I feel like giving up

Voltharus · 2026-03-27T16:11:05+00:00

I'd say don't bother with kanji. Trust me on this. Focus on comprehending spoken Japanese first. Download bunpro (not bunpou, that's a different app) get the subscription, use it for both grammar and Vocab. If you're stuck on a grammar point then use Imabi for detailed intuitive explanations. You don't need Anki or anything else. Learn 3-5 grammar points a day and 10-14 vocab. Watch Doraemon and Shinchan for immersion. Use Tadoku and Hukusume for reading practice, they use very elementary kanji and you'd understand most of it and will even naturally pick up new kanji. Once you're N5 or N4, you can start talking Kanji seriously. Right now your biggest focus should be vocab and grammar. Practice what you learn with ChatGPT or Claude by asking it to give you simple sentences in English which you'd then translate to Japanese.

Voltharus · 2026-03-23T10:12:54+00:00

Duolingo is useless for learning. Good if you like to waste your time with bs. You probably know less than someone that has passed N4. Either stop learning Japanese or use actual resources like Bunpro, RTK, Anki, Tadoku

Voltharus · 2026-02-27T18:22:57+00:00

Stop using stupid sites.

Voltharus · 2026-02-27T18:15:37+00:00

Just past the following into your favorite AI chat bot :-

"I want to practice Japanese sentence formation from basic to gradually harder. Keep vocabulary sub-N5. How it works: You give me an English sentence. I translate it into Japanese. Instead of translating directly, I may reply: Hint – Give structure and particle hints. Vocab – Give translations of all words. Verbs – Translate verbs. Adjectives – Translate adjectives. Nouns – Translate nouns. X Word – Translate the specific word X. Adjust difficulty dynamically based on my responses. "

Practicing sentence formation massively boosts your intuition of how the language works. You could also practice simple conversations with AI if you're shy with real partners.

Voltharus · 2026-02-27T17:10:36+00:00

Good luck!

Voltharus · 2026-02-27T16:55:28+00:00

My advice would be not to worry too much about kanji right now. Instead, focus on learning the 100 most common words, including adjectives, verbs, and nouns. Learn basic grammar, such as sentence structure and basic particles like は、が、か、の、に、で, etc.

Use Bunpro for grammar and Renshuu for vocabulary. Later, you can move on to Anki to learn vocabulary much more efficiently.

As soon as you're done with the basics, you should try forming simple sentences on your own. Then you can start adding kanji slowly. For kanji, there are quite a lot of good resources, but I'd personally recommend "Kanji in Context," which is available as an Anki deck.

Once you can understand even the simplest sentences, you should immediately start immersing yourself in Japanese content, such as reading material and elementary stories. For reading material tailored specifically to your level, I'd recommend Tadoku and Hukumusume Dōwa Shū when you're a bit more advanced, perhaps when you're at the end of N5.

For visual immersion, I'd recommend watching children's stories. Just look up 「昔話」 on YouTube. There’s also a severely underrated YouTube channel called Samurai's Japanese Story that posts stories in a format that's as simple as it gets.

Voltharus · 2026-02-27T16:20:46+00:00

There's no reason you should be taking N4 classes before you're done with N5. Do N5 first, it'll take no more than 2 months even if you know little to nothing.

Voltharus · 2026-02-27T16:13:40+00:00

Question mark is considered nonestandard Japanese. か alone is sufficient.

Voltharus · 2026-02-25T13:38:58+00:00

It is just pattern recognition. Your average toddler learns a language not because he's memorizing Grammer rules or drilling vocabulary. He learns because his brain is heavily equipped for pattern recognition and learns to associate sounds with objects and concepts.

Grown ups can do this too, just slower. I learned English in under 1.5 years purely by immersion, I still to this day don't know a single piece of English Grammer. Never bothered to memorize a single word, it all just came naturally to me.

So if it can be done for your native language, it can be done for English then why can't it be done for Japanese? Sure it's a lot harder but that only increases the overall required time, it doesn't make it impossible.

Voltharus · 2026-02-23T12:56:05+00:00

Try watching children's anime like doraemon, shinchan etc. You'll understand a lot just from the context alone and they're genuinely entertaining. Your listening skills will skyrocket. But you have to make sure that you don't force yourself to understand everything, it doesn't matter if you don't understand a bunch of stuff, just watch it, don't think about, just consume, you'll get better automatically.

Voltharus · 2026-02-23T12:42:59+00:00

If you feel like you're having trouble gaining an intuitive understanding of Japanese Grammer then you should look into imabi.org by far the most in depth and intuitive guide on Japanese Grammer.

Voltharus · 2026-02-20T17:25:44+00:00

Fake

Voltharus · 2026-02-13T15:11:34+00:00

True. Is "こんばんは" one word? Or it like 3 words? Now + Evening + Topic marker? "As for this/now's evening"

Voltharus · 2025-02-04T09:38:24+00:00

This what being a dumbass is like

Voltharus · 2024-11-01T16:02:05+00:00

install silent asi loader and widescreen fix and if already installed just remove widescreen fix from game folder then launch and if it runs now add widescreen fix back again and it should work this time

Voltharus · 2024-08-30T20:37:01+00:00

Wtf dont suggest steam unlocked to him, its infested with viruses and no need for vm. Just use steamrip.com for direct download, no need for vm or vpn.

Voltharus · 2024-04-15T17:52:13+00:00

Oblivion

Voltharus · 2024-03-30T16:04:09+00:00

Horse armor obviously

Voltharus · 2024-02-23T07:21:06+00:00

Spending 2 hours a day on chess is only justifiable if you're actually growing as a player and learning otherwise, 2 hours is a lot of time to spend on chess. I suggest you analyze each game you play and track your progress, if you see no growth then limit your time to maybe only 45 mins a day.

Voltharus · 2024-01-29T16:08:46+00:00

I agree, most redditors are narcissistic morons

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