The ever changing pinned comment. 1. Anki Decks www.reddit.com/r/LearnJapanese/s/mIAthqHJIf --- I like this one a lot. It also has pitch accent and kanji so the dudes with the blocks won’t show up to your house to critique your practice.
Oh baby here we go, recent sub based off your last video and perused your other ones as well. Vibing with your content, thanks for putting yourself on here man. It’s a great way to perpetuate this journey a lot of us are on
I’m Japanese. I have been learning English for about 4 months so I understand your Japanese skills is so fascinating. I want to become like you. This is first comment to use English on my experience. I think my sentence is so wrong but I wont convert you about my feelings and thoughts. I have subscribed your channel. See you again from Japan.
There are certain mistakes, but for someone who's been studying a new language for 4 months, you're doing great! It's alright even if you make mistakes sometimes. がんばて!
Yo, I discovered you on the last video and told my wife ‘YO, there’s a black dude in Japan speaking fluent Japanese!!”. 😃 Really inspired me on my journey learning the language and learned alternative ways to push the envelope to learn a little faster without living in Japan (Live in Los Angeles). Like others who have said, I just started learning Kanji myself and find it fun actually because I loved those old Akira Kurosawa (7 Samurai, Red Beard, The Bodyguard, etc) films and some other director’s films like Shogun’s Shadow has signs in the background in old Kanji (for example: oil) that I thought was cool to be able to read off the screen. My point: we all have different motivations for learning things and it can sometimes take you into different directions than the inspirational source. Your videos are motivational and should be looked at as such. Fuck the Haters!! Keep the videos coming! Maybe later, take walks around the area and show us, who are not there, what life is like there from YOUR perspective!! Do you follow Baseball there? How does some of the people there respond to a heavily tattooed Black Dude from America on the street? Just ideas
Aye 🙌, glad I can inspire a bit. Yeah once I move back, I’d love to do some vlog type stuff here and there. Hopefully I run into Takashi From Japan too. He hangs around the area that my friends and I used to be at every weekend Lol. That would be a fun podcast/interview! Overall it was a blast! Like no issues. I’m excited to move back honestly.
The most respectful part of your method is that you found your own way and sharing it with other Japanese leaners. I think that's cool. Also I'm looking forward to see your guitar lesson videos in the future, too.
Thank you, I want people to combine my methods with their own for best results. And yeah for sure! “Fretboard Fluency” is another language in a sense Lol.
Really glad to discover your channel. I wanted to resume my Japanese learning and your previous video literally made it fun to start again! Thanks man! Instantly subbed
Man, I truly enjoyed this video and the last! As a black man myself I’m inspired by your journey! I recently moved to Japan this year and most of the things you have claimed and stated, as far as study and what’s important, I also agree. This is my first year in Japan and I passed N3 and planing on taking N2. I have a great japanese reading mind but when it came to speaking I was still struggling until I started targeting gaps in my knowledge and what I find myself talking about the most. The language test is broad and if you study for the test you will be good for the test over real life. I actively use chatGPT for my studies too! Thanks for your videos! And keep being great!
thank you, and it's good you found this! yeah those knowledge gaps eventually will turn into fluency. It's really all about just tackling each one as it comes up. But like you said, starting with what is most relevant right away.
No need for apologies. I think you hit right on the mark when you mentioned there are a lot of people in Japan who struggle to have a regular conversation.
Yeah the number was truly astounding. Always the same type too. “I have a good accent, I have N1, I know x amount of Kanji, look how cool I am” But when I saw people who just spoke and connected with Natives, even with an accent, And had the time of their life in Japan, that was all I really needed to see. & Sadly, There will probably be detractors here too who won’t watch the whole video, mainly the part about poor return on investment. But as long as my point gets across to those who need it that’s all that matters. Much rather perfect my MMA and Music skills than an accent I was not born with. Simple as that.
Damn. So based. I’ve been ‘shitty’ studying Japanese for years ( on and off), but you really motivated me to start studying a bit more consistently. Everyday is an uphill battle, but I want to be more like you in terms of getting things done that I’m passionate about. Wish me luck and Thank you so much !
so weird i just watched the other video and then this popped up as just posted haha. thanks for the advice i've been learning almost a year now and haven't gotten very far. i get excited and then do a bunch of studying all at once then get burnt out. i'm going to try and stay consistent this time. but if anything the info ive learned has stuck and i just need to keep adding more vocabulary.
My method is a bit intense, however, ironically since you see results right away, it actually helps you NOT burn out. Because you can start to feel like you have some competency in the language.
I rarely comment on RUclips but I want to say I really appreciate your advice and perspective on learning things. I was learning Japanese at a decent rate this year and ive stopped the past few months because ive been so busy and I've really been getting in my head about starting again. Even though i know all i need to do is just get moving and put the work in, I think I needed to hear it like you say it. I'm 25 and really feel like that I am not where I could/ should be up to in my hobbies (similar to yours/ the comments of guitar, piano, coding, gym and japanese). I've managed to get a handle on the gym again and i was watching a couple of your videos on the treadmill yesterday and im going to really try to apply the 99% - 1% approach to my other hobbies I want to improve on. Hopefully I look back on this comment 6 months from now and smile knowing I've made a difference for myself.. appreciate you sharing all of this, ありがとうございます
Found your content about 2 weeks ago, revisit your videos regularly now. Viet American and have basics from just talking and growing up but still far from fluent. Have been applying everything in your videos and feel like I’m sky rocketing in my Vietnamese learning. ChatGPT is HUGE, and Google translate for pronunciation. Love your content, big fan. Ty for your videos!
I came across one of your earlier videos about a month ago (or maybe it was your shorts first I forget) but I just wanted to say I really appreciate what you said about filtering out all the crap I see from the detractors. It did bother me as a beginner since I'm constantly questioning my methods so those comments always had me doubting which method was the way to go. I’ve been leveraging ChatGPT a ton and I love your ideas on using it for practicing sentences and all. After watching some of your older videos I've been actively immersing instead of passively immersing and I'm picking up so many grammar points and words along the way it's so much fun! You’re a huge role model for me and my little brother (we're 25 and 20 years old) as I’ve just started picking up piano and my little brother is picking up guitar because of your videos and seeing what you've been able to accomplish! He’s also learning Japanese and we hope to go there in 2026 to hopefully be able to speak and hang with some native speakers! Keep up the great work man I’m here for it!
Man that’s really awesome to hear 🙏, kudos to you both. And yeah idk if people will believe me but I quite often ran into them in Tokyo. Bragging about their Kanji, accent etc. And can barely get past “what’s your hobbies?”. It’s commenters personified really. People who are ACTUALLY fluent, are not running around judging other people’s language abilities like that. Just the people I referenced in the pictures Lol
Consistency and Motivation, motivation is when you want to do something... Consistency is when you have to do something whether you like or not, Good video!
i agree with you about delay knowing Kanji, it's actually mentioned before in one of other youtube channels I watched and it makes sense. Your method resembles little kids learning how to speak and it's the natural way of doing it. I'm just starting out @ 40 yo so this is going to be a bit of a challenge but it'll be fun.
