Japanese Kanji Book that could change your Life | 2500 Most Important Kanji

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  • @-LightSmit
    @-LightSmit  4 года назад +82

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    • @mikethelie-buster7491
      @mikethelie-buster7491 4 года назад +2

      Can you please share the isbn for this book ???

    • @maxistothemax940
      @maxistothemax940 4 года назад +1

      Thankyouthankyouthankyou. I needed this!

    • @shigehirotsuzuki4895
      @shigehirotsuzuki4895 3 года назад

      I downloaded an Application in google play called Kanji Study. I paid full version. around 25 dollars. I enjoyed it now I'm able to read kanji about 80 percent. It also teaches you how to used kanji vocubulary words. With Sentence from english to japanese translation. By the way this application has 9000 kanji.

  • @andrianluviano2804
    @andrianluviano2804 4 года назад +6965

    Me: remembering kanji
    My brain: の

    • @emifalcon3d
      @emifalcon3d 4 года назад +171

      Watashi mo!! XDDD

    • @lailajanah9458
      @lailajanah9458 4 года назад +61

      Good one 😂

    • @saggycumsack
      @saggycumsack 4 года назад +36

      Fat mood

    • @sarphic
      @sarphic 4 года назад +26

      I don't even know what is that word mean....

    • @saggycumsack
      @saggycumsack 4 года назад +232

      @@sarphic の means no. Its a pun lol. For no in japanese we usually say いいえ(iie) but this の is a hiragana.

  • @regieolarte5272
    @regieolarte5272 4 года назад +4582

    I spend 30-45 minutes everyday for 7months learning Kanji and Japanese grammars, I can read and write around 350 now

    • @Ray-yl7pq
      @Ray-yl7pq 4 года назад +136

      継続は力なり。

    • @URfavoriteTatorTot
      @URfavoriteTatorTot 4 года назад +78

      スゴイ(^o^)

    • @regieolarte5272
      @regieolarte5272 4 года назад +71

      @@Ray-yl7pq はい、それは本当だ、毎日勉強することが重要です

    • @regieolarte5272
      @regieolarte5272 4 года назад +56

      @@URfavoriteTatorTot ありがとうございます ^__^

    • @regieolarte5272
      @regieolarte5272 4 года назад +214

      I'm a Filipino student, both English and Japanese is not native to me, I only studied English at school just to pass my current grade level, on the other hand I only learned Nihonggo while watching anime and some old often outdated Japanese guide books usually in Romaji which is often not that helpful when it comes to learning japanese and all of that happened in about 10 years. But guess what I didn't learned anything. But as I studied nihonggo intently and often laboriously for 7 continuous months with some help from my Japanese girlfriend, I was able to grasp it much better being able to, perfect Grade 1 and 2 Kanji list which is around 300 and also passing the JLPT N5, I didn't shared this just to brag about my achievements, I just want to let people out there know that, no matter how difficult it looks like to learn Japanese, it is doable if you put time and dedication to it.

  • @daikoku1304
    @daikoku1304 3 года назад +2230

    Imagine being hyped in learning Japanese until you realize Kanji exists..

    • @amandaj.3459
      @amandaj.3459 3 года назад +101

      I actually like kanji :"p

    • @daikoku1304
      @daikoku1304 3 года назад +30

      Damn, good for you.

    • @Liana-ku1vb
      @Liana-ku1vb 3 года назад +75

      I think drawing kanji is just relaxing and fun. So I really like kanji.

    • @Kunsb
      @Kunsb 3 года назад +12

      Yep
      I learned japanese for more then 3 years
      And still not good at kanji

    • @victorkowalski9737
      @victorkowalski9737 3 года назад +39

      Kanji are great. They're a memory burden, for sure, but once you're into the groove, they make reading very fast.
      Now... if I had to give a weakness of kanji, i would say "typing" before the invention of digital typing. I heard that an experienced typist could reach two words a minute. Oof

  • @BlackM3sh
    @BlackM3sh 5 лет назад +1944

    0:37 let's learn how to count to ten in Japanese! "One", "two", "three", "five", "flower", "ten"! Very good! 😄

    • @-LightSmit
      @-LightSmit  5 лет назад +296

      Lol! I was waiting for someone to comment this.. I felt random and tested my pen. 🖊 :) ☕️

    • @BlackM3sh
      @BlackM3sh 5 лет назад +71

      @@-LightSmit Haha, I actually just ordered a copy myself. Thanks for the recommendation, looks like a nice book!

    • @-LightSmit
      @-LightSmit  5 лет назад +67

      どういたしまして^_^

    • @frankhooper7871
      @frankhooper7871 5 лет назад +20

      I noticed that too LOL - I know the 'flower' kanji through playing koi-koi with hanafuda cards

    • @austinwiebe3801
      @austinwiebe3801 5 лет назад +3

      Lol I noticed that too

  • @熊ちゃん-h7t
    @熊ちゃん-h7t 3 года назад +573

    Am I the only person that actually enjoys learning kanji? Spending 30 minutes to 1 hour a day writing and reviewing kanji is honestly relaxing. And by learning kanji, I feel like I’m strengthening my vocabulary. I occasionally forget vocabulary, but if I know the kanji for it, I’ll pretty much never forget it.

  • @誠ひで
    @誠ひで 3 года назад +147

    Remembering 2500 kanjis is difficult for native Japanese too. We support you.

    • @-LightSmit
      @-LightSmit  3 года назад +11

    • @TokyoXtreme
      @TokyoXtreme 3 года назад +3

      Not so difficult for people who invest a few months into Heisig’s RTK method.

    • @VVayVVard
      @VVayVVard 3 года назад +8

      @@TokyoXtreme Exactly. With the right method you can gain full mastery very fast.
      And the more you read (e.g. internet articles, books, visual novels), the faster you learn. This is equally true for native speakers and foreigners alike.

