BTW guys! For Step 5, when you're reading or re-reading the book, don't forget to READ ALOUD. The Furigana, plus the complex sentence structures and vocabulary used in most Japanese novels will help to improve the your Japanese overall. Especially your reading and speaking skills so make sure to read out loud. Happy learning!
My brother (who studies Japanese for 4~ years, I'm studying it for 1~ year) came from Japan with 4 novels. This video encouraged me to read them. Thank you so much for the video. Hope you keep doing them. BTW, I'm now watching your ''Japan videos'' and I'm loving them. They keep me motivated to study more and more.
I recommend people to use the genki book and workbook to study Japanese. My university used Genki 1 for 2 semesters and same for Genki 2. If you don't want to waste money on classes, buy this. If you're lazy or slack, then takes class or join an online group. Best way to check your speaking skills is to have a conversation with Japanese people online or with other who studied the language preferably someone better than you to correct you.
Foreigners as in gaijins right? Those with blonde hair and white skin. I heard when Japanese people think of foreigners, they think of caucasians and not Asians
That's actually relieving but I think another reason some people want to learn and master Japanese is because of an interest solely in the language and the culture? Personally I like to learn how the language is different in expressing things and also how it's connected with the culture.
I'm learning it be respectfull to them and I want to study in in Japan too. So if I'm going to be there longer then a year that means I'll have to know the language to not be an outcast. BTW this is going to be a problem most Japanese people think I'm Japanese but the thing is I'm far from it i have no blood related Japanese family members. The only Japanese close to a family member is my girlfriend but we ain't blood related so I'm really questioning why?
Anri, what book will you recommend for the beginners? I will study Nihongo next month so I just want to know some basics Japanese language in advance coz it's required for the work.
I think visual novels will help too!! Since you can both hear the pronounciation (most have voice acting) and see what is written! Plus It’s fun, you get to play a game and learn at the same time :3
Romaji is helpful, but don't believe it to be truthful always. It's like how in English we don't say 'evEry' we say 'evry' despite it being spelled as 'every'. The same goes for romaji, just dont always trust it is all, focus more on how people pronounce it in Google translate (not a phrase) or google the pronunciation and find a youtube video that says it and study it that way.
My school teacher also said not to use romaji, but I did and really man its like a roundabout way to learn am taking more time to write words or read than others who are with me, So yeah I would also support her DON'T USE ROMAJI!!
romaji is wonderfuly helpful if you know how to pronounce things right. your intonation will be fine if you listen to how native speakers say words. shes just assuming people don't have an ear for it.
I've been studying Japanese for probably an average of about an hour and a half a day for the last 60 days. I naturally stopped using romaji about 30 days in because I just... didn't need it anymore, I guess? I think it would be wise to get rid of romaji as soon as you're ready. Nobody gets great at riding a bike without ever taking off the training wheels!
What's the last symbol mean? I know it's like Na N but I cant make out the last one. Please enlighten me 🥺 I knows it's like why or what... but am bit confused 🥺
Okay so here are rules to learn Japanese, or any type of language. Step 1. Have good memory. Okay thank you for coming, I wont be coming up with anymore rules.
@@Reforming_LL she didn't recommend 1 a day but broke down 1200 kanji's in 3 years which means 1 Kanji a day so it's not as much as it sounds without thinking about it
@@titiolawoyin actually, no, lol. WaniKani always lets you go at your own pace, they never even suggest that you have to be able to get through their resources in a year.
@@amittesukku never said they make you do it in a set time, lol. if you did every activity they give everyday then it is estimated to be finished in a little over a year. don’t make my exaggeration to be something it’s not :,)
I did both hiragana and katakana in 2 days, it's not that hard. You just use a lot of repetition and it sticks pretty well, both mnemonics and writing/reading actual words help a lot too. I don't think I would completely forget it in a month, but if you don't use it at all it'll eventually happen. I remember that when I was a kid I learnt the elven alphabet used in lord of the rings fluently, I could write in it just as fast as in my native latin script, but a decade without using it for anything and I barely remember anything.
Am i the only who actually wants to learn Japanese because theu want to be able to: 1. Go to Japan and not worry about translations 2. To impress friends 3. Improve brain cells 4. Because it cOoL 5. To finally understand what's going on in an anime before the subtitles do.
Me who doesn't know my Own Language My mom: You have to learn your Native Language My Dad: You have to learn your Native Language Me: Japanese, take it or leave it
Lmao I'm in a similar boat- I'm Hispanic on my father's side and I've never wanted to learn Spanish, despite being raised quite Hispanic. (Ex: we use very minimal, but casual Spanish in my grandparents' house) But now I'm over here like: So... Im learning Japanese with more dedication in a week than you've ever seen me have for Spanish in years
FR I know my native language, just not that well, plus nobody even knows it exists so who cares (Pashto btw) and they’ve been begging me to try and learn Urdu (national language of Pakistan, where I’m currently living) but I have no interest in it, AT ALL. Instead here I am 🏃🏽
Don't give up! It's easier than you think. Try to substitute for example, in my windows I have the word kumo in hiragana and in kanji. It means cloud. I also have in my windows ame. Again. Hiragana and kanji. Which means rain. And in my car I have the word kuruma which means car. Hiragana and kanji. That has helped me a lot with kanjis. Deguchi means EXIT in Japanese and it's easier if you put labels on everything you want to know. Initially it's easier. But lately apparently it's so difficult not even Japanese people remember all the kanjis which is why they are always consulting a dictionary. That's normal. Don't worry about it.
ive been learning kanji, heres what ive been doing! Flash. Cards. This is very important, do it a lot, like, a lot. Every kanji, do it. There are books that can help you too, like Remembering The Kanji on amazon
@@RizkyGusna you probably shouldnt because some phrases used in anime are not common phrases used in daily life. like thank you is domo in anime is not really used in daily speaking if that makes sense but arigato is. make sense kind of? if you need better explanation let me know
Yeah that hit me as well but at the end of it you still realize that you still need to learn it outside from watching anime, just like what she said to learn the hiragana and katagana first n ob boy that really helps out a lot
I hope u're not using Duolingo cuz that slowed down my learning process of the basics for me ; _; . Highly recommend buying a gridded booklet to practice Hiragana and Katakana. I'm sure there's a booklet premade for this particular exercise.
@@samqur9080 I recommend learning hiragana and katakana first. When I first started learning I wanted to do vocabulary first so I skipped kana. I ended up pronouncing things weird because I made certain sounds longer then they are supposed to be. The vocabulary also didn't stick very well with me. Over all not learning kana first is a waste of time
Me to my friends: I learn Japanese for 3 years so ya I can speak it My friends : say something in Japanese Me : omae wa mou shindeiru My friends: you're amazing
*wants to learn Japanese so I can eat while watching anime* like honestly I can’t keep up with the subtitles when I eat 😂😂 and some anime’s that have dub are so cringeworthy
I know, right now im learning hiragana but its really dificult. I want to learn it for the same reason you do and i also love the culture of japan and their language. Plus im taking japanese next year so I should be prepared
@@sleepyghostisme7558 I'm also very interested in the Japanese culture and plan on studying abroad for college some time in the near future, currently i'm using "Memrise" and "Anki" both great apps for getting started, I've also taken the initiative to buy the "Japanese from zero" books ( so far i have volume 1 and 2) usually many polyglots don't recommend textbooks because they seem to be less efficient and effective compared to comprehensible input, speaking to natives is also a very good way to learn, i have no native speakers near me but i use "Hellotalk" which is an app where you can speak to natives and have them teach you their language in exchange for you teaching them yours, it's very cool and i would really recommend it, I've also started watching Japanese dramas with Japanese subtitles, i'd watch the whole episode, then re-watch the episode but this time translating the subtitles, slowly but surely figuring out the sentence structures and words, i'd recommend trying to learn to be able to speak your mind first and worry about grammar later down the road, it's better to start and try to get what you wanna say out first regardless if the sentence structure isn't correct, once you get a feel for it then you can hop into grammar, it'd make it much easier to learn, also when learning a Class 5 Language like Japanese, it'd be helpful to forget about the language rules and grammar of your current language for example Japanese and English sentence structures are very different and thinking about in in English will only confuse you more, the best way to learn is to do as babies do and acquire the language through comprehensible input, this is what i'm currently doing and so far i'm having fun learning :)
@@KikonSketches thank you! I didn't really think about watching japanese dramas and anime but it does seem like a good way to practice and test myself. I'm currently using duolingo, its a free app and its good for learning words and sentence structure I think but so far it's accurate. I have a japanese friend who is fluent and helps me with memorization and different things like that. I'm going into highschool next year where I'm pretty sure I have japanese so its probably a good idea to know some!
“Y/N was on the edge of dying but they still didn’t give up not because they don’t give up easily, well maybe but being the MC plays a huge part on that, duh.”
the way you explained onyomi and kunyomi helped me SO MUCH my teachers started teaching kanji and they didn't explain why or when you use onyomi or kunyomi they just told us to memorize both
@@Le_KcKi writing while saying the character like か (ka) 50x writing. かきくけこ (this is ka series, ka ki ku ke ko) write ka 50x, ki 50x, ku 50x, ke 50x and ko 50x. Then in the middle of writing, example you're in ku, write ka and ki randomly so you won't forget it. Also make flash cards. It will help you a lot. おはよう ございます!
It's IMPOSSIBLE to be fluent in Japanese within 6 months. It takes, for most, a couple years of dedicated study (2000 hours) to be conversationally fluent. I'd say 5 years of dedicated study and immersion, you'll be biz level fluent (5000 hours).
Does anybody else just want to retire in Japan because of the beautiful and respectful culture?( And by retire I mean work in Japan as an older person)
@@-crispchips-1713 I know because I actually lived there. Like many of you here, I had the anime - fantasy wonderland expectations but it wasn't anything like that when I lived there. And to be fooled by the "veiled" respectful culture. They might be respectful to you in your face, but behind the scenes it's quite the opposite.
steps to learning Japanese in 6 months: live in Japan for a year, learn Japanese two years before that, oh and be born a Korean speaker, a language that is similar to japanese like Spanish is similar to Italian. Very simple.
Yeah how hard can it be......... we will start learning Korean now and then kill ourselves and hopefully be born in japan in our next lives then learn Japanese there for a year ot two maybe three ..... But we'll already have the knowledge of a Korean speaker and then move back to our previous country and then .... You know what... F*** it i give up..