Yeah after the basics it just slows you down 100% But I think it can have its place in the very beginning like I mentioned. I just see SO many people get caught up in it and at that point it’s just a sunken cost.
Hello @Vaughngene your videos encourage me to learn Japanese I’m currently looking into Sanskrit. This will be on my goal list even if it’s a couple years from now keep making these encouraging videos. Those people made me annoyed when I seen comments about your pitch it didn’t discourage because I appreciate your videos so much that’s why I was sooo annoyed. I’m making my curriculum this is because of you! I was so lost on RUclips with information overload now I’m seeing what it is everything you explain on the last video about having so many interest helped me and I am feeling motivated Thanks so much 🙏🏾
Oh yeah rest assured that’s an EXTREME minority, and it’s only in Japanese for some reason. In real life they often cannot complete a thought out loud. I’ve seen it too many times Lol. WAY too many times. And my accent actually isn’t bad. I had plenty of clients reaching out to me in Japan wanting to work with me due to the way I spoke. So it’s good you ignore the trolls. Anything below “Native Speaker” is bad to them but they can’t even use the language freely. I’m glad I made this video though because I don’t want them affecting you all. 👌 Also glad the content helps! I’ll have more to add to that later!
i was just watching one of your other videos on how to handle multiple interests and as im doing my japanese course this comes up on my recommended just now! im so glad i found you and can hopefully accomplish more in life cause of it
Hello again 👋 I am learning English from your sophisticated talk 😃 I have been in the US for a long but I don’t think I can speak my mind out like you do in Japanese. I learned Spanish in Spain and yeah, I was pretty fluent after 6 months, but now English took over. Well well, I will be here often from now on 🙌
Thank you! It’s funny because I end up speaking Japanese the same way Lol. Even in very casual environments. And that’s awesome! So you already know what it takes it seems. Well done! 🙌
Thank you for another insightful video. I know a lot of people who suggest self talk as a way to improve, I'll be honest, I have a lot of trouble with that. I'm going to take your advice and record myself, once I get over the initial discomfort, I'm sure I'll see improvements. Creating tangible and undeniable proof of progress gets me excited just thinking about it. Thanks again for providing even more helpful and practical steps to put into action. Looking forward to your next video.
Yeah it’s uncomfortable at first for sure, but just keep in mind, it’s better to deal with that on your own than when you are with Native Speakers. Mistakes are unavoidable of course but it makes the experience FAR more enjoyable when you get all the stress out of the way alone.
Outstanding channel and advice! Very inspiring! Would be cool for you to post what you are doing to learn Spanish...might inspire people to jump onboard and do it along with you.
Bro between you and Mikel, I think you guys have put me on the right track. I've been studying Japanese for about 2 years now and made some good progress, but I am one of those dumbasses that is always looking for "a better way, an easier way" and I fall into the passive immersion trap thinking it'll automatically solve all issues... But the reality is and always has been that I want to learn Japanese specifically to speak it, not to consume Japanese content, but to use it and speak to Japanese friends. So the constant speaking practice, banging out the reps, and blasting tons of vocabulary through sheer hard work is actually a breath of fresh air... Even though it sounds like a heck of a lot of work 😂 I think I embrace the idea of hard work yielding results (powerlifting and calisthenics background!) so I'm all for this. Just a few days of doing this practice has already yielded some great results for me. Thank you both for the encouragement and direction I needed. I think this is going to make the biggest impact on my Japanese journey thus far 🙏 May the Lord bless you for your work brother!
Thank you for sharing your experience. For me kanji is rather important because I want to read Japanese books, RUclips subs, etc. Anki is super useful for that, I think. So my priority is listening > reading > speaking.
For the readers in the comments, a lot of the same core values here work on a reading focused learning approach. Implementing the repetition and AI leverage makes its difference. You could even mix the methods if you have sentence cards. "Personalized chosen sentences from your specific reading" is a perfect candidate for dropping into an AI voice reading thing, and repeating the sentences over and over again out loud. These will feed right back into the thing you're currently reading. Repeat the sentence and first target full perfect comprehension and then speed. While reading the same sentence over and over again quickly is really easy, it primes your brain for those same common patterns and creates this same "fluency bubble" for the written word, and when you see the phrase in reading, you can basically glance over it without thinking. I think the common example for this is なければならない。After the 1000th look, you don't need to read all that. Do some deliberate practice and knock that out early.
🙌 active listening is an amazing way to level up. Combine formal content with stuff like street Japanese and street interviews and you’ll understand just about everything no problem.
The great thing about this process (of building up your own sort of database of sentences using highly relevant vocab and grammar variations through sentence-building) is that, if you decide to build up that database in your native language first, then go to AI or a hired translator or tutor or whatever for the translations, you can basically use that EXACT same database to learn another language, then another, then another. It's not going to take ~6 months down to 2 months or anything, but for many people, the process of coming up with what in the world they even want or need to say is going to be a pretty time-intensive process, especially if you have relied exclusively on conversation topics that textbooks have told you you need. Or maybe it's just me who, as a screenwriter, places far too much pressure on "good" dialogue hahaha
Exactly! It’s kind of plug and play at that point, and like you said, you only have to do the groundwork once. That’s a REALLY REALLY good point. I think it would knock off a month for sure.
great vid! it would be cool to also see piano videos where you summarize and explain how you went to learn it and achieve your level (im personally trying to reach improvisation level)
I’ve wasted so much time learning kanji, I’m excited to learn just vocab and see how that helps. Since I’ve started learning to write kanji, I’ll stick with it a bit, but I really want to be able to speak to my coworkers
If you use sites to learn to hear pitch accent, it's like night and day. Then when you hear words you can naturally imitate them over the years. The key is to be able to hear pitch accent not memorise every single words accent.
As a Korean learner who works exclusively with Korean immigrants, I have to say you are absolutely right that native speakers are SUPER forgiving when it comes to accent. Of course you will always amaze native speakers if you can break out a native sounding accent but honestly, that's just an added bonus. They are just so impressed of a foreigner learning their language and give respect to the fact that YOURE NOT NATIVE. They know no matter how much you study you will never be native. So they don't CARE if you're pronunciation is off a little bit. The only exception is making sure you're not slightly mispronouncing things and turning them into swears. Sinbal vs ssibal in Korean for example. You wouldn't want to step in ssibal and get it all over your sinbal while walking 👀
Exactly! And yeah even in those rare cases it’s still not that bad. Context overrules everything. I just want to make sure the perfectionism doesn’t hold people back. Because it truly doesn’t matter. Just let when someone speaks English with an accent, we don’t criticize them.
I am a perfectionist and therefore diligently practing perfecting my pitch and manurisms to becoming as much Japanese as a possible. But always remember "perfect is the enemy of the good" it's good to have high goals, but don't feel too pressured to be perfect.
Regarding Japanese, I studied N5 grammar and have an okay vocab, but to speak quickly I can't do much other than point out and ask "Kore wa nan desu ka" and answer "Sore wa isu desu" or other simple sentences like "Ringo tabetai". I want to learn better and quickly since I will move to Japan next year. I will use the sentences/repetitition method and perhaps I can edit this comment with updates. Excited to know more about your Spanish journey! P.S.: I do know hiragana, katakana and some kanji, just don't have the input method installed to type it here.
