hello all～ I keep getting comments saying the N5 vocab Anki deck download link isn't there anymore, but it is! if you go to the NihongoShark website, the link just now says "AnkiWeb's shared decks database" instead of "JLPT N5 Vocabulary Deck", then the download button is under the samples. happy studying!! 🥳🍥
Ok so I'm currently doing this on my Chromebook that also acts as a mobile phone, I'm not completely sure how to get it and I'm not good at finding things like this by myself and would love some help with it
Started learning japanese, mainly as a distraction that I am now invested in, finally finished hiragana and katakana and had no clue what the heck to do next. Absolute perfect timing to discover you honestly, you're a lifesaver!
Ahahahahahahah ‘a distraction that im now invested in’, this will be an amazing origin story 😂😂 I’m glad my video was able to help!! I know I felt a bit lost after i learned hiragana and katakana so im happy to share my perspective looking back 🥳 keep up the awesome work!!
Hey, i saw your comment and i wanted to give you some advice. Im a low intermediate in japanese and ive done maybe 80+ hours of research on how to learn a language and these are the steps you should take: 1. Learn hiragana and katakana 2. Basic grammar and 100+ vocab (from textbook or apps like duolingo) 3. Just immerse in japanese content (anime, youtube, books, music etc.) And make sure to listen actively and with 100% focus. Trust the process and you will be fluent. Also i reccomend matt vs japans channel on this. Also, anki is a waste of time in my experience. Dont learn, aquire through immersion. Good luck dude!
@@日本語-w3s I actually know matt vs japan!! Its come up in my recommended before and I was planning on checking it out. I have a friend who is fluent in japanese thats helping me with pronunciation atm. I definitely agree with your immersion learning tactic, its what I've been doing for the past few months and it's working pretty well for me!
I've recently came back to learning Japanese and honestly I've never been more motivated in my life. Your videos are hilarious, still waiting for more!
Im beyond happy to hear you’re picking up japanese again!! It’s a long, yet very rewarding journey 😙 working on the next video now!! Thanks for watching ❤️
Hey, I just started learning Japanese by myself and it took me almost 2 weeks of not-so-thorough research on how I'm supposed to start and find my materials. Your 6 minutes video summarizes and explains to new learners just like me while comforting them. Thank you for sharing your experiences and giving advice to new learners.
ahhhhh im really happy to hear your found my video concise and helpful!! 🤧 having a guide is definitely a nice comfort for understanding the road ahead. Im glad you are finding the genki books useful〜 good luck in your studies!!! 🥳
I was indebted to you after just 2 minutes. Thank you, handsome man I'm keeping a light record of my progress here, as this is the video that started it all. Hopefully it motivates someone to take the plunge. *Entry 1 - 12/11/2023* (TLDR: Finished hiragana and katakana in 17 days with JapanesePod101 videos using mostly the Kana App and a few small writing drills.) 26/10/2023 Thursday night - Hiragana start 29/10/2023 Sunday morning - Hiragana finish So a little over 3 days. I planned from the start to take a short break before katakana, as I thought this would help with confusion between the alphabets, and so I did. I reviewed little hiragana in the run up to katakana. *2 day break* 01/11/2023 Wednesday night - Katakana start 11/11/2023 Saturday night - Katakana finish So 10 days start through finish. I felt drained during the early days of this time period. Perhaps my initial flame of motivation started reducing to embers after I took a break, but I don't regret my decision. Looking back, my exercise book looks worse and lower effort now than when I started out with hiragana lol. Maybe my brain just got used to remembering stuff? I waited until finishing katakana to resume practice with hiragana. My method: Using JapanesePod101's videos, I used a pen and notepad to write the romaji and the character, then wrote character out for about 4 rows. I used 2 lines at once to make it easier. The bulk of my time I spent in the Kana app, practicing the last 20 or so characters I learned at any given time, then doing a big review later on. I used the "hard" setting for reading and writing, so I had to remember how to write each one. If I didn't know *or* got it wrong, I made sure not to accidentally mark my answer as correct out of habit (my writing score tended to be about 90%) Now I'm just over 17 days in, I've started to read Tae Kim's guide and I'm about to watch a video right this second on optimising Anki's settings for my Japanese learning. I easily found some N5 decks and imported one, so starting out shouldn't be such a hassle I hope. It's a good outlook, and the forecast is sunny with some light drizzle (Not literally) *Note - 09/04/2024* Started sentence mining I have read the Basic and Essential Grammar sections of Tae Kim's guide, and have "learnt": 700+ vocab 200+ kanji *Note - 12/04/2024* "Finished" N5 deck Reached end of N5 deck (654 cards), doing my first review on the last remaining new card in the deck. So 4.3 new cards a day on average over 153 days (starting 12/11/2023)
