Learning Japanese is Easy... Here's How
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- Опубліковано 20 тра 2024
- Join me as I tell the story of how I learned every Jouyou Kanji and give my perspective on what kind of tools and methods you can use to do the same!
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Timestamps:
0:00 Why Learn Japanese?
0:46 Why Listen to me?
1:33 Beginner tools for learning Japanese
2:20 3 Sets Japanese Characters
3:29 How to be Consistent
5:02 Tools for Learning Kanji
6:51 My Study Method
#japanese #fluent #kanji
Kanji is the final boss 😱
Nah. Kanji’s the boss at the end of each level 😂
Keigo's the REAL final boss 😱
@@Wonderhoy-erwhat is keigo? 🤔 I'm fighting with katakana. 😢
@@bonadeo007 it’s basically a whole other “language” you would use for elders or people in more power, I just pretend it does exist, same with the Kansai dialects 😭
As someone whos been self studying japanese for almost a year now. Kanji is not really the last boss, grammar is actually the most difficult part in japanese.
“Simple, I made it a habit”
That is the single most important thing about learning any language.
Congrats on passing N2 🎉
It’s interesting seeing other people’s approach to learning this language. I personally followed a more input focused approach and my daily motivation was to simply include my end goal into my daily learning. Yes, I used to use anki daily and study grammar daily and kanji but it was all worth it when that same day I could just read manga or watch anime in full Japanese.
From not knowing almost anything, to what I know today…I learned most of it simply by exposure. Nowadays I no longer study the language… I just consume whatever I want (with a japanese only dictionary)
Thanks! I can tell you've been through the journey because I definitely get where you're coming from. I applaud you for using a japanese dictionary only as well, for me it's been hard not to go down a rabbit hole of unknown words with each new definition
@@imjozen Going down that rabbit hole still happens to me every now and then not gonna lie. But on the bright side, it's helped me to not translate so much in my head :D and of course, the more you use that kind of dictionary the less it will feel like you have to look up words within a definition :)
Making it a habit is not just language, but sports, math, sience and basically anything else as well.
For me getting the grammar early is so important. Once you know the structure so many words just make sense or you at least know it's function when learning a new one.
@@MrHaggyy 100%. This is why I often say learning a language taught me so much more than just the language. It taught me how to properly learn other things.
I also started out learning grammar structures and kanji up to n1, but when I finished I realized I was very limited in my knowledge at the time. It is important knowing the basics, but you also have to make a habit out of it and also do a lot of exposure while still learning the basics. Everything always compliments your knowledge of the language after all :)
I keep on seeing people saying they “studied grammar” but I’ve yet to really see someone explain how/where they did so? In comparison kanji seems relatively easy to start learning due to all the resources there are but I’m not sure where to start grammar wise
Going from English dub to learning Japanese to avoid subtitles is a level of dedication I have never seen before in my life.
😂😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣 bro take it seriously
I can't bring myself to watch English dubbed anime. Subs only, at least until I finish learning the language, that is
I'm from spain, and in my case I wanted to learn both english and japanese. So I start learning japanese in english lol My brain's gonna explode
Sort of same. Can't bring myself to watch dub, but sub is really just reading basically, just read manga at this point
@@hippopotomostrosesquippeda5804 I would feel the same if it weren't for the glorious animation I would miss out on, particularly for fight scenes. But for a lot of anime with just average animation I agree
Kanji is hard, but after learning the fundamentals, Japanese is quite simple. More simple than communicating in English actually. I love it!
Really how so? I’m genuinely asking
@@NarutoUzumaki-xg9etme toooooo😂
@@TheBillaro facts my guy, we’re both scratching our heads here 🤣
Don’t leave us hanging Nova! 🫡
I'm going to guess it's because Japanese drops a lot of words as long as the context is known, but I'm really curious to what the answer is?
No japanese isnt simple, and it will never be. It doesnt matter how good your japanese is, it’ll never be «simple».
