**2022 UPDATE -- 1 YEAR LATER** I've now learned Japanese for 2 years, here's the update video: th-cam.com/video/t3g6X1RMUyg/w-d-xo.html **SUPER IMPORTANT NOTE AS OF JANUARY 2022**: Matt vs Japan is showing some SUPER scammy behavior in his new business venture with Ken Cannon, who himself has a shady background. Both these men have a history of doing shady things, there even exists a recording of Matt saying he is willing to "charge people a grossly overpriced product". That is a SCAM. Fair warning to anybody looking into Matt after 2022. Please search up "Coffeezilla" if you do NOT pick up any red flags from his new product, you will be able to see exactly what red flags are being picked up here. The reason I haven't uploaded anything in a year is because it took me ALMOST AN ENTIRE MONTH to get this video done. That's basically an entire month I have to spend the full day just editing, so it actually really slows down my actual Japanese learning as well as getting in the way of everything else in my life. I'd really appreciate it if y'all could show some love by hitting the like button and sharing the video around with others who are interested in learning Japanese! EDIT: I read 百合 as 百倍 (100x). 百合 is not 100x. 百合 is actually, Yuri.
Oh good glad about this update. I knew about this Matt but glad you are warning people about him. The other Matt’s are amazing! Game Genko is my favorite (for video game learning)
hooooly crap. I’ve been getting burnt out of learning Japanese lately but this kinda just inspired me to try to learn Japanese again. You threw in little tips and tricks as well as showing me what you did on a daily basis. Definitely gonna try it out. Usually I don’t subscribe to other people who I’ve only watched for the first time so you’re probably the first person but please create more content line this. I watched through the entire 50 minutes and will try to implement the things you mentioned(just not doing 120 fucking words a day).
He said he learned it for a year during 2020 so that's probably why he was able to do that much. Under no normal circumstances should you ever force that much information down on yourself
Watching this after watching your latest N1 reading video is amazing. It gives me hope that I too can learn this language. I'm only a month in but I'm getting there slowly - I can put together very basic sentences and ideas, but my vocab only consists of approximately 106 words, and I'm only confident with a little over 50 Kanji - but I knew it was never going to be easy or quick. I haven't studied any grammar yet however, I think i'll need to get onto that soon. Dictionary meanings and actually using it in a sentence is still quite confusing, and I have no idea why or when a word should drop or add a sound. But still, early days!
Fuck it, Im saying it. Full send no kanji all hiragana untill you hit 1k words then you can start with kanji, doing 0 immersion and not actually feeling your growth sucks balls. Also dont get too stuck up on trying to make your own sentences at first. for grammar, watch cure dolly.
@@Hoppitot A month later - my vocab is at about 900 words now, and approximately 300 Kanji. I did start watching cure dolly shortly after I made that original comment, and you're right - incredibly helpful. I've only been learning kanji through the vocab learning as they come up, rather than studying them individually - which was a great change. I've been reading a lot more text at the level I'm at and that's beginning to help - especially with cure dolly's grammar explanations. I haven't started really doing immersion yet, outside of watching anime in Japanese with Eng subs, which is something I've always been doing anyway - but I haven't consciously sat down to sentence mine and try to comprehend every word said. I feel like my vocabulary might be a ways off before I can do that (Or not, i'm happy to hear your suggestions.). Over all, just staying consistent (on day 68 now) and studying every single day has helped immensely I think. But learning new Kanji is still something i'll keep doing I think. Reading is a big component to why I want to learn the language in the first place - and I also genuinely find Kanji kind of beautiful.
@@adsim92 Curious george is a pretty fun kids show and you can find it on youtube in japanese for free. The topics are very diverse so you'll get a lot of fundamental vocab. If you want to start testing the waters of Immersion I'd start there.
7:38 Just wanted to say that I think the reason they said you should use "とも" instead is that it can mean "both." It uses the kanji "共" as in "共に." You should by all means ask a Japanese person the reason, but that's my take on the matter.
Thanks for the quick bit of info! The reason I didn't look this up was because it doesn't show up commonly enough in the content I consume for me to care about it. If it's something that I notice and it shows up a lot and I don't understand it, that's when I look it up.
Thanks for such an amazing video 🔥 it reignited my passion for Japanese language learning. I was very inspired after watching this video and now I'm attempting to complete my Anki 2k 1st step deck before 2022 !
Thats awesome dude! Glad my video was able to inspire you and reignite that 🔥🔥. . Remember to pace yourself though, motivation is only temporarily. If there's still a bunch of cards to go in these next 2 weeks before 2022, just take it easy and do a few at a time! . You'll get way more out of this studying for 90% of 2022-2023 than burning out in these 2 weeks ;)
Nice Video, really enjoyed it. I've also been following MIA for about 511 days now so I really can relate to your experience I think. Hope you will continue having fun learning!
That's dope man! With how new MIA and Refold is, I hope that sharing my progress like this allows others to see what an average student of these methodologies look like so they can set a fair expectation. Thanks for the comment and sub, hope you also continue having fun learning!
@@JouzuJuls Thanks for your hard work 🙏 It's really interesting to see the differences for me as well. For example I've been reading way more than listening. It's really hard for me to turn off the japanese subs because they mean much more comprehension to me 😂
This is awesome! Frankly I don’t have a good relationship with Japanese, but as a learner of a different language (Mandarin lol) through these methods, the video was super interesting and entertaining regardless! In my school, we’re required to study a foreign language and I don’t enjoy the classroom learning methods whatsoever. Eventually I’ve honestly come to resent learning Japanese even though I’m technically “learning” it right now. Mandarin on the other hand has been super fun for me, teaching myself, primarily through immersion and I’d say my Mandarin comprehension is stronger than my Japanese comprehension already (I’ve been learning Japanese for two years at school and Mandarin on my own for just a few months), though my Japanese output is much stronger. I guess it’s the method more than anything. However, I’m now at a point where I put no effort into studying Japanese outside of lessons, hopefully I pass. 🤞
SAME, literally same- except the languages are flipped for me. It's undeniable how big of an effect using the correct method has. I studied Mandarin for 10+ YEARS at school while living Hong Kong yet still can't read/write Chinese. Yet within the past 2 years of studying Japanese, I am now way more literate in Japanese and can read way more Kanji than I ever could in Chinese. . Thanks for watching the video! I hope you'll check out my 2 year update that I just posted as well!
@@JouzuJuls right. So many people just look at others and say "See how talented you are", which indirectly distances them from the reality that talent requires learning.
This video and this channel are awesome. I love your edit skills make the video so enjoyable. The way you divided the video in a logic way, everything perfect. I'm currently on my way to learn Japanese and this video is definitely a huge source of motivation. I can't wait to see if I'm able to understand even a little bit of japanese in a year. You got a new subscriber, keep the good work you are killing it !
Yo mate! You've really inspired me to learn Japanese myself ngl :D I'll be taking the next year to learn Japanese and plan to make my own video after a year! Thank you so much for motivating me.
Hey there! Thanks for watching the video and commenting! I'm really glad I was able to inspire you and I look forward to seeing your video 1 year from now! :D
Howdy. I see you are pretty active in the comments so figured id drop ya a quick note. Ill start at the end of the video where you talk about avoiding mistakes. I actually found you yesterday and have watched maybe 10 of your videos and have relaly appreciated the knowledge you put out related to anki. The reason i found you was actually because, after a total of 1 year of learning myself, i have decided to go ahead and give anki a go to attempt a massive vocab boost. My one year was pretty similar to yours though i was lucky to quickly find cure dolly whose teachings have been the bedrock for all my learning and i still plan to follow her strategy pretty much 1:1 for the foreseeable future (80-95% immersion plus 5-20% anki). Though after one year i basically never used anki and just absorbed all the words i know naturally from looking em up and repeated exposure. But now that vocab feels like the only thing im really missing i do also feel like anki will probably be the best way. Back to not repeating mistakes: thanks for you anki vids. i decided to spend a lot of time deciding on my card layout since i know ill try to commit to it often and i want to avoid mistakes early. so, my card plan is: usually just a single-ish word on front, then on back 1. pitch accent, 2. example sentence(s) and optional definition, 3. any other random stuff and possibly hidden english details. 4. when i flip the card ill hear the word from migaku, then again from awesomeTTS google translate(since migaku often doesnt have them), and finally the sentence/definition from google translate too. i know you dont like google translate but ive found it to be pretty decent personally and its the only free option. In the future i might try listening test cards but not for now. So, thanks for all the nice vids and for me id love to see a vid on your final card layout you ended up on (i saw examples in the 2 year vid) and tbh it might be interesting to see a full live anki session of making cards and doing review just to see an experienced person's progress. finally i wanna way in on the interesting bit about starting from scratch in the middle of the video. i will just admit i did personally feel a tiny bit of let down to hear you have chinese as a native language because i did feel like it was kinda sorta 'cheating' ish feeling. in the end, it doesnt matter at all and totally not a big deal. but, like you pointed out, for me at least i did assume you were american or something like that and had no experience with asian languages. i do feel like the chinese is a massive boost to the point where it did kinda deceive me at least into thinking wow look how far he came in one year as a standard english only speaker. if you look at the studies done and most opinions, japanese may very well be the single most difficult language for a native english speaker to learn. on the other hand, i believe i saw that the people who will have the easiest time learning japanese will be korean and chinese speakers (naturally). so, i do think if you want to promote yourself as someone who 'does xxx in yyy amount of time' if does feel a little bit deceptive if you dont disclose this because imo it is an absolutely massive boost vs probably most people watching you channel who probably mostly only speak english. again in the end it doesnt matter at all, and you are still doing an amazing job, but, its just my 2c. anyways, good luck w everything!