Really love your commitment to the habit by putting in the work each day!! Incredible that you’re already getting use to hiragana and katakana after 17 days 🥳 keep up the awesome work, good luck on your japanese language journey!! 🤧✨
@@StepRBX Same here. I found presumably the same deck in the first few results on a google search. It has audio (sound quality was meh, but better than nothing) for each word and an example sentence, and the card type is literally named after nihongoshark. I also found one with anime plastered all over it (always good), and decent audio from a site called Jlab (Japanese like a breeze), which follows the order of Tae Kim’s guide. It’s more convenient to use the recommended Anki add-on for this deck so it’s up to you. I doubt I can link them here, good luck. Unnecessary answer but I feel like it so: I’m also currently adding words I come across in my immersion to my own separate deck, along with the vocab in Tae Kim’s guide, in the most basic card format with a basic one or two word definition for most vocab. People probably stress about good cards too much I’d assume. I’m also suspending/deleting cards for words that I recognise instantly or that are obviously extremely commonly used. My current approach is to focus more on listening (me regurgitating Jlab’s approach like), so I just read the hiragana and don’t worry too much about the Kanji, but everyone works differently I guess. I could record my own audio and probably will in future but I’m lazy lol, and practicing reading hiragana can’t be that bad. I’m doing 5 new per day in the N5 deck, 8 per day in the Anime deck, and adding on average 7 per day to my deck from immersion. But of course, I’m currently suspending/deleting words I don’t expect to need to supplement the frequency of appearance of. Not too many though, since I’m still just starting to build up my vocab as a beginner. Japanese will be my second language besides English so feel free to ignore my approach and do whatever you want to do lol. And good luck everyone 💜
What's kind of funny is that I seriously used to live in Hoyoke Massachusetts, the birthplace of volleyball, and nobody cared about volleyball there at all....The city had a tiny museum near city hall that nobody went to, and that's it. In contrast, Springfield Massachusetts, the city right next door, was the birthplace of basketball, and they had the Basketball Hall of Fame, which is a massive building shaped like a basketball, and is still a popular tourist attraction today. At least Japan appreciates volleyball though 😔
I tried out the Kana app, and turns out its wonderful. I couldnt possibly imagine memorizing katakana and hiragana so fast, its blowing my mind! Thanks so much Tokuyuu!
Sorry, just watched this video for the first time or your channel for the first time. Haven’t seen any other videos yet but we just passed your anniversary and I hope you made it and everything is doing well.
ahhhh you noticed! yesss it’s been exactly two years in japan and it’s been an adventure for sure 😝 thanks so much for watching my video and leaving a lovely comment 🫶✨
@@TokuyuuTV slow and steady! Also it really did make me feel better knowing it took you seven years to become fluent. I've been studying for a month and thought I'd be waaay further but your story was a reminder that language learning is a journey and hardly a destination. I love your vids and thank you for all the knowledge and stories you share with us!
This video is so helpful! It's only 6 minutes but I understand everything, very on point. Although I just began learning, I have a goal to be able to understand japanese in 1 year (I hope I will be able to). Thank you for the video and I will definitely check your recommendations.
Im happy that everyone was easy to understand for you!! Good luck on your goal of understanding japanese! 🥳 how fast it progresses depends on how much time you put into it, but don’t forget to be patient with the results!!
My will and motivation for learning Japanese has honestly been you and your videos. You provide such good advice in such entertaining ways too. Definitely gonna start my learning process soon. I'm really thankful for everything you've done for us and I can't wait to say I was there when you were a small youtuber when you eventually become really popular.