9:19 bro got so into learning japanese he forgot his original goal
got lost in the sauce
Like Zoro 💀
It was just filler
One thing that helps me understand kanji is think about arabic numerals we use. You see 1 and you read in ur head “one” you see 1st and you don’t think “onest” you read “first”. This is a oversimplification but it is essentially how chinese characters work in japanese. They are units of meaning and in seeing the meaning youre like oh obviously thats this word. I dont reccommend ignoring kanji and i also dont reccomend focusing on it. It’ll be much more helpful to learn them as they go along and try to understand how they fit in and eventually youll get a feel for them as you go on. Most importantly mistakes are beautiful and dont stress about perfection. A language is a vast ocean of meaning and culture. Stressing about not being able to remember a single lone word wont do you any justice just move on and I promise itll make its way back to you. Like the video says and many others its about making it a habit and a part of your life. Believe that you can learn because trust me you can it just takes some time. Its about the journey not the destination.
Awesome words, thanks a lot
Btw the first fact u said have blown my mind lol
You didn’t just motivate me to learn Japanese but you also gained a new subscriber! Thank you!
You seem like such an honest person, and also so motivated and disciplined that it really inspires me ☺️
Beautiful video. It explains why you should, why you should listen to specifically you, and how you should. It follows a logical path, while also injecting some emotion into it by mentioning your story, and satisfyingly finishing it at the end. This video also made me realize how important tone and word choice is; watching this video made me feel good. It felt comforting, and you had an aura of safety not only due to your positive tone and word choice, but also due to the occasional joke and your own experiences as a beginner.
Bro, thank you for that book recommendation. I actually learned a lot about the atomic habits.
"The goal is not to learn an language, the goal is to follow a *system*. To make you later archive it".
Thank you.
I can't describe what it is... But the way you talk is just... entrancing :)
This is such a lovely video with invaluable tips!
This is a super high quality video for 500 subscribers! Hoping to see more success for you soon.
i don’t often comment, but this video was great, keep going bro
thanks, means a lot! definitely will try to make more content worth your time
I appreciate your motivation. I've been going in and out of learning probably since about the same age but for 15 years I just couldn't properly approach the Kanji beast. BUT this year I'm finally going to visit Japan and I want to be able to understand the locations and at least some menus (trying for speech as well but we see lol)
The main reason I've always wanted to learn was due to so many of my favorite series just never getting an english translation. So here's to the hope I finally learn
this is a great and *actually helpful* video! can’t wait to see more awesome content from your channel! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The dream of every anime watcher:
Wachting the anime not the subtitles
this is one of the best videos i’ve seen as far as helpful tips, what to expect, and creating and maintaining a solid reason for learning japanese. really grateful your video was recommended to me! i’m at about 4-5yrs of trying to learn (mostly duolingo) and i feel like i haven’t really gotten to a conversational level yet. this video was both informative and inspiring, ありがとうございます!
You need to get away from duolingo and work your way through traditional textbooks, then start reading stories, novels, manga or whatever, watch anime and films. Duolingo is way too limited and will not take you to fluency, or anywhere close. Just my opinion….
@@andreascarl9636 definitely been feeling that lately. Aside from Genki, are there any books you'd recommend for developing comprehension and fluency? Thanks for the help!
This is such a well-put together video. Thanks for sharing your experience
this guy needs more subs! great editing and informations !
Im just starting my journey and my motivation is the feeling of understanding a different language just hits different
Great video. As someone who has an easier time learning Japanese, I find the one thing holding me back is the lack of consistency and laziness. So I feel as though making learning a habit will help me stay consistent and get back on track!
Thank you for sharing your experience and tips! So useful! I feel pumped to start my new habit of learning Kanji every day. The 🈷️ is up in the 🈳️ tonight
Really informative and great production level!
This was incredibly informative. Thanks much, broda. You bouta blow up. (Love the Jackals jersey)
I liked and subbed. What I liked was the free kanji apps to write with.
In the video. I enjoyed the openness of the UA-camr, the narratoration, and all the relevant systematic information to
Really paved the foundation for learning a new language in an entertaining way 🔥🔥🔥
Shout out MO!!
Shout out Bambi!
this is really helpful! thank u :D
This video really helped me, i wanna learn japanese by my own and all of this was helpful, thank u so much
You are so underrated! Thanks for the tips.
Solid video, and congrats on N2
Really helpful, thanks 😄
Thank you! 👍🏽✨
Kanji becomes much easier because I'm chinese and Kanji is Chinese words. The difference is pronunciation
+it comes from Middle Chinese, but the phonological shifts changed a lot.
