Learning Japanese is Easy... Here's How
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- Опубликовано: 21 июн 2024
- Join me as I tell the story of how I learned every Jouyou Kanji and give my perspective on what kind of tools and methods you can use to do the same!
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Timestamps:
0:00 Why Learn Japanese?
0:46 Why Listen to me?
1:33 Beginner tools for learning Japanese
2:20 3 Sets Japanese Characters
3:29 How to be Consistent
5:02 Tools for Learning Kanji
6:51 My Study Method
#japanese #fluent #kanji
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Kanji is the final boss 😱
Nah. Kanji’s the boss at the end of each level 😂
Keigo's the REAL final boss 😱
@@Wonderhoy-erwhat is keigo? 🤔 I'm fighting with katakana. 😢
@@bonadeo007 it’s basically a whole other “language” you would use for elders or people in more power, I just pretend it does exist, same with the Kansai dialects 😭
As someone whos been self studying japanese for almost a year now. Kanji is not really the last boss, grammar is actually the most difficult part in japanese.
Going from English dub to learning Japanese to avoid subtitles is a level of dedication I have never seen before in my life.
😂😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣 bro take it seriously
I can't bring myself to watch English dubbed anime. Subs only, at least until I finish learning the language, that is
I'm from spain, and in my case I wanted to learn both english and japanese. So I start learning japanese in english lol My brain's gonna explode
Sort of same. Can't bring myself to watch dub, but sub is really just reading basically, just read manga at this point
@@hippopotomostrosesquippeda5804 I would feel the same if it weren't for the glorious animation I would miss out on, particularly for fight scenes. But for a lot of anime with just average animation I agree
“Simple, I made it a habit”
That is the single most important thing about learning any language.
Congrats on passing N2 🎉
It’s interesting seeing other people’s approach to learning this language. I personally followed a more input focused approach and my daily motivation was to simply include my end goal into my daily learning. Yes, I used to use anki daily and study grammar daily and kanji but it was all worth it when that same day I could just read manga or watch anime in full Japanese.
From not knowing almost anything, to what I know today…I learned most of it simply by exposure. Nowadays I no longer study the language… I just consume whatever I want (with a japanese only dictionary)
Thanks! I can tell you've been through the journey because I definitely get where you're coming from. I applaud you for using a japanese dictionary only as well, for me it's been hard not to go down a rabbit hole of unknown words with each new definition
@@imjozen Going down that rabbit hole still happens to me every now and then not gonna lie. But on the bright side, it's helped me to not translate so much in my head :D and of course, the more you use that kind of dictionary the less it will feel like you have to look up words within a definition :)
Making it a habit is not just language, but sports, math, sience and basically anything else as well.
For me getting the grammar early is so important. Once you know the structure so many words just make sense or you at least know it's function when learning a new one.
@@MrHaggyy 100%. This is why I often say learning a language taught me so much more than just the language. It taught me how to properly learn other things.
I also started out learning grammar structures and kanji up to n1, but when I finished I realized I was very limited in my knowledge at the time. It is important knowing the basics, but you also have to make a habit out of it and also do a lot of exposure while still learning the basics. Everything always compliments your knowledge of the language after all :)
I keep on seeing people saying they “studied grammar” but I’ve yet to really see someone explain how/where they did so? In comparison kanji seems relatively easy to start learning due to all the resources there are but I’m not sure where to start grammar wise
9:19 bro got so into learning japanese he forgot his original goal
got lost in the sauce
Like Zoro 💀
It was just filler
Kanji is hard, but after learning the fundamentals, Japanese is quite simple. More simple than communicating in English actually. I love it!
Really how so? I’m genuinely asking
@@NarutoUzumaki-xg9etme toooooo😂
@@TheBillaro facts my guy, we’re both scratching our heads here 🤣
Don’t leave us hanging Nova! 🫡
I'm going to guess it's because Japanese drops a lot of words as long as the context is known, but I'm really curious to what the answer is?
No japanese isnt simple, and it will never be. It doesnt matter how good your japanese is, it’ll never be «simple».
One thing that helps me understand kanji is think about arabic numerals we use. You see 1 and you read in ur head “one” you see 1st and you don’t think “onest” you read “first”. This is a oversimplification but it is essentially how chinese characters work in japanese. They are units of meaning and in seeing the meaning youre like oh obviously thats this word. I dont reccommend ignoring kanji and i also dont reccomend focusing on it. It’ll be much more helpful to learn them as they go along and try to understand how they fit in and eventually youll get a feel for them as you go on. Most importantly mistakes are beautiful and dont stress about perfection. A language is a vast ocean of meaning and culture. Stressing about not being able to remember a single lone word wont do you any justice just move on and I promise itll make its way back to you. Like the video says and many others its about making it a habit and a part of your life. Believe that you can learn because trust me you can it just takes some time. Its about the journey not the destination.