Thank you so very much for this absolutely lovely comment 😭🤧 im beyond happy that you enjoy my videos and that they are giving you the motivation to get started! I wish you all the best on your journey - it’s a very long yet very rewarding one. Ganbatte! 🥳 I can’t wait for the day you can brag to everyone that you knew me early on 😉
Hope this video was helpful for any of you feeling a bit lost on where to start! If you want to follow my move to Japan, follow me on Instagram and Twitter @TokuyuuTV!! Love yo faces and see you fools in Japan!! ✈ Tokuyuu
You’ve got some grade A videos here, can’t wait to see more. As someone who once got 17k subs and quit UA-cam, it’s the biggest regret of my life. Hope you’re coming back with more productions!
This is very encouraging. I've recently begun working through the Hiragana alphabet, and yes, lots of writing characters in order to memorize them and all the stuff you're saying. The Kanji Study app was an excellent recommendation in your first video -- all in all, fun to watch with solid advice. Thank you for posting this, and hope you are thriving.
ahhhh thank you so much for the lovely comment!! 🥺🤧 glad you found the advice helpful! im still doing my best to fully settle into japan, but thriving nonetheless 😝
I’m glad you found it helpful!! And I appreciate you taking the time to leave such a thoughtful comment 🤧 wishing you the best on your language journey!! 🥳
Honestly I have been floundering around with ways to start and have started and stopped so many times but you actually broke down the steps instead of just "use anki' haha thanks so much!!
THANK YOUU SO MUCH I'VE LEARNED A BUNCH OF HIRAGANA BUT I RECENTLY STOPPED BECAUSE I HAVEN'T BEEN MOTIVATED AND NOW I FORGOT EVERYTHING SO THANK YOU I'M GONNA TRY TO BE CONSISTENT 🙏🙏
Stunning video! Many thanks to the author of the channel for the recommendations! The problem with many people is that they want to take a "magic pill" or get "secret knowledge" and immediately have skills and abilities. However, the truth of life is that knowledge, skills, and abilities do not come by themselves. You can't learn a foreign language without doing anything, without wasting your time and effort, just like you can't learn to ride a bike lying on a comfy couch, listening to lectures and watching videos about "modern methods of learning" on a bike. To really learn something, you have to really practice every day. You're going to fall down while you're learning, and you're going to get bumps - that's normal! The ups and downs of learning are an integral part of our lives. Motivation from success and depression from failure will always be your study companions. However, every student has problems in his or her studies that he or she lacks the knowledge to solve. It can be: poor memorization of words; no progress in language learning; the student can speak, but does not understand speech by ear; misunderstanding of grammar; incorrect pronunciation, etc. Agree that a problem you don't know how to solve is very demotivating. In order to find the answer to our question we have to spend a lot of time to read videos, articles and books by polyglots. In today's world, we have to solve problems as quickly as possible. I don't have time to study and analyze a huge amount of information. My goal is to master the basic knowledge of a foreign language as quickly as possible and already start earning money effectively in the international arena. I settled on the practical guide by Yuriy Ivantsiv " Polyglot's Notes: practical tips for learning foreign language". This book is always in my bag. If I have a problem while learning a language, I quickly find the answer in this book. There are many different techniques and tips for learning a foreign language in Polyglot Notes. I have made my own individual schedule and plan for language learning. Now I know what I am going to study, how I am going to study, when I am going to study and what results I am going to achieve. No problem could stop me! With an effective language learning plan my professional skills are more and more in demand internationally every day. Friends, don't stop there! Everyone has talents that millions of people around the world need! Learn the language and make your ideas and dreams come true! Thanks to the author of the channel for the informative and useful video! Your videos motivate me.
really glad my video helped motivate you, and i love your positive attitude on learning languages! It’s definitely an up and down journey, but you just gotta find what works for you and keep going〜😌
really glad my video helped motivate you, and i love your positive attitude on learning languages! It’s definitely an up and down journey, but you just gotta find what works for you and keep going〜😌
finally helpful video, a video i watched before this one is literally just dude saying its impossible and that i will procrastinate, thank you for this!