塊 used to be “クヱ･Kwe” for 呉音, but it became ケ･Ke, while the 漢音 for it was “クヮイ･Kwai,” but became カイ･Kai. Kwai is basically the same as the modern Mandarin pronunciation, which is Kuai.
I learned Chinese also it makes kanji easier to learn faster.
Agreed, kanji is so extremely easy if you know Chinese to a intermediate-expert level.
@@Nightmare2.03 I don’t know Chinese, but I love Chinese characters, so I keep coming back to learn them, even though Japanese grammar is hard.
@@danielantony1882 I agree! Also, keigo is giving me a REALLY hard time too. 😭
Love this. You need more subscribers
Thank you! I will learn I promise
I'm 14 right now, and I'm trying to learn Japanese and Korean possibly Chinese, all of their cultures inspire me and I'm learning the language so that I can travel there someday. Thank you Jozen for posting this video. ❤
Solo Leveling at the beginnin👀
Arigathankyou gozaimuch! I learned a lot.
Thank you very much man!
Great video! Thanks!!
I'm not planning to learn Japanese at the moment but I love your energy. I wish you could explain German as well
Great video!
I think this video was recommended to me because I needed it
I don't know how you guys fell, but for me, Kanji is the best part of lerning japanese.
Because it's kind of satisfying to shorten theam up.
Like:
火(ひ) [hi]=fire
山(やま) [yama]=mountain
combined: 火山 (かざん)[kazan]=Vulkan
That's why i love it!
great vid bro keep going!
thanks!
@@imjozenthe intense sound after you say “Kanji” makes me laugh. Too funny. Great video! I’m in the frustrated stage trying to overcome it
I'm using renshuu (it's free) which provides fun minigames (even kanji shiritori lol), anki-style decks, grammar references, rosetta-stone-like quizzes (in some cases) and more
BUT
what I don't get, is how remembering 2000 stories would be easier than remembering 2000 pictures; I think one should just stop seeing kanji as characters but rather as pictures.
You already can remember that amount of pictures easily: how many memes do you know?
Thanks for providing resources for people to check out!
For your second point, I'm sure some people have an easier time that way but humans have been telling stories forever, and in my experience I found remembering stories quite powerful
I think your photographic memory is good that is why you don't get it, I also have good photographic memory
ANOTHER RENSHUU USER OMGGGG ME TOOOOOO
I'm using Renshuu too! I loved it instantly, and took a lifetime subscription 😊
The same purpose for me. Watching anime without subtitles and also because I love Japan culture. Thanks for the tips
I love WaniKani. I've been learning for three months and already memorized several hundred Kanji and vocab. It uses the same system you talk about but it's already done all the work for you. Every time I get an answer right I get a little dopamine boost. It's just as addictive as watching UA-cam
The way it organizes the repetition for us and the friendly design really helps indeed. It makes me actually want to use it more and get the numbers higher.
Anyone can do something similar with paper cards in decks too, just demands a bit more dedication
As a Japanese kid I can confirm Japanese is hard 😂
Well, at some point every language is. I am German and even for us average german people the grammar CAN become disgustingly difficult if you dig into it.
Depends how you define difficulty. Learning a language is one of the most linear skill, meaning that as long as you keep studying, you will 99.99 percent be able to learn the language. It’s almost IMPOSSIBLE to NOT learn a language if you put in enough hours.
However, if you’re saying that it takes a lot of time and effort and THATS why it’s hard, I have to agree.
@@shade_299as a Japanese I studied German for about a 6 months and this is the only thing I remember
Auf der heide blüht ein kleines blümelein~ und das heißt~ erika~~~!
@@dnjfqor4585 As a native german speaker, I'm glad I don't have to learn it. Japanese seems to me very efficient, while german is way more detailed and precise. That makes our grammar a mess and even though I use it every day, I could not tell you a single thing about our grammar.
I'm a native Spanish speaker. I taught my friends and they never told me it was hard. I asked them when we started to finish. They said it wasn't ever that difficult. 😂
You deserve a amazon link for promoting the book.
damn this is a rlly good video ngl
shout out for u
Great video, subbed
Why don't you blink 😭
also thanks❤
BLINKED HERE! 6:52
7:46 here too
@@musicgg6874 thanks
@@rgaber0000 oh thanks
2:48
yoo bruh knows how to do a really good quality content 🎉
underrated channel found.