Hello hello! Sorry for the late reply, I caught covid but am mostly recovered now. . Thank you for your long and well thought out comment! An anki deck that I've edited to use my final format is actually available for download here: th-cam.com/video/DcY2Svs3h8M/w-d-xo.html
1 month for n4 seems SO realistic to me even tho I just finished N5 a week ago... MY VOCAB IS BEHIND THO!! My goal is to take the N3 exam next July, and If i study daily I might be able to do it. Thanks for the motivation!
“…I was too focused on actually learning, to spend time actually talking of how I was learning.” That’s awesome. I wish I spent more time learning rather than listening about learning, lol. I’m glad I watched your vid still, though.
It was a very hard thing to do. I really wanted to tell people how I was doing and share all these cool things I found- but I knew I had to prioritize actually making progress then talk about it and feel like I did something. . Now after 1 year tho and making this video, it feels like a huge weight off my shoulder! 😇
haha coming back to this video after a while and trying to follow along with the listening portion. Paused right after hearing 根掘り葉掘りand exclaimed "what the fuck is a nehorihahori?". Glad we had the same reaction lol.
Relating to the anki section. As I was finishih uni, during exams 14 months ago I gave up doing anki. I thought I'd pick it back up, but nope. I'd have to review 8k cards right now if I wanted to pick it back up, I ain't doing that, I just reset my 4 decks like a week ago and hope to start doing it one of these days. Still wild to me I did anki for one month in 2021, the entirety of 2022 somehow, and the first half of 2023. And I'm still struggling with comprehension, sometimes I understand an entire sentence, other times nothing at all. It's frustrating, but your videos have helped understand grammar, I've had a hard time previously going through tae kim which is like the default recommendation made in the japanese immersion community, but your videos, especially the one on て form and the one on が vs わ were eye opening in a way and I'm binging your vids right now just to get a better understanding of how things work as I'm continuing with watching anime and youtube occasionally. Keep it up dude.
i have no trouble watching anime and understanding words like 空気抵抗摩擦 or 二酸化炭素 through context, but when people speak normally, like on youtube.. im compleltly lost lmao.
The question I'd have for you would be... what situation are you seeing 空気抵抗摩擦 & 二酸化炭素 in a TH-cam video?? 😂 . For real though, if it's a word you want to remember for whatever reason, plugging into Anki usually does most of the hard work. . The hard work being the memorization part. The easy work of running into the word a lot is up to you 😝
lmao, I found this vid by algorithm and forgot to sub here, btw nice picture of waifu you took for your thumbnail AND i like how you used BP for 一瞬 for 暗記. Keep up the grind and learn japanese for the waifus (and in order to understanding weeb content in general) 🔥
SLR. Thanks for coming over man! Awesome that the algorithm decided to send you over! And yes, BP is the perfect image for that word. ... この死骸たち、一瞬で溶かしてしまうこともできますのよ……見てみたいかしら？
Great video! Such a greaaaaaaat video!!! WHY does this only have 2,500 views! Your editing is awesome! You deserve so much more views and subs then youtube is letting you get lol. You had great info and this vid is so interesting!
I mean I could but don't plan to. . First of all I don't know if there's a such thing as "most efficient anki deck" and "most efficient cards design", so there might be one out there that's better than mine. I would rather recommend a deck like that than share my own. . Second of all, I can make a quick tutorial on how I generate these pitch accent * furigana stuff very easily. I feel like that's better :P
Hey Julian, awesome video that you put out with quality and informative entertainment. I'm currently studying Japanese right now with a teacher and this video has been insightful through the process of learning language itself. Especially the resources and videos that you have provided which is going to be helpful to optimise the process for me. I was wondering were there any other problems you encountered with learning and producing Japanese?
Thanks John! How long have you been studying Japanese for? In regards to problems I encountered with learning and producing Japanese... Not sure what you mean by producing? If you mean output then see 41:32 ( Early Output vs Mass Input) As for learning, because I'm self taught, a few problems naturally arise: 1. Motivation. In the starting phases it was really hard to get going, like I said in the video, it took me 2 months before I could consistently do Anki every day. Once I did that though, I don't really have motivation problems other than the occasional day I just don't feel like doing it. But then the next day I bounce back. 2. Not being able to track progress. Since all my Japanese is around practical use, there's no way to grade myself. Academic tests don't reflect the real world enough so I only do them when I'm bored. This easily goes hand in hand with motivation too, without anybody ever saying "hey good job you did better than last time" EVER, it's up to you to realize when you're making progress yourself. ^ It's extremely easy to fall into the trap of doing Anki over Immersion thinking that Anki is doing you better because Anki gives the user feedback on how they're doing- but the truth is that immersion is where the real gains are made. 3. Time. I spent too much time in Anki. 3.5 hours per day is way too much considering I have to run my other TH-cam channel and 2 other jobs, as well as other life shit. 30 minutes in Anki is manageable and that's what I do now. Since the real gains are in Immersion, cutting down Anki time to do any form of immersion (Even passive listening while working on other things) is a better way to use your time. I recommend watching Matt vs Japan's video where he debates Oriental Pearl as you'll be able to get both perspectives of the pros of self study and the pros of learning from a teacher: th-cam.com/video/YmtM2RGEv4s/w-d-xo.html
To you who's come this video in hope, yet found only despair as the man before you was EVERYTHING you dreamed for, yet it's what he considers the STARTING point to his ever growing "better than you" - Don't give into those feelings. One day, you too, will be standing where he is standing where he is standing like it's NOTHING, and the moutains your climbing now will feel like soft ground when you get there. The part you are in now, is the hardest part you will EVER face, and that's why it's so important to keep going. Tomorrow, you'll be stronger than you ever were before. The day after, even more than that. One day, SOMEDAY, I hope to see you back on this video, I as well, telling the you of today how proud you are for never giving up when you thought you'd never make it- Please keep on dreaming, YOU. CAN. DO. THIS. I PROMISE. I'M ROUTING FOR YOU WITH ALL MY HEART, STRANGER. がんばれ！！！
Precisely this, we should all aim to avoid the toxic mentality of hoping someone else is worse than us so we can somehow feel better about ourselves. Our own worth is not based on what someone else's accomplishments are. . We all have our own goals and motivations pushing us forward- and we all have our own thing to prioritize in life. It makes little sense to compare yourself to a world-class NBA player who dedicates all their working hours to improving at Basketball if all you do is play basketball with the bois at lunch. . Videos like this one and others like it show 1 thing: what is possible with hard work and dedication for a specific individual. . When you learn to put away to the toxic mentality of judging yourself based on what others have achieved, you'll find that there are plenty of useful tips and tricks here that I believe will be useful for others, as well as highs and lows that anybody watching can relate to or learn to avoid. . Those who get demotivated by others' success are not motivated by their own success.
I just discovered your channel the other day, and I was shocked that I had missed such an entertaining youtuber involved in the Japanese language learning community. Your videos are awesome, and are super motivating! I'm so glad that I stumbled across you! Also, I think it's really cool that you know about BJJ too. Are you currently training, and if so for how long and what belt are you at?
Hey! Thanks for watching the video and commenting, really appreciate your kind words! . I've been training since 2015 but had to stop due to covid + all the gyms raising prices. Trained at Gracie Barra HK & 10th Planet South Melbourne, no-gi ninja 😆. Funnily enough I never got a belt promo ever..? So guess I'm still a white belt after 7 years HAHA
It's actually kinda interesting how many people learning Japanese also do some sort of martial art. There's also this guy オージマン, an MMA fighter who taught himself Japanese and is planning to fight in Rizin in the future.