FINALLY! A to-the-point video that even recommends my favorite tool for Japanese; Japanese Kanji study! And i even learned how to use Anki through it, unlike other people who say "just use it, btw you can you use this deck." _proceeds to NOT show you how the app REALLY works_
kanji study is an absolute beast of an app, glad you’ve already found it!! and really happy to hear you enjoyed my video, i try to stay as straight to the point and clear as possible 🫡
Haha nice! When I started I used the JapanesePod101 kana videos! Also sending all the prays to you on successfully getting to Japan!! 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏 Safe travels!
Oh for real?? What a coincidence 😂😝 they’re really good videos right?? And thank youuuu!! Gonna need all those prays to get me through this big move 😭🙏 always nice to hear from you Owyn 🤧
If you know how, you can reach N5 fairly easily: 1. Learn Kana intensively with the Kana app so that you can read the characters 2. Learn all the vocabulary. The book 'your first 840 words in Japanese' helped me a lot. After 21 weeks, I knew all 840 words. 3. After that, you can book a few hours with a Japanese teacher and learn the rest. After less than half a year, you will have N5 and from then on everything else is much easier because you have mastered the difficult basics.
I have never commented here, first time :) Good luck in your trip bud, you deserve it! Hope you can record and upload some great content there in Japan. Thank you for the vids as always!
Thank youuu, I’m gonna need all the good luck i can get, im HELLA nervous for this move 🥵😩 and im DEF planning on making some content while over there, so stay tuned 😈 thank you for commenting 🤧
I also recommend the Human Japanese digital textbook. It's what I've been following and it does a great job at both teaching and testing me on my knowledge along the way. I have to be careful about my studying, my problem is usually trying to study too much at once and overloading my brain with too much information. I sometimes feel like I need to cram it all in at once instead of letting it click naturally over time.
Ooo ive never heard of that resource before, thanks for sharing!! And I totally get you, it’s so easy to wanna keep going when you’re in the groove 😝 but i agree! Ultimately, you gotta give your brain enough time to digest each concept thoroughly without overloading. Love your approach, keep up the awesome work!! 🥳
I've got to give the N5 a go sometime soon and see how well I do 🤔 Also great video as always! Glad to see you're finally going to be going to Japan! Good luck!
Good luck my dude!! Keep me updated on how it goes when you do take it, im rooting for ya 😙🙌 がんばって〜 Yeah im SO excited to finally be going, super nervous tho 😭😭 i appreciate the good luck, gonna need all the luck i can get to get me through this move 🥵
Bruh! Your videos are my favorite for advice on studying Japanese! I really felt the need to comment and thank you for your honest and insightful approach. There is no limit to resources on this topic on youtube, it's very overwhelming. Y You keep things cut and dry while still being so entertaining! So USEFUL, which is exactly what i've been looking for.
thank you so much for taking the time to leave such a nice comment!! 😭🥺 really glad you appreciate my style of video, i try to keep it as straight to the point and entertaining as possible. Good luck on your language journey!! 🥳
Just watching all your videos and was wondering if you would consider making a video about how to move from intermediate to advanced in Japanese? Suffering badly from the old language plateau 😓
Hey Anya, thank you so much for watching my videos and leaving this comment. I also suffered for a longgg time trying to move past the plateau of intermediate Japanese, so I empathize with you very deeply. It felt like I had put in so much time already but i still wasnt fluent 🥲 i think this a great video idea, i will write it down and see what i can do 🥳
hello I am your biggest fan plz remember that when you blow up once this "life in Japan" content drops :') ... also you make learning Japanese sound so possible I might just give it a try
Here’s praying my life in japan content is interesting enough for my viewers 🙏💦 and how can I forget the most fashionable influencer on tik tok?? You best be remembering ME when you hit 1 milly 😌
Hi Tokyuu!I know im late to the party on this one but i just wanted to say ありがとう！this video helped me so much im 12 and finished hiragana and katakana and then got stumped for what to do afterwards so i stopped for a while and saw this video and continued so thank you so very much!
@@LucianReid-dm2qm glad that this video was able to help!! and that’s amazing you’ve already finished hiragana/katakana, you’re already ahead of most people 😝keep up the great work!! 🥳🎉
I just binge watched all of your videos so I hope you make some more! I have been trying to learn Japanese with my family but the process has been really slow. I really like your editing style and your videos are entertaining and informative.