And still only be able to speak like a 6th grader with incorrect pitch accent. This video and comment section is full of misinformation. Japanese (and all languages really) is a grind and consistency is key. Doing hours of immersion everyday for 2+ years along with SRS will get you to a competent level. Claiming to have "learned" or are "fluent" in a language are meaningless terms that mean different things to everyone.
Korean is easier in my opinion.... the writing aspect at least. & I speak fluent Spanish but still cannot speak or fluently understand Italian because as similar as these languages are, they’re still different languages regardless. So no, not very simple 😫😫😭😭
As soon as she said "learning hiragana and katakana is easy" I was just done. There's literally nothing easy about learning 100+ characters that are literally just random lines with no relation to each other a great example being hiragana's ぬ (nu) and め (me) two entirely different sounds that are practically the same character, there's a few other examples like this. Not to mention the fact that you're literally learning 2 different "alphabets" both of which have twice as many characters as the English alphabet alone. and we haven't even gotten to kanji yet. Now this isn't to discourage you just to be real. If you truly want to learn I suggest investing in a language learning app on your phone, it's 10x better than trying to study normally, though you will still have to learn hiragana and katakana first. A lot of these apps have different writing style options for learning; Japanese, hiragana, romanji, japanese + hiragana, etc. Always go with the pure Japanese option. It will use the kanji instead of the hiragana when applicable. If you picked Japanese + hiragana for example it would give you something like: 私(わたし ) instead of just 私 which while it looks like it would be better for learning, it's horrible and confusing.
I'm 15, and just started learning japanese, I know a lot of basic phrases, and try to speak to myself and figure conversations with myself too! But now I want to become fluent and stop memorizing phrases, so I'm really inspired by your work. I am learning hiragana now, and now I'll be able to read Japanese as well!
✠since this has been helpful to people, i added a small summary of each point in the replies in case you need a quick refresher on terms✠ 3:20 - don't learn romanization 5:10 - learn hiragana and katakana, do it at the same time 8:42 - basic sentence structures 9:51 - take it slow with kanji 13:09 - use furigana
Me: *hasn't done my Japanese lesson in months* Duolingo: hippity hoppity your soul is now my property edit: I mastered katakana and hiragana thx to the person who reccomended japanesepod101 lol
My mom : you have to learn English My teacher: you have to learn English My brain: I have to learn English Me : I'm gonna learn Japanese My brain: why Me : idk
This is me but with Spanish. I want to learn more Spanish (since it’s my first language) because I already know it but I want to learn how to write it and do the accents but I really wanna learn another language so here I am looking at this video to learn Japanese 🧍🏽♀️
@@chientran7121 こんにちわ、 わたし ごぜん しよう と して うる かいぜん する ぼく の にほんじん. (id be more than willing to help you improve your english in exchange for japanese help ;)
Eri Eri not really. Learned it in three month. No biggie. Only writing it was difficult, especially the Kanji and Katakana, since I keep forgetting those.
@@高木正弘-h6c Interesting. When you say expert level, would a Japanese person, after graduating normal school, without higher education, be able to read newspapers without any problems?
If someone eats something and then says a word with a happy face do you really think they would be saying “10 years from now the human race will be in grave danger, the alien race ænopeä will be here to harvest our organs” I think not.
You are so right about Romaji. When I first started to learn Japanese, I couldn't memorize Hiragana and Katakana well because I kept thinking of Romaji when I speak it out to myself and it was a struggle for me to remember the Japanese writing. Anyway now when I use Japanese Language learning apps like LingoDeer, I change the settings to Hiragana and Katakana only. Therefore my Hiragana and Katakana memorization has improved alot. 🙂
But, anime to be watch is important too. Search for anime like Takagi-san, they speak how do Japanese speak in actual life. Like One Piece or Naruto, Japanese doesn't speak in that way, especially the word "Kisama" or "Onee-sama".
I can’t read fast😔✌️or rather, I can but I think I won’t read it fast enough so I look over it and my brain processes it as “gejwgqjbeksvdv” so that’s the problem with my brain😂I’m good at every subject, but reading. It’s too difficult for me. That’s my brain deficiency
I know Chinese, and honestly there’s not too many similarities, besides like a few vocab words. HOWEVER, knowing KOREAN gives a HUGEEEEE advantage. The grammar is nearly the exact same, while Chinese grammar is more like English grammar, and it’s completely different from Japanese. So her knowing Korean is a hugeeee help lmao
People: I wanna learn Japanese to read anime subtitles. Me: I wanna learn Japanese to read anime subtitles AND sing Japanese songs and properly understand them.
So far every vlogger who talks about learning japanese quickly, has actually spend months or more in Japan. Doubt there’s anyone out there who can learn that quickly from sitting in their home
No but you can definitely learn. I have no friends that speak Mandarin but I have gotten myself to understanding some Chinese dramas just by studying on my phone one hour a day. It truly is doable if you set goals and practice with other natives online with certain immersive apps.
taking classes help. there's an elementary japanese class in my university and we meet twice a week for an hour and a half. we learned hiragana in four sessions, then katakana in the next four. having worksheets as well as flashcards help.
LOL 😂 Me too, the first year at an alien school I didn't understand anything, then the second year, which is this year, I'm one of the best student in class. But I still can't speak fluently, the language is insane( not really)but it's really difficult, and I have to learn Germany next year. But I want to learn Japanese, don't know what to do now 😭.
@@minhthu6448 noticed that our local Maori learn Japanese lot quicker. I think I should swith to te reo maori as i already understand the culture here. I do not know why i waited so long to learn it. But anyway, Maori might be the gateway language
I learned English because of spongebob, Disney channel stuff, cartoon network, basically watching tv then improved when I started playing online games lmao.
I learned english by watching youtube for 7 or 8 hours a day for 2 years and i was ahead of everyone in class in 6 and 7th grade. Now in 9th grade i watch anime for like 10 hours a day and youtube for like like 1 hour a day. Im fluent in english and i can know the basic phrases of japanees. I am Norwegian btw.
I actually found this and watched this for a second time after 3 years! Boy was I happy I found this again, I improved so much in those years because of this ありがとうございます！😭❤️
i really like that you put subtitles when you speak english, i have a hearing comprehension disorder and reading what you're saying really helps me understand everything :^)
OMGG this was so helpful! Haha actually i was going a little slow for hiragana and katakana because i learned hiragana first and than i learned katakana, but now im learning kanji and i learn a radical a day, i've downloaded the textbooks, where some of them have furigana and some don't. Yeah so i hope that i learn it, it doesn't matter for me whether it takes a lot of time or not, but i just wish to learn it, you made my work easier because i've been reasearching this for ages. Thank you for sharing this with us!
@Always BTS lol the thing is that i was gonna put the username "ayo hitman bang introduces" but i tapped save before accidentally and now it's stuck 'inyr" intead or introduces
If you really want to learn japanese download the app "LINGO DEER" it really helped me a lot and it is the easiest way to help speak and write japanese. It has 4.9 Ratings on google play. it is absolutely the best you should try it. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT! Took me about 7 - 8 months to learn japanese because i wasn't studying everyday. I'm was only opening the app for like 4-5 days a week.
Learn korean first. It's easy by itself and it will help you understand harder languages such as Chinese and Japanese better.... the sentence structures, characters, origination, culture---- they're similar in ways in all three countries, but if start by learning it the korean way, it will be so much easier to understand. There are lots of creators on youtube who teach korean characters and grammar (ok, korean grammar is hard, yes, but you don't need to learn it the theoretical way) and so it's easy. Then.... stan BTS and try to understand the meanings of the korean words... like, question each word separately and try to understand what it means and what its role is in a sentence. and then just watch kdramas (they're genuinely interesting, you'll LOVE watching them) If you try learning japanese first... YOU WILL GET FRUSTRATED, it's too much to take on. Hope it helped! Good luck
@@btstwitterupdates3790 I do wanna learn korean eventually but I’m moving to Japan this year and I wanna learn as much Japanese before I go. Do I still learn Korean first or just do Japanese? I don’t wanna get frustrated either but Idk if learning Korean first will be beneficial with a time limit. What’s your thoughts ? Thank you ~
@@existing196 yeah, if you're moving to japan this year, you'll need to learn it quickly.... i think you should learn the basic japanese you'll need to get by in japan (there are lots of courses online you can sign up for)... then, when you want to enrich your knowledge of the language and you want to understand it better, learn korean by practicing japanese on the side. Japanese will be easier and more 'understandable'. But then again, make sure you get a good grasp on the grammar----- learning korean makes it easier to understand the complicatedness of japanese grammar. I swear, if i didn't know whatever amount of korean i know rn, japanese would seem like a messy soup. IT's definitely possible to be good at japanese grammar w/o learning korean, ofc, just that prior knowledge of korean makes it easier.
This is actually a VERY good and informative video!--now don't get me wrong! I dont mean to say that i thought it was going to be bad. Usually, when youtubers upload a "how I learned Japanese video", its very repetitive and almost every single one of them are super similar. Like "Oh i learned hiragana and katana. Oh download this Japanese learning app. Just practice". Here, you gave excellent advice and great strategies to use! I really loved the idea of buying a japanese novel and writing down the furigana, I'll definitely be trying that out! :)) Thank you SO much for these awesome tips
exactly, right?? they keeps saying learn from apps and shit like do you guys have something that you can write on paper lol. and yeah this is the first time someone actually recommended reading novel which is more effective
I agree, this actually motivated me to pick up japanese again, I got a bunch of books for my birthday last year because I tried learning at least some japanese myself but got discouraged after I heard so many people saying that japanese is impossible to learn on your own and I couldn't afford a real japanese class. But I will definitely pick it up again!