@Jouzu Juls (上手 ジューズ) Wow, that's my first time hearing about that connection! As far as BJJ goes, it makes sense, I suppose. After all, Jiu Jitsu was heavily influenced by Judo and other Japanese martial arts. What I've found really interesting recently is the previously unapparant connections between a lot of my interests. This relates to how I originally started wanting to learn Japanese, so I'll go on a little (Edit: Not so little 🤣)rant about that real quick... When I was younger, I had very similar interests to other kids. Sports, video games, and cartoons were mainly what I was into. Two of the things that really stood out to me, though, were the anime ( I didn't know it was as "anime" back then) Yu-Gi-Oh and the Japanese game Blue Dragon(I didn't know it was Japanese). I loved yugioh, and when I found out that there was a card game based on the show, I was thrilled, to say the least. I often asked for yugioh cards for birthdays and other special occasions, and I played with my little brother and a friend who I convinced to try the game. During that time, I also got into dragon ball a little bit, but I got bored. Fast forward a little bit, and I, while watching hulu, stumble across an ad for Naruto Shippuden. It looked awesome! I was eager to jump into it right away, and I quickly fell in love. After I found out that there was a part 1 to the Naruto story (Imagine my confusion 🤣), I binged the entire thing and started Shippuden over again. The only problem? Shippuden had less than half of the episodes dubbed at that time! So I, reluctantly, started watching the rest with subtitles. And I actually enjoyed it way more! The show seemed to come alive, and every moment was exhilarating. I think that that is the moment I fell in love with Japanese, but I didn't know it yet. After finishing Naruto, I was desperate for more content like it. Unfortunately, I didn't really know about "anime" yet, so I was unsure of exactly what I was looking for. Of course, I eventually figured it out, and I started watching as much as I could get my hands on. I was (And still am, to some degree) obsessed. Fast forward a little bit more, and I somehow come across the Japanese language learning community on TH-cam. Before this point, I had thought about learning Japanese, but like you, I had never really considered it seriously. It was mostly because I didn't have any clue where to start, and I didn't even know that it was possible without classes and/or living in Japan. Come to find out that classes are typically far worse at teaching you language since they lack the immersion element, and what I'd been doing all those years could be turned into an activity that would help me learn Japanese! I was elated, but I was still too intimidated to start. Around the time covid was propagating, I started to get serious about learning the language. There were some major events that had upset my daily life (a nasty divorce, to name one), and I think I was looking for an escape. I started learning hiragana, and then katakana, but I mostly stopped after that. It's been on and off since then. I would keep starting, making some progress, and then quitting, but my desire to learn has never wavered. Currently, I am 17. I got my GED last year and started at a community college. This semester, I am taking a break, but I am planning to start again this spring. A lot of stuff has happened in my life in the past few years, and it's been really difficult to have motivation to do even basic things, let alone learning a language. But I am regaining my composure, and I don't want to be held back by the past anymore. To be honest, I actually hadn't studied in the last few months until a few days ago. I plan to make Japanese a part of my everyday life, like I always wanted to. That way, hopefully, I'll stay consistent. Seeing how far you've gotten with immersion is certainly encouraging, so thank you for uploading these videos. Anyway, the point I wanted to make was that the things I've been into since around 5, like yugioh and blue dragon, and even the stuff I got into later on, like Naruto and BJJ, originated from, or were heavily influenced by, Japan. It's kind of hilarious in hindsight because this was all unbeknownst to me at the time. And those are just a few of the interests that I have that are related to Japan. There are other things too, but I can't think of them now. So Japan and Japanese things have had a huge influence on my life since I was a little kid! That was a lot! I won't blame you for not reading this long-ass wall of text, lol. I was just so excited to find a kindred spirit! I wish you all the best, and I will definitely continue to follow along with your progress.
@@braydencraven3857 NGL I scrolled to the bottom immediately at first but then took the time to read it about 12 hours after lmao. . Also other way round brother. "Jiu jitsu" (not BJJ) came first, Judo simply removed the striking elements of it and focused on the throws. . But yea for sure, giving yourself something to work on to improve yourself like doing BJJ or learning a new language is a great way to move on in life. BJJ is also one of the major contributing factors to helping me fight off clinical depression that I used to deal with. . I'm sure that if you once you get better at Japanese you'll also notice that this is a very legitimate skill that you could totally use to look for life opportunities too! . Thanks for subscribing and recommending me to your friends and family! Awesome to see how many of us actually share mutual interests and backgrounds! 😁
@Jouzu Juls (上手 ジューズ) Ah, thanks for the info. I should probably do some more research on the history of BJJ. I don't know very much even though I've been training for a while. BJJ has definitely helped me through some tough times as well. I'll keep working on Japanese, and I'll come back with an update in a year or so. Maybe I'll even post a video about it! And you are very welcome for the recommendation. You definitely deserve it 👍
I've been learning Japanese since February this year and it's been... A journey, to say the least, now i started to do 5 hours daily, i hope someday i can come back to this comment to show my progress
Hello fellow 一花 enjoyer, glad to see my viewers also have the most exquisite of tastes. I hope you will come back but NOT to here- check out the 2 year video instead, it's better and more up to date on where I currently am th-cam.com/video/t3g6X1RMUyg/w-d-xo.html
Wow, we're very similar in the case of the "unfair advantage" my first language is spanish, second and third is cantonese, english and then fourth is mandarin haha, maybe the destiny was preparing me to learn japanese all this time
I also have two cats they're called Toto (male) and Cherry (female), Toto is like a gray tiger with white marks and Cherry is mosty white with some orange marks, Toto is very annoying when he wants to play with Cherry who only want to sleep all day long, Cherry is like 5 years old and Toto is barely 1 year old so that's explain a lot
hey there saw that you were extremely active in the comments so had some questions to ask. currently, I'm on day 2 of my Japanese learning venture and I have somewhat memorized hiragana and katakana, not really much of memorizing how to write them. For background info, I probably have somewhat of the same level of Chinese background as you. But after memorizing hiragana and katakana I don't really know what to do next? do I proceed with my genki textbook and workbooks or is there a better approach since I'm trying to learn how to READ and SPEAK Japanese not really much of writing. In terms of immersion, I am currently just watching anime with English subs but can understand a thing at all in Japanese. Want to learn Japanese to read manga raws.
Yo yo! The fact that you cleared Hiragana and Katakana in just 2 days is fantastic to hear, good job bro! For your next step, please visit this video: th-cam.com/video/DcY2Svs3h8M/w-d-xo.html Furthermore, avoid Genki as it does more harm than good. I would also recommend NOT using Tae Kim (at least in the beginning) because it will screw with your understanding of the basics. Watch the above video first to get started with Anki. When you get stuck on grammar, either watch Cure Dolly (my teacher) or check out my takes on Dolly's videos here: th-cam.com/video/E_aR2F05dEc/w-d-xo.html Finally, as for immersion, it's meaningless to you at the moment. Immersions only works when you get comprehensible input- if nothing is comprehensible, you're just wasting time. Focusing on building core vocab and grammar first. Hope this helps!
@@JouzuJuls just finished memorizing all hiragana and katakana characters. So I do have anki downloaded on my phone and on my PC but there are so many decks I'm kinda lost to which are the decks I should probably be getting. Not sure if jumping straight into core 2k is efficient since I have literally zero japanese background and don't know whether the radicals in Chinese is the same for Japanese stuff like that. I'll definitely give cure dolly a shot though since vocab and grammar is something I rlly need to start on soon. Probably be following her th-cam.com/play/PLg9uYxuZf8x_A-vcqqyOFZu06WlhnypWj.html&si=khiJzZWuKJi1Olab playlist. Other than that thanks for the extremely quick reply!
@isaacchen3183 Jumping into Core is fine. My Anki video has deck suggestions and downloads too, make sure you read the guide properly instead of blindly downloading a deck. th-cam.com/video/DcY2Svs3h8M/w-d-xo.html I actually don't particularly recommend watching the whole Dolly playlist in order. Instead, only watch what you need to when it pops up. Reason being that learning ABOUT random grammar rules that you've never encountered doesn't really do much. If you just look up stuff that you've encountered (like particles), then that's knowledge that's actually useful. Also remember you can join the Discord to chat with other learners and ask questions! discord.gg/ugDaj9Cq3w Good luck!
Yes! That's surprisingly effective! However what's even more effective is watching Anime with JAPANESE subtitles! Watch this video to learn how! th-cam.com/video/45_TwPlhvGE/w-d-xo.html
@@JouzuJuls whats weird about it is that if you know some japanese, you'll spot out some key words in what they're saying. sometimes, it'll mean the same thing, but they wont say the key word, which is weird. that, and kanji always trip me up when reading japanese subtitles because idk which kanji are they referring to
Great video! Really enjoyed it. You didn’t really talk about what you did for grammar. Did you just watch a lot of grammar TH-cam videos or just completely ignore it?
Hey there, sorry for the late reply! I suck at grammar and it's my weakest aspect according to my jlpt results. After making this video I did a few things to try to better my grammar, I found Don's Conjugation Drill to be very useful and I also revisited Cure Dolly's video on Conjugation forms. Particles are still a great weakness so I've just given up learning each rule and how it applies since it makes little sense. Just gonna give it time and pick it uo naturally. (Unless there's some drill I can find that I end up finding effective).
@@JouzuJuls ah ok thanks! So when you encounter a sentence with some unknown grammar how do you deal with it? Just guess from context what is going on?
@@Ieafff right on the money. If it's a grammar point that I've seen multiple times, then I'll determine it to be important enough to learn and put into Anki with some example sentences. An example would be ~ず/ ~ずに. I like to go to 出口日語 for these lessons as he does them in Japanese (or in the case of lower level grammar, mandarin). . If it's something I see as a one off, then it's not worth learning imo. Something like... Idk, can't remember something I haven't learned 😂
if you want to read more you have to read things you like or are interested in, example: I read a lot of mangas like vindland saga, and read subs in anime or videos like Serial Experiment Lain and car videos. I'm learning English and Japanese
That's the advise I've always heard even in English but it just never works. I have books about my favorite game, didn't enjoy reading them- would much rather just play the game. . Also have a light novel (the one I showed in the video), did not really enjoy reading it. But when the movie came out I just enjoyed the movie more. . The problem ain't whether it's interesting or not IMO, it's just a bunch of words on a page make me think it's too めんどくさい.