I love your takes bro, I feel like I landed on a gold mine finding your channel im not trying to glaze but I REALLY hope it takes off because your a genuine guy helping people be more productive and accomplishing their goals. I was also in the military and went to okinawa japan but now that I went I find myself plotting on ways to get back to live (but in mainland maybe kanto region) and I feel like my only option would be to try to get into temple. i’m currently learning japanese and ironically enough i’m also studying software development. do you think you could give me some insight on going to uni in japan. my dad swears if I up and leave again at 27 i won’t have a pot to pee in surviving just off the GI bill but if I don’t go I will feel like I let myself down for not pursuing my dreams.
@@yogenthedrifter3889 much appreciated bro 🙏, I’d say go for it! I actually went to Temple funny enough Lol. Got my Psychology degree there. That’s where I met my closest friends too. If anything, it’s worth going to school there to see if you like mainland. If you are feeling lead to do that I say 100% go for it. It significantly changed my life. Not the school but just living in the country non-military. Other people are just naive so don’t let them deter you.
@@yogenthedrifter3889 and if you keep up your self-studies on software, (and appeal to what Japan need) you can get a job right out of school. My buddy who studied art at Temple, got a software job at Rakuten after graduating. All self-taught. 👌
I’ve really been thinking about making big changes in my life. The thought of moving to Japan has crossed my mind, but I just never saw it as something realistic. I can remember visiting a few years ago and just loving my experience. Living somewhere vs visiting that place are two very different things. I’ve seen some videos on pros/cons and surprises already, but I’m curious about what you’ve personally experienced. What would you caution (or praise)? I ask because you’re a real one. Keep up the good work!!
I had like 2 bad experiences in 10 years of living there. And they were both drunk people Lol. Absolutely wonderful place overall. Has its strange sides like any country, but Even as a heavily tattooed foreigner it was amazing. But I believe learning Japanese was a big part of it. Many people treated me like family because they saw the effort. Was definitely life changing.
What do you think about textbooks? They essentially cover most of what you are talking about, in a way. Each unit has vocab that you are supposed to learn along with dialog that you should be able to understand by the end of the unit. I'm still very much a beginner, and I'd love hear your opinion.
Force your textbooks to align with video one of this series and you’ll be fine. But in general textbooks are trash otherwise. Skip grammar (apart from basics) and writing and all that goofy stuff. Focus on Vocab and sentences. However you will want to find a way to get that on the computer and listen to it with a text to speech function. I used to use my phone to take a picture of sentences on paper, right in the Google translate app, And it can read it right there when you press the speaker button. Tedious work but useful 👌
6 months is realy crazy most ı started learning japanese after your last video and as ı watched other videos ı got lost in the sea of infirmation but this video cleared many things for me , and how many vocab words do ı learn in a day because some channels say 6 or 10 is enoug and if ı over learn ı would burnout but 6 words a day would take years man. Also do you have any ideas about aniki is it usefull
Anki is wonderful yeah! Just make mnemonic associations for each word. I pins a good deck in my comment. And as many as you can. 20, 50, 100, go until you crash out mentally. You’ll actually feel good. And then get back on it the next day. 👌
Yeah, it does depend on your goals. Personally I'm not that interested in speaking fluently, I just want to read stuff that I'm interested in and kanji interests me so I like learning kanji and don't have speaking ability. You just have to learn enough to do what you want to do in Japanese whatever that is.
I am totally guilty of perfectionism, but I also think a lot depends on what your goals are. For example for me talking in Japanese is not my main goal, in fact, I'm more interested in being able to read manga and harder stuff, since I love kanjis and I enjoy learning them, I also enjoy writing them in the right order of strokes. As for talking, I probably only care about being able to say basic stuff to visit the place and enjoy my visit a bit more. Although I'm lucky cuz one of my bff has been living in Tokyo for 7 years already. So I potentially could practice talking with her, but I feel like I'd rather being able to message and write snail mail lol. But I really like the method of repetition for this language in particular.
Is there a specific Anki deck you used for your vocab words? I’ve been using, mass immersion approach to learn Japanese (for about 5-6 years on/off as a side hobby). I learned a ton of kanji and grammar which helped me, but I didn’t have time to do things like sentence mining/ card creating, making things like understanding vocabulary and sentences complicated. I do agree that the bulk of the learning is probably acquired through vocab, at the moment I just use my Japanese really just to read manga although still somewhat difficult, but when I went to Japan earlier this year my Japanese wasn’t to my expectations for someone who studied (even on/off) for quite some time. I definitely think that vocab for me is my missing piece that can boost my progression.
I mean, all you had to know to keep yourself from saying something as bogus as "learning kanji isn't important" is that most Japanese literature uses mostly Kanji. Still though, I appreciate you putting your own experience out there and I love the videos.
Goal dependent, It’s still pretty useless after the basics ones if someone’s goal is like mine, that I’ll probably never change my opinion on. But basics Kanji, yeah, that I am open to change just due to evidence. People seem to attach their self worth to Kanji though so they feel attacked when I say it won’t help you that much with listening and speaking in the long run. But it’s just truth.
Great vid ı just relize ı made a longass commet before ı wantes to ask how many words did you learn in avarege day in that 6 months and should ı use aniki
Just need a bit of advice, please. If you had two hours a day for study what would your timetable look like? Also would 2 hours a day enough for your style of learning?
2 hours a day is more than enough. I’d do vocab until I feel my brain checking out. Then take a break. Repeat each day until you reach 2000 minimum. (watch video 1 of this), And then I would split 1 hour of vocab with 0.5 hours of content in Japanese. Street Interviews, Variety Shows on YT, etc. And 0.5 hours of deliberate sentence practice about your relevant topics. You can get to 2K within a few weeks with the time you have. Pretty much do variations of that until you can understand everything and speak in the sentences you’d like.
@@vaughngene Yeah! This is the kind of info I like. A process blueprint that I can try out and then adapt to my learning style. Thank @vjvj85 for the great question. And thank you @vaughngene for "The Process Blueprint" ٩( ᐛ )و
For practicing with repetition, do you mean repetition of recalling the target language sentence after receiving a cue in your native language or repetition of reciting the target language sentence with the translation at the side for reference?
Yeah you can look at it in your native language and try to say it in the target one, I did this a lot. You can even generate a list of random sentences with ChatGPT (maybe even ask it to use certain vocab words), and then try to say those sentences in the target language. It’s going to help you start speaking from “ideas” rather than translating in your head.
When making sentences, do you tend to stick with either plain or polite forms? Or mix it up? I'm just wondering if you mix it up, would you end up memorising a certain way of saying something, so in conversation, could end up randomly switching politeness levels? I can see how gathering a few hundred sentences, relevant to your life and things you want to say, would be beneficial. It's like giving yourself a personal database of stuff to draw from.