Great video! Here before you blow up
I'm gonna give it another shot
Great video, new subscriber!
Using the Colossal titan when talking about kanji is spot on. I personally noticed the similarity between kanji and Chinese when I watched a Chinese anime
Great video bro
Hey whats up. I have been studying chinese and languages in general since i was 11. its nice to know theres someone who almost has same experience as me. For me Japanese alot easier since i know chinese more
lolli i really casually started larning japanese but ignored kanji and katakana.... and now that i've tackled kanji i'm actually having so much fun. 1- it was intimidating and 2- i didn't have much time, but now i'm glad i did
....... haven't exactly studied katakana but i'm learning thru inferences LOLLL
👍🏿Nice presentation- good work!!!👌
Thank you just made my life speak Japanese forever
Congratulations 🥳
日本人の意見ですが、小学校一年で習うところからどんどんレベルアップしていくのがいいと思います
それは効果的に本当ですけど、漢字が知らない時の悔しさと扱いたくなければ早々に習うこともいいと思います
That MSBY Jackals Shirt at 7:21 >>>>
Bro was dedicated to watching One Piece without subs. I admire that! Me personally I’ve only memorized most of the hiragana and katakana alphabet. Also some common kanji like kawa 川 or hi 火. I hope to get to your level someday!
its the main reason I want to learn lol. I'm definitely gonna read the one piece reveal before I get spoiled waiting for the anime to get there. mfs from different anime communities will form like the avengers and are 100% gonna try ruining it for people
When I started learning, my goal was to be fluent by the time I graduated college as a freshman. I spent 4 hours every day for 3 years studying or watching Japanese anime or UA-cam. About 2 hours spent learning grammar and vocab with Anki in the morning and 2 hours watching content at my level. After about a year I could watch most shows and after 2 years I could read well and by 3 I could speak fairly well. After got to that early advanced learner stage, I didn't really "study" anymore, but just started using the language to enjoy my favorite Japanese content and meet new Japanese people online. I still learned plenty of things while doing so but more naturally. I definitely had difficult times learning some hard concepts, but as so much of my time was spent watching content I wanted to anyway, it didn't always feel like a grind, but just a fun hobby. I learned all my kanji from Anki frequency list decks and seeing them a lot in books and subtitles. I never really worried about forcing myself to learn them, but just let the natural repetition reinforce my learning.
can you tell me when did you start reading like how many vocab did you know or how many kanji and what method did you use to and how many vocab and kanji did you learn every day and anyother tip will be helpful thank ;you
and one more thing you said you could most shows after one year that mean your vocablary was big and did you took vocab from anime that you was watching or not
@@user-jw2du8cu9u I started to learn to read Japanese by reading subtitles in the shows that I was watching and then listening to the voice actors say the lines to see if I got it right. If I didn't read it correctly, I'd read it again like the voice actors did. I started doing that after learning about 350 words from an Anki deck. I learned about 15-20 words per day using this method. I always learned the kanji for every word I studied so that I could read them correctly when I saw them.
I kept using that Anki deck until I had learned 1000 words from it. After learning 1000 words, I started making my own Anki deck with words I wanted to learn with the sentences I found them in.
As I got better at reading subtitles I started to read manga and books for kids and eventually books for adults.
It was just little steps of learning a few more words per day and improving my reading, listening, and pronunciation
pure gold
I'm not that scared of Kanji (I learn Chinese) but I have to agree that it is the most challenging part since it looks complex. Especially if you are learning Chinese as a second language like me your whole life, it can be confusing to adapt to a new pronunciation system.
Important note... don't overdo it in the beginning. The fail point for a lot of language learners is trying to go too fast and getting burned out. Think of learning a language like filling an empty swimming pool with water one cup at a time per day (minus the evaporation part). It will be empty at first but consistency will eventually fill it up. I started at 6 words per day and now I am up to 12. I am 1/2 way though the N5 content and I am surprised at how much I understand in many of the anime that I watch.