    • @suonsolida5230
      @suonsolida5230 2 года назад

      N1 only 2500kanji?sensei

  • @shershahdrimighdelih
    @shershahdrimighdelih 4 года назад +815

    "Hi I'm Light"
    *uses Light Yagami's theme song*
    I see what you did there

  • @mirikaku5811
    @mirikaku5811 4 года назад +486

    Hey guys, don’t give up! Be open minded like a child. They get excited to learn kanji as it literally opens up a new world. Consider it like ART! Because it is! And it is fun to enter into a new world surrounded by art and how they are interconnected in your everyday life. 😍 Yes, really like children who find such beauty and excitement in learning new. It’s really like open a treasure chest of new adventures. 💡🎊🔑

    • @SawantHema
      @SawantHema 4 года назад +4

      Couldn't agree more. I am so impressed with japanese.everyday I am learning something new about about Japan and their culture. It drives me to learn more. .

    • @mirikaku5811
      @mirikaku5811 4 года назад +4

      @@rena--chan hmm...what is your point? Kanji is bullshit? 😆

    • @hopperhelp1
      @hopperhelp1 3 года назад +1

      I love Kanji it’s so much fun to learn also you’re right it is art. That’s one of the things I love most about it.

    • @deleanor9665
      @deleanor9665 3 года назад +3

      @@rena--chan Hey if you're the type that doesn't get excited by new forms of expressing thought, that's okay

    • @arkhamtezcatlvii4971
      @arkhamtezcatlvii4971 3 года назад

      Beautiful comment Miri Kaku! 👏👏👍👍

  • @boyrocky6362
    @boyrocky6362 5 лет назад +1321

    A tip to learn Japanese: try to force yourself to remember at least 80% of the kanji in 1 month. You don’t need to write, don’t need to learn kun or on, just the meaning of the kanji. When you be able to recognize the kanji and you know the kanji meaning, you can know about 70-80% of the kanji words without actually know them. That’s how Chinese people learn Japanese. The only thing they know is the meaning of the kanji and they can get N2 or even N1 if they lucky after 2-3 months learning the basic of Japanese grammar.

    • @-LightSmit
      @-LightSmit  5 лет назад +147

      It works if you want to just recognize things, but pays off in the future. Thanks for sharing ✨📚

    • @madruga2112
      @madruga2112 5 лет назад +230

      I agree. Most people give up learning kanji because they try to learn EVERYTHING at once for every kanji.
      I am learning 30 kanji a day, by just memorizing the meaning. It's been 15 days, I already know 450 kanji. From these 450, usually I forget 10 of them, which I review with more frequency. I learned this method (which uses the Heisig method as well) from a website called Nihongo Shark.
      This method makes it way easier, because the reward of learning comes quicker, so you feel motivated.
      Of course you're gonna need to learn the on and kun of all the kanji later, but at that point, you will already be able to understand much more, and the learning processes of what is left becomes way easier, since you already know the meaning of all of them.
      Just think: if you memorize 30 kanji a day, only their meaning, it takes only 3 months to go through all 2500 kanji. You'll feel much more motivated, and knowing their meaning, you can study easier by reading manga, books and etc, so everything after that will be less painful to learn.

    • @Jeolmu
      @Jeolmu 5 лет назад +38

      I'm more practical oriented and learn kanjis just right when I learn vocabulary. So my flash cards look like this (Front) word in Kanji , (back) how the word is read, meaning. With that I can recognise the word when I encounter it in books.
      I also use Wanikani, which works with mnemonics, which is a great for remember kanjis even better. There's also a reverse website for it named Kaniwani, I use it to practice to write kanjis. (It asks you to write a word in Japanese and shows you the English one. So all you do on the website is type in the word in kana, so I just write the kanji on paper and check then if I wrote it right. It's a good way to practice writing.)
      I would feel just learning the meaning is too isolated. Also it feels weird if you know the meaning of a word, but can't read it. (But sure I learn now for years, so maybe your method is a faster approach I don't know.)
      How will you later learn the readings?

    • @tarikstaub3242
      @tarikstaub3242 5 лет назад +42

      80% of 2500 are 2000 Kanji. That means around 67Kanji a day? How can you achieve that without a photographic memory? Do you guys study full time?

    • @madruga2112
      @madruga2112 5 лет назад +23

      @@Jeolmu Yeah, it is a little bit weird knowing the meaning but not being able to read most of them, but the fact that you can understand the meaning of many sentences since the beginning, is very rewarding.
      About the reading part, I feel, at least for me, that it becomes so much easier to memorize the reading when I encounter the kanji afterwards, in a book, manga or apps like duolingo.
      My thinking for learning this way was: my brother is learning japanese for 5 years. And like many others who work and don't have much time to study, he is going real slow. Sometimes he skips classes for months, and forget a lot of stuff. He told me last week, that, in 5 years, he learned only 600 kanji. (meaning and reading) Then I thought: I learned 550 kanji (meaning only), in 22 days or something. I guess it is worthy it. The reading you can pick up easily while reading manga, translating your favorite japanese songs, studying grammar, etc. I think it is important for beginners to have a "quick start" like this, so you get excited and is less likely to give up.
      But everyone should try and find the method that suits best his/her way of learning.

  • @Katya_Lastochka
    @Katya_Lastochka 3 года назад +63

    What makes learning Chinese, Japanese, and Korean fun for me is that the writing system feels more like drawing.

    • @jesuissheeladitya9831
      @jesuissheeladitya9831 2 года назад

      Me too

    • @tormodi5925
      @tormodi5925 2 месяца назад

      Same ... 😄 I don't how many times I've drawn for instance Shinkansen on my notebooks. Does not make sense at all to spend time that way (since after all for all intents and purposes it's enough to be able to read end understand a word in kanji - writing by hand is very rarely done even for Japanese, I guess). But drawing them with a good pen is almost meditation..

  • @GlobalLocals
    @GlobalLocals 3 года назад +24

    Serious respect to all of you guys who are learning Japanese. That’s a real big book with real thin pages.

