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You have no idea how important this video/channel was to jailbreak my insecurities into persuing multiple hobbies and become a polymath. Im just on my beginning but is not something I want to ever stop. The fulfillment is real I think I was just needing to see someone that proove this is possibilidade much love from Brasil

This video inspires me. I have many interests and most of them overlap with yours including Japanese. English is my second language that I've been learning by my own btw. Thank you for your videos.

Question about learning a new language thats not Romanized like Korean, Arabic, Japanese, etc. Shouldn't you learn the alphabet first (for Korean Hangeul) so you can read it and then learn the grammar?

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Subbed! Great video, Will try this out. I'm currently re-watching Attack on Titan, first time I watched it in English so I figured I'd watch it in Japanese this time. I really love the Japanese language so I decided to really pay attention to what is being said out loud vs what I'm reading in the subtitles and its really fun to do it that way, but I will try the tips you laid out here!

What great advice. Using mnemonics truly made a significant impact on my language learning journey. I would suggest it to all who would be able to benefit from the technique.

fascinating video. thanks

i learned english that way without realizing it. Now that you lay it down like that, it makes more sense, this is an underated video. Learning Japanese now, and I am so SO glad i found your video. Thank you (Also, subscribed).

2nd time commenting. But I watched to the end of your video. Everyone has a different approach to studying a language. For me, I immediately started by taking a college class, Jpn 101. Currently I'm in 201 and plan on taking it to 5th year Japanese/a master's degree. A lot of my study habits are impacted by my diagnosed Adhd and possibly autism. I have a lot of moments where I doubt myself and it's led to confidence issues while learning. Despite that, I'm pushing myself forward. It's definitely a difficult language to learn, but with repetition and active studying, it's been fun. My teacher usually has us learn 4 - 5 new kanji per week through writing kanji, then translating sentences with those new kanji. We just learned 店 and 員. Anyways, this video was very helpful for me.

When it comes to learning vocabulary/kanji, how should I go about studying it? Should I use flash cards, anki, or something else? I tend to write everything out so maybe some kind of spreadsheet or notebook?

Thanks for this video & your encouraging words! I'm learning Korean now. God bless you 🎉

Finally the video i needed 😔

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Thats good content, keep going my brother!!!

funny how I was thinking about this yesterday lol.

What are all of your hobbies?!

3D printing and design, acting, Cosplay, Guitar and producing, filmmaking, writing, oil portraits, photography, reading. I'm pretty good at all of them, there's mostly concrete examples of my efforts but not as much in other areas.

I would love to learn another language, but I am trying to find why I want to learn Japanese.

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i already speak english and arabic and i kinda just like to immerse myself when learning other languages and it helps me studying is too daunting for me i just can’t do it

Singing/ music production Acting Script writing Language learning Realestate Fitness Woodworking I’m glad I am not the only one who has a lot of interest. I feel like it’s hard to focus on any of them because I have so many and I’m so distracted in life.

As much as I appreciate the effort, this is a bad video. Particularly the misleading fast part. What I liked: Vocab teaching method (doesn't work for everyone unfortunately, you kind of need to have an inclination), learning vocab first per se *the how to is bad*, using AI to help you (yes, this makes it go much faster, although i.e. ChatGPT 4o is not always correct), spaced repetition and excessively use videos & audio to listen & understand Japanese. The biggest reasons you learned Japanese fast: Lived there, talented with languages, government sponsored programs for learning the language (US military does that), given plenty of time per week to learn the language, motivated (had to for military / because living there) - all of these reasons don't apply to 95+% of the people. Not to mention that your methods is like a hack, everyone who truly knows Japanese will quickly realize you never learned it properly (that said it is very useable!). STUPID ADVICE OF YOURS: REGARDING VOCABULARY: 1) Unlike English syllable stretching, Japanese doesn't stretch hiragana/romaji when you read it - this is imperative to know before starting to babble to words the wrong way 2) Particular Japanese "R" is pronounced noticeably different to English "R"; learn this too - the earlier you do things right, the less of a problem it is to correct them later on. Study how the tongue moves there. 3) There is pitch accent in Japanese (for starting the words have pitch, but in certain grammar pitch can change, but I recommend to learn that later) - if you want to live there, fully integrate or have native level, it is best to learn this right from the very get go. ==> the only RIGHT way is to listen to the words said by a native Japanese and repeat after them (there are i.e. UA-cam videos saying them, don't use AI / AI generated voice lines) - on top of that if you have plenty of time & are motivated and want to go native like level, learn the pitch patterns (beginning) and later how pitch changes with certain grammar! You integrate much better with proper pronunciation, particularly if you intend to live there permanently - otherwise you ALWAYS will be the foreigner. UA-camr Dogen is a great example of a foreigner that Japanese people often forget is a foreigner - he is fantastically integrated. Note1: Use something like jisho.org / AI to confirm the exact meaning, as sometimes apps, books don't accurately translate them. An example here are 2 words that are translated often with the word "to invite": しょうたいする (shoutaisuru) and さそう (sasou) - yes, in a sense they are that, but you can't use sasou for inviting someone to a wedding. What I often do if I see two or more similar words is let ChatGPT explain me the difference. If I have a feeling it is not accurate or don't fully get it, I ask my Japanese teacher. Note2: Don't use Google Translate or DeepL - they are more wrong than right. ChatGPT I am not sure yet, but it definitely is a lot more accurate - although I have the feeling it is not understanding subtle stuff in Japanese. Note3: Learn Kanji from the get-go, particularly the base Kanji, but do it like this: For every ~20 words that you learn like above, learn 1 kanji, that is very common. Learning Kanji is a painful process, the earlier you get started, the less of a mountain you have to take later AND you already enjoy the benefit of being able to spot some.