Thank for this video i am 14 to and studying Japanese
A person said learning Japanese is hard, so I gave up trying to learn…
Great video
In my experience, kanji's hard, but it helps a ton at the entry level to understand sentences. Even if you don't understand the exact grammar, knowing some of the kanji can give you a very educated guess on what the sentence is supposed to say.
"just having that book wasn't enough" 👍
Shouts out to you very good video, how long did it take you to watch without subs in the end?
For general anime it was 3 years of solid practice, but the way characters speak in that show still kind of throws me off! For me, I've learned the best way to learn to watch anime without subs is by watching anime without subs (once you have a decent base)
@@imjozen This is a honest answer and props to you for not sugar coating how much time you have to put in.
You should watch anime with japanese subs for most of your learning journey
Would you be willing to cover your journey through beginner Japanese, especially hiragana and katakana - like learning to read.
What I recommend for starters is to watch movies in original language and with original language subs
Of course once you learnt the basics already
That boosted my foreign language levels in new heights
smooth voice mate
Yes, Bokuto's jersey! ❤❤❤
You are not only providing super valuable advice but also showing your love for Haikyuu!!!
Just find something you are interested in to keep high your motivation 😊
What is romaji and can we use it instead of kanji ?
yo solo leveling in the first 30 seconds, this video's bouta be great
Use RTK, anki, sentence mine and most importantly immerse for multiple hours a day and you might be intermediate within a couple years.
I manually made my own Anki decks. Currently sitting at 130k flash cards (but like 30k of them are German, so only 100k are Japanese-related 💀) (kill me. But not really because it worked 💀). I don't really use it to review anymore. I just use it to look up hard words or synonyms from time to time just for fun when I don't have access to internet.
(btw I'm still adding more shit everyday 💀) I'm actually surprised that I'm not depressed, lmfao. It's actually pretty fun adding new cards daily, ngl.
Thank you for your video. Kanji continues to be a problem for me. For your Atomic Habits slide, you want to use the word Cue instead of Queue to get the correct meaning across to the viewer.
It is enough to be able to read simple kanji. In compulsory education in Japan, it takes about 10 years to learn slowly.
at around 16 cards a day, youll get all anki cards in a year. im taking it at 8 a day for 2 years which is what you should aim for
I learned Kanji just by learning new words with the kanji attached to them. I would then go on to find it in a new word and learn a bit more about the Kanji that way. I didn't need to ever sit down and study Kanji and instead I could just read and watch anime etc and look up unknown words as I go. I can't handwrite but I don't care, since I don't need it.
My mind gets blown every time i see KANJI😂
Why he is my favorite
Need to find the Rosetta Stone for blinking.
I hope this isn’t a stupid question but how do you form kanji from kana. I’ve been learning Japanese for a little bit now and I’m kinda of confused especially when it comes to texting on my phone. If you have recommendations or if anyone else knows some good recommendations to check out to help I would really appreciate it
When using kana on your phone, you are basically pronouncing the word phonetically and your phone will then display all kanji that match that pronunciation. Unfortunately this means you will have to recognize which kanji you are looking for if more than one match up. For eat, you would type たべる on your phone and it will offer 食べる as the kanji replacement. For a verb like listen, you type きく and it will offer a few kanji, then you select 聞く (hear or ask) or 聴く (listen) depending on your usage.
@@itsonlytony thank you I really appreciate the explanation I was getting tripped up but I’m back to it again tonight so far I have about 100 kanji memorized so still a whole lot more to go!😂
14 learning it too
How would I learn basic phrases/words
Voglio visitare il il Giappone, e prima vorrei imparare un "po " di giapponese base per poter sopravvivere . Ho visto il tuo video in cui dici che e' facile apprenderlo .Non lo so , spero di imparare qualchecosa , ma tu hai pubblicato brevi lezioni di giapponese ?. grazie
Si
bro learned japanese so well he even speaks english like an anime character
jajja I like the way how it's introduced the KANJI on the video. Red bright light! Actually, i'm in the first step of learning, HIRAGANA. I do have some reasons for learning and many resources cause i wanna be able to understand my favorite animes, moreover, i wanna be able to speak fluent. People who are capable to learn more than two languages, are considered smarts. jajja Just kidding! Despite of the challenge, i guess it would be a wonderful tool for interpretation jobs. Just the fact to acquire a thirth language is very interesting and cool.