    • @-LightSmit
      @-LightSmit  3 года назад +2

      Thanks on behalf of everyone ✔️👍

  • @tolacyrusray6888
    @tolacyrusray6888 5 лет назад +231

    Your handwriting is so beautiful

    • @-LightSmit
      @-LightSmit  5 лет назад +11

      Oh. Thanks! :) 🌟 Didn’t expect that ☕️

  • @MusicFanOnline
    @MusicFanOnline 3 года назад +28

    I used a similar book to this one. I learned enough Japanese to become a Japanese translator and I SUGGEST as a tip for kanji to make photocopies of those pages such as those seen at 1:54. Then tape them to walls around the home in places where you stand around and you can have a few minutes to study them such as in the bathroom where you might brush your teeth, in the kitchen where you stand around to make food, etc., and even tape one of the sheets in the shower so you can study while you are just standing there washing yourself. Flashcards are good, too, but you have to set aside extra time to handle the cards and quiz yourself. By taping these kanji photocopies, on the other hand, you don't really have to set aside extra time to study, but, instead, you make use of the time you are just standing around the house. A few minutes at a time add up to great learning.

    • @-LightSmit
      @-LightSmit  3 года назад +2

      Amazing method and I totally agree. Thanks for sharing. I could use this comment for a video. All of the best :>

  • @アオ-t6o
    @アオ-t6o 4 года назад +119

    It is said that the number of kanji characters is about 50,000 which is impossible to remember all of them, so we Japanese learn Joyo-Kanji.

    • @Gr95dc
      @Gr95dc 4 года назад +4

      so what is Joyo-Kanji? I'm curious

    • @月島秀九郎-s3s
      @月島秀九郎-s3s 4 года назад +53

      1:11 about Joyo-Kanji
      Jōyō-Kanji are kanji that are indispensable for living a social life in Japan.
      sorry for my poor English.😓

    • @armina5443
      @armina5443 4 года назад +12

      The number of kanji characters is 85 000 in the most big chinese dictionary. Actually today are existing more than 200 000 kanji characters.

    • @armina5443
      @armina5443 4 года назад +38

      @@Gr95dc, joyo kanji is a list of the most necessary kanjis for everyday social life, and it consists of more than 2000 characters.

    • @bakatoroi
      @bakatoroi 3 года назад

      I suppose the "50,000 kanji" figure came from Morohashi's Dai Kanwa Jiten. I never heard of 200,000 kanji (hanzi) though. Where does that figure come from? I don't think it's fair to include the Vietnamese ones.

  • @j7w1
    @j7w1 5 лет назад +52

    ありがたいことだなー
    こんなに日本を、日本語を
    そこに使われる漢字を愛してくれて…

  • @Orange1117
    @Orange1117 3 года назад +96

    For me, who speak fluent Chinese, kanji are the easy part of learning Japanese 😂

    • @smeef2757
      @smeef2757 3 года назад +4

      I was just about to say that! Traditional Mandrin makes this stuff look easy!

    • @kagaria
      @kagaria 3 года назад +2

      So lucky

    • @danielantony1882
      @danielantony1882 3 года назад

      Well, you might get away with Recognition but I doubt you'll have a fun time with Pronunciation and and Kanji combinations.

    • @lmm7079
      @lmm7079 3 года назад +2

      Yes! It's very useful. I met a Japanese exchange student once and we conversed through writing. Even though the words are pronounced differently and I can't speak Japanese nor could they speak Chinese/English, we still understood each other.

  • @gallantsteel8542
    @gallantsteel8542 5 лет назад +484

    How hard can it be? Its like learning some new vocabulary.
    *RIGHT!?*

    • @-LightSmit
      @-LightSmit  5 лет назад +59

      RIGHT ;P

    • @Verheerender
      @Verheerender 5 лет назад +6

      Concord when you forget that you also need to learn haganai and katakana as well

    • @koutta-idiomas8118
      @koutta-idiomas8118 5 лет назад +54

      Actually yeah, is easier than everyone thinks. After a few hundred kanjis you start to recognize the patterns, you can even guess the reading of a kanji because of the components it is written with. You just need the correct approach :)

    • @gallantsteel8542
      @gallantsteel8542 5 лет назад +5

      @@Verheerender what do you mean? You mean the words in hiragana and katakana?

    • @Jeolmu
      @Jeolmu 5 лет назад +1

      Yeah it actually is. At least if you just want to recognise the words.

  • @maximellow5745
    @maximellow5745 3 года назад +15

    Everyone is scared off Kanji, but learned them is literally my favourite part!
    They are incredibly beautiful and every character is an artwork by itself. Love love love

  • @nilesnow2698
    @nilesnow2698 3 года назад +109

    I just learn kanji accidentally while learning new words.

    • @johnythecommie3922
      @johnythecommie3922 3 года назад +2

      And I learn new words with kanji since just memorizing individual kanji can throw off nuances in meaning when in compound words

    • @moyamoya2886
      @moyamoya2886 3 года назад +2

      I learned too many on accident 😭

    • @Cosmicgardening
      @Cosmicgardening 3 года назад +7

      This is good actually. This is much more natural than picking them up without context as single characters since they have multiple meanings and readings!

    • @j-4222
      @j-4222 3 года назад +5

      @@Cosmicgardening But doing both is more efficient

    • @Reforming_LL
      @Reforming_LL 3 года назад

      @@moyamoya2886 That’s... a good way to learn kanji tho

  • @Jujuoak
    @Jujuoak 3 года назад +354

    Although 7,000 kanji seems daunting, just remember there’s around 171,000 English words. I know they’re not the same tho

    • @chicoti3
      @chicoti3 3 года назад +41

      Well I'm sure if you compare the number of Japanese words you'll have a similar number

    • @burntt999
      @burntt999 3 года назад

      Awesome avatar

    • @_peky__1140
      @_peky__1140 3 года назад +8

      yeah and my native language isnt english so it motivates me knowing that i memorised many many words. ik its not the same thing but its still motivating.

    • @Jujuoak
      @Jujuoak 3 года назад

      @@_peky__1140 what’s your native language?