Right? I was like these tips are super great and you can tell she really cares about us that want to learn it hence she did a great job and planning :-) definitely will use all these tips 👏
What you said was super legit. I literally dedicated myself to learn hiragana and katakana during our vacation back in June 2020, and even learned the sentence structure, and slowly try knowing kanji and did everything you said. But then now I forgot all those. It seems that I had to re-do those things again. Thanks for popping on my NF 💜
Sounds like a Kiwi/Aussie accent under there as well. I speak French with Spanish + English accent (because I am weak in it) so I discovered from my friends that you can have 2 accents at once lol
Thank you so much for the helpful suggestions! I started trying to teach myself basic Korean and Japanese and just came across this vid of yours for additional tips so thanks! 😊
@@goodshihtzu4586 i get it but how are you supposed to learn straight from hirigana if you cant read hirigana you need to use romaji to start off to learn hirigana thats like saying learn japanese with japanese
@@pondwater2117 Romanji was created to allow for english speakers or any one who uses the "english" alphabet to understand Japanese. With that being said, I dont quite understand how else one is suppose to learn Japanese. If you learning Japanese I suggest skipping Kanji for the beginning phase and coming back to it once you are confident in Hiragana. That's just my opinion, and I'm not a language expert so dont take my words for granted.
i think chinese is harder in intonations, but easier in grammar. Japan is easier to pronounce, but super hard in grammar lol. and both have the same difficult kanji / hanzi
Leon Leon although yes it is hard, I love how Japanese can ‘express’ things in much more ways, it’s interesting to me. I’m sorry I just love languages and being the ‘obsessed with languages’ person I am I can’t help it but adore every single little detail from each language-
She probably been attending japanese classes because her japanese is good. And to self study it for 6months is really unbelievable, for a half japanese like me that cant even construct a perfect sentence and copy their accent for almost 2years this video is misleading. Plus the kanji writing?! Smh
Honestly the reason why I'm learning japanese is 1) to relieve stress during final year study 2) To impress my younger cousins 3) To impress my parents 4) Yuta is japanese 🤣😍
I definitely think she means never to use Romaji AFTER the learning Hirigana and Katakana phase. Romaji is basically required for English speakers for studying to know HOW to pronounce it, you can't expect the learn it all verbally and visually without writing it down and reading it at first, but drop it as soon as you can fluently read without it. Also definitely a HUGE leg up knowing the other 2 big Asian languages already. Immersion and repetition are key. Most teachers expect you to be able to learn Hira and Kata in about 2 weeks, Kanji is a lifetime ordeal even for Japanese people, so everything after those first 2-3 weeks is learning grammar and word meanings since you already have the tools to build the words. Don't worry, Hira and Kata are what you should be LEAST worried about and should focus on expanding vocabulary as you learn sentence structure
@Invintius There are 2 ways. The keyboards usually have both the English alphabet and Hiragana on it. You can either type the romaji and it will autotranslate to Hiragana and Kanji, or you can type in Hiragana and it'll translate to Kanji when needed. If you're typing one a phone, most people type using Hiragana and choose the Kanji to translate to when needed.
For me, Romaji help me a lot to memorize the readings to Kanji, because I do not have to consciously read the furigana and can look at the Kanji and just "see" their reading, too. Once I started writing romaji instead of furigana, I actually got faster remembering them!
@@kajielin4354 doesn't that kinda slow you when reading a native material? Maybe not. They use romanization in textbooks for hiragana and katakana for the same reason you're romanizating kanji... Because if you remember the romaji for the regular characters, you will see the reading already. Then you can use furigana and it probably aids you with reading regular things. But we all work differently, right.
@@stage8790 Of course, and one day I hopefully will, but I won't wai with learning Kanji until I do, and while I train my Kana reading abilities, I use Romaji to also remember Kanji readings and connect that sound to the image in my head.
Am I the only one who wrote down everything she said?😭😂 Steps to learning Japanese Step 1: start watching more subbed anime, and some J-Dramas/Movies to help pick up on pronunciation, intonation (the change in pitch when talking) and small phrases. (This honestly doesn’t help much, but I find that when I listen to others I have more motivation to learn, so she said the opposite but this is how I would personally do it) Step 2: stop using romanization/romaji Step 3: learn Hiragana and Katakana Hiragana is a phonetic lettering system. The word literally means “ordinary” or “simple” kana (Kana (仮名, Japanese pronunciation: [kana]) are the syllabaries that form parts of the Japanese writing system). Hiragana and katakana are both kana systems. They are both basically the same in the sense that they sound the same, but are written differently. Hiragana is used mainly for sounding out Japanese words. Katakana is used for sounding out foreign words like Disney, cake or coffee An easy way to tell the difference is that Hiragana is written with soft flowy lines, while katakana is written in really sharp angular lines. To go faster, learn them both at the same time Write down the set in English, then below it write it in Hiragana, and below that, write it in Katakana. Preferably in different colors (make a legend as to not get confused by which color is which) Learn one set at a time, once your done learning a set, go to a blank page and test yourself. Try speaking and writing at the same time. Later try writing words, or anime names/characters for more practice. After learning, do a flash test, take a finger or pen and move it around the page, stoping on a random character and try to say it as fast as possible. This helps make the pace of your reading faster. Do all of this for at least 30 minutes everyday for a week and check your progress. Step 4: learn the sentence structure! One example is subject before action. Rice, I want. Meaning I want rice, or I want to eat rice. Step 5: Do not rush learning kanji Kanji is a system of Japanese writing, using Chinese characters. Kanji isn’t something you can just learn and be done with, if you want to remember it for life, you have to keep practicing it for years. It is used very differently in Chinese and Japanese. In Chinese, it is the only writing system, meaning that every single word used to write in a sentence is kanji. But in Japanese, kanji is used mainly to give a word its identity. For an example: Hana can mean both a flower, or a nose The Hiragana for Hana is はな Read like は = ha, な = na if you were to replace はな for the Kanji 花 people will automatically know you’re talking about a flower And if you were to replace はな for 鼻, people will immediately know you are talking about a nose. The way to learn kanji is to memorize its meanings and write it down several times. Keep practicing until you get it. In Japanese every kanji character has at least 2 ways or sound for reading it, unlike Chinese characters, which usually only have one sound. In Japanese you have “onyomi” which is the sound that you get reading off of the Chinese character. You also have “Kunyomi” which is the sound that you get reading off the actual meaning of the word in Japanese. Example: The kanji for heart is 心 in Japanese it is read as kokoro, but in chinese it is read as xin. When to use each: If the kanji is placed beside a hiragana or katakana, you would use the kunyomi sound. 私の心は、あなたのものです basically means “my heart is yours.” The kanji we are looking for is 心 (heart) and it is beside は (a hiragana) so will use the kunyomi. So instead of reading the sentence as ‘Watashino xinha anatanomono desu’ You will read it as ‘Watashino kokoroha anatanomono desu’ But if the kanji is placed beside another kanji, you would use the onyomi sound. 心臓 means heart, and since 心 is a kanji, and 臓 is also a kanji, you would read it as Xīn Zàng. Step 5: use furigana to aid in your kanji learning process. Furigana is the usage of Hiragana and Katakana, to help you pronounce kanji. For example, if you don’t know the kanji 心 you would search it up, and write down the furigana right beside the kanji. It would look like this; (*For right here I have pictures cuz it was in my notes lol*) This will help you remember what the kanji sounds like. Another thing to help learn kanji, is to get a Japanese novel that doesn’t already have furigana in it so you can write in yourself. Also get something that is a little bit more advanced so it will be more of a challenge for you. A good novel for this could be 幻の「長くつ下のピッピ」 Translating to “pippi the girl with long stockings” How you would learn to read the kanji is you would go sentence by sentence, and if you come across a sentence you don’t understand completely, you don’t move on until fully comprehend what the sentence means. And you would do this for the entire novel. When you do come across things you don’t understand, don’t skip them just because you don’t get it. Search it up and write down the furigana and the meaning, keep doing this for every single sentence. Everyday before starting a new page, go back to page one and reread everything again, that’s what’s going to help you learn, because it keeps everything fresh in your mind. This will also help widen your vocabulary.
omgggg! thank you sooo much! i've been learning my Japanese from romanji for the past month, so I'm so glad that you've told me that romanji isn't a good way to starting learning Japanese!!!! So thank you.... a lot!
*_I only have 1 reason, I've find this language aesthetically pleasing to the eye since the first moment i saw it, and i saw it in Pokemon when i was 4_*
Only she didn't, she'd had many years of passive input (watching TV) + two years of studying on her own before going to Japan. She became fluent after 6 months in Japan.
She said that she watched anime for 10 years which must have helped her somehow, also she knew Chinese and Korean so that made it much easier and anyways when you're in japan where everyone around you is speaking Japanese it's a lot more easier to acquire and master the language then to do it from home only using textbooks.
Don't worry about that, I'm assuming your native language is English. Look at how different they are. There is a big difference from fluency to being able to function with the language. I would say that to be pretty near fluent you would need about ten or so years. Maybe even more. I'm only a beginner myself but I hope my knowledge helped lol.
But then there’s speaking and reading/writing. I’ve been studying Japanese as a second language in university for now 2 years, but it’s crazy how hard memorizing kanjis and their different readings is. The hard part isn’t really learning how to speak fluently, cuz yeah, the grammar is a lot different but trust me it’s nothing compared to the reading/writing learning process. This girl could already speak Chinese, and if she was already able to read it as well she then had 50% of the job done. 漢字 (kanji) literally means « Chinese characters »
I mastered Katakana and Hiragana in 3 hours doing the same method you did learning these. This is proof that you CAN master these two in one day. Thanks for the tips BTW... It's really helping me a lot!
Phil Nolan Hiragana and Katakana is really easy tho. Since they sound the same, all you have to do is memorise what they look like. Try exerting more effort and you’ll most likely succeed in mastering the two.
I also used the same method back when I first started. During my part time job, I would test myself on the back of old receipts, and I literally memorised all the hiragana and katakana in one week during the lulls in between serving customers.
btw just so you guys know, doing research about kanji itself will help a lot! there's parts inside kanji that give them their meaning, so you could probably remember them a lot easier that way
I'm learning Korean rn I have an hour class like once a week and I wish I could do more but I have college so I just try to read Korean when I can and watching dramas can actually be helpful plus listening to the music~ hopefully I can learn Japanese in the future as well
Hail Storm, you should make Korean friends who can speak with you. Or try working part time at a Korean store where workers speak Korean most of the time. I promise you, you will improve by engaging with them.