Thanks so much for watching my videos, Treanna!! That’s really awesome you’re learning japanese with your family, that’s so wholesome 😭😭😭 learning japanese is a long journey so the process will always feel slow - but you just gotta be patient and stick to it and you’ll definitely make amazing progress! I’ll definitely be making more videos so stay tuned 😙
I've always had interest in learning languages, I've been studying French for the past 3 years and I'm upset to see that I've done my finals and I don't have an excuse to learn it anymore. I thought about continuing with French but I've decided to start learning Japanese instead. About 5 years ago, I tried (failed) and gave up pretty quickly, I also consume a LOT of Japanese media - mainly things that are vocoloid related. I also would like to travel to Japan one day and not be a lost tourist. I've recently started learning Katagana and it's pretty exciting to begin recognising characters in Japanese writing. Since I knew that I wanted to take it seriously, I was thinking abojt where to start and was pretty lost so thank you for this video, it's been helpful! :D
I started learning 日本語 during winter vacations on the pandemic. I like to learn new languages, and with the years I've learnt english to the point I could have some conversations with natives in my country. With japanese, I started out as a hobby, but being a huge enjoyer of manga and anime my curiosity took over and it turned into something serious, a goal. I begun using Duolingo and quickly discovered the powers of Anki, but after some time I kinda plateaued and got bored, so I stopped. Recently I picked it up again, although in a relaxed fashion like at the beginning, because I have college and other stuff going on, but still with that long term goal of reaching some level of fluency and being able to hold normal conversations in japanese. I've been like 2 weeks in and right when I was starting to get stuck again I started wondering if relying only in Duolingo was a good way to go, so this video is a GEM to me! So, thank you so much! ありがとうごさいます〜
I feel excited! Love the energy sensei🙏 hoping you had a wonderful time in Japan, let us know soon:) and I'mma go hit that 3-4 months goal starting today! Best of luck to me ang my sister ❤️
I’m a Japanese and I’m in Canada now. I met a lot of people who want to visit to Japan. Actually though they don’t have any access to speak to Native Japanese speakers, I can see their improvement in learning Japanese so no matter which country you are in, just try to get to start study✨
Hello Tokuyuu! Thank you for your videos, they really help me and inspire me to never give up on my journey of learning Japanese! You deserve way more subscribers and viewers :)
Thank you for your lovely comment, Sumaya 🥺🤧 im beyond humbled that my videos were able to encourage you to keep going! It’s a long journey that can feel tough at times, but I can guarantee you it’s incredibly rewarding 😌 keep up the awesome work!!
Thank you for helping me learn japanese toyukuu^^!!! i successfully learned all hiragana and katakana from japanesepod and now learning kanji by vocabulary. I hope i can learn kanji successfully like hiragana and katakana
great vid as always! can we get a realistic day in the life of tokuyuu - iN jAPaN?! :) have a safe trip and good luck🙆🏽♀️ v excited for all the soft vlogs ✨✨
Ahahahahahha one i settle in i can do a regular day in the life vid 😈 for now it’s just panic adjusting and stress sweating vlogs 🥴👌 Thank you for all the good vibes miss nishi, gonna need all that positive energy 🙏💦
your editing is insane, youre funny, and seem really nice! your channel better blow up lmao also, out of curiosity from your last video, what field do you work in?
Awwwww shut uppp, thank you 🥺🤧 let’s pray it does blow up and you can say you got here first 😝 i work in the pharmaceutical industry ! Everyone at work is extremely kind, i feel so blessed 🥺
It's ok. I'm still young. Let's try to do this thing. My main motive for wanting to speak this language is playing Japanese games in their original language... And I also want to finally learn a 3rd language. Sure, I'm still pretty much learning English but oh well
What a great video!!!. It helped me a lot and I am more excited to learn Japanese now XD. Thank you for this amazing video!!. I hope you will continue to spread these wonderful videos.