    • @Jujuoak
      @Jujuoak 3 года назад

      @@chicoti3 true, I was just meaning like memorizing the kanji symbols and associating them with a word and sounds

  • @justinreagan4461
    @justinreagan4461 3 года назад +11

    Misa: “I Would never dream of living in a world without Light”
    L: “Yes, it would be dark”

  • @hy7148
    @hy7148 3 года назад +17

    Even we Japanese start learning kanji from the first grade of elementary school, and it takes about 10 years to learn the regular kanji little by little. I'm 28 years old now, but there are many Kanji I can't read or write except for the regular kanji. Each kanji has a meaning behind its form. It's interesting to learn about that, too.

    • @-LightSmit
      @-LightSmit  3 года назад +2

      I totally agree. It’s a long rewarding journey:)
      Have a good week!

  • @enricohepner
    @enricohepner 3 года назад +64

    knowing Latin letters by default: haha, 26 symbols, very easy
    studying the Russian alphabet: 33 symbols, easy mate
    studying hiragana and katakana: around 100 symbols for syllables, I guess, I can manage
    looking at kanji: thousands of symbols of "nope"

    • @appleslover
      @appleslover 3 года назад +3

      Learning chinese would be the hardest task in your life then

    • @carval51
      @carval51 3 года назад

      @@appleslover the things is once you learned kanji you technically learn most chinese but it's kinda both way since kanji is borrowed chinese word. I kinda hate it though I like the alphabet system that make few symbols into multiple word than every word has it own kanji

    • @lmm7079
      @lmm7079 3 года назад

      Wait till they find out what Chinese is...

    • @VVayVVard
      @VVayVVard 3 года назад

      @@carval51 Actually, Japanese is one of the easiest languages to learn, IMO, exactly because it uses kanji / Chinese characters. They make retaining vocabulary much easier. I've studied 8 languages, and English and Japanese are the only ones I managed to master (without much difficulty, too).
      Also, there are only about 2000 kanji. People generally know around 20,000~30,000 words regardless of language. So there are definitely way more words than kanji (which is exactly why kanji make learning Japanese so much easier than it would be without them).

    • @carval51
      @carval51 3 года назад

      @@VVayVVard compared to what? I was comparing to english

  • @井上聡-l2r
    @井上聡-l2r 4 года назад +18

    Thank you for encouraging people to learn Japanese. Learning kanji should be fun! Even native speakers of Japanese find it fun to discover roots of kanji.

    • @-LightSmit
      @-LightSmit  4 года назад +3

      You’re welcome:) I love Japanese so I’ll always encourage people to learn it. 🌸 L

  • @dark82084
    @dark82084 4 года назад +6

    Daily 2kanji for 4 years and you are the master in kanji.. persistence is the key

  • @laftyValorant
    @laftyValorant 4 года назад +30

    I feel like with learning a new language, practicing it with people who can speak it fluently will greatly help with memorization and the meaning of words.

  • @fayfay3152
    @fayfay3152 3 года назад +60

    Why am I watching this when I'm not even at kanji yet. Also, this seems like a great book and I want to get it when I start learning kanji. Thank you!

    • @-LightSmit
      @-LightSmit  3 года назад +2

      You’re welcome :)

    • @sm1purplmurderedme583
      @sm1purplmurderedme583 3 года назад +3

      right?? i’m still in hiragana, but this video seems rlly helpful anyways

  • @al1iii
    @al1iii 5 лет назад +25

    this video was so chill, I had to re-watch it to understand what was it about

  • @yilinjiang4270
    @yilinjiang4270 4 года назад +16

    As a Chinese person... it reminds me of my childhood textbook which just a ton of words and very little supporting text...They just want you to repeat each character without questioning them...because it's the mother language. So much pain. We have to learn about 2000 characters per year...The basic character learning usually finished in the early years of elementary school and then moving on to using them...
    Learning kanji is hard and for Japanese people still using kanji, you have my respect.

  • @samspencer582
    @samspencer582 4 года назад +6

    Today I ordered this book. Can´t hardly wait to get it.

    • @ethangregory9917
      @ethangregory9917 4 года назад

      How is it now, do you use it?

    • @ross9001
      @ross9001 4 года назад

      whats the name??

    • @fuckbored4724
      @fuckbored4724 4 года назад

      @@ross9001 search "Kanji Dictionary for Foreigners Learning Japanese 2500 N5 to N1" on amazon

  • @MalenaRina
    @MalenaRina 3 года назад +5

    ordered the book right after i saw this video. i already know the reading and meaning of about 500 kanji (been working hard for 7 months now) but i think i can only write 5 from memory, so this book will definitely be helpful for me.
    thank you so much for the recommendation!

    • @-LightSmit
      @-LightSmit  3 года назад +2

      You’re super welcome! All of the best with your studies :)

  • @adhithyac9537
    @adhithyac9537 3 года назад +3

    Kannada ಕನ್ನಡ letter " ಠ " in your channel name really makes me proud . Big Big Love from 🇮🇳

  • @RExN6900
    @RExN6900 4 года назад +30

    I love how his name is Light and he plays L's theme in the background.

  • @paulhamilton4431
    @paulhamilton4431 3 года назад +2

    I lived in Japan for 11yrs and never had the chance to master speaking Nihongo [only enjoyed the food, culture, and shopping]. Now, i can binge on your channel and play catch up. Cheers'

  • @catperson5754
    @catperson5754 5 лет назад +176

    OMG! I need this book!

    • @-LightSmit
      @-LightSmit  5 лет назад +15

      Sophia Sama Hi. :) See the pinned comment. I only have 1 left for those who can’t find it on Amazon ☕️ Best of luck :) L

    • @minimalisthome23
      @minimalisthome23 4 года назад +2

      The Japanese Diaries [Light 月] May I know the name of this book?please

    • @madushagamage8129
      @madushagamage8129 4 года назад +1

      @@-LightSmit sense...
      How much is this book??