Awesome words, thanks a lot
Btw the first fact u said have blown my mind lol
You didn’t just motivate me to learn Japanese but you also gained a new subscriber! Thank you!
You seem like such an honest person, and also so motivated and disciplined that it really inspires me ☺️
TEAM THOSE WHO WANT TO LEARN FOR ANIME 😅👇
I do
Me to
I do. Right now, It's so rewarding that I can read most of them. Like 55%
@@lilacanime5439hey 👋 can ya tell me what resources did ya used to learn Japanese.....🥺
@@lilacanime5439 please give me tips
Beautiful video. It explains why you should, why you should listen to specifically you, and how you should. It follows a logical path, while also injecting some emotion into it by mentioning your story, and satisfyingly finishing it at the end. This video also made me realize how important tone and word choice is; watching this video made me feel good. It felt comforting, and you had an aura of safety not only due to your positive tone and word choice, but also due to the occasional joke and your own experiences as a beginner.
This is such a well-put together video. Thanks for sharing your experience
this is one of the best videos i’ve seen as far as helpful tips, what to expect, and creating and maintaining a solid reason for learning japanese. really grateful your video was recommended to me! i’m at about 4-5yrs of trying to learn (mostly duolingo) and i feel like i haven’t really gotten to a conversational level yet. this video was both informative and inspiring, ありがとうございます!
You need to get away from duolingo and work your way through traditional textbooks, then start reading stories, novels, manga or whatever, watch anime and films. Duolingo is way too limited and will not take you to fluency, or anywhere close. Just my opinion….
@@andreascarl9636 definitely been feeling that lately. Aside from Genki, are there any books you'd recommend for developing comprehension and fluency? Thanks for the help!
The dream of every anime watcher:
Wachting the anime not the subtitles
Kanji becomes much easier because I'm chinese and Kanji is Chinese words. The difference is pronunciation
+it comes from Middle Chinese, but the phonological shifts changed a lot.
塊 used to be “クヱ･Kwe” for 呉音, but it became ケ･Ke, while the 漢音 for it was “クヮイ･Kwai,” but became カイ･Kai. Kwai is basically the same as the modern Mandarin pronunciation, which is Kuai.
I learned Chinese also it makes kanji easier to learn faster.
Agreed, kanji is so extremely easy if you know Chinese to a intermediate-expert level.
@@Nightmare2.03 I don’t know Chinese, but I love Chinese characters, so I keep coming back to learn them, even though Japanese grammar is hard.
@@danielantony1882 I agree! Also, keigo is giving me a REALLY hard time too. 😭
this is really helpful! thank u :D
I can't describe what it is... But the way you talk is just... entrancing :)
This is such a lovely video with invaluable tips!
This video really helped me, i wanna learn japanese by my own and all of this was helpful, thank u so much
this guy needs more subs! great editing and informations !
Really helpful, thanks 😄
this is a great and *actually helpful* video! can’t wait to see more awesome content from your channel! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Really informative and great production level!
Thank you for sharing your experience and tips! So useful! I feel pumped to start my new habit of learning Kanji every day. The 🈷️ is up in the 🈳️ tonight
This is a super high quality video for 500 subscribers! Hoping to see more success for you soon.
i don’t often comment, but this video was great, keep going bro
thanks, means a lot! definitely will try to make more content worth your time
You are so underrated! Thanks for the tips.
Thank you! I will learn I promise
Thank you very much man!
I appreciate your motivation. I've been going in and out of learning probably since about the same age but for 15 years I just couldn't properly approach the Kanji beast. BUT this year I'm finally going to visit Japan and I want to be able to understand the locations and at least some menus (trying for speech as well but we see lol)
The main reason I've always wanted to learn was due to so many of my favorite series just never getting an english translation. So here's to the hope I finally learn
Solid video, and congrats on N2
Really paved the foundation for learning a new language in an entertaining way 🔥🔥🔥
Shout out MO!!
Shout out Bambi!
Thank you! 👍🏽✨
This was incredibly informative. Thanks much, broda. You bouta blow up. (Love the Jackals jersey)
I liked and subbed. What I liked was the free kanji apps to write with.
In the video. I enjoyed the openness of the RUclipsr, the narratoration, and all the relevant systematic information to
Bro, thank you for that book recommendation. I actually learned a lot about the atomic habits.
"The goal is not to learn an language, the goal is to follow a *system*. To make you later archive it".
