how to study japanese online (my fav resources + methods) 🌸 PCだけでペラペラになれる!
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- Опубліковано 9 чер 2024
- WE ARE BACK WITH MORE 日本語!! This time, I'll introduce to you how I study using online resources that I've utilized over the years to improve my Japanese!!!
Though I personally prefer classroom learning, it's not always possible (especially financially....), and even if you are learning in a class, having supplementary resources will make a huge difference in your learning speed! Through online resources like I mention in this video, I think you'll be able to learn Japanese a lot more effectively 😇 We are so lucky to live in an era with tons of free information online, so let's make sure we make use of it!
Since filming this video, I've already thought of a few other things I wish I had mentioned...but most importantly is ONLINE CONVERSATION WEBSITES AND TUTORING 😭 How did I forget this...! Probably because I myself have never actually done it....though I want to 💀 But yes, there are websites like italki.com (for example) where you can talk to native Japanese speakers! Please leave a comment down below with your experience on these websites, since I'm not too familiar with them!!
Please LIKE the video, SUBSCRIBE, and leave a COMMENT down below 😇 It helps me out with the algorithm a lot 😭
If you're new here, welcome!! My name's Allison and I'm a grad student and English teacher living in Tokyo 🥳 I upload every single Tuesday JST, so be sure to subscribe for more content about my life here in Japan!
(And sorry if the camera is a bit weird and grainy in this video....I messed up the settings and literally didn't notice until I uploaded it to UA-cam....sigh....💀 But it's 3AM now so I'm going to sleep 🥺)
🍘 RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE VIDEO, IN ORDER 🍘
WEBSITES/APPS
Tae Kim's Guide to Japanese | www.guidetojapanese.org/learn/
Maggie-sensei | maggiesensei.com/
JLPT-sensei | jlptsensei.com/
BunPro | www.bunpro.jp/
WaniKani | wanikani.com/
Anki | apps.ankiweb.net/
UA-cam
Nihongo no Mori | / nihongonomori2013
Japanese Ammo with Misa | / @japaneseammowithmisa
/ @yamamomoda4
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OTHER
Rikai-kun Extension | chrome.google.com/webstore/de...
NHK Easy | www3.nhk.or.jp/news/easy/
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Green foxtail | 강아지풀
Hi guysss 🌸😇 I was so excited to share this with you but didn't realize until I uploaded it that my camera settings were completely off so the quality is as you see.....I've been so busy lately and was in a rush to film and this is what I get 😭 But!!! Let me know what your favorite online resource for Japanese is in the comments down below 😇
Another helpful youtube channel is Tokini Andy. He has playlists explaining all chapters of genki thoroughly.
Za hando ga kesu
I've done the first two lessons and he's very good.
YOU ARE AMAZING Thank you for sharing this YT channel! ♥
i really like the Duolingo Japanese course! it's how I started learning Japanese and it's been a huge help. especially if you're an absolute beginner, it'll help to get you reading hiragana and learning how Japanese sentences are constructed. once I finished and moved on to textbooks, I didn't even need Genki and just went straight to Tobira. i definitely don't think it's the only resource you should use and it can get frustrating in the later levels, but it's free and there's tons of content there so I think it's worth checking out.
Thanks for the list of resources! I didn't know about JLPT Sensei. I'll definitely make use of that one 👍
One tip for people watching Japanese UA-camrs or anime Netflix is to turn on Japanese subtitles if they're available. Sometimes it can be hard to pick up on a word if you just hear it, but seeing it in writing as well makes it a lot easier. This also makes it easier to look up new words, as you know what to look for.
ah yes great tip!!! forgot about that! 🤲
From my experience with some videos here, the auto-generated subtitles on UA-cam are a hit or a miss. Sometimes it works fine, but other times, the auto-generated subtitles would mis-transcribe what the people said in Japanese, or use the wrong kanji for words that sound the same.
@@mapl3mage That's true, but it's usually better than nothing. Netflix is usually fine though, if the original audio is in Japanese. If not, there might have been separate teams working on the dub and sub.
I just want to add if you want to get used to japanese persons speaking at native speed and to practice your typing (writing??) you can watch japanese livestreamers. Especially if you find smaller ones just make sure its okay with them that you can chat in not so perfect japanese and then you can strike up conversations with them.
I rly like using tofugu as a beginner guide! It also mentions wanikani so I’m definitely gonna have to check it out!
Tofugu is amazing. Too bad they stopped posting YT videos.
I’ve learned Hiragana and Katakana using Tofugu’s guides and been using WaniKani for a week now. Amazing stuff, learning with mnemonics is just so nice and easy.
What a great video.
I’m Japanese and learning English .
I uploaded Japanese life.
Your video is good help for me.
I love how you always refer back to JLPT levels to help us gauge which resources are appropriate for us! That’s super helpful, thank you so much!
Really enjoy your channel, you've helped clear things up for me
ありがとうございます
Thank you so much!