    • @-LightSmit
      @-LightSmit  4 года назад +4

      Hi. I got a few more. On Amazon, about 30$-40$. I sell for 110$ including calligraphy, stationery item and shipping as it’s hard to find. Have a good day :)

    • @moraeza
      @moraeza 4 года назад +1

      @@madushagamage8129 it’s super cheap on amazon JP I can link you

  • @tsukishiro6769
    @tsukishiro6769 5 лет назад +11

    Kodansha Kanji Learners Course is the best text for learning Kanji in my experience. I learned most all of them in a year

    • @-LightSmit
      @-LightSmit  5 лет назад +1

      Hi ☕️ Many people say that. I hope some people read your comment and check it out. :) L 🌟
      Edit: Is there a free link you know of? Like this works? -> www.scribd.com/document/333054791/Kodansha-Kanji-Learners-Course-pdf#download

    • @jahayrac8636
      @jahayrac8636 5 лет назад

      @@-LightSmit this one should work. usafiles.net/ea34a988fc10bde3?dwn=The%20Kodansha%20Kanji%20Learners%20Course.pdf76714358
      The book is really great. I like having the pdf to ref on the go and the dictionary is nice too but necessary(?). The introduction of the kanji are nicely placed and orderly while the mnemonics help to build stories for the radicals & misc parts. Enjoy!

  • @DanielDaniel-pf6rd
    @DanielDaniel-pf6rd 5 лет назад +6

    For Chinese who master basic grammar, it's very easy to read Japanese newspaper. But no the same situation with common text.

  • @collettecaraway2759
    @collettecaraway2759 5 лет назад +4

    As an American calligrapher, this looks so appealing. I'll probably order the book and amaze myself. Thanks for sharing this ♥️.

    • @-LightSmit
      @-LightSmit  5 лет назад +1

      Hi :) I appreciate the comment thank you, and I hope you find it 🌟🖊

  • @petersayatshkin7454
    @petersayatshkin7454 3 года назад +6

    Beautiful video! Thank you for sharing it 👏👏👏👏👏 That sounds like a great plan^^ ありがとうございまして!

  • @elad5889
    @elad5889 3 года назад +3

    Thank you!!! I will buy it

  •  5 лет назад +44

    ぼく も にほんご を べんきょうします。
    がんばりましょう

  • @austin08161
    @austin08161 3 года назад +3

    Your handwriting is so beautiful! I am going to try my best to study English. I've subscribed to your channel!
    From a Japanese high school student

    • @-LightSmit
      @-LightSmit  3 года назад +2

      そうさん、wow :> Thank you so much! Best of luck with your studies! L

  • @KathyakaNina
    @KathyakaNina 3 года назад +2

    I bought this book as I start learning Japanese & it’s very nifty for me to keep track what I’m learning. Definitely a great tool to learn from.

  • @shinmeidokujoh4677
    @shinmeidokujoh4677 3 года назад +1

    This video popped up today in my timeline 😃 I just ordered the book to continue learning and drawing Kanji 📖 🎁 I have one in German with a similar structure. Thank you 🙏🏽

  • @acrosstheclouds
    @acrosstheclouds 3 года назад +7

    I'm currently working on a dictionary containing 1859 non-Joyo Kanjis, which allows you to know 4000 Kanjis if you already know the 2141 Joyo Kanjis (including the ones which have been removed).
    I'm doing it in French first, but I'm planning to translate it afterwards.
    By the way, if you want to learn more Kanjis, the lists to 6000 go like this :
    - Joyo Kanjis
    - Jinmei Kanjis
    - Kanji Kentei Level pre 1
    - Kanji Kentei Level 1

  • @OLGMC
    @OLGMC 5 лет назад +15

    “If you just remember all of these kanji...”
    Well let me just quickly do that 😐

  • @jsmu1234
    @jsmu1234 3 года назад +8

    As a chinese, i am proud to say that i learn it all.......

  • @gaarakabuto1
    @gaarakabuto1 3 года назад +2

    I started studying japanese alone in home.I knew how kanji worked in theory from the get go.What i did was once i was comfortable enough with hiragana i just started watching japanese videos on youtube with japanese subtitles,copying down the kanji and searching each one individually what it means and how you draw it.I ended up learning about 150 kanji from that alone and being able to guess some more i also learned katakana this way (i had skipped them previously and within a month doing this i just knew all the kana).

  • @nobody2021
    @nobody2021 3 года назад +2

    thanks for showing this, i might buy this book tomorrow when i get paid. i don't know if i'll have a lot of use for it since i have the internet but i like having a physical thing i can reference, it feels more real, even if i don't rely on it primarily.

    • @-LightSmit
      @-LightSmit  3 года назад +1

      You’re welcome :>

    • @TokyoXtreme
      @TokyoXtreme 3 года назад

      I have kanji reference books myself (similar to the one in the video, but I just use the Midori dictionary app on my phone to look up words. Just another advantage of learning how to write kanji through RTK: you can look up compounds insanely fast through the drawing interface, without having to look back-and-forth to the kanji and the screen to make sure it’s right.

  • @meow4619
    @meow4619 3 года назад +13

    I think 2500 Kanji can cover 95% of the content in Chinese newspapers. so if you know 2500 Kanji, you can read Chinese as well I guess.

  • @dikyjulianto9224
    @dikyjulianto9224 5 лет назад +5

    i just bought that book last week!
    i think it will help in my N1 test .thanks

    • @-LightSmit
      @-LightSmit  5 лет назад +2

      ☕️Awesome!

    • @elizabethpalmer8456
      @elizabethpalmer8456 5 лет назад +1

      where did you get this book ? I would like to get myself a copy

    • @elizabethpalmer8456
      @elizabethpalmer8456 5 лет назад +1

      where did you buy this

    • @dikyjulianto9224
      @dikyjulianto9224 5 лет назад

      i bought in the local book store in japan.
      the store name is "Academia"
      but i think you can find it in Amazon (^^)v

    • @elizabethpalmer8456
      @elizabethpalmer8456 5 лет назад +1

      I tried looking for it on amazon but it wont come up what is the full title and author?

  • @luciamcclendon8090
    @luciamcclendon8090 3 года назад +6

    I study mandarin, just memorize the meaning of the characters or Japanese kanji, don't waste your time trying to figure each radical out. This is a method I used to pass unit test full of who knows how much Chinese characters. It's memorization. Training your brain with different memorization methods like the memory palace is good to practice, so you can learn more efficiently and faster. The more you practice those methods the faster you get. I have friends who try to break down kanji to the core, just memorize the whole character.