Awwww thank you SO much wissam for leaving such a lovely comment 🥺🤧 im glad the video was able to help you!! Don’t worry, i plan on making videos for a longgg time 😎 good luck in your studies!! 🥳
Hello, I just discovered your channel and I think you are awesome. Very good videos that are full of useful pieces of information. In June, I started learning Japanese and at the moment I can read and write Hiragana, I remember all Katakana but I still struggle reading it. I'll use your tips to continue studying. Keep it up!! :D
Thank you so SO much for the amazing comment, Lorenzo!! 🤧 Absolutely incredible you can read and write hiragana already and being well on your way to conquering katakana too😙 keep practicing them and you’ll get them down a lot quicker than you think! Im glad you find my videos helpful, and I wish you all the best on your japanese language journey!! 🥳 it’s a long yet incredibly rewarding road〜
I wanna share a tip that I used for Katakana: So for Katakana it took me longer to remember then Hiragana because there was so much more similar characters. I used 2 techniques to help me determine the similarities. 1: Try to pronounce the word. I noticed a lot of words I see in Katakana sound kind of like English words, so when you see a word that has one of those similar character. Now I notice this doesn't work for EVERY Katakana word but it can help you find the similarities and train your brain to find them. Let say you see the word インク and you are unsure if its pronounce as to or I so then pronounce the word the word. Inku sounds better then tonku so you can get an idea this word is most likely inku. 2: (This more helped me with a few kana for Hiragana but also helped me a bit with Katakana) Associate them to different words. This helped me a lot with ね and れ. I knew what ねこ looks like which is cat. So when I saw one of these characters I would think of cat. This helped me because as I kept seeing one these I slowly started releasing how to say them.
I've learned the kana so many times over the past decade lol. I'm hoping this time I can finally push beyond it. Thanks for your video, it's very insightful
Thank you so much for making this! By the way, just a simple question: You mentioned the example kanji 話, and how that is in words like 話す or 電話. How do you go from learning kanji to learning full verbs or compact-kanji words? (if that's the right term) Anyways, I've already binge-watched all of your content and can't wait to start learning. Keep it up! (after you're done settling in ofc)
No problem, im glad it was helpful!! 😙 When I studied kanji, I would always learn it with that key word (話す), and at the same time I would study whichever of those compound words seemed useful. In this case, I would probably learn 電話 (telephone) since it seems really common! I wouldnt focus too much on the other kanji (電) if I hadn’t learned it yet, i would just focus on the vocab! Im really flattered you watched all my content 🤧 don’t worry, im planning on keeping up the videos!! 🥳
I just started with using duo lingo I feel it has a decent way of teaching you hiragana and katakana it has built in drills for you when you don’t have a note pad available to write on
Harrison!!! Another master piece of a full video series by the hand of OUR favourite fuqingN1sempai!!! Sorry for not commenting earlier, but my computer broke and had completely forgot about it to be honest. It's great you recommended apps for each Android and iPhone users. And for the record, I can say most English Native Speaker frustration while learning hiragana and katakana could reflect in us non native English speakers learning how to properly read different words since each vowel combination can be read in so many ways that can be real creepy
Thanks for the positive comments always, Eze!! And I’m sorry to hear about your computer, that sucks 😭😭😭 and i can imagine reading english can be HELLA frustrating, the spelling doesn’t make sense like half the time 😂😂
As its my dream to someday visit Japan so i started learning Japanese yesterday through Duolingo and i got the basics done but i felt like its not gonna get me nowhere so i was looking for videos and this video really is really helpful. Thank you so much!
Man i’m seeing videos from Tokyo and i’m like, “BRO I’M LIVING THERE WHEN I GROW UP” and then I be realizing I don’t even speak japanese. Thank you so much man
ahahahaha the language reality hits hard 😂 you’ll definitely have a much more fulfilling experience if you can speak japanese, even just a little at first!
I might be doing a trip to Japan in a around a year or two, so now I’m really motivated to learn Japanese lol. This really helps because I was feeling lost on how to even start.
ayyyy that trip to japan is definitely going to be amazing!! 😭 and you’ll for sure enjoy it more if you’re able to understand even a little bit of japanese 😙 glad you found my video help! you got this!! 🥳👏
Ive been debating for about 1 year to invest the time in learning a new language.... When I decide to do something I tend to do it relentlessly. Ive have made the decision after watching this video (and some anime) that I will be dedicating the next 2 years to learning. 1 hour a day..... You will see my comment update in 6 months time. Thank you for this VIDEO!!!!!