Good question, I actually do both! I’ll bring that up in the next video. You can ask ChatGPT to give you all forms formal, neutral, casual, very casual, etc.
with your pinned comment, how do i download the decks i only have word, a music player and word pad so i can't fully see :( also amazing video im even more motivated
Oh yeah absolutely, I really noticed this when I started watching Ted Talks and podcasts, in Japanese. I was able to follow along with complex topics well. It was eye opening for me. TTS apps have pitch accent these days too so the robotic voice actually transfers to real life quickly. And then you cover gaps by doing active listening on real content. Like street interviews and podcasts, where speech is far more laid back. But when you can speak and understand complex things, the rest of the languages is quite basic.
So, question. Is looking up words while i listen to them / read them good for me? I heard its not reccommended, that you should sorta just let the words sink in? Genuine question.
You should definitely look them up and REALLY analyze how it works in the sentences! Passive “let it soak in” will never actually make it subconscious when you want to use it. Deliberate focus on it when you need it will make it stick.
Lmao it does not take 3 weeks to learn conversational anything. I was with you until that. It’s literally not possible because you just won’t have the vocab knowledge, period. The rest of this is true, especially the test stuff. People with the high levels can’t always speak for real and people who can’t pass can be conversational.
You only need like 300 vocab words, if that, to survive in Japan. You can do that in a week, the rest is just learning basics. I’m not saying conversational fluency like hanging out with someone in Japanese. (Though you can do that fast with my method and Mikel’s). I’m talking about just freely living in the country.
@@vaughngene i agree you can learn 300 vocab words in 20 days or so. But in my experience, that will not get you far as far as talking to people or understanding. Obviously like you said everybody’s experiences will be different. I didn’t feel conversational in Korean until i had around 3,000 words in my bank. But I agree with everything else you’ve been saying
I feel like I’d only do it to prove doubters wrong, which I have zero inclination to. However if a popular channel or something wants to interview I’m down 1000%. That’s too easy 👌
@@vaughngene not a hater. I'm a Japanese learner and a guitarist also. I just know that speaking to yourself is a lot easier than speaking to people when they speak at you full pelt with all the slang. Just interested to see how good you are. Probs better than me I often miss what people say
@@hendrixybeethoven8826 I got you, People say that because they don’t do deliberate practice, Street Japanese is actually FAR easier than speaking the way I do. The false narrative comes from people who fail to do active listening. I’ll cover that on this channel someday. In 3 months, I can teach you to understand street interviews, chill podcasts, stuff like ‘Takashi From Japan’, and all that. Basic vocabulary and grammar is all you need, and listening practice.
Does anyone know a anki (or simmilar) deck for core japanese, like the core 1,2 or 6k decks with hiragana instead of kanji or at least furigana in the front? This is the single reason, that keeps me from using these decks. The decks are done really well, but i'm currently not interested in learning the kanji. Thanks for the video, it really helps!
Once again, right on the money. Everything you've said are things ive discovered for myself when learning Japanese. (still learning) People obsess over the littlest things so much that it slows their learning process greatly. And they also spread the weirdest misconceptions and myths to: Ive heard people say " don't learn Japanese by watching anime, or else you'll end up talking like a Jojo character and Japanese people will look at you weird because you said " Nani " when Japanese people don't use that word typically. " Ive heard people say " don't learn vocab words using a female narrator voice or else you might starting pronouncing your words too feminine or sound too robotic when pronouncing some words. It will take a long time to undo. " (For some reason I dont think these people actually speak Japanese) Now people are missing the point of your first video and assuming things you didn't actually say. Most people lack critical thinking and discernment, its weird. Im still hammering in that sentences/common phrases + thousands of vocab words + basic sentence structure and grammar. Good video.
Yeah the critical thinking skills are lacking in a lot of the detractors sadly. But again, they really don’t bother me, I had, and still have a ton of fun with the language and they don’t. And yeah learning from those things you said, I think that’s false info that just seems to echo on reddit and such all from people who don’t speak it. But on the street in Japan 98% of the Japanese you here is straight from Anime Lol. So idk why people even bring that up. It’s always been strange to me. Even at work, my coworkers were extremely casual.
I learned pretty quickly how toxic the online Japanese learning community can be, and I wish my level of 'unhinged' was as calm as yours! I was going to ask if you could do a video about how you use chat gpt but it seems you're on it, Da? ありがとうございます！
A lot of these kids are just naive since they have never been to the country so I can’t be too mean, But yeah it’s an echo chamber of people who have never actually been to the country. And yeah I’ll be working on ChatGPT stuff soon enough 👌
The ever changing pinned comment.
1. Anki Decks
www.reddit.com/r/LearnJapanese/s/mIAthqHJIf
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I like this one a lot.
It also has pitch accent and kanji so the dudes with the blocks won’t show up to your house to critique your practice.
Please may you make a video on how to get started with anki and use this deck. Thank you
Woah... Thanks so much !!
Oh baby here we go, recent sub based off your last video and perused your other ones as well. Vibing with your content, thanks for putting yourself on here man. It’s a great way to perpetuate this journey a lot of us are on
Aye 🙌 glad it’s helping.
I’m Japanese.
I have been learning English for about 4 months so I understand your Japanese skills is so fascinating.
I want to become like you.
This is first comment to use English on my experience.
I think my sentence is so wrong but I wont convert you about my feelings and thoughts.
I have subscribed your channel.
See you again from Japan.
There are certain mistakes, but for someone who's been studying a new language for 4 months, you're doing great! It's alright even if you make mistakes sometimes. がんばて!
Keep up the good work, we're all gonna make our language dreams come true. Don't stop.
Keep working hard and communicating, you'll get there!
Yo, I discovered you on the last video and told my wife ‘YO, there’s a black dude in Japan speaking fluent Japanese!!”. 😃 Really inspired me on my journey learning the language and learned alternative ways to push the envelope to learn a little faster without living in Japan (Live in Los Angeles). Like others who have said, I just started learning Kanji myself and find it fun actually because I loved those old Akira Kurosawa (7 Samurai, Red Beard, The Bodyguard, etc) films and some other director’s films like Shogun’s Shadow has signs in the background in old Kanji (for example: oil) that I thought was cool to be able to read off the screen. My point: we all have different motivations for learning things and it can sometimes take you into different directions than the inspirational source. Your videos are motivational and should be looked at as such. Fuck the Haters!! Keep the videos coming! Maybe later, take walks around the area and show us, who are not there, what life is like there from YOUR perspective!! Do you follow Baseball there? How does some of the people there respond to a heavily tattooed Black Dude from America on the street? Just ideas
Aye 🙌, glad I can inspire a bit.
Yeah once I move back, I’d love to do some vlog type stuff here and there.
Hopefully I run into Takashi From Japan too.
He hangs around the area that my friends and I used to be at every weekend Lol.
That would be a fun podcast/interview!
Overall it was a blast! Like no issues. I’m excited to move back honestly.
The most respectful part of your method is that you found your own way and sharing it with other Japanese leaners. I think that's cool. Also I'm looking forward to see your guitar lesson videos in the future, too.
Thank you, I want people to combine my methods with their own for best results.
And yeah for sure! “Fretboard Fluency” is another language in a sense Lol.