Hail Storm I've been learning Japanese from a young age but I can tell u that it does get easier once you learn the basics (btw learn kanji to start it's kinda easy)
This is actually mad helpful. I haven't seen anyone in, any video since this one came out, meticulously explain the context of different characters and when to use them. 'Preciate you, boss lady
BTW guys! For Step 5, when you're reading or re-reading the book, don't forget to READ ALOUD. The Furigana, plus the complex sentence structures and vocabulary used in most Japanese novels will help to improve the your Japanese overall. Especially your reading and speaking skills so make sure to read out loud. Happy learning!
My brother (who studies Japanese for 4~ years, I'm studying it for 1~ year) came from Japan with 4 novels. This video encouraged me to read them. Thank you so much for the video. Hope you keep doing them. BTW, I'm now watching your ''Japan videos'' and I'm loving them. They keep me motivated to study more and more.
I recommend people to use the genki book and workbook to study Japanese. My university used Genki 1 for 2 semesters and same for Genki 2. If you don't want to waste money on classes, buy this. If you're lazy or slack, then takes class or join an online group. Best way to check your speaking skills is to have a conversation with Japanese people online or with other who studied the language preferably someone better than you to correct you.
this was suuuper helpful!! xx
Euodias upload the second part please💙💙💙
make a video on Kanji please!!
I’m Japanese and all I can tell you guys is that Japanese people don’t expect foreign people to speak perfect Japanese so don’t worry
Foreigners as in gaijins right? Those with blonde hair and white skin.
I heard when Japanese people think of foreigners, they think of caucasians and not Asians
That's actually relieving but I think another reason some people want to learn and master Japanese is because of an interest solely in the language and the culture? Personally I like to learn how the language is different in expressing things and also how it's connected with the culture.
I'm learning it be respectfull to them and I want to study in in Japan too. So if I'm going to be there longer then a year that means I'll have to know the language to not be an outcast. BTW this is going to be a problem most Japanese people think I'm Japanese but the thing is I'm far from it i have no blood related Japanese family members. The only Japanese close to a family member is my girlfriend but we ain't blood related so I'm really questioning why?
Anri, what book will you recommend for the beginners? I will study Nihongo next month so I just want to know some basics Japanese language in advance coz it's required for the work.
thank you! lol i live in Japan and im really nervous and shy to speak the language.
"Get novels"
_Oh so how about-_
"Don't use manga."
○_○...
Mio Nanami hahahahahaha same!
Light novels
Shibiru Yangshesi It’s because Manga, Anime, J-Drama, etc. use words that people who speak fluently Japanese rarely use in everyday conversations.
I think visual novels will help too!! Since you can both hear the pronounciation (most have voice acting) and see what is written! Plus It’s fun, you get to play a game and learn at the same time :3
same thought
Step 1: Don't use Romaji!
my school: Use Romaji!
Me: * confused panic *
Romaji is helpful, but don't believe it to be truthful always. It's like how in English we don't say 'evEry' we say 'evry' despite it being spelled as 'every'. The same goes for romaji, just dont always trust it is all, focus more on how people pronounce it in Google translate (not a phrase) or google the pronunciation and find a youtube video that says it and study it that way.
My school teacher also said not to use romaji, but I did and really man its like a roundabout way to learn am taking more time to write words or read than others who are with me, So yeah I would also support her DON'T USE ROMAJI!!
romaji is wonderfuly helpful if you know how to pronounce things right. your intonation will be fine if you listen to how native speakers say words. shes just assuming people don't have an ear for it.
I've been studying Japanese for probably an average of about an hour and a half a day for the last 60 days. I naturally stopped using romaji about 30 days in because I just... didn't need it anymore, I guess? I think it would be wise to get rid of romaji as soon as you're ready. Nobody gets great at riding a bike without ever taking off the training wheels!
Zetsuuga I dont know why but your comment got me inspired to learn Japanese. I just started and I’m looking for some advice. Thank you
“I studied on my own for two years.. This is how I got fluent in 6 months...” Wait... What?
She studied Japanese for 2 years in total and during her first 6 months she got fluent. Lol took me a while to understand
she got fluent in 6 months but continued her studies further for two years lol
Truuuee 😂
naaniiii
naaniiii
I fell asleep while listening to a CD. "Learn Japanese as you sleep." When I woke up. My private parts were pixelated.
Lmfao underrated #ecchiforlife
Lmaooo funniest shit I seen all day
HAHAHAHAHA
LMAOO
Damn that was funny
Brain : did u learn anything?
Me : の
I actually cant with this
いいえ
o
。。。。。
はい？。。。
:/
@@littlelaurenadventures7388 なに？
Im tryna learn a new language before quarantine is over
same same
Same since there's nothing to do XD
Same bro and I already took a month and a half learning kana 😭
right sme spanish and japanise
It would take you 6 - 12 months to learn japanese
ひらがな: everyday japanese
カタカナ: foreign words
漢字: chinese characters
my brain: なんで？
What's the last symbol mean? I know it's like Na N but I cant make out the last one. Please enlighten me 🥺
I knows it's like why or what... but am bit confused 🥺
@@O_O7z it's "de".
@@strwbrrynthusiast thankyou!
This is good 😆
Nan de?
me: can perfectly understand and follow what she's saying
the otaku in me: _reads subtitles anyway_
Otaku is such a nice way to say weeb ^_^
Lol
@@KRAFTWERK2K6 Otaku is worse than weeb though...
I love your username💜
I actually didn't noticed that i read the subtitles, until i saw your comment xd
Okay so here are rules to learn Japanese, or any type of language.
Step 1. Have good memory.
Okay thank you for coming, I wont be coming up with anymore rules.
Same. I literally forgot what I just learned watching this after 5 minutes
Guess what this sentence is, without translation:
「はじめまして! 私のなまえわ______です。」
Lil Kittens Kawaii Edits! It means nice to meet you my name is_____
What was the first step again? ;o
@@natsumi_tunic ばか
I find listening people speak Japanese is so satisfying and interesting
IKR I THOUGHT THAT TOO. ITS SO SATISFYING AND IDK WHY
Me too! That's why I decided to learn it
Fr noya hahahah
I KNOW I LOVE IT
Same, but I just attribute it to the fact that i'm a weeb LOL
"Don't rush learning kanji."
my teachers: *1200 kanji in 3 years, let's go*
That is just a little over one per day! Do like 8 per week and then review the ones from last month once in a while, and it is absolutely doable! :D
@@Reforming_LL she didn't recommend 1 a day but broke down 1200 kanji's in 3 years which means 1 Kanji a day so it's not as much as it sounds without thinking about it
wanikani: 2000 in a little over 1 year, lets go
@@titiolawoyin actually, no, lol. WaniKani always lets you go at your own pace, they never even suggest that you have to be able to get through their resources in a year.
@@amittesukku never said they make you do it in a set time, lol. if you did every activity they give everyday then it is estimated to be finished in a little over a year. don’t make my exaggeration to be something it’s not :,)
I actually did hiragana in one day...
A month later..... Forgot everything.
The background music was awesome....
Lord Orochimaru how did you teach yourself that ?
Where’s sausuke
I have to rewatch lessons over and over again
what is the song tho
i know it, i forgot it though-
I did both hiragana and katakana in 2 days, it's not that hard. You just use a lot of repetition and it sticks pretty well, both mnemonics and writing/reading actual words help a lot too. I don't think I would completely forget it in a month, but if you don't use it at all it'll eventually happen. I remember that when I was a kid I learnt the elven alphabet used in lord of the rings fluently, I could write in it just as fast as in my native latin script, but a decade without using it for anything and I barely remember anything.
"there is only so much you can learn from anime"
You underestimate my powers
Anime uses "hood" language, even if you manage to learn Japanese from anime, it won't be proper Japanese
@@thatsaquib でもアニメに日本語を習いました。
@@biri2biri アニメはいいんですけど、本のほうがいいんですよ〜
@@itsurchuuu そうですか ^^ 何の本がいいですか?
@@biri2biri みんなの日本語かな、私はみんなの日本語を使いますから、それは私のおすすめです。
それともSNSに日本語を勉強するグループに入ります。
Am i the only who actually wants to learn Japanese because theu want to be able to:
1. Go to Japan and not worry about translations
2. To impress friends
3. Improve brain cells
4. Because it cOoL
5.
To finally understand what's going on in an anime before the subtitles do.
Yeah same
Aren't those the only reasons? 😂
For me add one more 5. Learning new language with teacher(that make me feel like a genius)🤣🤣
Me too
Yea! Literally alll of these are my reasons.
Me who doesn't know my Own Language
My mom: You have to learn your Native Language
My Dad: You have to learn your Native Language
Me: Japanese, take it or leave it
Lmao I'm in a similar boat-
I'm Hispanic on my father's side and I've never wanted to learn Spanish, despite being raised quite Hispanic. (Ex: we use very minimal, but casual Spanish in my grandparents' house)
But now I'm over here like: So... Im learning Japanese with more dedication in a week than you've ever seen me have for Spanish in years
@@Z.A.N.E I’m also Hispanic learning Japanese!
FR
I know my native language, just not that well, plus nobody even knows it exists so who cares (Pashto btw) and they’ve been begging me to try and learn Urdu (national language of Pakistan, where I’m currently living) but I have no interest in it, AT ALL. Instead here I am 🏃🏽
FINALLY SOMEBODY TO RELATE TO
Bro didn’t need to call me out so brutally 😭
Everything was perfect until she started talking about kanji 😭
yh😅😂
It's easier if you learn kanji first that way you can learn kanji and vocabulary at the same time! Don't give up!
Don't give up! It's easier than you think. Try to substitute for example, in my windows I have the word kumo in hiragana and in kanji. It means cloud. I also have in my windows ame. Again. Hiragana and kanji. Which means rain. And in my car I have the word kuruma which means car. Hiragana and kanji. That has helped me a lot with kanjis. Deguchi means EXIT in Japanese and it's easier if you put labels on everything you want to know. Initially it's easier. But lately apparently it's so difficult not even Japanese people remember all the kanjis which is why they are always consulting a dictionary. That's normal. Don't worry about it.
i know chinese so i guess i’m lucky lol
ive been learning kanji, heres what ive been doing!
Flash. Cards. This is very important, do it a lot, like, a lot. Every kanji, do it.
There are books that can help you too, like Remembering The Kanji on amazon
Step 1 : be born in Japan
@@linxn1695 Instructions unclear.
I woke up with third eye and four legs in chernobyl
Is being born Asian alright?