@@detrodusjp9587 not yet no! I tried when I was way young but instantly gave up, was like "I'll get this when I'm older". . I'm older now so I'm thinking of giving it a shot 😁
Try EJU the so called 留学試験 with not only japanese with 作文、but also 総合科目 like （世界＆日本）の歴史、経済、地理、社会学 you can also be 文系 and clean just these +数学 or you can go the 理系route and clean 数学２、理科、科学、生物学 addtionally
What I will say is that you shouldn't be afraid to approach natives in VRchat. I've done this with people who ended up being some of my best friends. Usually it involves me trying to speak a little and embarrassing myself. If you say it confidently though they will find you funny and like you. I've been to Japan but I'm still n5 and suck. I am known as "The gauijin studying Japanese" though
I've actually made a video elaborating on VRC, and now that I'm more experienced, I can confidently say that VRC is definitely on the weaker end of places to go for Language Learning for most people. Here's the video if you want to see why: th-cam.com/video/O4AgrFL7Kxk/w-d-xo.html
In the beginning of the video when you were reading the TH-cam video titles, did you understand what you were reading? Or were you just reading it out loud?
Hard to answer now that I'm 3+ years in and I can't go back to the mindset/skill level of when I made this video But just rewatching it, I'd say I understood "mostly" what was being said, whereby the unknown words there I could've probably accurately guessed- thus yes, I think I would've understood everything then
Came into this expecting to learn about how cheif learns nihongo but got bonus content of 1. Cheif's obsession with Rascal does not dream of Bunny Girl Senpai 2. Fetus Cheif 3. Mandarin speaking Cheif
We all have our ups and downs. It's better in the long run to go at your own pace instead of racing against someone else and burning out! Keep at it and you'll get there, I hope you'll subscribe to get the tips I share too ;)
You're very welcome! I have progressed 1 year since this video so here's the 2nd year if you were curious about how progress is after another year th-cam.com/video/t3g6X1RMUyg/w-d-xo.html
How is that possible that you were doing 60 new anki cards and 60 rtk cards and it was taking you only 3.5 hours. I only do 25 new rtk words everyday and just that is taking me 4+ hours. Am I an idiot or wha -
There's 2 things that could be going on here. . 1. Some people are just much faster at Anki than others. I know someone who was doing 100 new cards a day. So don't waste your time comparing your speed to others and feeling "slow". Language learning is your own journey and whether you're progressing fast or slow should be solely dependent on how you feel yourself. . 2. The way we review could be different. When I was making this video I was doing 3 reviews per card on my main deck (which is slow and not recommended), and for RTK I was doing 2 reviews per Kanji. . The main note is that RTK should be done completely out of context as the main goal of RTK is to blast you with Kanji- not to get you to remember the meaning of every Kanji. . If I were to restart my journey, I'd only do 2 reviews per word, and 1 review per Kanji.
Please allow me to respond in English, I may be able to speak Chinese but I can't read and write. (But I understand what you wrote just by getting someone to read it out loud lol) . The way I use to learn grammar is to use example sentences instead of trying to remember definitions. So I'll first learn what it means, then put a bunch of example sentences in my Anki. . From there, once you've developed a natural understanding of this new grammar, writing is a better way of practicing output than speaking because when writing, you have more time to think. . Furthermore, you can get someone to correct what you've written so you can add the corrected sentence into Anki as well. You'll be sure to remember it much better this way. . Also, 1 year is not a very long time. Of course, you'll be making a lot of mistakes in 1 year. Time is the ultimate thing in language learning- the more time you spend immersed in the language, the better you'll be naturally.
I wasnt N3 before this. I went from nothing to N3 in 1 year using anime. . To learn more of my background before learning Japanese, please watch from 18:07 onwards.
And then there is me that still tries to start learning it but cant do it eh im from Poland so many jp pronunciations are quite similar so i technically have it a little easier but still cant start my passion and funny thing when i watch anime i can like understand probably like 40 or 50 % of it without subtitles but most of stuff in anime is similar so yeah
At the end of the day, the most important thing in language learning is persistence and consistency- not motivation. A lot of people start learning and give up after a month because they are only driven by short term motivation. Once they see how much effort is needed, how much time is required, and how much commitment they need on a DAILY basis, their motivation crumbles and they give up. . When I was first starting, I didn't think I could learn it too simply because I had a bad experience learning Chinese. But my dedication, persistence, and consistency carried me this far. . I'm not sure if you're thinking about starting to learn Japanese, but if you are, I'd make sure you're ready to dedicate a few years of daily work to study this language. If you can mentally prepare yourself for that, I believe there's nothing that can stop you for learning it too 😎
Hi, thanks for watching the video and commenting! . I did not use decks with JLPT in mind, so I don't have an n5 deck to recommend you. Nor would I recommend a n5 deck anyway simply because what you see and hear frequently is worth more than some random words arbitrarily assigned n5. . Secondly, pitch accents were generated using a plugin, check this video to learn how: th-cam.com/video/gTX3v6zHiIA/w-d-xo.html
However much I felt like. I recommend beginners start small and focus on doing small-medium amounts of cards for at least 2 weeks to 1 month first. This makes it easier to build your habit of using Anki every single day for the foreseeable future. "Small" and "medium" really depends on the average time you spend on for each card, and it will be relative to how much time you have each day to dedicate to studying. Once you have your habit developed, then increase the workload.
@@JouzuJuls I've been "using" anki for about 2 months ish, I didn't learn many cards a day for most of this time, roughly 5-10 a day. I've got some freetime during Christmas, and decided to bump up daily new cards to 35. I have no idea what kind of repercussions it will have, in your experience, will it be manageable if I do 30-50 cards on some days?
@@TragicGFuel How many cards someone can manage is entirely dependant on the person and what their schedule looks like. Doing 35 new a day will probably bump your average to about 100 something after a week or so. If you can handle it, great. If you can't handle it, just turn off new cards and focus on doing reviews until the number becomes manageable again. In my personal experience, my average cards per day are 80-100. I don't usually do new cards unless I feel like it (especially now that I'm 3 years in). When I do feel like it, I do up to 60 new cards a day for as long as I have new cards. This sometimes bumps my review count up to 300-400. If I'm motivated, I can get those done in less than 1 hour. If I'm not motivated, I wouldn't have done new cards in the first place & wouldn't let my reviews get that high in the first place. ^^
Move all those cards into a new deck and create another new blank deck. Then slowly re-add all the old cards back into the blank deck and relearn them that way.
OH that's what it is. Yea I know the word but not how to write it. Same as every other Chinese word in this video lmao. Thanks for the comment, glad you liked the video!
@@JouzuJuls Fellow refolder here but refolding Mandarin. Am currently also considering to start with japanese again. Lived for one year in Japan in 2004 passed the JLPT N4 test but havent learned it since. I have been doing chinese for about a year now and also did Heisig but for Hanzi. So i guess i can get directly into immersing and sentence mining.
**2022 UPDATE -- 1 YEAR LATER**
I've now learned Japanese for 2 years, here's the update video: th-cam.com/video/t3g6X1RMUyg/w-d-xo.html
**SUPER IMPORTANT NOTE AS OF JANUARY 2022**:
Matt vs Japan is showing some SUPER scammy behavior in his new business venture with Ken Cannon, who himself has a shady background. Both these men have a history of doing shady things, there even exists a recording of Matt saying he is willing to "charge people a grossly overpriced product". That is a SCAM. Fair warning to anybody looking into Matt after 2022. Please search up "Coffeezilla" if you do NOT pick up any red flags from his new product, you will be able to see exactly what red flags are being picked up here.
The reason I haven't uploaded anything in a year is because it took me ALMOST AN ENTIRE MONTH to get this video done. That's basically an entire month I have to spend the full day just editing, so it actually really slows down my actual Japanese learning as well as getting in the way of everything else in my life.
I'd really appreciate it if y'all could show some love by hitting the like button and sharing the video around with others who are interested in learning Japanese!
EDIT: I read 百合 as 百倍 (100x). 百合 is not 100x. 百合 is actually, Yuri.
hi … do u know biju mike … well did u know he is subbed to u?
@@camochii I do know :)
Juls are you from Hong Kong?
@@Zaptrap101 ye
Oh good glad about this update. I knew about this Matt but glad you are warning people about him. The other Matt’s are amazing! Game Genko is my favorite (for video game learning)
hooooly crap. I’ve been getting burnt out of learning Japanese lately but this kinda just inspired me to try to learn Japanese again. You threw in little tips and tricks as well as showing me what you did on a daily basis. Definitely gonna try it out. Usually I don’t subscribe to other people who I’ve only watched for the first time so you’re probably the first person but please create more content line this. I watched through the entire 50 minutes and will try to implement the things you mentioned(just not doing 120 fucking words a day).
He said he learned it for a year during 2020 so that's probably why he was able to do that much. Under no normal circumstances should you ever force that much information down on yourself
Watching this after watching your latest N1 reading video is amazing. It gives me hope that I too can learn this language. I'm only a month in but I'm getting there slowly - I can put together very basic sentences and ideas, but my vocab only consists of approximately 106 words, and I'm only confident with a little over 50 Kanji - but I knew it was never going to be easy or quick.
I haven't studied any grammar yet however, I think i'll need to get onto that soon. Dictionary meanings and actually using it in a sentence is still quite confusing, and I have no idea why or when a word should drop or add a sound. But still, early days!
Fuck it, Im saying it. Full send no kanji all hiragana untill you hit 1k words then you can start with kanji, doing 0 immersion and not actually feeling your growth sucks balls. Also dont get too stuck up on trying to make your own sentences at first. for grammar, watch cure dolly.