Really glad to discover your channel. I wanted to resume my Japanese learning and your previous video literally made it fun to start again! Thanks man! Instantly subbed
Part 1 motivated me so much so I just started learning vocabulary yesterday! Thank you for your different approach to learning Japanese!
Happy to help! I want subconscious language use to be mainstream someday! 🙌
Man, I truly enjoyed this video and the last! As a black man myself I’m inspired by your journey! I recently moved to Japan this year and most of the things you have claimed and stated, as far as study and what’s important, I also agree. This is my first year in Japan and I passed N3 and planing on taking N2. I have a great japanese reading mind but when it came to speaking I was still struggling until I started targeting gaps in my knowledge and what I find myself talking about the most. The language test is broad and if you study for the test you will be good for the test over real life. I actively use chatGPT for my studies too! Thanks for your videos! And keep being great!
thank you, and it's good you found this! yeah those knowledge gaps eventually will turn into fluency.
It's really all about just tackling each one as it comes up. But like you said, starting with what is most relevant right away.
No need for apologies. I think you hit right on the mark when you mentioned there are a lot of people in Japan who struggle to have a regular conversation.
Yeah the number was truly astounding. Always the same type too. “I have a good accent, I have N1, I know x amount of Kanji, look how cool I am”
But when I saw people who just spoke and connected with Natives, even with an accent,
And had the time of their life in Japan, that was all I really needed to see.
& Sadly, There will probably be detractors here too who won’t watch the whole video, mainly the part about poor return on investment.
But as long as my point gets across to those who need it that’s all that matters.
Much rather perfect my MMA and Music skills than an accent I was not born with. Simple as that.
Damn. So based. I’ve been ‘shitty’ studying Japanese for years ( on and off), but you really motivated me to start studying a bit more consistently. Everyday is an uphill battle, but I want to be more like you in terms of getting things done that I’m passionate about. Wish me luck and Thank you so much !
The deliberate work is “hard” however since the feedback is so quick, you’ll probably find yourself able to stick to it more than the passive ways!
Love the long form content if you posted a hour long video I’m stayin
Noted! 🙌 a rambling session in Japanese sounds like a fun video.
so weird i just watched the other video and then this popped up as just posted haha. thanks for the advice i've been learning almost a year now and haven't gotten very far. i get excited and then do a bunch of studying all at once then get burnt out. i'm going to try and stay consistent this time. but if anything the info ive learned has stuck and i just need to keep adding more vocabulary.
it's not easy! stay consistent. ❤ i struggle too
My method is a bit intense, however, ironically since you see results right away, it actually helps you NOT burn out.
Because you can start to feel like you have some competency in the language.
Your videos are so motivating and keep me engaged. Thank you. I also found it very useful the vocab thing you mentioned last video. 😊
I rarely comment on RUclips but I want to say I really appreciate your advice and perspective on learning things. I was learning Japanese at a decent rate this year and ive stopped the past few months because ive been so busy and I've really been getting in my head about starting again. Even though i know all i need to do is just get moving and put the work in, I think I needed to hear it like you say it.
I'm 25 and really feel like that I am not where I could/ should be up to in my hobbies (similar to yours/ the comments of guitar, piano, coding, gym and japanese). I've managed to get a handle on the gym again and i was watching a couple of your videos on the treadmill yesterday and im going to really try to apply the 99% - 1% approach to my other hobbies I want to improve on. Hopefully I look back on this comment 6 months from now and smile knowing I've made a difference for myself.. appreciate you sharing all of this, ありがとうございます
I wish I could have a friend like you. I am grateful for every advice you shared on this channel. Wish you all best!
日本人として、日本語を学習していただけるのは非常に嬉しいです。
私は今英語を学んでいますが、いかんせん義務教育からの日本語発音が抜けないままでいるので、私なりに最適な発音ができるように楽しみながら続けます。
いつか会って話してみたいですね。
Found your content about 2 weeks ago, revisit your videos regularly now. Viet American and have basics from just talking and growing up but still far from fluent. Have been applying everything in your videos and feel like I’m sky rocketing in my Vietnamese learning. ChatGPT is HUGE, and Google translate for pronunciation.
Love your content, big fan. Ty for your videos!
I came across one of your earlier videos about a month ago (or maybe it was your shorts first I forget) but I just wanted to say I really appreciate what you said about filtering out all the crap I see from the detractors. It did bother me as a beginner since I'm constantly questioning my methods so those comments always had me doubting which method was the way to go. I’ve been leveraging ChatGPT a ton and I love your ideas on using it for practicing sentences and all. After watching some of your older videos I've been actively immersing instead of passively immersing and I'm picking up so many grammar points and words along the way it's so much fun! You’re a huge role model for me and my little brother (we're 25 and 20 years old) as I’ve just started picking up piano and my little brother is picking up guitar because of your videos and seeing what you've been able to accomplish! He’s also learning Japanese and we hope to go there in 2026 to hopefully be able to speak and hang with some native speakers! Keep up the great work man I’m here for it!
Man that’s really awesome to hear 🙏, kudos to you both.
And yeah idk if people will believe me but I quite often ran into them in Tokyo.
Bragging about their Kanji, accent etc.
And can barely get past “what’s your hobbies?”.
It’s commenters personified really.
People who are ACTUALLY fluent, are not running around judging other people’s language abilities like that.
Just the people I referenced in the pictures Lol
That was a pretty convincing British accent 😂👍
Thank you Lol, one of my close friends in Japan is from the UK so I’ve had a lot of input 😂
Consistency and Motivation, motivation is when you want to do something... Consistency is when you have to do something whether you like or not, Good video!
Seeing the pay off quickly is motivating too. 👌. My method is deliberate but oddly easier than the slow methods. Because the feedback is quick.
i agree with you about delay knowing Kanji, it's actually mentioned before in one of other youtube channels I watched and it makes sense. Your method resembles little kids learning how to speak and it's the natural way of doing it. I'm just starting out @ 40 yo so this is going to be a bit of a challenge but it'll be fun.
Yeah after the basics it just slows you down 100%
But I think it can have its place in the very beginning like I mentioned.
I just see SO many people get caught up in it and at that point it’s just a sunken cost.
Hello @Vaughngene your videos encourage me to learn Japanese I’m currently looking into Sanskrit. This will be on my goal list even if it’s a couple years from now keep making these encouraging videos. Those people made me annoyed when I seen comments about your pitch it didn’t discourage because I appreciate your videos so much that’s why I was sooo annoyed. I’m making my curriculum this is because of you! I was so lost on RUclips with information overload now I’m seeing what it is everything you explain on the last video about having so many interest helped me and I am feeling motivated Thanks so much 🙏🏾
Oh yeah rest assured that’s an EXTREME minority, and it’s only in Japanese for some reason.
In real life they often cannot complete a thought out loud. I’ve seen it too many times Lol.
WAY too many times.
And my accent actually isn’t bad. I had plenty of clients reaching out to me in Japan wanting to work with me due to the way I spoke.
So it’s good you ignore the trolls. Anything below “Native Speaker” is bad to them but they can’t even use the language freely.