    • @sokinecola9361
      @sokinecola9361 3 года назад

      I agree. Also Chinese words are arranged in a logical way. As you learn more Chinese characters, you can literally guess the meaning of the words. Most of the characters themselves have limited number of meanings (or 1 core meaning) then it is matter of arranging characters together

  • @mushintatsu
    @mushintatsu 3 года назад +2

    I just bought it and it's really well written

  • @amandasmit9328
    @amandasmit9328 2 года назад +1

    Best channel. 👍👏🏻🙏🇯🇵🇿🇦

  • @Miryoka
    @Miryoka 5 лет назад +8

    i'm glad i found your channel T-T after seeing your videos it motivates me to study Japanese more i actually started to study Japanese 5 years ago but i always stops and that's why my Japanese isn't that good ,i was just so depressed that i dropped doing everything thanks to you i feel i want to do many things now ..

    • @-LightSmit
      @-LightSmit  5 лет назад +1

      Wow. Thank you so much! That means a lot to me :) 🌟 Every day, little by little ☕️ Thanks for being here ✨

  • @heavyhitters3594
    @heavyhitters3594 3 года назад +3

    I’ve been living abroad for over 15 years and I REALLY forgot how to write kanji even the easy ones. Reading is totally fine as I read/watch Japanese news everyday. When I went back to japan last year I had to fill out some documents at the airport and I really couldn’t remember many of kanji so I had to google to remember haha. Hard to remember but easy to forget if you don’t use daily...

    • @TokyoXtreme
      @TokyoXtreme 3 года назад

      If you use a system like Heisig’s RTK and work through it by actually writing the characters down during review, the majority of them will become literally unforgettable. Years could pass with no exposure, and you’d still be able to write them from memory.

  • @TooManyChoices1
    @TooManyChoices1 5 лет назад +58

    I started Japanese about 2.5 weeks ago... I’m learning on my own. I know about 35 Kanji 😳🥴😒🤦‍♂️😢‼️lmao

    • @kamibr4644
      @kamibr4644 5 лет назад +19

      I started to learn Japanese something about 3 years ago. I'm learning on my own too. And I know 1 meaby 2 or 3 kanji, so.... Don't worry 😂😂😂 be happy 😅

    • @ross1972
      @ross1972 5 лет назад +21

      In 6 months you will have forgotten half of them *personal experience

    • @-LightSmit
      @-LightSmit  5 лет назад +18

      Lol great! Well the key is to do it daily especially in the beginning. Good luck 🌟📚☕️✍🏼

    • @kyongminfm
      @kyongminfm 5 лет назад +3

      guys look for "kanji tree in the app store if you are searching to learn them on the phone

    • @VampirexEva
      @VampirexEva 5 лет назад

      Keep going hun!!!!

  • @gracio1231
    @gracio1231 4 года назад +2

    I love your voice it’s comfortin

  • @evaespino2577
    @evaespino2577 Год назад

    I actually already had this book before I watched your video, so I made the right purchase!

  • @chrislail3824
    @chrislail3824 3 года назад +3

    This is a great reference book, I have an earlier edition of it that has a slightly different title

  • @ogrigorigoi
    @ogrigorigoi 3 года назад +16

    We Japanese are forced to write kanjis thousands of times when we are children.
    That was one of the worst homework to me😂

    • @-LightSmit
      @-LightSmit  3 года назад +7

      I teach in Japan, and many students tell me the same. But if you don’t write it then you’ll probably just be able to read and type kanji ☕️ Have a good day :)

  • @ちょうの薬膳会
    @ちょうの薬膳会 5 лет назад +17

    英語での漢字ブック!新鮮だったです❣️

    • @S2uNRise
      @S2uNRise 3 года назад

      アカ下さい蜩は二課!

  • @yaroslavliutnik5594
    @yaroslavliutnik5594 Год назад

    Just ordered! Without even watching the video) Looked up how it looks and its description - must be worthy of it. I also consider buying Kanji flash cards by White Rabbit. However, now I guess the boon will be even better.
    アドバイスありがとうございます.

  • @e_3261
    @e_3261 4 года назад +2

    I know only about 200 kanji by learning in 2 years and there r 300 missing like u said to understand the most part of the Japanese newspaper...
    Thanks for the video Bro ✌️

  • @4orinrin
    @4orinrin 3 года назад +4

    I'll flex here and say I learned 2202 kanji meanings in like 4-5 months with RTK (16 kanji per day). Safe to say, I don't regret it. Kanji is very useful if you know it because you could totally not know pronunciation, but knowing meanings can help deduce the point of a given text.

    • @TokyoXtreme
      @TokyoXtreme 3 года назад

      Investing the time into RTK makes all the kanji that you encounter in the wild into “comprehensible input”. There is immense value in knowing what a bulletin board or newspaper headline is conveying, even if you can’t pronounce the characters out loud. Hours later you can easily look up the word in a dictionary, because you remembered the keywords that made up the compounds. Kanji vocab flashcards become much easier as well, as there are built-in mnemonics already. Another less often talked-about benefit of RTK is that you will “know what you don’t know”. So if you finish all 2200 of the 常用漢字 and you see 涅槃, you will know right away that those two characters aren’t amongst the 2200 that you’ve studied.

    • @4orinrin
      @4orinrin 3 года назад +1

      @@TokyoXtreme couldn't have said it better myself

  • @SergiGranell
    @SergiGranell 5 лет назад +47

    Looks pretty good overall but what I don't really like is that it has some rōmaji (wastes space and doesn't let you focus on the kana/furigana).
    Have you checked both The Kodansha Kanji Learner's Course and The Kodansha Kanji Learner's Dictionary?