@@Hoppitot A month later - my vocab is at about 900 words now, and approximately 300 Kanji. I did start watching cure dolly shortly after I made that original comment, and you're right - incredibly helpful. I've only been learning kanji through the vocab learning as they come up, rather than studying them individually - which was a great change. I've been reading a lot more text at the level I'm at and that's beginning to help - especially with cure dolly's grammar explanations.
I haven't started really doing immersion yet, outside of watching anime in Japanese with Eng subs, which is something I've always been doing anyway - but I haven't consciously sat down to sentence mine and try to comprehend every word said. I feel like my vocabulary might be a ways off before I can do that (Or not, i'm happy to hear your suggestions.).
Over all, just staying consistent (on day 68 now) and studying every single day has helped immensely I think. But learning new Kanji is still something i'll keep doing I think. Reading is a big component to why I want to learn the language in the first place - and I also genuinely find Kanji kind of beautiful.
@@adsim92 Curious george is a pretty fun kids show and you can find it on youtube in japanese for free. The topics are very diverse so you'll get a lot of fundamental vocab. If you want to start testing the waters of Immersion I'd start there.
Thanks for the tip, I'll be sure to check it out. Appreciate it. @@Hoppitot
@@Hoppitot I started checking out Curious George as you suggested - gotta say, thanks heaps. Excellent way to get input at this early stage.
7:38 Just wanted to say that I think the reason they said you should use "とも" instead is that it can mean "both." It uses the kanji "共" as in "共に." You should by all means ask a Japanese person the reason, but that's my take on the matter.
Thanks for the quick bit of info! The reason I didn't look this up was because it doesn't show up commonly enough in the content I consume for me to care about it. If it's something that I notice and it shows up a lot and I don't understand it, that's when I look it up.
Thanks for such an amazing video 🔥 it reignited my passion for Japanese language learning. I was very inspired after watching this video and now I'm attempting to complete my Anki 2k 1st step deck before 2022 !
Thats awesome dude! Glad my video was able to inspire you and reignite that 🔥🔥.
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Remember to pace yourself though, motivation is only temporarily. If there's still a bunch of cards to go in these next 2 weeks before 2022, just take it easy and do a few at a time!
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You'll get way more out of this studying for 90% of 2022-2023 than burning out in these 2 weeks ;)
Nice Video, really enjoyed it. I've also been following MIA for about 511 days now so I really can relate to your experience I think. Hope you will continue having fun learning!
That's dope man! With how new MIA and Refold is, I hope that sharing my progress like this allows others to see what an average student of these methodologies look like so they can set a fair expectation. Thanks for the comment and sub, hope you also continue having fun learning!
@@JouzuJuls Thanks for your hard work 🙏
It's really interesting to see the differences for me as well. For example I've been reading way more than listening. It's really hard for me to turn off the japanese subs because they mean much more comprehension to me 😂
This is awesome! Frankly I don’t have a good relationship with Japanese, but as a learner of a different language (Mandarin lol) through these methods, the video was super interesting and entertaining regardless! In my school, we’re required to study a foreign language and I don’t enjoy the classroom learning methods whatsoever. Eventually I’ve honestly come to resent learning Japanese even though I’m technically “learning” it right now. Mandarin on the other hand has been super fun for me, teaching myself, primarily through immersion and I’d say my Mandarin comprehension is stronger than my Japanese comprehension already (I’ve been learning Japanese for two years at school and Mandarin on my own for just a few months), though my Japanese output is much stronger. I guess it’s the method more than anything. However, I’m now at a point where I put no effort into studying Japanese outside of lessons, hopefully I pass. 🤞
SAME, literally same- except the languages are flipped for me. It's undeniable how big of an effect using the correct method has. I studied Mandarin for 10+ YEARS at school while living Hong Kong yet still can't read/write Chinese. Yet within the past 2 years of studying Japanese, I am now way more literate in Japanese and can read way more Kanji than I ever could in Chinese.
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Thanks for watching the video! I hope you'll check out my 2 year update that I just posted as well!
You can learn anything. Weather it's minecraft animation, or Arknights stuff, you can learn it. What a talented individual.
With enough time, effort, and most importantly, INTEREST, anybody can do anything ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
@@JouzuJuls right. So many people just look at others and say "See how talented you are", which indirectly distances them from the reality that talent requires learning.
@@end8217exactly
This video and this channel are awesome.
I love your edit skills make the video so enjoyable. The way you divided the video in a logic way, everything perfect.
I'm currently on my way to learn Japanese and this video is definitely a huge source of motivation.
I can't wait to see if I'm able to understand even a little bit of japanese in a year.
You got a new subscriber, keep the good work you are killing it !
How are you doing currently? :)
Yo mate! You've really inspired me to learn Japanese myself ngl :D I'll be taking the next year to learn Japanese and plan to make my own video after a year! Thank you so much for motivating me.
Hey there! Thanks for watching the video and commenting! I'm really glad I was able to inspire you and I look forward to seeing your video 1 year from now! :D
Take it NOW! please! goodluck
This is really cool man. Great video.
Thank you!
Howdy. I see you are pretty active in the comments so figured id drop ya a quick note. Ill start at the end of the video where you talk about avoiding mistakes. I actually found you yesterday and have watched maybe 10 of your videos and have relaly appreciated the knowledge you put out related to anki. The reason i found you was actually because, after a total of 1 year of learning myself, i have decided to go ahead and give anki a go to attempt a massive vocab boost. My one year was pretty similar to yours though i was lucky to quickly find cure dolly whose teachings have been the bedrock for all my learning and i still plan to follow her strategy pretty much 1:1 for the foreseeable future (80-95% immersion plus 5-20% anki). Though after one year i basically never used anki and just absorbed all the words i know naturally from looking em up and repeated exposure. But now that vocab feels like the only thing im really missing i do also feel like anki will probably be the best way. Back to not repeating mistakes: thanks for you anki vids. i decided to spend a lot of time deciding on my card layout since i know ill try to commit to it often and i want to avoid mistakes early. so, my card plan is: usually just a single-ish word on front, then on back 1. pitch accent, 2. example sentence(s) and optional definition, 3. any other random stuff and possibly hidden english details. 4. when i flip the card ill hear the word from migaku, then again from awesomeTTS google translate(since migaku often doesnt have them), and finally the sentence/definition from google translate too. i know you dont like google translate but ive found it to be pretty decent personally and its the only free option. In the future i might try listening test cards but not for now. So, thanks for all the nice vids and for me id love to see a vid on your final card layout you ended up on (i saw examples in the 2 year vid) and tbh it might be interesting to see a full live anki session of making cards and doing review just to see an experienced person's progress. finally i wanna way in on the interesting bit about starting from scratch in the middle of the video. i will just admit i did personally feel a tiny bit of let down to hear you have chinese as a native language because i did feel like it was kinda sorta 'cheating' ish feeling. in the end, it doesnt matter at all and totally not a big deal. but, like you pointed out, for me at least i did assume you were american or something like that and had no experience with asian languages. i do feel like the chinese is a massive boost to the point where it did kinda deceive me at least into thinking wow look how far he came in one year as a standard english only speaker. if you look at the studies done and most opinions, japanese may very well be the single most difficult language for a native english speaker to learn. on the other hand, i believe i saw that the people who will have the easiest time learning japanese will be korean and chinese speakers (naturally). so, i do think if you want to promote yourself as someone who 'does xxx in yyy amount of time' if does feel a little bit deceptive if you dont disclose this because imo it is an absolutely massive boost vs probably most people watching you channel who probably mostly only speak english. again in the end it doesnt matter at all, and you are still doing an amazing job, but, its just my 2c. anyways, good luck w everything!
Hello hello! Sorry for the late reply, I caught covid but am mostly recovered now.
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Thank you for your long and well thought out comment! An anki deck that I've edited to use my final format is actually available for download here: th-cam.com/video/DcY2Svs3h8M/w-d-xo.html
really good video you have made. Thanks for sharing your journey.
And thank you for watching and commenting!
I love the athletic theme while you’re reading. Good choice.
1 month for n4 seems SO realistic to me even tho I just finished N5 a week ago... MY VOCAB IS BEHIND THO!! My goal is to take the N3 exam next July, and If i study daily I might be able to do it. Thanks for the motivation!
“…I was too focused on actually learning, to spend time actually talking of how I was learning.” That’s awesome. I wish I spent more time learning rather than listening about learning, lol. I’m glad I watched your vid still, though.
It was a very hard thing to do. I really wanted to tell people how I was doing and share all these cool things I found- but I knew I had to prioritize actually making progress then talk about it and feel like I did something.
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Now after 1 year tho and making this video, it feels like a huge weight off my shoulder! 😇
haha coming back to this video after a while and trying to follow along with the listening portion. Paused right after hearing 根掘り葉掘りand exclaimed "what the fuck is a nehorihahori?". Glad we had the same reaction lol.
Relating to the anki section. As I was finishih uni, during exams 14 months ago I gave up doing anki. I thought I'd pick it back up, but nope. I'd have to review 8k cards right now if I wanted to pick it back up, I ain't doing that, I just reset my 4 decks like a week ago and hope to start doing it one of these days. Still wild to me I did anki for one month in 2021, the entirety of 2022 somehow, and the first half of 2023. And I'm still struggling with comprehension, sometimes I understand an entire sentence, other times nothing at all. It's frustrating, but your videos have helped understand grammar, I've had a hard time previously going through tae kim which is like the default recommendation made in the japanese immersion community, but your videos, especially the one on て form and the one on が vs わ were eye opening in a way and I'm binging your vids right now just to get a better understanding of how things work as I'm continuing with watching anime and youtube occasionally. Keep it up dude.
i have no trouble watching anime and understanding words like 空気抵抗摩擦 or 二酸化炭素 through context, but when people speak normally, like on youtube.. im compleltly lost lmao.