I woke up as a train
I like trains
@@noceurfox3609 wow i have 5 legs
TheBlueGamerG thomas the dank engine
Trying to learn Japanese through anime is useless.
Me: Years of academy training wasted
actually you can learn from it if you watch it without subtitle
@@RizkyGusna you probably shouldnt because some phrases used in anime are not common phrases used in daily life. like thank you is domo in anime is not really used in daily speaking if that makes sense but arigato is. make sense kind of? if you need better explanation let me know
@@izzybigballz I think it depends on what type of anime you are watching. Different genres expose you to different types of vocabulary.
Watch 1000 animes, that'll help
Yeah that hit me as well but at the end of it you still realize that you still need to learn it outside from watching anime, just like what she said to learn the hiragana and katagana first n ob boy that really helps out a lot
"You can learn Hiragana et Katakana in one day"
Me : ... *still struggles to differenciate ワ and ウ after 6 months*
"wa" and "u"
Learn better...Use mnemonics.
I hope u're not using Duolingo cuz that slowed down my learning process of the basics for me ; _; . Highly recommend buying a gridded booklet to practice Hiragana and Katakana. I'm sure there's a booklet premade for this particular exercise.
シwith ツ andソwithン
I learned 90% of Kana in a day, but even two years in I still confuse these two aswell ^^
Me: Learns Japanese, Also Me: Forgets English
Oop- damn.
I feel this so much, its like the two languages blend together
lol I'm afraid this will happen to me, because I'mm fluent in English but it is not my first language
i am tryna speak 3 languages so it might be helpful in the future
@@milbsky Well, I'm fluent in two, learning third and fourth one. And I can tell you, they sometimes blend together for me
*my weeb bros speaking japanese*
me : they’re speaking the language of gods
Gimtopia XD DBZ reference XD
はい、私は神です
おかしい
ikr xD
わたしわ神です
“never use Romaji”
*slowly rips out pages in notebook*
How are we meant to learn it without using romanji?
@@samqur9080 Learn kana ASAP and don't look at books that use romaji only.
ME😭
@@samqur9080 I recommend learning hiragana and katakana first. When I first started learning I wanted to do vocabulary first so I skipped kana. I ended up pronouncing things weird because I made certain sounds longer then they are supposed to be. The vocabulary also didn't stick very well with me. Over all not learning kana first is a waste of time
So, if we don't know how to write a word in Kanji, we can write it in Hiragana?
Me to my friends: I learn Japanese for 3 years so ya I can speak it
My friends : say something in Japanese
Me : omae wa mou shindeiru
My friends: you're amazing
😂did she/he knows the meaning?
@@Lalalala-zn6uy its a meme, who doesnt know it lol
@@AkarisStuff oh 😂
🤣🤣
Means?
*wants to learn Japanese so I can eat while watching anime* like honestly I can’t keep up with the subtitles when I eat 😂😂 and some anime’s that have dub are so cringeworthy
I know, right now im learning hiragana but its really dificult. I want to learn it for the same reason you do and i also love the culture of japan and their language. Plus im taking japanese next year so I should be prepared
@@sleepyghostisme7558 I'm also very interested in the Japanese culture and plan on studying abroad for college some time in the near future, currently i'm using "Memrise" and "Anki" both great apps for getting started, I've also taken the initiative to buy the "Japanese from zero" books ( so far i have volume 1 and 2) usually many polyglots don't recommend textbooks because they seem to be less efficient and effective compared to comprehensible input, speaking to natives is also a very good way to learn, i have no native speakers near me but i use "Hellotalk" which is an app where you can speak to natives and have them teach you their language in exchange for you teaching them yours, it's very cool and i would really recommend it, I've also started watching Japanese dramas with Japanese subtitles, i'd watch the whole episode, then re-watch the episode but this time translating the subtitles, slowly but surely figuring out the sentence structures and words, i'd recommend trying to learn to be able to speak your mind first and worry about grammar later down the road, it's better to start and try to get what you wanna say out first regardless if the sentence structure isn't correct, once you get a feel for it then you can hop into grammar, it'd make it much easier to learn, also when learning a Class 5 Language like Japanese, it'd be helpful to forget about the language rules and grammar of your current language for example Japanese and English sentence structures are very different and thinking about in in English will only confuse you more, the best way to learn is to do as babies do and acquire the language through comprehensible input, this is what i'm currently doing and so far i'm having fun learning :)
SUGA HOBI you bet dude😂...I prefer sub
SUGA HOBI you bet dude😂...I prefer sub
@@KikonSketches thank you! I didn't really think about watching japanese dramas and anime but it does seem like a good way to practice and test myself. I'm currently using duolingo, its a free app and its good for learning words and sentence structure I think but so far it's accurate. I have a japanese friend who is fluent and helps me with memorization and different things like that. I'm going into highschool next year where I'm pretty sure I have japanese so its probably a good idea to know some!
*This is going to be difficult.*
Narrator voice "And it even was more difficult than expected."
“Y/N was on the edge of dying but they still didn’t give up not because they don’t give up easily, well maybe but being the MC plays a huge part on that, duh.”
@@SlavicRatnik i-
Yes, it is T-T
何⁉️
The only reasons I've wanted to learn Japanese is:
1. Watching anime without English subtitles
2. Going to Japan 🇯🇵
And I wish it came true :(
*pats back* one day it’ll become true,, one day :’)
@@petrichorrs thank you qwq i hope so
Same here and i want to continue my HS on japan
Same. Me too
same 😳
the way you explained onyomi and kunyomi helped me SO MUCH
my teachers started teaching kanji and they didn't explain why or when you use onyomi or kunyomi they just told us to memorize both
Tf am I watching this?
I'm Japanese-
Edit:
Wtf 3k likes,the most likes I've gotten.
What sorcery are y'all in to like my comment-
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Plz teach me d ways🤧❤️
lol
少女ゴミ same here 🤣
😂😂😂😂😂😂
For people out there saying that Hiragana and Katakana is hard, well, WAIT TILL YOU FIND OUT ABOUT KANJI
The problem with me is that I recognize the character but writing is the tricky part
I just mastered hiragana in 5days, both writing and reading. Im working on katakana rn for 3days and im almost done.
@@jhnl2362 how?!!
@@jhnl2362 what was your technique?
@@Le_KcKi writing while saying the character like か (ka) 50x writing. かきくけこ (this is ka series, ka ki ku ke ko) write ka 50x, ki 50x, ku 50x, ke 50x and ko 50x. Then in the middle of writing, example you're in ku, write ka and ki randomly so you won't forget it. Also make flash cards. It will help you a lot. おはよう ございます!
Her: "I sat down and studied Japanese for two years"
Title: How I learned Japanese in 6 months
感覚喪失 it’s different to studying it not so seriously to actually try your hardest to learn the language
@@edmmori7813 It's usual to have clickbaity so the video actually stay relevant for TH-cam
Savage Clickbait , welcome to TH-cam
It's IMPOSSIBLE to be fluent in Japanese within 6 months. It takes, for most, a couple years of dedicated study (2000 hours) to be conversationally fluent. I'd say 5 years of dedicated study and immersion, you'll be biz level fluent (5000 hours).
Eric Roberts that’s interesting, how long would you say it would take to learn to understand just by watching anime or j-drama without subtitles?
Does anybody else just want to retire in Japan because of the beautiful and respectful culture?( And by retire I mean work in Japan as an older person)
Depends on what you mean by older, but yes. I want to get a few visits under my belt before I retire there. :)
It's a nice idea but not realistic. Japan is not welcoming to foreigners even if you speak Japanese
Omg yes!!!
@@petereast1447 fr people sometimes forget that Japan has its own flaws just like any other country
@@-crispchips-1713 I know because I actually lived there. Like many of you here, I had the anime - fantasy wonderland expectations but it wasn't anything like that when I lived there. And to be fooled by the "veiled" respectful culture. They might be respectful to you in your face, but behind the scenes it's quite the opposite.
my goal: learn within a week, forget within a day lol...
I learn most radicals in 5 days. Kanji is frustrating tho, those onyomi... I can't seem to remember the on reading
you are my spirit animal.
👌
Lol same
@@nauka7565 I used to take mandarin and it took me a week to remember most radicals. But that was a year ago and now I forgot... :(
She lost me when she started talking about kanji. This is hard🧍🏾♀️
Same here😅
here's a tip: Regarding kanji, it will be easier if you already know chinese since they are all chinese characters.
꧁ ʟᴀᴄʏ ꧂ I got lost in the first 30 secs
Grammer it's hard too😰
@@harpie9022 the only thing I know in Chinese is 你好 🙄
steps to learning Japanese in 6 months: live in Japan for a year, learn Japanese two years before that, oh and be born a Korean speaker, a language that is similar to japanese like Spanish is similar to Italian.
Very simple.
Yeah how hard can it be.........
we will start learning Korean now and then kill ourselves and hopefully be born in japan in our next lives then learn Japanese there for a year ot two maybe three ..... But we'll already have the knowledge of a Korean speaker and then move back to our previous country and then .... You know what... F*** it i give up..
And still only be able to speak like a 6th grader with incorrect pitch accent. This video and comment section is full of misinformation. Japanese (and all languages really) is a grind and consistency is key. Doing hours of immersion everyday for 2+ years along with SRS will get you to a competent level. Claiming to have "learned" or are "fluent" in a language are meaningless terms that mean different things to everyone.
Chloe Uprisingstar JAJAJAJA i love you
Korean is easier in my opinion.... the writing aspect at least. & I speak fluent Spanish but still cannot speak or fluently understand Italian because as similar as these languages are, they’re still different languages regardless.
So no, not very simple 😫😫😭😭
As soon as she said "learning hiragana and katakana is easy" I was just done. There's literally nothing easy about learning 100+ characters that are literally just random lines with no relation to each other a great example being hiragana's ぬ (nu) and め (me) two entirely different sounds that are practically the same character, there's a few other examples like this. Not to mention the fact that you're literally learning 2 different "alphabets" both of which have twice as many characters as the English alphabet alone. and we haven't even gotten to kanji yet. Now this isn't to discourage you just to be real.
If you truly want to learn I suggest investing in a language learning app on your phone, it's 10x better than trying to study normally, though you will still have to learn hiragana and katakana first. A lot of these apps have different writing style options for learning; Japanese, hiragana, romanji, japanese + hiragana, etc. Always go with the pure Japanese option. It will use the kanji instead of the hiragana when applicable. If you picked Japanese + hiragana for example it would give you something like: 私(わたし ) instead of just 私 which while it looks like it would be better for learning, it's horrible and confusing.
