So, while you’re learning the most essential Japanese vocabulary, you canstart picking up someeasy, fundamental kanji. These are labeled as N5 kanji characters on the JLPT scale (N4 to N1 are of higher difficulty). Slowly let kanji trickle into your studies. Again, there’s no need to r...
In fact, learning kanji and vocabulary at the same time is crucial because kanji often implies meaning. Let’s look at the kanji for “day”: 日 (ひ). We can combine this kanji with others to create longer words. When we combine 日 with the kanji 今 (いま), which means “now,” ...