The question I'd have for you would be... what situation are you seeing 空気抵抗摩擦 & 二酸化炭素 in a TH-cam video?? 😂
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For real though, if it's a word you want to remember for whatever reason, plugging into Anki usually does most of the hard work.
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The hard work being the memorization part. The easy work of running into the word a lot is up to you 😝
Fantastic video! (I didn't even plan to watch the whole thing) lol... Very inspiring
Thank you very much for watching the whole thing and commenting!
I found ur video pretty useful thanx for putting it together
Glad it was able to help you!
lmao, I found this vid by algorithm and forgot to sub here, btw nice picture of waifu you took for your thumbnail AND i like how you used BP for 一瞬 for 暗記. Keep up the grind and learn japanese for the waifus (and in order to understanding weeb content in general) 🔥
SLR. Thanks for coming over man! Awesome that the algorithm decided to send you over! And yes, BP is the perfect image for that word. ... この死骸たち、一瞬で溶かしてしまうこともできますのよ……見てみたいかしら？
Great video! Such a greaaaaaaat video!!! WHY does this only have 2,500 views! Your editing is awesome! You deserve so much more views and subs then youtube is letting you get lol. You had great info and this vid is so interesting!
Thank you so much! Appreciate the comment and glad the video helped you!
a great video mate. would you mind uploading your anki deck that you made (with pitch accent and furagana) some time in the future?
I mean I could but don't plan to.
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First of all I don't know if there's a such thing as "most efficient anki deck" and "most efficient cards design", so there might be one out there that's better than mine. I would rather recommend a deck like that than share my own.
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Second of all, I can make a quick tutorial on how I generate these pitch accent * furigana stuff very easily. I feel like that's better :P
@@JouzuJuls thank you i just watched your last video much love bro
Hey Julian, awesome video that you put out with quality and informative entertainment. I'm currently studying Japanese right now with a teacher and this video has been insightful through the process of learning language itself. Especially the resources and videos that you have provided which is going to be helpful to optimise the process for me. I was wondering were there any other problems you encountered with learning and producing Japanese?
Thanks John! How long have you been studying Japanese for?
In regards to problems I encountered with learning and producing Japanese...
Not sure what you mean by producing? If you mean output then see 41:32 ( Early Output vs Mass Input)
As for learning, because I'm self taught, a few problems naturally arise:
1. Motivation. In the starting phases it was really hard to get going, like I said in the video, it took me 2 months before I could consistently do Anki every day. Once I did that though, I don't really have motivation problems other than the occasional day I just don't feel like doing it. But then the next day I bounce back.
2. Not being able to track progress. Since all my Japanese is around practical use, there's no way to grade myself. Academic tests don't reflect the real world enough so I only do them when I'm bored. This easily goes hand in hand with motivation too, without anybody ever saying "hey good job you did better than last time" EVER, it's up to you to realize when you're making progress yourself.
^ It's extremely easy to fall into the trap of doing Anki over Immersion thinking that Anki is doing you better because Anki gives the user feedback on how they're doing- but the truth is that immersion is where the real gains are made.
3. Time. I spent too much time in Anki. 3.5 hours per day is way too much considering I have to run my other TH-cam channel and 2 other jobs, as well as other life shit. 30 minutes in Anki is manageable and that's what I do now. Since the real gains are in Immersion, cutting down Anki time to do any form of immersion (Even passive listening while working on other things) is a better way to use your time.
I recommend watching Matt vs Japan's video where he debates Oriental Pearl as you'll be able to get both perspectives of the pros of self study and the pros of learning from a teacher:
th-cam.com/video/YmtM2RGEv4s/w-d-xo.html
To you who's come this video in hope, yet found only despair as the man before you was EVERYTHING you dreamed for, yet it's what he considers the STARTING point to his ever growing "better than you" - Don't give into those feelings. One day, you too, will be standing where he is standing where he is standing like it's NOTHING, and the moutains your climbing now will feel like soft ground when you get there. The part you are in now, is the hardest part you will EVER face, and that's why it's so important to keep going. Tomorrow, you'll be stronger than you ever were before. The day after, even more than that.
One day, SOMEDAY, I hope to see you back on this video, I as well, telling the you of today how proud you are for never giving up when you thought you'd never make it-
Please keep on dreaming, YOU. CAN. DO. THIS. I PROMISE. I'M ROUTING FOR YOU WITH ALL MY HEART, STRANGER. がんばれ！！！
Precisely this, we should all aim to avoid the toxic mentality of hoping someone else is worse than us so we can somehow feel better about ourselves. Our own worth is not based on what someone else's accomplishments are.
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We all have our own goals and motivations pushing us forward- and we all have our own thing to prioritize in life. It makes little sense to compare yourself to a world-class NBA player who dedicates all their working hours to improving at Basketball if all you do is play basketball with the bois at lunch.
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Videos like this one and others like it show 1 thing: what is possible with hard work and dedication for a specific individual.
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When you learn to put away to the toxic mentality of judging yourself based on what others have achieved, you'll find that there are plenty of useful tips and tricks here that I believe will be useful for others, as well as highs and lows that anybody watching can relate to or learn to avoid.
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Those who get demotivated by others' success are not motivated by their own success.
nice video, keep up the good work
Thank you very much!
Watching anime isn’t as much of an advantage except that it trains your ear but knowing Chinese is definitely an advantage with the written language!
I just discovered your channel the other day, and I was shocked that I had missed such an entertaining youtuber involved in the Japanese language learning community. Your videos are awesome, and are super motivating! I'm so glad that I stumbled across you! Also, I think it's really cool that you know about BJJ too. Are you currently training, and if so for how long and what belt are you at?
Hey! Thanks for watching the video and commenting, really appreciate your kind words!
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I've been training since 2015 but had to stop due to covid + all the gyms raising prices. Trained at Gracie Barra HK & 10th Planet South Melbourne, no-gi ninja 😆. Funnily enough I never got a belt promo ever..? So guess I'm still a white belt after 7 years HAHA
It's actually kinda interesting how many people learning Japanese also do some sort of martial art. There's also this guy オージマン, an MMA fighter who taught himself Japanese and is planning to fight in Rizin in the future.
@Jouzu Juls (上手 ジューズ) Wow, that's my first time hearing about that connection! As far as BJJ goes, it makes sense, I suppose. After all, Jiu Jitsu was heavily influenced by Judo and other Japanese martial arts. What I've found really interesting recently is the previously unapparant connections between a lot of my interests. This relates to how I originally started wanting to learn Japanese, so I'll go on a little (Edit: Not so little 🤣)rant about that real quick...
When I was younger, I had very similar interests to other kids. Sports, video games, and cartoons were mainly what I was into. Two of the things that really stood out to me, though, were the anime ( I didn't know it was as "anime" back then) Yu-Gi-Oh and the Japanese game Blue Dragon(I didn't know it was Japanese). I loved yugioh, and when I found out that there was a card game based on the show, I was thrilled, to say the least. I often asked for yugioh cards for birthdays and other special occasions, and I played with my little brother and a friend who I convinced to try the game. During that time, I also got into dragon ball a little bit, but I got bored. Fast forward a little bit, and I, while watching hulu, stumble across an ad for Naruto Shippuden. It looked awesome! I was eager to jump into it right away, and I quickly fell in love. After I found out that there was a part 1 to the Naruto story (Imagine my confusion 🤣), I binged the entire thing and started Shippuden over again. The only problem? Shippuden had less than half of the episodes dubbed at that time! So I, reluctantly, started watching the rest with subtitles. And I actually enjoyed it way more! The show seemed to come alive, and every moment was exhilarating. I think that that is the moment I fell in love with Japanese, but I didn't know it yet. After finishing Naruto, I was desperate for more content like it. Unfortunately, I didn't really know about "anime" yet, so I was unsure of exactly what I was looking for. Of course, I eventually figured it out, and I started watching as much as I could get my hands on. I was (And still am, to some degree) obsessed. Fast forward a little bit more, and I somehow come across the Japanese language learning community on TH-cam. Before this point, I had thought about learning Japanese, but like you, I had never really considered it seriously. It was mostly because I didn't have any clue where to start, and I didn't even know that it was possible without classes and/or living in Japan. Come to find out that classes are typically far worse at teaching you language since they lack the immersion element, and what I'd been doing all those years could be turned into an activity that would help me learn Japanese! I was elated, but I was still too intimidated to start. Around the time covid was propagating, I started to get serious about learning the language. There were some major events that had upset my daily life (a nasty divorce, to name one), and I think I was looking for an escape. I started learning hiragana, and then katakana, but I mostly stopped after that. It's been on and off since then. I would keep starting, making some progress, and then quitting, but my desire to learn has never wavered. Currently, I am 17. I got my GED last year and started at a community college. This semester, I am taking a break, but I am planning to start again this spring. A lot of stuff has happened in my life in the past few years, and it's been really difficult to have motivation to do even basic things, let alone learning a language. But I am regaining my composure, and I don't want to be held back by the past anymore. To be honest, I actually hadn't studied in the last few months until a few days ago. I plan to make Japanese a part of my everyday life, like I always wanted to. That way, hopefully, I'll stay consistent. Seeing how far you've gotten with immersion is certainly encouraging, so thank you for uploading these videos.