I'm 15, and just started learning japanese, I know a lot of basic phrases, and try to speak to myself and figure conversations with myself too! But now I want to become fluent and stop memorizing phrases, so I'm really inspired by your work. I am learning hiragana now, and now I'll be able to read Japanese as well!
✠since this has been helpful to people, i added a small summary of each point in the replies in case you need a quick refresher on terms✠
3:20 - don't learn romanization
5:10 - learn hiragana and katakana, do it at the same time
8:42 - basic sentence structures
9:51 - take it slow with kanji
13:09 - use furigana
Thanks🤗
I appreciate you so freaking much, thank you 🙏💕
not all heroes wear capes 😩
This is so helpful thank you!
Thank :)
Me: *hasn't done my Japanese lesson in months*
Duolingo: hippity hoppity your soul is now my property
edit: I mastered katakana and hiragana thx to the person who reccomended japanesepod101 lol
don’t call me out like this
Duolingo did not help me at all. I found this channel called Japanese pod 101 and it is really helpful.
Duolingo can help a little bit, if you use it more often. 😊
Oop
Random TH-camr omg same!!!
“Do not skip it,just because you don’t get it.”
That helps me a lot
xD
nice pfp XD
innactive account … thank you （╹◡╹）
why's your name I D I OT??? Your not an idiot
Honestly same
her: "dont use romaji"
me who sings japanese songs while reading the romaji lyrics: 😃
CALLED OUT
@@whispergirl19 PLS
LMAOOO I CAN RELATE
Sameeee!!!!
SAME LMAOOO
Ok not about Japanese but I have to say your hair color is like bomb
Thank you xx
i see you everywhere omlll lmaoo
Namiiii😊♥️
• onigiri • sameeee
Namii I love you girl!!
when fairytail’s theme started playing i almost cried-
Box Kool same bro
YO! I didn't even notice it playing until I saw this my god I feel so disappointed in myself now.
Sameeer
Bro Same Here
IKRRRR
My mom : you have to learn English
My teacher: you have to learn English
My brain: I have to learn English
Me : I'm gonna learn Japanese
My brain: why
Me : idk
don't you already know English? your writing it right now 😂
@@Christina-zk1fx 🤔
Hotel: trivago
me but
my parents: you have to learn spanish
my teacher: you have to learn english
my brain: **japanese**
This is me but with Spanish. I want to learn more Spanish (since it’s my first language) because I already know it but I want to learn how to write it and do the accents but I really wanna learn another language so here I am looking at this video to learn Japanese 🧍🏽♀️
when she started talking about kanji (something that I was already afraid of), and said that there's a chinese way to say it, i went through despair
Me listening to her speak Japanese:
Also me: THAT’S IT I’M LITERALLY GONNA LEARN JAPANESE LIKE HOW I LEARNED ENGLISH FOR 6 YEARS!!!
こんにちは
chien tran well atleast i can understand that :) hello to you too
Really nice to meet you. Now i am studying english. So can you help me improve my english
@@chientran7121 こんにちわ、 わたし ごぜん しよう と して うる かいぜん する ぼく の にほんじん.
(id be more than willing to help you improve your english in exchange for japanese help ;)
chien tran こにちは！
11:03 “here comes the slightly confusing part”
me who’s confused the entire video:
👁💧👄💧👁
👁️ 👁️
💧 👃🏻 💧
👅
HAHHA me :')
Us moment
Us moment
not me, totally not scrolling through the comments because I'm confused, not at all
Her instructions, teaching, and advice are amazing. No wonder she's so good after a year or something
I’m Japanese but I think Japanese is really difficult.
Eri Eri not really. Learned it in three month. No biggie. Only writing it was difficult, especially the Kanji and Katakana, since I keep forgetting those.
I am Japanese but our newspaper is too difficult. its almost for experts level. so I dont reccomend using that to learn Japanese.
@@Logixal4311 define "learned Japanese"? Can you keep fluent conversations, read books and understand movies and series?
@@高木正弘-h6c
Interesting. When you say expert level, would a Japanese person, after graduating normal school, without higher education, be able to read newspapers without any problems?
I'm Polish but I think that Polish is really difficult.
I've been watching anime for like 4 years and I still dont know the basics of Japanese.
Lol me too
Same but about 10 years. I know words but not enough to have a convo.
If someone eats something and then says a word with a happy face do you really think they would be saying “10 years from now the human race will be in grave danger, the alien race ænopeä will be here to harvest our organs” I think not.
Ikr lol
cookie monster “gomennasai” and “arigato”
1. don't use romaji
2.learn hiragana and katakana
3. learn sentence structures
4.do not rush kanji
5.use furigana to help kanji
I would not say number 1 if you speak spanish from Spain.
Thankyou
I rushed to kanji o-o
What about the meaning of words?
You are so right about Romaji. When I first started to learn Japanese, I couldn't memorize Hiragana and Katakana well because I kept thinking of Romaji when I speak it out to myself and it was a struggle for me to remember the Japanese writing. Anyway now when I use Japanese Language learning apps like LingoDeer, I change the settings to Hiragana and Katakana only. Therefore my Hiragana and Katakana memorization has improved alot. 🙂
One reason you want to learn japanese:
You want to watch anime without reading the subtitles
But, anime to be watch is important too. Search for anime like Takagi-san, they speak how do Japanese speak in actual life. Like One Piece or Naruto, Japanese doesn't speak in that way, especially the word "Kisama" or "Onee-sama".
hey your uravity :3
yes that and i wanna sing jpop and vocaloid songs
I can’t read fast😔✌️or rather, I can but I think I won’t read it fast enough so I look over it and my brain processes it as “gejwgqjbeksvdv” so that’s the problem with my brain😂I’m good at every subject, but reading. It’s too difficult for me. That’s my brain deficiency
Me lol
When she said she already knew Chinese and Korean I stopped listening and went to comments instead lol. She already had a HUUUUGE advantage.
Very true! :(
I know Chinese, and honestly there’s not too many similarities, besides like a few vocab words. HOWEVER, knowing KOREAN gives a HUGEEEEE advantage. The grammar is nearly the exact same, while Chinese grammar is more like English grammar, and it’s completely different from Japanese. So her knowing Korean is a hugeeee help lmao
Why are you me? Lol browsed the comments to see if anyone reacted to it
FR I was just like “Sis you already KNOW the basics automatically and you expect US to have the same experience 😟”
@@sagearviso1979 The reason why we said Chinese is a HUGEEEE help is because of 漢字 and that, as you know, is in both languages.
People: I wanna learn Japanese to read anime subtitles.
Me: I wanna learn Japanese to read anime subtitles AND sing Japanese songs and properly understand them.
Awesome goal, same here man!
my mom says spanish or asian languages. and japanese is cool so i got stuck with it
@Alex Manton I noticed it with the R's
The r row is like a slight tongue roll, like in spanish
Me too smh
I've been done with hiragana for a while and am trying to focus on speech pattern and katakana and kanji rn
Yes I feel this this is why
I'm blown away by the sheer brilliance of this video.
So far every vlogger who talks about learning japanese quickly, has actually spend months or more in Japan. Doubt there’s anyone out there who can learn that quickly from sitting in their home
No but you can definitely learn. I have no friends that speak Mandarin but I have gotten myself to understanding some Chinese dramas just by studying on my phone one hour a day. It truly is doable if you set goals and practice with other natives online with certain immersive apps.
I understand 20 percent of Mandarin and have studied for 10 weeks at home and I have not been to China before
My professor teaches nihonggo but shes never been in japan. I guess its possible
@@creativeganger9536 damn thts good progress bro
taking classes help. there's an elementary japanese class in my university and we meet twice a week for an hour and a half. we learned hiragana in four sessions, then katakana in the next four. having worksheets as well as flashcards help.
Step 1: Go to settings and click real life
Step 2: Enable Japanese to English subtitles
step 3:done
if only this actually worked
Learn a foreign language.
Step 1:
Go live in that country.
That is how i learned English.
They put me in a class with kids speaking alien.
LOL 😂
Me too, the first year at an alien school I didn't understand anything, then the second year, which is this year, I'm one of the best student in class. But I still can't speak fluently, the language is insane( not really)but it's really difficult, and I have to learn Germany next year. But I want to learn Japanese, don't know what to do now 😭.
@@minhthu6448 noticed that our local Maori learn Japanese lot quicker.
I think I should swith to te reo maori as i already understand the culture here. I do not know why i waited so long to learn it. But anyway, Maori might be the gateway language
I learned English because of spongebob, Disney channel stuff, cartoon network, basically watching tv then improved when I started playing online games lmao.
I learned English coz of cartoons lol
I learned english by watching youtube for 7 or 8 hours a day for 2 years and i was ahead of everyone in class in 6 and 7th grade. Now in 9th grade i watch anime for like 10 hours a day and youtube for like like 1 hour a day. Im fluent in english and i can know the basic phrases of japanees. I am Norwegian btw.
I actually found this and watched this for a second time after 3 years!
Boy was I happy I found this again, I improved so much in those years because of this
ありがとうございます！😭❤️
i really like that you put subtitles when you speak english, i have a hearing comprehension disorder and reading what you're saying really helps me understand everything :^)
Omg same gurl
i just need to learn it because i want to understand what people have to tell me
Vídeo: How to learn Japanese in 6 months
Me: NANI
Baka😂
😂😂
@火罪静香 I am supposed to know the alphabet yet I don't understand any of these hiragana characters-
Aho!
ODiverso ahahhaahha😂😂
Step one: Study 15 hours a day... hey guys, where are you going?! come back here, don't run!!
I think I got it lol
U W O N T F I N D M E
OMGG this was so helpful! Haha actually i was going a little slow for hiragana and katakana because i learned hiragana first and than i learned katakana, but now im learning kanji and i learn a radical a day, i've downloaded the textbooks, where some of them have furigana and some don't. Yeah so i hope that i learn it, it doesn't matter for me whether it takes a lot of time or not, but i just wish to learn it, you made my work easier because i've been reasearching this for ages. Thank you for sharing this with us!