    • @-LightSmit
      @-LightSmit  5 лет назад +11

      Hi. I see what you’re saying. Me personally like the vocabulary going with the kanji, and it’s all 2500 in 1 book which is rare here in Japan cause they divide elementary school kanji from junior high.
      I just searched them. Wow looks like a book I want. The method they use is grate. Not everyone would wanna study that way but it works.
      Thanks to you it’s on my wishlist now ✨L

  • @zedd9697
    @zedd9697 5 лет назад +8

    Kanji is like ART

    • @-LightSmit
      @-LightSmit  5 лет назад +2

      It indeed is a great way to look at it. 🍷☕️ L

  • @ダックスフントボンタ
    @ダックスフントボンタ 3 года назад +1

    こんにちは。
    私は日本人です。
    本当にきれいな日本語の発音をされていますね。

    • @-LightSmit
      @-LightSmit  3 года назад +1

      こんにちは。ありがとうございます😊 頑張ります^_^L

  • @theonly.lightfall
    @theonly.lightfall 8 месяцев назад

    Oh. I haven't even heard about the book. Thx for sharing. I have been using Genki plus and learn 100 kanji with it, but having such a big book is way more better. It's like a long journey =)

  • @verangium
    @verangium 3 года назад +10

    Got this book a week ago and am loving it. I’ll be finished with school in a couple months so I’m planning to fully commit to learning then.
    Even now, though, I still love just browsing through it. Very neat and compact. Learning a couple words in the meantime every now and then is easy. Some would call it pricey for a book but for the amount of content, it is definitely worth it for any Japanese learner, especially beginners like me.

    • @-LightSmit
      @-LightSmit  3 года назад +2

      Great mindset! Keep at it.

    • @agungwiyono417
      @agungwiyono417 3 года назад +2

      Can you tell please, where i can buy the book ? And let me know how is it ?
      Thanks.

  • @MrTripsJ
    @MrTripsJ 5 лет назад +57

    It’s good but I don’t solely recommend learning single kanji as they’re not really used for words by themselves.
    It’s better to try 日本語単語スペードマスター because it has words used from every day to advanced n1

    • @fabr9272
      @fabr9272 5 лет назад +1

      Link?

    • @MrTripsJ
      @MrTripsJ 5 лет назад

      Fabian Romero Just google it lol. Nihongo Speed Mastee

    • @ZacharyATaylor
      @ZacharyATaylor 5 лет назад +3

      Bro I just started using that book a few months ago! It's good for listening and shadowing too! I love it.

    • @MrTripsJ
      @MrTripsJ 5 лет назад +3

      Zach in Japan it literally sticks words into your brain. Fantastic book

    • @ZacharyATaylor
      @ZacharyATaylor 5 лет назад

      @@MrTripsJ exactly!

  • @princessthyemis
    @princessthyemis 5 лет назад +3

    What a fantastic book I'll have to save up money for it!! Looks super helpful!!!

    • @-LightSmit
      @-LightSmit  5 лет назад +2

      Hi. If you use it right then it can be helpful and a great challenge. Best of luck! :)

    • @princessthyemis
      @princessthyemis 5 лет назад +1

      @@-LightSmit thank you so much!!! :D

  • @NAANsoft
    @NAANsoft 3 года назад +2

    I bought the book and it is very nice. I invites you to learn / study the kanji.

  • @Shuuyadesu
    @Shuuyadesu 9 месяцев назад

    thanks alot for this video! this year july i plan to give jlpt n3. im sure this book will definitely help learn snd getting good mark in test! ほんまにありがとうございます!😊

  • @kazumizzz
    @kazumizzz 5 лет назад +4

    Can’t believe I just found your channel! Subscribed!❤️

    • @-LightSmit
      @-LightSmit  5 лет назад +2

      Kristine A Welcome to the Japanese Library Kristine :) 🖤 L

  • @Hadrian1616
    @Hadrian1616 5 лет назад +3

    It took me until high school to get competent with my native American language using just 26 characters. Hirigana alone is near 50 characters. けつこうです。

    • @-LightSmit
      @-LightSmit  5 лет назад +1

      Don’t judge a book by its kanji kanji ;)

  • @みかづきも-g8q
    @みかづきも-g8q 3 года назад +3

    I'm japanese high school student and I've written a lot of Kanji,but this guy writes Kanji more beautifully than me. This isn't flattery.
    I can guess that he practiced so many times.
    とても分かりやすい動画でした。グッジョブ。(〜・ω・)〜

    • @-LightSmit
      @-LightSmit  3 года назад +2

      ありがとう :)

    • @-LightSmit
      @-LightSmit  3 года назад +1

      Hi. I came back to your comment. How are you doing with your studies?

  • @user-gd2zq1sn8e
    @user-gd2zq1sn8e 3 года назад +1

    東アジアは同じ漢字文化圏なので日本語を学ぶのはそれなりに簡単ですが、英語を使う人たちが日本語を学ぶのを見ると本当にすごいと思います。

  • @aurora759
    @aurora759 4 года назад +1

    Thank you. I also bought this book a month ago but I really haven't free time to study.

    • @-LightSmit
      @-LightSmit  4 года назад +1

      You’re welcome. So you rather comment than to study ;)

  • @チョロ娘
    @チョロ娘 5 лет назад +4

    I am very impressing!!
    thank you for being interested in Japanese!

    • @-LightSmit
      @-LightSmit  5 лет назад +2

      Thank you :) Very beautiful but a little complicated language 🍵

    • @チョロ娘
      @チョロ娘 5 лет назад +1

      @@-LightSmit take it easy! I am always biside you!! xo xo!

    • @-LightSmit
      @-LightSmit  5 лет назад +2

      Yuko Ogawa 嬉しいです(^-^)心からありがとう。 🖤

    • @チョロ娘
      @チョロ娘 5 лет назад +1

      @@-LightSmit こちらこそ!!私も英語の勉強頑張ります!!勇気をありがとうございます。

    • @-LightSmit
      @-LightSmit  5 лет назад +1

      Let’s study hard :) 📚 私たちは何でも出来る 🍵

  • @lordwolfgangjosephuskaiser6778
    @lordwolfgangjosephuskaiser6778 4 года назад +6

    I love Japanese and Korean especially Japanese.
    Sooooooo cute, amazing, awesome, glorious and great.