I was moved abroad at 12 when my parents separated, and I didn't learn more Japanese past that point. My vocabulary is lacking and I lost a lot of skill, I'm trying to get fluent again so I can go live back home :')
As a native Japanese it's kind of shameful that I can't speak that well, it's been really hard to find more advanced resources for free/cheap, your video has been really helpful!
A thing that has helped me recently is playing Animal Crossing in Japanese, the game has furigana and it's low stakes, I'm not anxious about not understanding something
Ahh good luck you can do it!! I have a few friends in similar situations who are trying to build their Japanese up past elementary level after moving back here 😭 I think they mostly struggle with kanji 😳 You can definitely do it, and you have a head start! 😆 I loveee animal crossing in Japanese 🥰
Thnk you so much for this content!
Im doing my selfstudy in Japanese Language and these stuff will be a great help😍
my advice is watching japanese variety shows. they're fun and have captions just as part of the show, so it's great for reading and listening practice without having to use english subtitles. (honestly if you're at n3 level... just stop using english subtitles. the more you power through with only japanese the easier it'll become)
can u recommend any japanese variety shows?
@@user-bj6zf9yv7k sure! i liked oshareism a lot, it's like a short talk show, but i think it's been cancelled now so you'd have to look for in online. there's also shabekuri 007 which is one of the most popular variety shows so is good for cultural understanding. lots of variety shows tend to focus on food for some reason but if you like that try stuff like the tetsuwan dash, and generally other shows that air during the day tend to have a lot of food stuff in them.
other popular ones i know of are ame talk, itteQ, sekaiichi uketai jugyou, hajimemashite! ichiban tooi shinseki-san, ariyoshi zemi, the toppa file, nino-san, zeroichi, gyouretsu no dekiru soudanjo, etc. morning news/talk shows like shuuichi are also pretty good because they're a bit more casual. i like news zero on ntv for proper news though.
it can be a bit boring at first if you don't know the people in the shows so try familiarise yourself with japanese comedians, it helps if you like idols too since they often have variety shows with comedians featuring. some comedians like ariyoshi, matsuko deluxe, sanma, etc, have their own shows and whatnot so it's good to get to know them. (can't necessarily vouch for how funny they are... female comedians are usually funnier tbh). you may have heard people mock japanese tv and whilst i agree it gets pretty ridiculous at times, i really like a lot of aspects to it, and how it's all really intertwined.
hope this was helpful!
@@user-qj5io6ex8k omg tysm i’ll check them out !! i’m not rlly familiar w japanese variety shows so this is very helpful. tbf the only variety show i watch is running man which is a bit sporty, active mixed w fun humour. are there any japanese shows similar to it?
also do u know any websites where i can watch them on?
@@user-bj6zf9yv7k hmm i'm mostly familiar with idol shows, but ones like show channel are more comedians/芸能人 than idols, and they do some funny stuff there sometimes. the most active and funny one i can think of is vs damashii, which is like a physical game show, you might enjoy that! it's especially fun if you know the guests, but they have a fixed host team too. my favourite games show was arashi ni shiyagare which has stopped airing now but you can easily find it online!
to watch shows live i use aqstream, to watch them with higher quality you can often find the archive on tver for a limited time using a japanese vpn! for older ones you can try bilibili and search in japanese or chinese :)
ありがとございます^_^
Thank you for sharing your tips! I really enjoy watching your videos ありがとうございます 😊
thanks for watching!!🥰
I'm Japanese. I enjoy your video especially your visiting your favorite spots in Tokyo. Because since Covid situation I don't move around Tokyo area much, I was surprised how those places changed over the past few years! I came across your channel searching for good videos to show a Japanese life to a friend who is hoping to work in Japan. , I think, at this point, in 2023, you probably already know but, "GURURITO ぐるりと around "is a written language. for spoken language, we say "Gurutto" "ぐるっと". FYI, There is a ticket called "GURUTTO PASS" with which you can hop around Tokyo's museums and other facilities including round trip train fares. (*Gurutto Pass for 2023 will be on sale in April🌺. )Thanks!
I love JapanesePod101!
Great video! Thanks for the advice :)
Thank you for this one
hello! i really loved this video and it was very helpful. i was hoping if you could make a video about how to immerse in japanese, thanks so much!
yayaya saw the notification as i was studying Japanese!
i’m psychic 👀😂
Getting a proper start on learning Japanese this summer, so this was excellent timing! So helpful, thank you! I was wondering though if you have any advice for learning to read hiragana and katakana? I'm struggling a little bit with them. I've been writing them out because it helps me differentiate the subtle changes, but it's still kind of hard and I'm not picking it up very fast.
I picked up hiragana in a week, katakana two years 😂 But writing it out is great! I’d recommend just plugging the hiragana into anki or some flashcard software and go over them for a week, then jump into learning the grammar and stuff. You’ll get used to it the more you’re exposed to it and read it. Do the same with katakana after hiragana but I made katakana writing mistakes for a looong time because my brain hates it 😂 Writing is definitely important to remember for both but I wouldn’t aim for 100% perfection before starting the other studies, it will come naturally 🤲
Busuu worked great for me for learning both! They start with hiragana and the stroke orders so I would just write down every single letter repeatedly. Then they slowly start to introduce words and they have good examples to remember them. After that they introduced Katakana and it's definitely easier when you're already familiar with Hiragana since some of the letters are pretty similar. Now I can read both and I'm working on studying Kanji and grammar but to stay familiar with the letters I write small texts or use this kana-quiz.tofugu.com/
I recc using mnemonics!! i mastered hiragana in a day or two, while im familliar with all the katakana in like three days.