Difficulty level: Asian
Woah I just looked back at this comment and didn’t think I would get this many likes Nani😂
Korean is LITERALLY created to make it easier so no....korean is not AS difficult
@Always BTS lol the thing is that i was gonna put the username "ayo hitman bang introduces" but i tapped save before accidentally and now it's stuck 'inyr" intead or introduces
If you really want to learn japanese download the app "LINGO DEER" it really helped me a lot and it is the easiest way to help speak and write japanese. It has 4.9 Ratings on google play. it is absolutely the best you should try it. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT! Took me about 7 - 8 months to learn japanese because i wasn't studying everyday. I'm was only opening the app for like 4-5 days a week.
@@ちゃん幽閉 Thanks for sharing
im asian but damn girl, I AGREE
The things we do to watch anime without subtitles
Animate Damons dub 😍
lmao
Yeah, only thing i can understand without sub is the yamete oniichan
hahaha exactly. Too many weebs here exactly for that including myself 😂
@@ltkagura6486 Yamete Onii-chan***
been watching anime since i was 7, all i learnt was, hentai, nani, baka, and onee-chan
Haha same lmao
How about oppai? 😅
WILDPINK-CEBU Cover Group oh yea I remember watching one punch man and seeing him wearing a shirt that said oppai
i wheezed -
what about ecchi? or omae wa mou shindeiru
I love how you deliberately explained differences between hiragana, katakana & kanji! thank you so much for this
When you're reading comments and watching the video and then get confused
i like you pic it's toga!!
Toga looks cute
i was confused watching the video. also wtf is kanji
That's so relatable rn, and TOGAAAAAA IS BEST GIRLLLLL
Yes.
My friend telling me to learn Chinese and Korean so that I'll learn Japanese more faster: That'll take me decades, I'd rather just learn Japanese
Learn korean first.
It's easy by itself and it will help you understand harder languages such as Chinese and Japanese better.... the sentence structures, characters, origination, culture----
they're similar in ways in all three countries, but if start by learning it the korean way, it will be so much easier to understand. There are lots of creators on youtube who teach korean characters and grammar (ok, korean grammar is hard, yes, but you don't need to learn it the theoretical way) and so it's easy. Then.... stan BTS and try to understand the meanings of the korean words... like, question each word separately and try to understand what it means and what its role is in a sentence. and then just watch kdramas (they're genuinely interesting, you'll LOVE watching them)
If you try learning japanese first... YOU WILL GET FRUSTRATED, it's too much to take on.
Hope it helped! Good luck
@@btstwitterupdates3790 lol she never saw your comment
@@btstwitterupdates3790 kpop propaganda
@@btstwitterupdates3790 I do wanna learn korean eventually but I’m moving to Japan this year and I wanna learn as much Japanese before I go. Do I still learn Korean first or just do Japanese? I don’t wanna get frustrated either but Idk if learning Korean first will be beneficial with a time limit. What’s your thoughts ? Thank you ~
@@existing196 yeah, if you're moving to japan this year, you'll need to learn it quickly.... i think you should learn the basic japanese you'll need to get by in japan (there are lots of courses online you can sign up for)... then, when you want to enrich your knowledge of the language and you want to understand it better, learn korean by practicing japanese on the side. Japanese will be easier and more 'understandable'.
But then again, make sure you get a good grasp on the grammar----- learning korean makes it easier to understand the complicatedness of japanese grammar. I swear, if i didn't know whatever amount of korean i know rn, japanese would seem like a messy soup. IT's definitely possible to be good at japanese grammar w/o learning korean, ofc, just that prior knowledge of korean makes it easier.
This is actually a VERY good and informative video!--now don't get me wrong! I dont mean to say that i thought it was going to be bad. Usually, when youtubers upload a "how I learned Japanese video", its very repetitive and almost every single one of them are super similar. Like "Oh i learned hiragana and katana. Oh download this Japanese learning app. Just practice". Here, you gave excellent advice and great strategies to use! I really loved the idea of buying a japanese novel and writing down the furigana, I'll definitely be trying that out! :)) Thank you SO much for these awesome tips
exactly, right?? they keeps saying learn from apps and shit like do you guys have something that you can write on paper lol. and yeah this is the first time someone actually recommended reading novel which is more effective
I agree, this actually motivated me to pick up japanese again, I got a bunch of books for my birthday last year because I tried learning at least some japanese myself but got discouraged after I heard so many people saying that japanese is impossible to learn on your own and I couldn't afford a real japanese class. But I will definitely pick it up again!
Right? I was like these tips are super great and you can tell she really cares about us that want to learn it hence she did a great job and planning :-) definitely will use all these tips 👏
What you said was super legit. I literally dedicated myself to learn hiragana and katakana during our vacation back in June 2020, and even learned the sentence structure, and slowly try knowing kanji and did everything you said. But then now I forgot all those. It seems that I had to re-do those things again. Thanks for popping on my NF 💜
What I learned from anime : “Yare Yare Daze” That’s all I need.
やれ やれ だぜ I suppose?
Translation: Good grief or gimme a break !! I love JoJo no kimyou na bouken #JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
Baka!!!*laughs
@@dhominirp9837 あらあら
Lets kill da whoe beetch
TH-cam: I heard your interested in the Japanese culture.
Me: I am very much interested in the Japanese culture
Xd
@Lovely Aki but ur the weeb with the anime pfp
WRONG FORM OF YOUR~
epicly
@Lovely Aki chineese cartoon loving fuck
She is speaking Japanese with Korean accent LOL so cute
I noticed that too! I thought it was only me...XD
Seraph of the Anime I learned Korean first and I was like??? This sounds familiar 💀
IKR I NOTICED THAT TOO lmaooo
Sounds like a Kiwi/Aussie accent under there as well.
I speak French with Spanish + English accent (because I am weak in it) so I discovered from my friends that you can have 2 accents at once lol
Still good tho
Thank you so much for the helpful suggestions! I started trying to teach myself basic Korean and Japanese and just came across this vid of yours for additional tips so thanks! 😊
Euodias: Never, ever, EVER use Romaji!
Me:
*slowly backs up a bit*
I just ripped out like 5 of my notebook pages and threw them away.
Wait what’s wrong with romanji?
@@blackbird6695 your pronunciation and accent would be wonky.
@@goodshihtzu4586 i get it but how are you supposed to learn straight from hirigana if you cant read hirigana you need to use romaji to start off to learn hirigana thats like saying learn japanese with japanese
@@pondwater2117 Romanji was created to allow for english speakers or any one who uses the "english" alphabet to understand Japanese. With that being said, I dont quite understand how else one is suppose to learn Japanese. If you learning Japanese I suggest skipping Kanji for the beginning phase and coming back to it once you are confident in Hiragana. That's just my opinion, and I'm not a language expert so dont take my words for granted.
Buy a whiteboard and use it to practice Hiragana and Katakana. It'll save you money on paper.
Qualified Idiots Wow i think you just saved my life
This is me being Qualified.
It's a sort of Jekyll and Hyde deal.
Qualified Idiots Or just use a mirror and a whiteboard marker
Nah. They keep breaking.
Dollar tree has some good ones for wait for it, A DOLLAR 🤣🤣
"But still, I think Japanese is more difficult than the other 2."
*WAIT CHINESE BEING EASIER??? THAT'S ILLEGAL-*
Crux Luthica *cries in cantonese and mandarin*
i think chinese is harder in intonations, but easier in grammar. Japan is easier to pronounce, but super hard in grammar lol.
and both have the same difficult kanji / hanzi
Leon Leon although yes it is hard, I love how Japanese can ‘express’ things in much more ways, it’s interesting to me.
I’m sorry I just love languages and being the ‘obsessed with languages’ person I am I can’t help it but adore every single little detail from each language-
Well yeah because more than likely she grew up speaking Chinese obviously
Kale .__. 💀
As someone who has just started learning Japanese, this video is pure gold. Thanks a lot.
I might just have to use subtitles forever
Jennie DaWeirdo HAHAHAHA sad but true
Don't give up.😄😁
Karishma pradhan Ty for the encouragement
I thought so too but it’s actually easy
How I learned Japanese in 6 months.
“I spent about 2 or 3 years learning Japanese”
Yeah... how about no.
Yeah😂😂😂
Yeah that confused me lol 😅
That confused me also she says that. Ahhaha
She probably been attending japanese classes because her japanese is good. And to self study it for 6months is really unbelievable, for a half japanese like me that cant even construct a perfect sentence and copy their accent for almost 2years this video is misleading. Plus the kanji writing?! Smh
lmao
Honestly the reason why I'm learning japanese is
1) to relieve stress during final year study
2) To impress my younger cousins
3) To impress my parents
4) Yuta is japanese 🤣😍
4th one ❤️❤️😁
YOO I WAS FINDING A COMMENT THAT IS ABOUT YUTA
and i can say anything in japanese without my parents knowng what it means
And also anime
Bestie, it’s been six months, how far did you get with the Japanese?
I definitely think she means never to use Romaji AFTER the learning Hirigana and Katakana phase. Romaji is basically required for English speakers for studying to know HOW to pronounce it, you can't expect the learn it all verbally and visually without writing it down and reading it at first, but drop it as soon as you can fluently read without it. Also definitely a HUGE leg up knowing the other 2 big Asian languages already. Immersion and repetition are key. Most teachers expect you to be able to learn Hira and Kata in about 2 weeks, Kanji is a lifetime ordeal even for Japanese people, so everything after those first 2-3 weeks is learning grammar and word meanings since you already have the tools to build the words. Don't worry, Hira and Kata are what you should be LEAST worried about and should focus on expanding vocabulary as you learn sentence structure
I'm confused on how Japanese people type on a keyboard. Do they use Romaji? Or do they use a keyboard with Japanese characters?
@Invintius There are 2 ways. The keyboards usually have both the English alphabet and Hiragana on it. You can either type the romaji and it will autotranslate to Hiragana and Kanji, or you can type in Hiragana and it'll translate to Kanji when needed. If you're typing one a phone, most people type using Hiragana and choose the Kanji to translate to when needed.