I’m glad I made this video though because I don’t want them affecting you all. 👌
Also glad the content helps! I’ll have more to add to that later!
i was just watching one of your other videos on how to handle multiple interests and as im doing my japanese course this comes up on my recommended just now! im so glad i found you and can hopefully accomplish more in life cause of it
You’re 28 bro? Wow you seem so damn accomplished being so young
No I’ll be 32 soon. I came back to America 3 years ago Lol.
@@vaughngene Ahh you’re still killing it man. Enjoy seeing your channel grow
You're a legend, brother. May the Lord bless you greatly for sharing all your advice! 🙏
Thank you! 🙏, and God bless you too!
These videos are so amazing, enough said. ありがとう！
Your videos are super helpful man
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Bro, your channel is awesome. Really loving your content!
Hello again 👋 I am learning English from your sophisticated talk 😃 I have been in the US for a long but I don’t think I can speak my mind out like you do in Japanese. I learned Spanish in Spain and yeah, I was pretty fluent after 6 months, but now English took over. Well well, I will be here often from now on 🙌
Thank you! It’s funny because I end up speaking Japanese the same way Lol. Even in very casual environments.
And that’s awesome! So you already know what it takes it seems. Well done! 🙌
Bros the goat, bless you g🙏💪
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Thank you for another insightful video. I know a lot of people who suggest self talk as a way to improve, I'll be honest, I have a lot of trouble with that.
I'm going to take your advice and record myself, once I get over the initial discomfort, I'm sure I'll see improvements. Creating tangible and undeniable proof of progress gets me excited just thinking about it.
Thanks again for providing even more helpful and practical steps to put into action. Looking forward to your next video.
Yeah it’s uncomfortable at first for sure, but just keep in mind, it’s better to deal with that on your own than when you are with Native Speakers.
Mistakes are unavoidable of course but it makes the experience FAR more enjoyable when you get all the stress out of the way alone.
I'm from Japan and love your way of speaking Japanese.
Me watching this to learn English BTW. Thanks for sharing valuable tips.
Thank you! 🙏 And I’m glad I can help you learn English.
Outstanding channel and advice! Very inspiring! Would be cool for you to post what you are doing to learn Spanish...might inspire people to jump onboard and do it along with you.
I can log what I do for sure yeah! Maybe not record everything but make a video about what I did each week or so!
Bro between you and Mikel, I think you guys have put me on the right track. I've been studying Japanese for about 2 years now and made some good progress, but I am one of those dumbasses that is always looking for "a better way, an easier way" and I fall into the passive immersion trap thinking it'll automatically solve all issues... But the reality is and always has been that I want to learn Japanese specifically to speak it, not to consume Japanese content, but to use it and speak to Japanese friends.
So the constant speaking practice, banging out the reps, and blasting tons of vocabulary through sheer hard work is actually a breath of fresh air... Even though it sounds like a heck of a lot of work 😂 I think I embrace the idea of hard work yielding results (powerlifting and calisthenics background!) so I'm all for this.
Just a few days of doing this practice has already yielded some great results for me. Thank you both for the encouragement and direction I needed. I think this is going to make the biggest impact on my Japanese journey thus far 🙏 May the Lord bless you for your work brother!
Do you use anki?
Thank you , I appreciate your video . I started my Japanese learning journey few months ago🙂 🇯🇵
Awesome 頑張ってね 👍
Dear sir, your video just popped up on my feed, so I decided to check it out, and I acknowledge your command of the language. 👍🏽
Thank you!, what I say takes a lot of work but the feedback is so quick that it's actually more motivating than the slow methods.
Thank you for sharing your experience. For me kanji is rather important because I want to read Japanese books, RUclips subs, etc. Anki is super useful for that, I think. So my priority is listening > reading > speaking.
Man you're so inspiring
For the readers in the comments, a lot of the same core values here work on a reading focused learning approach. Implementing the repetition and AI leverage makes its difference.
You could even mix the methods if you have sentence cards. "Personalized chosen sentences from your specific reading" is a perfect candidate for dropping into an AI voice reading thing, and repeating the sentences over and over again out loud. These will feed right back into the thing you're currently reading. Repeat the sentence and first target full perfect comprehension and then speed. While reading the same sentence over and over again quickly is really easy, it primes your brain for those same common patterns and creates this same "fluency bubble" for the written word, and when you see the phrase in reading, you can basically glance over it without thinking. I think the common example for this is なければならない。After the 1000th look, you don't need to read all that. Do some deliberate practice and knock that out early.
Your vids are motivating. Going to pick up my slack on learning japanese with your tips. Need to do more active listening.
🙌 active listening is an amazing way to level up.
Combine formal content with stuff like street Japanese and street interviews and you’ll understand just about everything no problem.
The great thing about this process (of building up your own sort of database of sentences using highly relevant vocab and grammar variations through sentence-building) is that, if you decide to build up that database in your native language first, then go to AI or a hired translator or tutor or whatever for the translations, you can basically use that EXACT same database to learn another language, then another, then another.
It's not going to take ~6 months down to 2 months or anything, but for many people, the process of coming up with what in the world they even want or need to say is going to be a pretty time-intensive process, especially if you have relied exclusively on conversation topics that textbooks have told you you need.
Or maybe it's just me who, as a screenwriter, places far too much pressure on "good" dialogue hahaha
Exactly! It’s kind of plug and play at that point, and like you said, you only have to do the groundwork once.
That’s a REALLY REALLY good point.
I think it would knock off a month for sure.
Banger dropped
جيد جدا، أريد اتكلم المزيد الفصحى العربية، طيب ✊
(Read right to left)
The “translate to English button” seems to works well.
You got it 👌, and thank you!
@@vaughngene keep doing what you're doing bro
great vid! it would be cool to also see piano videos where you summarize and explain how you went to learn it and achieve your level (im personally trying to reach improvisation level)
I'm looking forward for the next video about chat gpt tips !
I’ve wasted so much time learning kanji, I’m excited to learn just vocab and see how that helps. Since I’ve started learning to write kanji, I’ll stick with it a bit, but I really want to be able to speak to my coworkers
Wow, that was a great British impression!
Meh love the kindness we give
🙌
If you use sites to learn to hear pitch accent, it's like night and day. Then when you hear words you can naturally imitate them over the years. The key is to be able to hear pitch accent not memorise every single words accent.
As a Korean learner who works exclusively with Korean immigrants, I have to say you are absolutely right that native speakers are SUPER forgiving when it comes to accent.
Of course you will always amaze native speakers if you can break out a native sounding accent but honestly, that's just an added bonus.
They are just so impressed of a foreigner learning their language and give respect to the fact that YOURE NOT NATIVE. They know no matter how much you study you will never be native. So they don't CARE if you're pronunciation is off a little bit.
The only exception is making sure you're not slightly mispronouncing things and turning them into swears.
Sinbal vs ssibal in Korean for example. You wouldn't want to step in ssibal and get it all over your sinbal while walking 👀
Exactly! And yeah even in those rare cases it’s still not that bad. Context overrules everything.
I just want to make sure the perfectionism doesn’t hold people back.