Tofugu’s guides to Hiragana and Katakana are awesome!
You didn't mention my chanel!!😡
just kidding😁😁😁
So many materials! Good job Allison!
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Another yt channel i really recommend is immersion with asami 🤧
u remind me of amy from the big bang theory
Hello, I just finished learning hiragana and katakana so now I don't really what do next. Can you give an advice? 😅 btw, you are really funny and lovely at the same time!
Hey, I would like to say thank you for putting up this video but I'd like to leave some feedback. I've never tried to formally learn a second language although throughout my life experience I've picked up a few different dialects of arabic, some Russian, Mandarin, Korean, and Spanish when I lived in Arizona. Only just enough to get by in those regions but more than I guess the average joe would know. What I'm getting at is I felt very confused by some of the jargon like kanji. I'm going to follow your advice and try one of the websites and hope it has a Kahn Academy style of learning. Maybe this video wasn't meant for someone absolutely attempting to learn a new language from scratch but I wanted to give some feedback to help. I'm going to re-watch the video and see if maybe I didn't hear something initially but first time through I feel a little confused. However, despite the confusion this video is the first I've seen that actually shows a resource for learning Japanese! Seriously, one video complained about other videos giving useless advice and nearly ten minutes in says to learn a new language you need to find a resource for learning a new language. Seemed super redundant to me so thank you for being clear about what resources to use. I learn languages faster (or at least the bare bones of it) when I have to accurately communicate with native speakers. Like when I was in Afghanistan I had an interpreter but asked him to teach me common phrases of my job so I could communicate without his help. Is there a resource out there were Japanese speaking folks are interested in communicating with English speaking folks? If anyone knows I would be grateful! Thank you again for putting this video up despite my confusion it has been very helpful and I hope my criticism was constructive. Again it could entirely be my error.
Thanks for your video,
I have a question: is there any way to enroll a Japanese high school online, like studying 3rd grade of high school online?
Love the Bourbon photo in your thumbnail. I am also a detective conan fan :)
If possible can you make a video showing your detective conan merch or all your anime merch in general ?
thank you!!! ahh yes actually i filmed something the other week of conan merch and forgot about it 😂 i’ll have to include it in a video!!
@@AllisoninTokyo Thank you!! I am looking forward to seeing that! :)
Amazing video i started one week ago and is helping a LOT all this information!! Which books, like novels, for super ultra beginners could you recommend? I remember when I studied some german some years ago and a teacher gave us one about a girl that went to a trip to vienna and it was so simple that helped a lot to start with it.
I would recommend kids manga if you're a super beginner!! Like Doraemon or something, depends on what you're able to get your hands on 😅 I read Yotsuba around N4! Really any kids book (meant for kids 2nd grade and under) is all that will be possible until you get to almost N3 level due to the kanji! Honestly, I would just go to Amazon Japan (they have an English interface) and go to the books and sort by age and go down the best sellers list until you see something interesting to you!
for an absolute beginner, Yotsubato. It uses easy grammar and vocabulary. You might have to look up a word or two, but you should be able to enjoy it without much trouble. I wouldn't recommend novels until you have quite a few vocabulary and grammar under your belt - at least somewhere around N3. The difficulty is not the kanji, but the sheer amount of new vocabulary and grammar used.
cheers
Do you know any sources that teach how to pronounce Japanese, like how to move the tongue, how to move the lips, ect. to pronounce like a native Japanese speaker
I came here as soon as my online class finished 🫂✨
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I dont have anything to say, but gotta get Allison those engagement points
thank you 🙇♀️ 😂
Any I recommend Japanese pod 101 for the most part it is free it does cost money to get premium features which is totally worth the money they do promotion codes a lot they cover everything u need to know from kanji to grammar they have these little podcast for each lesson from n5 all the way to n1 they have actual lessons from the jlpt but in order to get those lessons and quizzes u must get premium like I said it’s worth every penny
Anki is free on Android, just another reason Android is amazing, lol. Thanks for all the resources.
I'm not able to follow only one resource cuz it makes me bored I try to study every day but every day I pick a different way and I'm at nice level now
hii
got a question, what do jets use for purchases, do we get arranged debit cards, or is there something specific that the program does?
they’ll open you a japanese bank account. japan is still mostly a cash society (it is changing though) so you just withdraw from the atm! i think you can choose to get a debit card at the bank when they sign you up for it, credit cards and etc are up to you 😆
@@AllisoninTokyo thank you. One more question. Do current or applying jets have a discord in order to keep contact with one other?
facebook group is probably the main way! check reddit as well!
I am the 100th like UwU
thank youuu 🥺
@@AllisoninTokyo :') love ur videos! Ur underrated
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