Anyway, the point I wanted to make was that the things I've been into since around 5, like yugioh and blue dragon, and even the stuff I got into later on, like Naruto and BJJ, originated from, or were heavily influenced by, Japan. It's kind of hilarious in hindsight because this was all unbeknownst to me at the time. And those are just a few of the interests that I have that are related to Japan. There are other things too, but I can't think of them now. So Japan and Japanese things have had a huge influence on my life since I was a little kid!
That was a lot! I won't blame you for not reading this long-ass wall of text, lol. I was just so excited to find a kindred spirit! I wish you all the best, and I will definitely continue to follow along with your progress.
@@braydencraven3857 NGL I scrolled to the bottom immediately at first but then took the time to read it about 12 hours after lmao.
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Also other way round brother. "Jiu jitsu" (not BJJ) came first, Judo simply removed the striking elements of it and focused on the throws.
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But yea for sure, giving yourself something to work on to improve yourself like doing BJJ or learning a new language is a great way to move on in life. BJJ is also one of the major contributing factors to helping me fight off clinical depression that I used to deal with.
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I'm sure that if you once you get better at Japanese you'll also notice that this is a very legitimate skill that you could totally use to look for life opportunities too!
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Thanks for subscribing and recommending me to your friends and family! Awesome to see how many of us actually share mutual interests and backgrounds! 😁
@Jouzu Juls (上手 ジューズ) Ah, thanks for the info. I should probably do some more research on the history of BJJ. I don't know very much even though I've been training for a while. BJJ has definitely helped me through some tough times as well. I'll keep working on Japanese, and I'll come back with an update in a year or so. Maybe I'll even post a video about it! And you are very welcome for the recommendation. You definitely deserve it 👍
I've been learning Japanese since February this year and it's been... A journey, to say the least, now i started to do 5 hours daily, i hope someday i can come back to this comment to show my progress
Hello fellow 一花 enjoyer, glad to see my viewers also have the most exquisite of tastes. I hope you will come back but NOT to here- check out the 2 year video instead, it's better and more up to date on where I currently am th-cam.com/video/t3g6X1RMUyg/w-d-xo.html
What is the add-on you have to see the meaning of kanji you highlight? It looks highly useful.
Oh! Is it yomichan, I just saw a video you uploaded to install it, haha.
Sea chicken.
I died!😂😂😂😂笑笑笑
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Wow, we're very similar in the case of the "unfair advantage" my first language is spanish, second and third is cantonese, english and then fourth is mandarin haha, maybe the destiny was preparing me to learn japanese all this time
I noticed LiSA-chan playing in the background and got excited 🥹🥰
I also have two cats they're called Toto (male) and Cherry (female), Toto is like a gray tiger with white marks and Cherry is mosty white with some orange marks, Toto is very annoying when he wants to play with Cherry who only want to sleep all day long, Cherry is like 5 years old and Toto is barely 1 year old so that's explain a lot
Very cute!
hey there saw that you were extremely active in the comments so had some questions to ask. currently, I'm on day 2 of my Japanese learning venture and I have somewhat memorized hiragana and katakana, not really much of memorizing how to write them. For background info, I probably have somewhat of the same level of Chinese background as you. But after memorizing hiragana and katakana I don't really know what to do next? do I proceed with my genki textbook and workbooks or is there a better approach since I'm trying to learn how to READ and SPEAK Japanese not really much of writing. In terms of immersion, I am currently just watching anime with English subs but can understand a thing at all in Japanese. Want to learn Japanese to read manga raws.
Yo yo! The fact that you cleared Hiragana and Katakana in just 2 days is fantastic to hear, good job bro!
For your next step, please visit this video: th-cam.com/video/DcY2Svs3h8M/w-d-xo.html
Furthermore, avoid Genki as it does more harm than good. I would also recommend NOT using Tae Kim (at least in the beginning) because it will screw with your understanding of the basics.
Watch the above video first to get started with Anki. When you get stuck on grammar, either watch Cure Dolly (my teacher) or check out my takes on Dolly's videos here: th-cam.com/video/E_aR2F05dEc/w-d-xo.html
Finally, as for immersion, it's meaningless to you at the moment. Immersions only works when you get comprehensible input- if nothing is comprehensible, you're just wasting time. Focusing on building core vocab and grammar first.
Hope this helps!
@@JouzuJuls just finished memorizing all hiragana and katakana characters. So I do have anki downloaded on my phone and on my PC but there are so many decks I'm kinda lost to which are the decks I should probably be getting. Not sure if jumping straight into core 2k is efficient since I have literally zero japanese background and don't know whether the radicals in Chinese is the same for Japanese stuff like that. I'll definitely give cure dolly a shot though since vocab and grammar is something I rlly need to start on soon. Probably be following her
th-cam.com/play/PLg9uYxuZf8x_A-vcqqyOFZu06WlhnypWj.html&si=khiJzZWuKJi1Olab
playlist. Other than that thanks for the extremely quick reply!
@isaacchen3183 Jumping into Core is fine. My Anki video has deck suggestions and downloads too, make sure you read the guide properly instead of blindly downloading a deck.
th-cam.com/video/DcY2Svs3h8M/w-d-xo.html
I actually don't particularly recommend watching the whole Dolly playlist in order. Instead, only watch what you need to when it pops up.
Reason being that learning ABOUT random grammar rules that you've never encountered doesn't really do much. If you just look up stuff that you've encountered (like particles), then that's knowledge that's actually useful.
Also remember you can join the Discord to chat with other learners and ask questions!
discord.gg/ugDaj9Cq3w
Good luck!
@@JouzuJuls tysm for the advice!
Some people learn japanese to watch anime without subtitles but I watch anime without subtitles to learn japanese
Yes! That's surprisingly effective! However what's even more effective is watching Anime with JAPANESE subtitles! Watch this video to learn how! th-cam.com/video/45_TwPlhvGE/w-d-xo.html
@@JouzuJuls whats weird about it is that if you know some japanese, you'll spot out some key words in what they're saying. sometimes, it'll mean the same thing, but they wont say the key word, which is weird. that, and kanji always trip me up when reading japanese subtitles because idk which kanji are they referring to
Great video! Really enjoyed it. You didn’t really talk about what you did for grammar. Did you just watch a lot of grammar TH-cam videos or just completely ignore it?
Hey there, sorry for the late reply! I suck at grammar and it's my weakest aspect according to my jlpt results. After making this video I did a few things to try to better my grammar, I found Don's Conjugation Drill to be very useful and I also revisited Cure Dolly's video on Conjugation forms. Particles are still a great weakness so I've just given up learning each rule and how it applies since it makes little sense. Just gonna give it time and pick it uo naturally. (Unless there's some drill I can find that I end up finding effective).
@@JouzuJuls ah ok thanks! So when you encounter a sentence with some unknown grammar how do you deal with it? Just guess from context what is going on?
@@Ieafff right on the money. If it's a grammar point that I've seen multiple times, then I'll determine it to be important enough to learn and put into Anki with some example sentences. An example would be ~ず/ ~ずに. I like to go to 出口日語 for these lessons as he does them in Japanese (or in the case of lower level grammar, mandarin).
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If it's something I see as a one off, then it's not worth learning imo. Something like... Idk, can't remember something I haven't learned 😂
26:56 i think "write" in chinese simplified looks like that?
It's close but not quite, in simplified Chinese, the bottom horizontal line does not intercept the vertical stroke. In Japanese, it passes through.
if you want to read more you have to read things you like or are interested in, example: I read a lot of mangas like vindland saga, and read subs in anime or videos like Serial Experiment Lain and car videos. I'm learning English and Japanese
That's the advise I've always heard even in English but it just never works. I have books about my favorite game, didn't enjoy reading them- would much rather just play the game.
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Also have a light novel (the one I showed in the video), did not really enjoy reading it. But when the movie came out I just enjoyed the movie more.
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The problem ain't whether it's interesting or not IMO, it's just a bunch of words on a page make me think it's too めんどくさい.
the month / moon pun omg lol 月 19:36
What's the music at 40:30? I couldn't quite find it in the link to music creds :(
In the music creds, search for "unlasting"!
@@JouzuJuls Thank you so much! I was going nuts trying to find it haha. Appreciate it!
Hello, how did you get this digital manga pdf?
bro, i gotta find out how you got your anki like that please.
Just recorded the video, it'll come out soon :)
badabing badaboom, your requested video is ready to bloom th-cam.com/video/gIZW_OimI9M/w-d-xo.html
@@JouzuJuls thanks bro, have you watched the monogatari series?
@@detrodusjp9587 not yet no! I tried when I was way young but instantly gave up, was like "I'll get this when I'm older".
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I'm older now so I'm thinking of giving it a shot 😁
Try EJU the so called 留学試験 with not only japanese with 作文、but also 総合科目 like （世界＆日本）の歴史、経済、地理、社会学 you can also be 文系 and clean just these +数学 or you can go the 理系route and clean 数学２、理科、科学、生物学 addtionally
can someone recommend some jpn vtubers? or at least tell me the names of the ones in this vid? and wheres the clip from at 22:50
Whats the Kanji Recognition Game in timestamp 40:42-40:53?