Thank you.
Great video! Thanks!!
Great video!
Im just starting my journey and my motivation is the feeling of understanding a different language just hits different
Love this. You need more subscribers
I think this video was recommended to me because I needed it
Arigathankyou gozaimuch! I learned a lot.
Lol
great vid bro keep going!
thanks!
@@imjozenthe intense sound after you say “Kanji” makes me laugh. Too funny. Great video! I’m in the frustrated stage trying to overcome it
確かに！そのとうりです！ 教師として勉強になります！
👍🏿Nice presentation- good work!!!👌
I love WaniKani. I've been learning for three months and already memorized several hundred Kanji and vocab. It uses the same system you talk about but it's already done all the work for you. Every time I get an answer right I get a little dopamine boost. It's just as addictive as watching RUclips
The way it organizes the repetition for us and the friendly design really helps indeed. It makes me actually want to use it more and get the numbers higher.
Anyone can do something similar with paper cards in decks too, just demands a bit more dedication
As a Japanese kid I can confirm Japanese is hard 😂
Well, at some point every language is. I am German and even for us average german people the grammar CAN become disgustingly difficult if you dig into it.
Depends how you define difficulty. Learning a language is one of the most linear skill, meaning that as long as you keep studying, you will 99.99 percent be able to learn the language. It’s almost IMPOSSIBLE to NOT learn a language if you put in enough hours.
However, if you’re saying that it takes a lot of time and effort and THATS why it’s hard, I have to agree.
@@shade_299as a Japanese I studied German for about a 6 months and this is the only thing I remember
Auf der heide blüht ein kleines blümelein~ und das heißt~ erika~~~!
@@dnjfqor4585 As a native german speaker, I'm glad I don't have to learn it. Japanese seems to me very efficient, while german is way more detailed and precise. That makes our grammar a mess and even though I use it every day, I could not tell you a single thing about our grammar.
I'm a native Spanish speaker. I taught my friends and they never told me it was hard. I asked them when we started to finish. They said it wasn't ever that difficult. 😂
Great video, subbed
I don't know how you guys fell, but for me, Kanji is the best part of lerning japanese.
Because it's kind of satisfying to shorten theam up.
Like:
火(ひ) [hi]=fire
山(やま) [yama]=mountain
combined: 火山 (かざん)[kazan]=Vulkan
That's why i love it!
Then try memorising N2 or n1 level kanjis . It's not simple as that. Ofc we can memorize such as the words u mentioned
Why don't you blink 😭
also thanks❤
BLINKED HERE! 6:52
7:46 here too
@@musicgg6874 thanks
@@rgaber0000 oh thanks
2:48
Solo Leveling at the beginnin👀
I'm gonna give it another shot
I'm not planning to learn Japanese at the moment but I love your energy. I wish you could explain German as well
You deserve a amazon link for promoting the book.
Great video! Here before you blow up
Great video, new subscriber!
I'm 14 right now, and I'm trying to learn Japanese and Korean possibly Chinese, all of their cultures inspire me and I'm learning the language so that I can travel there someday. Thank you Jozen for posting this video. ❤
I'm 16, and I'm from Russia. All, that I can tell you - is that you have to break only one barrier, and that's knowledge. If you are also from the county, that doesn't use English as the main language to speak, you can fully understand me. To speak the language, we don't use our brains. Now, while I'm typing this text, all I'm thinking now is about filling the text. I don't think, how literally I'm typing, don't think about which text construction I have to use in this context. I just know the language. Now there's no russian words in my head, but in reality I have to think in russian in most cases, because it's just fast. My brain is wired for this from birth. Now I started to notice that sometimes I don’t use russian in my thoughts. It means, that I've broken the knowledge barrier. Using English in my life is not difficult, I was stopped transiting anything in russian to know. I'm just using other language "as it".
@@stratouse thank u for ur comment bro. I'm russian as well and I learn English, so I can confirm all what u said. I think the best way to become more fluently in any language is definitely formation thoughts in a language that u learn. because it really matters how much time ur brain needs to formulate a thought. nobody wanna wait for long till u say something.
underrated channel found.
