If your goal is fast fluency, you’ll want to focus more on learning to read kanji. It’s becoming less necessary to be able to write kanji, and more important to be able to spell it out in hiragana on a phone or computer. While kanji can be daunting, it’s still highly important ...
Since the site is entirely in Japanese (without furigana for the kanji), it may be daunting for beginners to navigate. But if you feel like you can already move past the likes ofNHK News Web Easy, TV Asahi’s site may give you the news fix you’re looking for. Oh, and you can do...
It only starts there, though. Maybe you’re a programmer and have a snippet of code you type a lot. Or, maybe you’re writing mnemonics for WaniKani and have to write the same thing over and over again for certain vocabulary / kanji / etc. Or better yet, maybe you have to write si...
Once you learn the particles (here it’s は wa), it’s clear where the words end. Also we have three types of characters (Hiragana , Katakana, Kanji) so it’s not too hard to recognize each word. Don’t worry, you’ll get used to it :)”...
Youtube (or websites featuring video content) – A super integral ace-in-the-hole if you want to learn a language by yourself. Find a video series with a teacher you vibe with and stick to their course before moving on. Forums – Reddit (ew), language sites, or anywhere else you can...
Asking people in Japan about the kanji they use for their given name as a way to spark conversation The phenomenon of siblings having related names Interesting names in anime The practice of picking a baby name based on the way a name is written ...