What I will say is that you shouldn't be afraid to approach natives in VRchat. I've done this with people who ended up being some of my best friends. Usually it involves me trying to speak a little and embarrassing myself. If you say it confidently though they will find you funny and like you. I've been to Japan but I'm still n5 and suck. I am known as "The gauijin studying Japanese" though
I've actually made a video elaborating on VRC, and now that I'm more experienced, I can confidently say that VRC is definitely on the weaker end of places to go for Language Learning for most people. Here's the video if you want to see why: th-cam.com/video/O4AgrFL7Kxk/w-d-xo.html
In the beginning of the video when you were reading the TH-cam video titles, did you understand what you were reading? Or were you just reading it out loud?
Hard to answer now that I'm 3+ years in and I can't go back to the mindset/skill level of when I made this video
But just rewatching it, I'd say I understood "mostly" what was being said, whereby the unknown words there I could've probably accurately guessed- thus yes, I think I would've understood everything then
@@JouzuJuls thank you for the reply!
Came into this expecting to learn about how cheif learns nihongo but got bonus content of
1. Cheif's obsession with Rascal does not dream of Bunny Girl Senpai
2. Fetus Cheif
3. Mandarin speaking Cheif
I wonder how many Bunny Girl references there were in this video alone...
You are already better than me in less time
We all have our ups and downs. It's better in the long run to go at your own pace instead of racing against someone else and burning out! Keep at it and you'll get there, I hope you'll subscribe to get the tips I share too ;)
goated video
Zero no Tsukaima was ahead of its time.
Dang thanks for sharing this, AAAAAAAAAAAAAA
You're very welcome! I have progressed 1 year since this video so here's the 2nd year if you were curious about how progress is after another year th-cam.com/video/t3g6X1RMUyg/w-d-xo.html
I know where that picture of nino comes from.
Man of culture
How is that possible that you were doing 60 new anki cards and 60 rtk cards and it was taking you only 3.5 hours. I only do 25 new rtk words everyday and just that is taking me 4+ hours. Am I an idiot or wha -
There's 2 things that could be going on here.
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1. Some people are just much faster at Anki than others. I know someone who was doing 100 new cards a day. So don't waste your time comparing your speed to others and feeling "slow". Language learning is your own journey and whether you're progressing fast or slow should be solely dependent on how you feel yourself.
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2. The way we review could be different. When I was making this video I was doing 3 reviews per card on my main deck (which is slow and not recommended), and for RTK I was doing 2 reviews per Kanji.
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The main note is that RTK should be done completely out of context as the main goal of RTK is to blast you with Kanji- not to get you to remember the meaning of every Kanji.
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If I were to restart my journey, I'd only do 2 reviews per word, and 1 review per Kanji.
那咋说外语更自然呢？ 虽然我学中文大概一年多了, 但我发现中国人还能看得出来我的语法错误。他们都跟我说“哇哦，中文说的很标准！”。我的发音没啥问题，而所有b站视频也能听得懂，只是语法有时不自然而已。你说，我该怎么办？
Please allow me to respond in English, I may be able to speak Chinese but I can't read and write. (But I understand what you wrote just by getting someone to read it out loud lol)
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The way I use to learn grammar is to use example sentences instead of trying to remember definitions. So I'll first learn what it means, then put a bunch of example sentences in my Anki.
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From there, once you've developed a natural understanding of this new grammar, writing is a better way of practicing output than speaking because when writing, you have more time to think.
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Furthermore, you can get someone to correct what you've written so you can add the corrected sentence into Anki as well. You'll be sure to remember it much better this way.
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Also, 1 year is not a very long time. Of course, you'll be making a lot of mistakes in 1 year. Time is the ultimate thing in language learning- the more time you spend immersed in the language, the better you'll be naturally.
@@JouzuJuls Thanks for the tips!
@@JouzuJuls btw were there any grammar mistakes that you could hear when your friends were reading it to you?
@@juliusseizure8857 Friend just said there's nothing wrong.
I hate to be that guy, I really do, but I just can't take it. It's "disrupt", not "distrupt". This is the best video of it's kind i've ever seen btw.
Here for the thumbnail. Gotta give it to this Chad
It is a good doujin. Thanks for watching!
if you were N3 before this, you didn't learn Japanese from anime... you improved your already present Japanese skills.
I wasnt N3 before this. I went from nothing to N3 in 1 year using anime.
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To learn more of my background before learning Japanese, please watch from 18:07 onwards.
Bunny girl senpai letss goooo
And then there is me that still tries to start learning it but cant do it eh im from Poland so many jp pronunciations are quite similar so i technically have it a little easier but still cant start my passion and funny thing when i watch anime i can like understand probably like 40 or 50 % of it without subtitles but most of stuff in anime is similar so yeah
At the end of the day, the most important thing in language learning is persistence and consistency- not motivation. A lot of people start learning and give up after a month because they are only driven by short term motivation. Once they see how much effort is needed, how much time is required, and how much commitment they need on a DAILY basis, their motivation crumbles and they give up.
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When I was first starting, I didn't think I could learn it too simply because I had a bad experience learning Chinese. But my dedication, persistence, and consistency carried me this far.
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I'm not sure if you're thinking about starting to learn Japanese, but if you are, I'd make sure you're ready to dedicate a few years of daily work to study this language. If you can mentally prepare yourself for that, I believe there's nothing that can stop you for learning it too 😎
What deck did you use for n5 that included pitch accent?
Hi, thanks for watching the video and commenting!
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I did not use decks with JLPT in mind, so I don't have an n5 deck to recommend you. Nor would I recommend a n5 deck anyway simply because what you see and hear frequently is worth more than some random words arbitrarily assigned n5.
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Secondly, pitch accents were generated using a plugin, check this video to learn how: th-cam.com/video/gTX3v6zHiIA/w-d-xo.html
waiit... im a native english speaker and I say open the light.. is that wrong?
Yes, that's wrong.
@@JouzuJuls my mind is so blown right now
It was えっと and not えぇと??😭😭😭😭
23:54 is so real omg
How many words a day were you learning? (When you started)
However much I felt like.
I recommend beginners start small and focus on doing small-medium amounts of cards for at least 2 weeks to 1 month first. This makes it easier to build your habit of using Anki every single day for the foreseeable future.
"Small" and "medium" really depends on the average time you spend on for each card, and it will be relative to how much time you have each day to dedicate to studying.
Once you have your habit developed, then increase the workload.
@@JouzuJuls I've been "using" anki for about 2 months ish, I didn't learn many cards a day for most of this time, roughly 5-10 a day.
I've got some freetime during Christmas, and decided to bump up daily new cards to 35.
I have no idea what kind of repercussions it will have, in your experience, will it be manageable if I do 30-50 cards on some days?
@@TragicGFuel How many cards someone can manage is entirely dependant on the person and what their schedule looks like.
Doing 35 new a day will probably bump your average to about 100 something after a week or so. If you can handle it, great. If you can't handle it, just turn off new cards and focus on doing reviews until the number becomes manageable again.
In my personal experience, my average cards per day are 80-100. I don't usually do new cards unless I feel like it (especially now that I'm 3 years in).
When I do feel like it, I do up to 60 new cards a day for as long as I have new cards. This sometimes bumps my review count up to 300-400. If I'm motivated, I can get those done in less than 1 hour. If I'm not motivated, I wouldn't have done new cards in the first place & wouldn't let my reviews get that high in the first place. ^^
@@JouzuJuls well thanks for the advice. I do have a couple more weeks. Might as well go grind as much as I can!
45:50 My Chinese friend makes the same mistake and her English is perfect. That's the only mistake she has every made.
It's very interesting how that's just a common mistake for a lot of Asians
I left a Japanese deck for too long and it has 1900 reviews 💀, do your anki kids
Move all those cards into a new deck and create another new blank deck. Then slowly re-add all the old cards back into the blank deck and relearn them that way.
@@JouzuJuls thank you very much
@@JouzuJuls what would you say is the best stuff to immerse in for Japanese?
@@GojoSatoru-jy9qb everybody likes different things, I like anime and always try to find ones I've already watched before with JP subs.
@@JouzuJuls Watching anime with jp subs sounds like something i would enjoy , what websites do you use for anime with jp subs?
Do you read manga?
Watch this video to find out! th-cam.com/video/t3g6X1RMUyg/w-d-xo.html
すごいビデオですよ
ありがとうございます！
I have horrible handwriting cant imagine it in hiragana/katakana and characters
thumbnail way too sus 💀💀
If you know it, you know it ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Great video. Please make more content. But honestly, you knwo mandarin and dont know the word 自私 (zisi-selfish ;) ???
OH that's what it is. Yea I know the word but not how to write it. Same as every other Chinese word in this video lmao.
Thanks for the comment, glad you liked the video!
@@JouzuJuls Fellow refolder here but refolding Mandarin. Am currently also considering to start with japanese again. Lived for one year in Japan in 2004 passed the JLPT N4 test but havent learned it since. I have been doing chinese for about a year now and also did Heisig but for Hanzi. So i guess i can get directly into immersing and sentence mining.
@@DrDissection Yea, sounds like a plan. Hope some of my videos help you out too!
you first dislike, you're welcome. I subscribed :3
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