Because it truly doesn’t matter.
Just let when someone speaks English with an accent, we don’t criticize them.
I am a perfectionist and therefore diligently practing perfecting my pitch and manurisms to becoming as much Japanese as a possible. But always remember "perfect is the enemy of the good" it's good to have high goals, but don't feel too pressured to be perfect.
If you can find a healthy balance that’s fine.
Just never let it hold you back from actually using it 👌.
Sounds like you have it down though.
Regarding Japanese, I studied N5 grammar and have an okay vocab, but to speak quickly I can't do much other than point out and ask "Kore wa nan desu ka" and answer "Sore wa isu desu" or other simple sentences like "Ringo tabetai". I want to learn better and quickly since I will move to Japan next year. I will use the sentences/repetitition method and perhaps I can edit this comment with updates.
Excited to know more about your Spanish journey!
P.S.: I do know hiragana, katakana and some kanji, just don't have the input method installed to type it here.
This guy needs a nerf. Too talented in many ways. I applaud your hard work
I love your takes bro, I feel like I landed on a gold mine finding your channel im not trying to glaze but I REALLY hope it takes off because your a genuine guy helping people be more productive and accomplishing their goals. I was also in the military and went to okinawa japan but now that I went I find myself plotting on ways to get back to live (but in mainland maybe kanto region) and I feel like my only option would be to try to get into temple. i’m currently learning japanese and ironically enough i’m also studying software development. do you think you could give me some insight on going to uni in japan. my dad swears if I up and leave again at 27 i won’t have a pot to pee in surviving just off the GI bill but if I don’t go I will feel like I let myself down for not pursuing my dreams.
@@yogenthedrifter3889 much appreciated bro 🙏, I’d say go for it! I actually went to Temple funny enough Lol. Got my Psychology degree there. That’s where I met my closest friends too.
If anything, it’s worth going to school there to see if you like mainland.
If you are feeling lead to do that I say 100% go for it.
It significantly changed my life. Not the school but just living in the country non-military.
Other people are just naive so don’t let them deter you.
@@yogenthedrifter3889 and if you keep up your self-studies on software, (and appeal to what Japan need) you can get a job right out of school.
My buddy who studied art at Temple, got a software job at Rakuten after graduating. All self-taught. 👌
I’ve really been thinking about making big changes in my life. The thought of moving to Japan has crossed my mind, but I just never saw it as something realistic. I can remember visiting a few years ago and just loving my experience. Living somewhere vs visiting that place are two very different things. I’ve seen some videos on pros/cons and surprises already, but I’m curious about what you’ve personally experienced. What would you caution (or praise)? I ask because you’re a real one. Keep up the good work!!
I had like 2 bad experiences in 10 years of living there. And they were both drunk people Lol.
Absolutely wonderful place overall.
Has its strange sides like any country, but Even as a heavily tattooed foreigner it was amazing.
But I believe learning Japanese was a big part of it.
Many people treated me like family because they saw the effort. Was definitely life changing.
What do you think about textbooks? They essentially cover most of what you are talking about, in a way. Each unit has vocab that you are supposed to learn along with dialog that you should be able to understand by the end of the unit. I'm still very much a beginner, and I'd love hear your opinion.
Force your textbooks to align with video one of this series and you’ll be fine.
But in general textbooks are trash otherwise.
Skip grammar (apart from basics) and writing and all that goofy stuff.
Focus on Vocab and sentences.
However you will want to find a way to get that on the computer and listen to it with a text to speech function.
I used to use my phone to take a picture of sentences on paper, right in the Google translate app,
And it can read it right there when you press the speaker button.
Tedious work but useful 👌
@@vaughngene That sounds great, thank you!
6 months is realy crazy most ı started learning japanese after your last video and as ı watched other videos ı got lost in the sea of infirmation but this video cleared many things for me , and how many vocab words do ı learn in a day because some channels say 6 or 10 is enoug and if ı over learn ı would burnout but 6 words a day would take years man. Also do you have any ideas about aniki is it usefull
Anki is wonderful yeah! Just make mnemonic associations for each word. I pins a good deck in my comment.
And as many as you can.
20, 50, 100, go until you crash out mentally.
You’ll actually feel good.
And then get back on it the next day. 👌
私は考える、ギターすごいですね 🎉🎉🎉😮😊😊😊😊
ありがとうございます！ 🔥 🔥
どういたしまして😆👍️➰😊😊
私はギタリスタ ですね
Yeah, it does depend on your goals. Personally I'm not that interested in speaking fluently, I just want to read stuff that I'm interested in and kanji interests me so I like learning kanji and don't have speaking ability. You just have to learn enough to do what you want to do in Japanese whatever that is.
I am totally guilty of perfectionism, but I also think a lot depends on what your goals are. For example for me talking in Japanese is not my main goal, in fact, I'm more interested in being able to read manga and harder stuff, since I love kanjis and I enjoy learning them, I also enjoy writing them in the right order of strokes. As for talking, I probably only care about being able to say basic stuff to visit the place and enjoy my visit a bit more. Although I'm lucky cuz one of my bff has been living in Tokyo for 7 years already. So I potentially could practice talking with her, but I feel like I'd rather being able to message and write snail mail lol. But I really like the method of repetition for this language in particular.
Yeah definitely cater it towards what you need it for. My main idea I want to push across to people is that it's an active effort. 🙌
Is there a specific Anki deck you used for your vocab words? I’ve been using, mass immersion approach to learn Japanese (for about 5-6 years on/off as a side hobby). I learned a ton of kanji and grammar which helped me, but I didn’t have time to do things like sentence mining/ card creating, making things like understanding vocabulary and sentences complicated. I do agree that the bulk of the learning is probably acquired through vocab, at the moment I just use my Japanese really just to read manga although still somewhat difficult, but when I went to Japan earlier this year my Japanese wasn’t to my expectations for someone who studied (even on/off) for quite some time. I definitely think that vocab for me is my missing piece that can boost my progression.
www.reddit.com/r/LearnJapanese/s/2DZZ8fEqQW
I like this one a lot!
I mean, all you had to know to keep yourself from saying something as bogus as "learning kanji isn't important" is that most Japanese literature uses mostly Kanji. Still though, I appreciate you putting your own experience out there and I love the videos.
Goal dependent, It’s still pretty useless after the basics ones if someone’s goal is like mine,
that I’ll probably never change my opinion on.
But basics Kanji, yeah, that I am open to change just due to evidence.
People seem to attach their self worth to Kanji though so they feel attacked when I say it won’t help you that much with listening and speaking in the long run. But it’s just truth.
Great video, great advice.
Thank you 💪
(And to anyone else reading this comment. THIS is the guy you want to listen to for languages.
He knows what he’s talking about 👌 )
Great vid ı just relize ı made a longass commet before ı wantes to ask how many words did you learn in avarege day in that 6 months and should ı use aniki
I was maxing out, around 50-100 depending on the day.
But some days more than that, somedays less.
Just need a bit of advice, please. If you had two hours a day for study what would your timetable look like? Also would 2 hours a day enough for your style of learning?
2 hours a day is more than enough.