  • @ZiIIionaire
    @ZiIIionaire 3 года назад +3

    I started learning hiragana this quarantine but I am not able to memorize all characters because I gave up, but sometimes while watching anime I can read a few words even though I don't understand the meaning. I guess I should continue studying since my dad learned japanese (but he didn't studied about kanji) he gave me his japanese hiragana and katakana dictionary, character charts and study notes but he didn't have the kanji dictionary. So he said to me "Learn the basics first before you go learning kanji" so maybe in the future I will buy that kanji dictionary in the video. Wish me luck to learn Japanese.

    • @-LightSmit
      @-LightSmit  3 года назад +3

      All of the best! I’m creating the best Hiragana, Katakana and Kanji books now. But yes, just keep going and don’t stop. The mindset is more important than the books 📚

  • @gamespeter1
    @gamespeter1 3 года назад +1

    Omg! I really need this book, I really need to buy it in order to improve my Japanese. It's a really beautiful dictionary 😍😍

  • @romzen
    @romzen 3 года назад +1

    Cool video! Man, I'd love to be motivated learning again. So many nice things to do.

  • @AnnoyingTiger888
    @AnnoyingTiger888 3 года назад +3

    Bro, I LOVE your handwriting

    • @-LightSmit
      @-LightSmit  3 года назад +1

      No. It’s cheap. Try and buy books with 2500 kanji. 3 books minimum

  • @صالحصالح-ن9ه1ك
    @صالحصالح-ن9ه1ك 4 года назад +31

    1:58 Hokage

  • @thereverse4452
    @thereverse4452 3 года назад +3

    "Hi, I'm Light"
    My Brain: LiGhT yAgAmi Is ThAt yOu?

    • @-LightSmit
      @-LightSmit  3 года назад +2

      👍 ;) I love Death Note, as you can hear the song

  • @ameliamaharaj4462
    @ameliamaharaj4462 4 года назад +1

    Idk why but I love your voice when you talk Japanese

  • @ktjhorizon6089
    @ktjhorizon6089 3 года назад +1

    thank you for showing this great book

  • @pallmall7385
    @pallmall7385 5 лет назад +19

    It's kind of crazy. You struggle so hard and so long to get good at understanding basic things, then you get good at everyday things. Then you go deeper than you did in your own first language. You can learn anything with Japanese.

    • @-LightSmit
      @-LightSmit  5 лет назад +2

      That’s the spirit :) 🌟☕️

    • @ihateyouall7026
      @ihateyouall7026 4 года назад

      yeah. i’m not a fan of my first language (english) it’s so boring and a little ugly imo. i’m excited to be learning Japanese

    • @earlysda
      @earlysda 4 года назад +2

      @@ihateyouall7026 LoL

  • @abdullahbadr899
    @abdullahbadr899 4 года назад +3

    The issue with kanji is that the symbol represents a whole word and there's no way u can pronounce it using "letters" as in arabic or english, meaning that u will have to remember the word as it is and no chance of forming it via "sound for each single letter", I can make sense of hiragan and katakana and from words just like english, but the moment i got to kanji, it is just one way to go, remember how to draw the symbol and attach it to the full pronunciation.

    • @abdullahbadr899
      @abdullahbadr899 4 года назад

      @@dat_boi_murphy i agree with u, yet when it goes to Standard Arabic, it is close to what we speak but the differences between the dialects and standard arabic are noticeable indeed, on the other hand if u speak Standard Arabic, u will be able to communicate with any Arabic speaker in any Arabic country, while Dialects can bring issues, unless u speak Egyptian Arabic and Saudi Arabic.

  • @sujitbiswas6143
    @sujitbiswas6143 5 лет назад +4

    そのほんのデザインがとてもいいね。

  • @freezinganimenz7835
    @freezinganimenz7835 3 года назад

    After using this book I now know around 400 kanji. Thank you

  • @takamuram2219
    @takamuram2219 3 года назад

    この辞書で漢字も英語も勉強出来る。素晴らしい。購入考えてるよ。
    I am Japanese. I'm just studying English. I didn't know this dictionary. wonderful. I want this because both kanji and English are very difficult.

  • @setw18
    @setw18 5 лет назад +3

    This is amazing! Congrats on 85,000 views.

  • @enoshrs
    @enoshrs 4 года назад +9

    Me: Ohhhh, It looks so good, I think I'll buy it
    Looking at the price***
    Me again: Okay, nevermind, I didn't want it anyways
    It costs more than 500 Brazilian reais, it's like half of a minimum salary ;-;

    • @Reforming_LL
      @Reforming_LL 3 года назад

      Japanese 2k/6k Anki deck, costs much cheaper ($0)

  • @MiaMizuno
    @MiaMizuno 4 года назад +10

    I learned japanese for 5 years intensively, including minor subject at university. I was a very good learner and passed N4, I was motivated for N3.
    However I have a family now with kids... So I paused for a longer time.
    STILL! Whenever my life will get some weekly routine, I try to come back learning again!
    I have bought exercise books for N3... Bur I realized I need to start learning grammar and kanji again from N5/ N4. This might happen, but I will never give up!

    • @-LightSmit
      @-LightSmit  4 года назад +1

      All of the best :) Small steps over time = big results

    • @ThePresentation010
      @ThePresentation010 4 года назад

      Japan is such a tiny country. It's a waste of time.
      Or if there is no better use of time, use it all. To each their own.
      Learn all the kanji. Wont do you any good, other what's commonly used, and no one cares.

    • @MiaMizuno
      @MiaMizuno 4 года назад +1

      @@ThePresentation010 tiny country?
      WELL, it might look tiny in the world map in that ocean, but it is bigger than you think... :D
      Also, I am member of german-japanese club in my city, sometimes new japanese people need some help here while settling down. As someone who is from Oktoberfest city (Munich) I have QUITE some contact with japanese people, so yes my own business :D

  • @davidserrano1044
    @davidserrano1044 4 года назад +1

    I'm going to save this video to buy the book lol. This one looks real good thanks!!!

    • @davidserrano1044
      @davidserrano1044 4 года назад +1

      Kanji book successfully ordered. Just waiting now 🙂

  • @rosirumenova287
    @rosirumenova287 4 года назад +1

    Well, I just didn't know a method of learning vocabulary and kanji simultaneously, ty for the tip ^^