Damn Japanese gets harder evry time you progress
Tell me about it, I was like: "oh yeah I got this!" **1 week later barely knows the basics 😩**
As any new language you're learning
ikr
It’ll get easy eventually
*NEVER GIVE UP! BELIEVE IT!*
Her: Screw Romaji
Me: * nervous laughing* Yeah screw romaji * sweating intensifies*
For me, Romaji help me a lot to memorize the readings to Kanji, because I do not have to consciously read the furigana and can look at the Kanji and just "see" their reading, too. Once I started writing romaji instead of furigana, I actually got faster remembering them!
@@kajielin4354 doesn't that kinda slow you when reading a native material? Maybe not. They use romanization in textbooks for hiragana and katakana for the same reason you're romanizating kanji... Because if you remember the romaji for the regular characters, you will see the reading already. Then you can use furigana and it probably aids you with reading regular things. But we all work differently, right.
I relate so much ;-;
@@stage8790 Of course, and one day I hopefully will, but I won't wai with learning Kanji until I do, and while I train my Kana reading abilities, I use Romaji to also remember Kanji readings and connect that sound to the image in my head.
Am I the only one who wrote down everything she said?😭😂
Steps to learning Japanese
Step 1: start watching more subbed anime, and some J-Dramas/Movies to help pick up on pronunciation, intonation (the change in pitch when talking) and small phrases.
(This honestly doesn’t help much, but I find that when I listen to others I have more motivation to learn, so she said the opposite but this is how I would personally do it)
Step 2: stop using romanization/romaji
Step 3: learn Hiragana and Katakana
Hiragana is a phonetic lettering system. The word literally means “ordinary” or “simple” kana (Kana (仮名, Japanese pronunciation: [kana]) are the syllabaries that form parts of the Japanese writing system).
Hiragana and katakana are both kana systems. They are both basically the same in the sense that they sound the same, but are written differently.
Hiragana is used mainly for sounding out Japanese words.
Katakana is used for sounding out foreign words like Disney, cake or coffee
An easy way to tell the difference is that Hiragana is written with soft flowy lines, while katakana is written in really sharp angular lines.
To go faster, learn them both at the same time
Write down the set in English, then below it write it in Hiragana, and below that, write it in Katakana. Preferably in different colors (make a legend as to not get confused by which color is which)
Learn one set at a time, once your done learning a set, go to a blank page and test yourself. Try speaking and writing at the same time. Later try writing words, or anime names/characters for more practice.
After learning, do a flash test, take a finger or pen and move it around the page, stoping on a random character and try to say it as fast as possible. This helps make the pace of your reading faster.
Do all of this for at least 30 minutes everyday for a week and check your progress.
Step 4: learn the sentence structure!
One example is subject before action.
Rice, I want.
Meaning I want rice, or I want to eat rice.
Step 5: Do not rush learning kanji
Kanji is a system of Japanese writing, using Chinese characters.
Kanji isn’t something you can just learn and be done with, if you want to remember it for life, you have to keep practicing it for years.
It is used very differently in Chinese and Japanese.
In Chinese, it is the only writing system, meaning that every single word used to write in a sentence is kanji.
But in Japanese, kanji is used mainly to give a word its identity.
For an example:
Hana can mean both a flower, or a nose
The Hiragana for Hana is はな
Read like は = ha, な = na
if you were to replace はな for the Kanji 花 people will automatically know you’re talking about a flower
And if you were to replace はな for 鼻, people will immediately know you are talking about a nose.
The way to learn kanji is to memorize its meanings and write it down several times. Keep practicing until you get it.
In Japanese every kanji character has at least 2 ways or sound for reading it, unlike Chinese characters, which usually only have one sound.
In Japanese you have “onyomi” which is the sound that you get reading off of the Chinese character. You also have “Kunyomi” which is the sound that you get reading off the actual meaning of the word in Japanese.
Example:
The kanji for heart is 心 in Japanese it is read as kokoro, but in chinese it is read as xin.
When to use each:
If the kanji is placed beside a hiragana or katakana, you would use the kunyomi sound.
私の心は、あなたのものです basically means “my heart is yours.” The kanji we are looking for is 心 (heart) and it is beside は (a hiragana) so will use the kunyomi.
So instead of reading the sentence as
‘Watashino xinha anatanomono desu’
You will read it as
‘Watashino kokoroha anatanomono desu’
But if the kanji is placed beside another kanji, you would use the onyomi sound.
心臓 means heart, and since 心 is a kanji, and 臓 is also a kanji, you would read it as Xīn Zàng.
Step 5: use furigana to aid in your kanji learning process.
Furigana is the usage of Hiragana and Katakana, to help you pronounce kanji.
For example, if you don’t know the kanji
心 you would search it up, and write down the furigana right beside the kanji. It would look like this;
(*For right here I have pictures cuz it was in my notes lol*)
This will help you remember what the kanji sounds like.
Another thing to help learn kanji, is to get a Japanese novel that doesn’t already have furigana in it so you can write in yourself. Also get something that is a little bit more advanced so it will be more of a challenge for you.
A good novel for this could be
幻の「長くつ下のピッピ」
Translating to “pippi the girl with long stockings”
How you would learn to read the kanji is you would go sentence by sentence, and if you come across a sentence you don’t understand completely, you don’t move on until fully comprehend what the sentence means. And you would do this for the entire novel.
When you do come across things you don’t understand, don’t skip them just because you don’t get it. Search it up and write down the furigana and the meaning, keep doing this for every single sentence.
Everyday before starting a new page, go back to page one and reread everything again, that’s what’s going to help you learn, because it keeps everything fresh in your mind. This will also help widen your vocabulary.
thank you for this!
wow, very cool thx!
This is cool but I keep getting lost from the Kanji down
This settled it, I'm not learning Japanese and I'm staying to learning Korean. Thanks for the notes tho 😌💁🏾
@Chloee Yang dou itashi mashite
omgggg! thank you sooo much! i've been learning my Japanese from romanji for the past month, so I'm so glad that you've told me that romanji isn't a good way to starting learning Japanese!!!! So thank you.... a lot!
*_I only have 1 reason, I've find this language aesthetically pleasing to the eye since the first moment i saw it, and i saw it in Pokemon when i was 4_*
"How I learnt Japanese in 6 months"
*has been learning for 5 years and still not fluent*
Native fluency, and functionally proficient are 2 separate things.
Only she didn't, she'd had many years of passive input (watching TV) + two years of studying on her own before going to Japan. She became fluent after 6 months in Japan.
She said that she watched anime for 10 years which must have helped her somehow, also she knew Chinese and Korean so that made it much easier and anyways when you're in japan where everyone around you is speaking Japanese it's a lot more easier to acquire and master the language then to do it from home only using textbooks.
Don't worry about that, I'm assuming your native language is English. Look at how different they are. There is a big difference from fluency to being able to function with the language. I would say that to be pretty near fluent you would need about ten or so years. Maybe even more. I'm only a beginner myself but I hope my knowledge helped lol.
But then there’s speaking and reading/writing. I’ve been studying Japanese as a second language in university for now 2 years, but it’s crazy how hard memorizing kanjis and their different readings is. The hard part isn’t really learning how to speak fluently, cuz yeah, the grammar is a lot different but trust me it’s nothing compared to the reading/writing learning process. This girl could already speak Chinese, and if she was already able to read it as well she then had 50% of the job done. 漢字 (kanji) literally means « Chinese characters »
I'm so used to reading anime subtiltles that I'm reading these and I already speak English
Same
me too, I got way too used to it that I watch everything with subtitles
ERRATIC-luck sameee
This is a great video! I am learning the Japanese language and this has helped me a lot! ありがとうございます！
I mastered Katakana and Hiragana in 3 hours doing the same method you did learning these. This is proof that you CAN master these two in one day. Thanks for the tips BTW... It's really helping me a lot!
bullsh*t.
Phil Nolan Hiragana and Katakana is really easy tho. Since they sound the same, all you have to do is memorise what they look like. Try exerting more effort and you’ll most likely succeed in mastering the two.
I also used the same method back when I first started. During my part time job, I would test myself on the back of old receipts, and I literally memorised all the hiragana and katakana in one week during the lulls in between serving customers.
I learned both in about 5 minutes like every other regular person does. The average peasant can probably learn it in a day. So easy!
Luna Nokomis I learned both during math class. Can't say the same for my math lesson that day. The next day I failed the test.
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Step 1: Go to Japan and hear people talk and you'll get used to it and start using it, jk, I don't have money to go to Japan.
Exactly lmao I'm gon move their after highschool
This is true to me.
@@moeishim same
Aw, same here. 😩
I've been in japan for a month now, and around Japan people every day, and still confused af. And im actively trying to learn.
Who else is here so they don’t have to use subtitles when watching anime.
That’s my original reason lol
im simply here so that i can read the raws of either a novel or manga im interested in.
Was my original reason, now I want to learn it because I'd love to go to Japan and explore more.
Me lol
Yuh probably 80% of my reason why i want to learn japanese
btw just so you guys know, doing research about kanji itself will help a lot! there's parts inside kanji that give them their meaning, so you could probably remember them a lot easier that way
Is no one gonna talk about the fairy tail theme popping out of nowhere and the emotion load that comes with it :’’’)
@Rosa Mirandy no it's Fairy Tail the anime's theme song
Rosa Mirandy *Fairy Tail 🤐 and @Christly Williams is right, it is the theme song from Fairy Tail 🤭
Nupelda Gunlu frfr😭
Or no one is going to comment the mermaid melody theme?
Iveta Tran never watched itt is it good?
I'm learning Korean rn I have an hour class like once a week and I wish I could do more but I have college so I just try to read Korean when I can and watching dramas can actually be helpful plus listening to the music~ hopefully I can learn Japanese in the future as well
Hail Storm Wonho 💕💕
Hi fellow Monbebes
Hail Storm, you should make Korean friends who can speak with you. Or try working part time at a Korean store where workers speak Korean most of the time. I promise you, you will improve by engaging with them.
Hail Storm I've been learning Japanese from a young age but I can tell u that it does get easier once you learn the basics (btw learn kanji to start it's kinda easy)
Try watching a conversation video. That helps me a lot. I'm Korean, but my accent is weird because I was raised in the state.
That feeling when you understand the phrases/words she said in japanese but can't speak fluently in japanese.
I strongly relate
You can’t describe it😂
Very true
This is bloody true
Hi Killua
This is actually mad helpful. I haven't seen anyone in, any video since this one came out, meticulously explain the context of different characters and when to use them. 'Preciate you, boss lady