I’d do vocab until I feel my brain checking out. Then take a break.
Repeat each day until you reach 2000 minimum. (watch video 1 of this),
And then I would split 1 hour of vocab with 0.5 hours of content in Japanese.
Street Interviews, Variety Shows on YT, etc.
And 0.5 hours of deliberate sentence practice about your relevant topics.
You can get to 2K within a few weeks with the time you have.
Pretty much do variations of that until you can understand everything and speak in the sentences you’d like.
@@vaughngene Yeah! This is the kind of info I like. A process blueprint that I can try out and then adapt to my learning style. Thank @vjvj85 for the great question. And thank you @vaughngene for "The Process Blueprint" ٩( ᐛ )و
Thank you @@vaughngene
お気に入りになりました、ギターはいつ弾いてくれますか？🎉
ありがとうございます！次の動画の最後に、ギターソロを即興で弾くかもしれません。 🙌
For practicing with repetition, do you mean repetition of recalling the target language sentence after receiving a cue in your native language or repetition of reciting the target language sentence with the translation at the side for reference?
Yeah you can look at it in your native language and try to say it in the target one,
I did this a lot.
You can even generate a list of random sentences with ChatGPT (maybe even ask it to use certain vocab words), and then try to say those sentences in the target language.
It’s going to help you start speaking from “ideas” rather than translating in your head.
When making sentences, do you tend to stick with either plain or polite forms? Or mix it up? I'm just wondering if you mix it up, would you end up memorising a certain way of saying something, so in conversation, could end up randomly switching politeness levels?
I can see how gathering a few hundred sentences, relevant to your life and things you want to say, would be beneficial. It's like giving yourself a personal database of stuff to draw from.
Good question, I actually do both!
I’ll bring that up in the next video.
You can ask ChatGPT to give you all forms formal, neutral, casual, very casual, etc.
But eventually you will sort out the correct forms naturally. It’s a process you’ll have to trust.
Thanks for the reply. I'm looking forward to the next one!
Can you use this for any language?
@@raj8294 yes absolutely! 👌
with your pinned comment, how do i download the decks i only have word, a music player and word pad so i can't fully see :( also amazing video im even more motivated
apps.ankiweb.net
You have to download Anki first.
And this program opens up those files.
Did you experience that as more sentences you were learning to output the more you understood what people said to you?
Oh yeah absolutely, I really noticed this when I started watching Ted Talks and podcasts, in Japanese.
I was able to follow along with complex topics well.
It was eye opening for me.
TTS apps have pitch accent these days too so the robotic voice actually transfers to real life quickly.
And then you cover gaps by doing active listening on real content. Like street interviews and podcasts, where speech is far more laid back.
But when you can speak and understand complex things, the rest of the languages is quite basic.
And even at work in Japan, it the same way. No matter the accent too.
So, question. Is looking up words while i listen to them / read them good for me? I heard its not reccommended, that you should sorta just let the words sink in? Genuine question.
You should definitely look them up and REALLY analyze how it works in the sentences!
Passive “let it soak in” will never actually make it subconscious when you want to use it.
Deliberate focus on it when you need it will make it stick.
Hey, that guy with the blocks looks a lot like me.
Lol it’s never too late to clean up 😂
😂😂😂😂😂
Noice
Lmao it does not take 3 weeks to learn conversational anything. I was with you until that. It’s literally not possible because you just won’t have the vocab knowledge, period. The rest of this is true, especially the test stuff. People with the high levels can’t always speak for real and people who can’t pass can be conversational.
You only need like 300 vocab words, if that, to survive in Japan.
You can do that in a week, the rest is just learning basics.
I’m not saying conversational fluency like hanging out with someone in Japanese. (Though you can do that fast with my method and Mikel’s).
I’m talking about just freely living in the country.
@@vaughngene i agree you can learn 300 vocab words in 20 days or so. But in my experience, that will not get you far as far as talking to people or understanding. Obviously like you said everybody’s experiences will be different. I didn’t feel conversational in Korean until i had around 3,000 words in my bank. But I agree with everything else you’ve been saying
Why don't you upload a video of yourself talking with Japanese people...
I feel like I’d only do it to prove doubters wrong, which I have zero inclination to.
However if a popular channel or something wants to interview I’m down 1000%. That’s too easy 👌
@@vaughngene not a hater. I'm a Japanese learner and a guitarist also. I just know that speaking to yourself is a lot easier than speaking to people when they speak at you full pelt with all the slang. Just interested to see how good you are. Probs better than me I often miss what people say
@@hendrixybeethoven8826 I got you,
People say that because they don’t do deliberate practice,
Street Japanese is actually FAR easier than speaking the way I do.
The false narrative comes from people who fail to do active listening.
I’ll cover that on this channel someday.
In 3 months, I can teach you to understand street interviews, chill podcasts, stuff like ‘Takashi From Japan’, and all that.
Basic vocabulary and grammar is all you need, and listening practice.
Does anyone know a anki (or simmilar) deck for core japanese, like the core 1,2 or 6k decks with hiragana instead of kanji or at least furigana in the front? This is the single reason, that keeps me from using these decks. The decks are done really well, but i'm currently not interested in learning the kanji.
Thanks for the video, it really helps!
Nevermind, i just learned, that you can edit the template, so i've put the furigana version in the front.
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Once again, right on the money. Everything you've said are things ive discovered for myself when learning Japanese. (still learning)
People obsess over the littlest things so much that it slows their learning process greatly. And they also spread the weirdest misconceptions and myths to:
Ive heard people say " don't learn Japanese by watching anime, or else you'll end up talking like a Jojo character and Japanese people will look at you weird because you said " Nani " when Japanese people don't use that word typically. "
Ive heard people say " don't learn vocab words using a female narrator voice or else you might starting pronouncing your words too feminine or sound too robotic when pronouncing some words. It will take a long time to undo. " (For some reason I dont think these people actually speak Japanese)
Now people are missing the point of your first video and assuming things you didn't actually say. Most people lack critical thinking and discernment, its weird.
Im still hammering in that sentences/common phrases + thousands of vocab words + basic sentence structure and grammar. Good video.
Yeah the critical thinking skills are lacking in a lot of the detractors sadly.
But again, they really don’t bother me, I had, and still have a ton of fun with the language and they don’t.
And yeah learning from those things you said, I think that’s false info that just seems to echo on reddit and such all from people who don’t speak it.
But on the street in Japan 98% of the Japanese you here is straight from Anime Lol. So idk why people even bring that up.
It’s always been strange to me.
Even at work, my coworkers were extremely casual.
And yeah in general, the one firing the most shots typically does not have success in that field.
I learned pretty quickly how toxic the online Japanese learning community can be, and I wish my level of 'unhinged' was as calm as yours! I was going to ask if you could do a video about how you use chat gpt but it seems you're on it, Da? ありがとうございます！
A lot of these kids are just naive since they have never been to the country so I can’t be too mean,
But yeah it’s an echo chamber of people who have never actually been to the country.
And yeah I’ll be working on ChatGPT stuff soon enough 👌
21:16 Omg, not pls 🥺😭