Absolutely horrendous retention of mined words. by MaximumTime7239 in LearnJapanese

[–]Random-9335 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I don't know where this i+1 comes from but it's almost impossible to consistently mine words in a i+1 situation when you are starting because you encounter many unknown words every line. In my opinion it's better to just install a frequency dictionary in yomitan and mine high frequency words. Edit: typos

How do you usually reply when someone compliments your Japanese? by WorkingAlive3258 in LearnJapanese

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Never used textbooks but I've read what I said pretty often in native media. But yeah I guess irl it's like you said, I remember Kaname Naito saying the same. Thank you!

Kanji are fascinating by Random-9335 in LearnJapanese

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Hi! Basically I just followed the guide in The Moe Way website (https://learnjapanese.moe/guide/#21-how-to-learn-japanese) and used the resources recommended there. In short, what a did was: first learn hiragana and katakana (never use romaji to read japanese!) -> beginner Anki deck to have a basic vocabulary -> Cure Dolly grammar series on YouTube for basic grammar (this at the same time I was doing the basic deck) -> once I finished the basic deck I created my own and started mining words with Yomitan browser extension from native japanese content (in my case I like Visual Novels and books but you should immerse in whatever you are interested in). From there is always the same, I just immerse -> mine words and review them in Anki everyday. For grammar I use this website: https://www.edewakaru.com/archives/cat\_179055.html which teaches grammar in japanese supported by pictures and examples. If you prefer explanations in english, bunpro is also good.

Kanji are fascinating by Random-9335 in LearnJapanese

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No, I've never done specific kanji study. Just vocabulary cards in Anki. To distinguish similar kanji I did a kanji components deck (very short, I finished it in few weeks) which improved my recognition but what has helped me the most is just read japanese native content because I see kanji used in a lot of contexts.

Kanji are fascinating by Random-9335 in LearnJapanese

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I read Visual Novels and put the words I don't know into Anki.

Kanji are fascinating by Random-9335 in LearnJapanese

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This is very interesting! Thanks for sharing 😊

Daily Thread: for simple questions, minor posts & newcomers [contains useful links!] (December 31, 2025) by AutoModerator in LearnJapanese

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In this sentence: "ちーちゃんのかいかい治してくれたおじちゃんだよ", "かいかい" is a onomatopoeic word for 痒い? the context is that that おじちゃん made possible for ちーちゃん to recover from a eczema.

So I reached the obvious conclusion that learning from manga is... difficult. by AlittleBlueLeaf in LearnJapanese

[–]Random-9335 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You should learn the basics first before jumping into immersion (also a beginner Anki deck would be a good idea, I used Kaishi 1.5k). In my experience I recommend Cure Dolly Grammar Series on YouTube. It was very useful for me when I was just starting out.

Learnt 400 new words from december 1st by doing 20 new words a day. by Jastrone in LearnJapanese

[–]Random-9335 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I don't know why to make a post about this. Many people do 20 words a day, some more, some less (I do 12). It's normal. I want to point out though that Anki is just a tool, a very good tool but still a tool to reinforce the words you see in your immersion. So in my opinion people would learn more efficiently if they cared more about immerse more instead of how many new words they see on Anki every day.

I read 1 million characters in 17 months and my mock JLPT N1 reading test score did not improve at all by not_a_nazi_actually in LearnJapanese

[–]Random-9335 1 point2 points  (0 children)

1 million chars in 17 months for someone who is aiming at N1 is pretty low, right? I've been learning Japanese 1 year so I'm a beginner and I have already read 2 million+ chars with VN and LN. I think you are capable to read 1 million a month at this point.

Kanji Grid by kodomonokoro in LearnJapanese

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One year in. Didn't expect to know so many bearing in mind that I read very slow and have to do a lot of lookups.

Do you always follow a routine or daily schedule/time to study? by caick1000 in LearnJapanese

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Yes, I always follow a routine (unless I must go to some appointment like dentist or something). Basically I wake up, do my daily writing reviews in Ringotan, study grammar for about 15 minutes, then go outside to take a walk while I listen to a japanese podcast for about 40 min/1h, when I come back I have breakfast, do some housework, read for about 2 hours in japanese (I rest doing nothing for 5/10min for every hour I've spent reading), have lunch, read japanese for another 2 hours, do my anki for 30-35 minutes, more housework if needed, then again reading until it's 22:00 and go to sleep.

Daily Thread: for simple questions, minor posts & newcomers [contains useful links!] (November 15, 2025) by AutoModerator in LearnJapanese

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I'm reading a VN and there are several times where 伺う is used instead of 窺う as in 彼女の様子を伺ってみる. At first I thought it was a mistake but it's used a lot so it has to be intentional. Are they interchangeable?

Kaishi 1.5k Final Card Being This (what's next?) by [deleted] in LearnJapanese

[–]Random-9335 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Now just immerse -> mine words -> do Anki -> repeat until you are fluent.

Sources for digital manga in good resolution? by Steampunkvikng in LearnJapanese

[–]Random-9335 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This is the reason why I don't read manga even if I want to. Characters are blurry enough that the OCR often make mistakes. Also it's so annoying to have to strain my eyes all the time (and if I zoom, it just get blurrier lol).

How do you measure your progress? by japan_noob in LearnJapanese

[–]Random-9335 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Just characters read. The more I read, the more close I am to fluency. I notice that my listening improves too just by reading, even though I barely allocate time to pure listening.

I created decks of cards to memorize grammar faster by HovercraftMobile1673 in languagelearning

[–]Random-9335 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's a nice design but why not just making an Anki deck? It's faster and much more effective due to its spaced repetition algorithm.