The same purpose for me. Watching anime without subtitles and also because I love Japan culture. Thanks for the tips
lolli i really casually started larning japanese but ignored kanji and katakana.... and now that i've tackled kanji i'm actually having so much fun. 1- it was intimidating and 2- i didn't have much time, but now i'm glad i did
....... haven't exactly studied katakana but i'm learning thru inferences LOLLL
Using the Colossal titan when talking about kanji is spot on. I personally noticed the similarity between kanji and Chinese when I watched a Chinese anime
Need to find the Rosetta Stone for blinking.
damn this is a rlly good video ngl
shout out for u
Great video
yoo bruh knows how to do a really good quality content 🎉
That MSBY Jackals Shirt at 7:21 >>>>
Great video bro
日本人の意見ですが、小学校一年で習うところからどんどんレベルアップしていくのがいいと思います
それは効果的に本当ですけど、漢字が知らない時の悔しさと扱いたくなければ早々に習うこともいいと思います
I'm using renshuu (it's free) which provides fun minigames (even kanji shiritori lol), anki-style decks, grammar references, rosetta-stone-like quizzes (in some cases) and more
BUT
what I don't get, is how remembering 2000 stories would be easier than remembering 2000 pictures; I think one should just stop seeing kanji as characters but rather as pictures.
You already can remember that amount of pictures easily: how many memes do you know?
Thanks for providing resources for people to check out!
For your second point, I'm sure some people have an easier time that way but humans have been telling stories forever, and in my experience I found remembering stories quite powerful
I think your photographic memory is good that is why you don't get it, I also have good photographic memory
ANOTHER RENSHUU USER OMGGGG ME TOOOOOO
I'm using Renshuu too! I loved it instantly, and took a lifetime subscription 😊
Thank you just made my life speak Japanese forever
Congratulations 🥳
Hey whats up. I have been studying chinese and languages in general since i was 11. its nice to know theres someone who almost has same experience as me. For me Japanese alot easier since i know chinese more
"just having that book wasn't enough" 👍
I'm not that scared of Kanji (I learn Chinese) but I have to agree that it is the most challenging part since it looks complex. Especially if you are learning Chinese as a second language like me your whole life, it can be confusing to adapt to a new pronunciation system.
Thank for this video i am 14 to and studying Japanese
yo solo leveling in the first 30 seconds, this video's bouta be great
Bro was dedicated to watching One Piece without subs. I admire that! Me personally I’ve only memorized most of the hiragana and katakana alphabet. Also some common kanji like kawa 川 or hi 火. I hope to get to your level someday!
its the main reason I want to learn lol. I'm definitely gonna read the one piece reveal before I get spoiled waiting for the anime to get there. mfs from different anime communities will form like the avengers and are 100% gonna try ruining it for people
pure gold
I am quite confused though, you can learn to read and write it, but then how would you know what the combination of symbols mean when you speak it? I just started learning hiragana but just want to know what to expect in terms of the spoken language. I am learning because Japanese culture and influence in the world is just too precious not to learn, and you combine this and a reason to get in shape, you just become unstoppable.
When I started learning, my goal was to be fluent by the time I graduated college as a freshman. I spent 4 hours every day for 3 years studying or watching Japanese anime or RUclips. About 2 hours spent learning grammar and vocab with Anki in the morning and 2 hours watching content at my level. After about a year I could watch most shows and after 2 years I could read well and by 3 I could speak fairly well. After got to that early advanced learner stage, I didn't really "study" anymore, but just started using the language to enjoy my favorite Japanese content and meet new Japanese people online. I still learned plenty of things while doing so but more naturally. I definitely had difficult times learning some hard concepts, but as so much of my time was spent watching content I wanted to anyway, it didn't always feel like a grind, but just a fun hobby. I learned all my kanji from Anki frequency list decks and seeing them a lot in books and subtitles. I never really worried about forcing myself to learn them, but just let the natural repetition reinforce my learning.
can you tell me when did you start reading like how many vocab did you know or how many kanji and what method did you use to and how many vocab and kanji did you learn every day and anyother tip will be helpful thank ;you
and one more thing you said you could most shows after one year that mean your vocablary was big and did you took vocab from anime that you was watching or not
@@user-jw2du8cu9u I started to learn to read Japanese by reading subtitles in the shows that I was watching and then listening to the voice actors say the lines to see if I got it right. If I didn't read it correctly, I'd read it again like the voice actors did. I started doing that after learning about 350 words from an Anki deck. I learned about 15-20 words per day using this method. I always learned the kanji for every word I studied so that I could read them correctly when I saw them.
I kept using that Anki deck until I had learned 1000 words from it. After learning 1000 words, I started making my own Anki deck with words I wanted to learn with the sentences I found them in.
As I got better at reading subtitles I started to read manga and books for kids and eventually books for adults.
It was just little steps of learning a few more words per day and improving my reading, listening, and pronunciation
I’m pretending kanji doesn’t exist
Yikes
Learn some as you go forsure so you get use to seeing them. Maybe like very early on don't worry about it too much but as the other person said.. "yikes"
Nah you should try learning some, maybe one a day to start. It’s rewarding and useful.
