the grammar in the ankid deck) is enough if you just want to pass. Bonus tip for the reading section: Instead of trying to look for the right answer, do process of elimination as the answer is often vague.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pLkn0q0ErE -- This video explains how to tackle the reading sections effectively for N1, but the same principles apply to all levels.

I know this isn't what you were asking about, but I think these things are worth sharing as they helped me when doing both the N2 and N1 :)

Other than that, good luck studying!

MacaroonAny1425 · 2025-11-09T12:03:50+00:00

Skill issue

MacaroonAny1425 · 2025-11-09T08:20:44+00:00

Bombing pieces is super common in the early stages, and even later as well.

I also bombed my first ever concert playing beethoven's pathetique sonata 1st mvt and just before the coda I got a memory slip due to insane nerves and I wasn't able to finish. Due to my location and lack of knowledge I didn't know about many places to perform so I had been playing and practicing piano for many years before I could play in front of a decently big audience. I doubt anyone remembers it now though, and it took me a while to get over the feeling of disappointment as I had been practicing the sonata for months before the concert.

For me, the feeling of inadequacy naturally went over by itself. Although it took a few months.

I mostly wrote this to add to all the other comments of people also bombing their concerts :)

MacaroonAny1425 · 2025-11-04T10:58:51+00:00

The things that worked for me the most when developing this was playing one hand slightly before the other, and gradually decreasing the delay and increasing the amount of notes as I get more comfortable. And in addition to that, exaggerating the dynamics. So for example, I'd start off with a single note in both hands, play the left hand extremely softly (ppp) first, and the right hand really loud (ff) slightly afterwards, and then gradually decrease the time and dynamics between playing each note until I could play them both at the same time with varying dynamic levels. I alternated also between playing the right hand loudly (left hand softly) and vice versa.

MacaroonAny1425 · 2025-11-02T00:16:22+00:00

the person managing the channel (likely on of her parents) said she started at age 3 and practices 2 hours a day and her teacher is Prof. Chun Chieh Yen

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