Hispanic here and I'm surprised how many videos I see of japanese knowing BASIC spanish! I do not watch anime or any japan media but I want to return the favor.
awww that’s so sweet of you! Japanese people’s faces definitely light up when you speak even just a little bit of japanese, so i think they’ll appreciate it 🤧
Awesome video . I'm confident that I can do it because I already learnt two languages TURKISH and English .I'm an URDU native speaker means I know URDU , TURKISH and ENGLISH . I started Turkish course at the beginning of this year and now I'm about to finish it and my next year's resolution will be *Learning Japanese* . Thanks for explaining how to learn Japanese. شکریہ ، Teşekkürler , Thank you
@@TokuyuuTV i have a question . I hope you would answer.Is there any future in Japanese like English. As English is used to communicate with the World but what about Japanese?
hello all～ I keep getting comments saying the N5 vocab Anki deck download link isn't there anymore, but it is!
if you go to the NihongoShark website, the link just now says "AnkiWeb's shared decks database" instead of "JLPT N5 Vocabulary Deck", then the download button is under the samples.
happy studying!! 🥳🍥
Thank you! ❤
279 or 2.79? Couldn't tell if you were being sarcastic about it being expinseve
How should i study these cards in Anki when I dont know Kanji at all. Or should i do some research first ?
@@MR.witherstormplus It's 279 lol. No joke
Ok so I'm currently doing this on my Chromebook that also acts as a mobile phone, I'm not completely sure how to get it and I'm not good at finding things like this by myself and would love some help with it
Started learning japanese, mainly as a distraction that I am now invested in, finally finished hiragana and katakana and had no clue what the heck to do next. Absolute perfect timing to discover you honestly, you're a lifesaver!
Ahahahahahahah ‘a distraction that im now invested in’, this will be an amazing origin story 😂😂 I’m glad my video was able to help!! I know I felt a bit lost after i learned hiragana and katakana so im happy to share my perspective looking back 🥳 keep up the awesome work!!
Then you can get started with kanji and vocabs along with grammar 🙂
Kanji, it's intimidating but you'll get their, I mean I'm not even done with hiragana.
Hey, i saw your comment and i wanted to give you some advice. Im a low intermediate in japanese and ive done maybe 80+ hours of research on how to learn a language and these are the steps you should take:
1. Learn hiragana and katakana
2. Basic grammar and 100+ vocab (from textbook or apps like duolingo)
3. Just immerse in japanese content (anime, youtube, books, music etc.) And make sure to listen actively and with 100% focus. Trust the process and you will be fluent. Also i reccomend matt vs japans channel on this. Also, anki is a waste of time in my experience. Dont learn, aquire through immersion. Good luck dude!
@@日本語-w3s I actually know matt vs japan!! Its come up in my recommended before and I was planning on checking it out. I have a friend who is fluent in japanese thats helping me with pronunciation atm. I definitely agree with your immersion learning tactic, its what I've been doing for the past few months and it's working pretty well for me!
If I can memorize all 1000+ Pokemon, then I can memorize the Japanese alphabet.
Same
I feel you
Wow
NAH UH
Nah i never bothered to screw pokemon i only know iconic pokemon
Laying in my bed with that random boost of motivation 😅
it always comes at night when im in bed 😂
Shit I feel so called out rn
Me too man 😅
YES
Same
I've recently came back to learning Japanese and honestly I've never been more motivated in my life. Your videos are hilarious, still waiting for more!
Im beyond happy to hear you’re picking up japanese again!! It’s a long, yet very rewarding journey 😙 working on the next video now!! Thanks for watching ❤️
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Hey, I just started learning Japanese by myself and it took me almost 2 weeks of not-so-thorough research on how I'm supposed to start and find my materials. Your 6 minutes video summarizes and explains to new learners just like me while comforting them. Thank you for sharing your experiences and giving advice to new learners.
ahhhhh im really happy to hear your found my video concise and helpful!! 🤧 having a guide is definitely a nice comfort for understanding the road ahead. Im glad you are finding the genki books useful〜 good luck in your studies!!! 🥳
Can you pass the link
@@Said-uz4wz drive.google.com/drive/folders/1ft6m-mwlj8waN6TvMu18EdhmBsKEkdVN?usp=sharing here some pdfs
hi
can you please suggest some advice as a beginner which you faced which are not described in the video
I was indebted to you after just 2 minutes. Thank you, handsome man
I'm keeping a light record of my progress here, as this is the video that started it all. Hopefully it motivates someone to take the plunge.