Yikes
😂😂😂
I learned english, all by myself, I didnt use apps, and school didnt help me because I learned english last summer, just by watching yt in English, and playing games in english, and then I would think about the words to not forget them, and then did the same but to not forget how to build phrases, I'm gonna try that to japanese but I feel like that I'll need more than a year...
In my experience, kanji's hard, but it helps a ton at the entry level to understand sentences. Even if you don't understand the exact grammar, knowing some of the kanji can give you a very educated guess on what the sentence is supposed to say.
It is enough to be able to read simple kanji. In compulsory education in Japan, it takes about 10 years to learn slowly.
Just find something you are interested in keeping high your motivation 😊
Would you be willing to cover your journey through beginner Japanese, especially hiragana and katakana - like learning to read.
My mind gets blown every time i see KANJI😂
I know basics... But I'm turning 33. Been leaning bits of it since high school. We didn't have Rosetta Stone and other stuff and I have a mild learning cognitive disability and makes it hard for me to learn stuff. Makes me overwhelmed but I can read some Hirigana from studying. What do you have advice for for slow learners with cognitive disabilities? And I can't afford College sadly. :( What should you do at 33? We also got VR that can help with learning. VR Chat etc. I don't want to be labeled a weeb either. I just learned different from others. My memory sucks. Sorry. But I know Hirigana tho but keep having to get back to it. It's that motivation though which I need. I get easily distracted. Which is my main problem. Sorry.
smooth voice mate
What is romaji and can we use it instead of kanji ?
Shouts out to you very good video, how long did it take you to watch without subs in the end?
For general anime it was 3 years of solid practice, but the way characters speak in that show still kind of throws me off! For me, I've learned the best way to learn to watch anime without subs is by watching anime without subs (once you have a decent base)
@@imjozen This is a honest answer and props to you for not sugar coating how much time you have to put in.
You should watch anime with japanese subs for most of your learning journey
at around 16 cards a day, youll get all anki cards in a year. im taking it at 8 a day for 2 years which is what you should aim for
I manually made my own Anki decks. Currently sitting at 130k flash cards (but like 30k of them are German, so only 100k are Japanese-related 💀) (kill me. But not really because it worked 💀). I don't really use it to review anymore. I just use it to look up hard words or synonyms from time to time just for fun when I don't have access to internet.
(btw I'm still adding more shit everyday 💀) I'm actually surprised that I'm not depressed, lmfao. It's actually pretty fun adding new cards daily, ngl.
Thank you for your video. Kanji continues to be a problem for me. For your Atomic Habits slide, you want to use the word Cue instead of Queue to get the correct meaning across to the viewer.
I’m half way through the Hiragana. It seemed impossible at first because yeah, the symbols scared me 😂 But when I found a good way to remember them it have been quite alright. But I’m not rushing it. Should be interesting with the Katakana and Kanji later 😂 But I learned the first half in maybe 3 days so😊
ik this is a stupid question, but i randomly got bored and decided i wanna learn japanese. it’s been 11 days since then and my only use of learning is duolingo. is it normal i’m not good at all? like i remember words and everything, but i don’t remember how to spell them in hiragana, and i can’t even spell them with english letters. i just know how to pronounce them and form sentences with the stuff i learned
EDIT: 1 month later i fully memorized the hiragana alphabet. i can read them in a sentence but i read it kinda slow. we’re making progress slowly but surely💪🏼
It's normal to not be good at all, but just remember that language, especially Japanese, is not supposed to be easy. Let it be difficult and interesting, never give up!!
Why he is my favorite
Hey Bro do you take any course for the language so that we can learn from you
I've been learning Japanese for a little over 6 months and without doubt the writing system is the most difficult for me.
常用漢字マスターとかすごい！I personally think Japanese is a hard language but I also do believe it’s not impossible!
I'm not an expert, I've only been learning Japanese for around 6 months, but I think I have made a lot of progress in that time. I can read a lot of light novels and visual novels pretty easily now. I haven't studied radicals nor have I used Anki at all. All I did was read light novels and visual novels from the very beginning with a dictionary, and googling the grammar points that I did not understand. I think it would be more efficient to spend time reading native Japanese material rather than studying radicals, because if you read enough you will remember the words no matter what. I think Anki can be useful, though it's boring as hell so I prefer to read. By the way, English is not my native language and I also learned it this way.
Agreed, but I do think direct study like Anki alongside immersion (like reading, as you said) would be the fastest way to learn.
Unless if you’re Chinese, you could just do ONLY reading.
14 learning it too