“The most important thing is focus, if you don’t have focus you don’t have anything else” Me with severe ADHD: 😭😭😭

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This video was so helpful and motivating honestly! I started *trying* to learn japanese more than 10 years ago, but studying and learning a whole new language seemed impossible to me. But then I learned english fluently rather quickly in my teens by simply reading comics and having wordreference opened, at first I didn't understand most of what I was reading but within less than a year I was fluent. It's been so long now that it feels like english simply spawned in my brain one day and I expect the same thing to happen with japanese lol I've been studying more seriously for the last couple of months and with your tips I'm more positive now

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Learning Japanese in my 40s (I live in Japan with my wife and son) with no real love for Anime...that's hard mode. Thanks for the video.

I played video games as a kid like Mega Drive Snes PS1 and then picked up guitar in my early teens and started a band shortly after. ended up playing some festivals (not main tent) by before 18. Then life took a u turn for oersonal reasons, video games got me out the slump then one day after years I picked up my guitar again and started learning Jazz as a new genre and now I am currently learning Japanese and am currently in the Intermediate plateau iam loving it and I am definetly past the point of no return. I can't stop. I am enjoying native content that I like and it is so rewarding. You have to celebrate the small wins but honestly, that saying is counterintuitive, because usually the small wins are huge wins, you just dont give yourself credit for them enough. Enjoy exploring the skill you are aquiring at any level and remember to enjoy the simple things. You dont need to be a mastermind in your chosen skill to experiment. Experimentation is a great teacher and it can often lead to unique characteristics which are the golden nuggets in any any skill.

The point about across-domain confidence definitely applies in reverse too; try not to let that spiral, especially since some fields will be naturally hostile environments

You say a lot of stuff that makes sense, although I think my learning style may be a bit different (I like the mechanics/grammar of the language, and I think lots of people don't like tedium/repetition, but I feel like it's more extreme for me). But I also think you have a weird idea about what "comprehensible input" is, as a lot of what you're talking about is basically in favor of the same concept. I think you might have associations with it with some particular thing or type of people that aren't really about what it's about. Active immersion is basically about comprehensible input - just taking in a lot and actually trying to make sense of and understand it, rather than having it go in one ear and out the other passively.

Powerful video brother, I'm starting today!

Thank you for this!!! Very helpful !! I'm a Techie, chef, podcaster, musician, beginner pianist, writer and the list seems to keep going on. Focus is the only solution. Sometimes, one of the interests will suffer than the other and that's fine. Focusing on one at a time will help you develop one until it becomes second nature.

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My shiny object syndrome is bit different, in my case, I already want to learn A, B, C subject, then I see other people with years of experience in subject D, then I add that D subject into my collection that I want to learn, and it keep expanding.

this is an interesting take, im definitely a themoeway follower. I started learning kanji day 1, i started immersing from day 1, however i also did speaking lessons. I never used romaji etc. The studying lists of important sentences is interesting. its interesting this is very similar to themoeway but it is also different on a few key points (namely, waiting for kanji, making sure you are speaking early, and using romaji)

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Currently into woodworking, i think i passed leathercraft since i made around 20 wallets and a fancy tool bag. I tried shoemaking but stopped halfway because my brain wanted to do woodworking soo bad.

This is good stuff! Thank you! I moved to Japan in 1988 and returned to the States in 1998: the dark ages of language learning. Learning Japanese taught by native Japanese speakers using textbooks was slow and painful. I got more from advice from native English speakers who'd learned Japanese. I was glad to have plenty of Japanese friends in my neighborhood to help. (I also worked as a personal trainer at a gym in Nagoya.) I think the real advantage of your videos is that you've done something Japanese teachers haven't done: you learned Japanese as an adult. Thanks again!

I've been living in japan for a couple of years now, I work in an english environment so I dont have much of a chance to use Japanese. But when I'm at a restaurant, store, or doctor's appointment or something I try to use Japanese only to the best of my ability. It's very hard at times, and others it can be so simple. A recent experience was after my health check, the doctor was trying to tell me that I had high cholestoral (which is something new for me), but I didnt understand him because I didnt know the word he was saying. it took a bit but we figured it out.

Wow. Love. Respect. Thank you!

Hey man been watching your videos for a few weeks now, I’m currently half way through my first year of computer science and I really want to be a software engineer. Just wondering if you had any advice for someone getting into the industry and if there’s anything specific you’d work on if you were in my position at 18. Thanks man.

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Sone very good advice

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Thanks for pointing this out -- only few people talk about this topic in this perspective, so thanks again. I think the 'valley' is our body trying to tell us that we need rest. Also to add more on this, I found that when I'm resting, 'doomscrolling' is depleting myself more and it's actually anything but resting. I think 'doomscrolling' phenomenon is ourself trying to do productive things desperately, like knowing 'more information' or 'catching up' because we feel guilty from taking rest (which is really bad). Why is it bad? because we are not actually resting, and we are not actually learning ... so yeah, letting go with the wave is actually the better way to consistency.

I am listening to UA-cam-tutorials for Unity, Unreal or other code related apps ( or MIT's Scratch for example because I have to use it for work with kids and it is in simpler instructional language), but I now start doing it in Japanese. It is a more active approach. It is also something I see adults do with children: "take this...", "pick up that...", "click on it..", etc. directly connecting (it to) reallife actions to objects. And because you have to utilize and repeat it becomes a more natural way of incorporating it into daily activities. Also playing games helps, because it is the same principle. But maybe looking up something about fixing cars or cooking will help others. I learned English by the time I was 9 or 10 without having it in school in roughly 2 years of playing games. But this is just my hypnosis. Hope it motivates and helps people here.