*Entry 1 - 12/11/2023*
(TLDR: Finished hiragana and katakana in 17 days with JapanesePod101 videos using mostly the Kana App and a few small writing drills.)
26/10/2023 Thursday night - Hiragana start
29/10/2023 Sunday morning - Hiragana finish
So a little over 3 days.
I planned from the start to take a short break before katakana, as I thought this would help with confusion between the alphabets, and so I did. I reviewed little hiragana in the run up to katakana.
*2 day break*
01/11/2023 Wednesday night - Katakana start
11/11/2023 Saturday night - Katakana finish
So 10 days start through finish.
I felt drained during the early days of this time period. Perhaps my initial flame of motivation started reducing to embers after I took a break, but I don't regret my decision.
Looking back, my exercise book looks worse and lower effort now than when I started out with hiragana lol. Maybe my brain just got used to remembering stuff?
I waited until finishing katakana to resume practice with hiragana.
My method: Using JapanesePod101's videos, I used a pen and notepad to write the romaji and the character, then wrote character out for about 4 rows. I used 2 lines at once to make it easier.
The bulk of my time I spent in the Kana app, practicing the last 20 or so characters I learned at any given time, then doing a big review later on. I used the "hard" setting for reading and writing, so I had to remember how to write each one. If I didn't know *or* got it wrong, I made sure not to accidentally mark my answer as correct out of habit (my writing score tended to be about 90%)
Now I'm just over 17 days in, I've started to read Tae Kim's guide and I'm about to watch a video right this second on optimising Anki's settings for my Japanese learning.
I easily found some N5 decks and imported one, so starting out shouldn't be such a hassle I hope.
It's a good outlook, and the forecast is sunny with some light drizzle (Not literally)
*Note - 09/04/2024*
Started sentence mining
I have read the Basic and Essential Grammar sections of Tae Kim's guide, and have "learnt":
700+ vocab
200+ kanji
*Note - 12/04/2024*
"Finished" N5 deck
Reached end of N5 deck (654 cards), doing my first review on the last remaining new card in the deck. So 4.3 new cards a day on average over 153 days (starting 12/11/2023)
I just started learning hiragana, and I found what your wrote motivating good luck on your journey in learning Japanese.
Really love your commitment to the habit by putting in the work each day!! Incredible that you’re already getting use to hiragana and katakana after 17 days 🥳 keep up the awesome work, good luck on your japanese language journey!! 🤧✨
@@Kklosss Thank you, you too ^-^
It looks like the deck he showed in the video has been lost, are you willing to share some of the decks you found?
@@StepRBX Same here. I found presumably the same deck in the first few results on a google search. It has audio (sound quality was meh, but better than nothing) for each word and an example sentence, and the card type is literally named after nihongoshark.
I also found one with anime plastered all over it (always good), and decent audio from a site called Jlab (Japanese like a breeze), which follows the order of Tae Kim’s guide. It’s more convenient to use the recommended Anki add-on for this deck so it’s up to you.
I doubt I can link them here, good luck.
Unnecessary answer but I feel like it so: I’m also currently adding words I come across in my immersion to my own separate deck, along with the vocab in Tae Kim’s guide, in the most basic card format with a basic one or two word definition for most vocab. People probably stress about good cards too much I’d assume.
I’m also suspending/deleting cards for words that I recognise instantly or that are obviously extremely commonly used. My current approach is to focus more on listening (me regurgitating Jlab’s approach like), so I just read the hiragana and don’t worry too much about the Kanji, but everyone works differently I guess. I could record my own audio and probably will in future but I’m lazy lol, and practicing reading hiragana can’t be that bad. I’m doing 5 new per day in the N5 deck, 8 per day in the Anime deck, and adding on average 7 per day to my deck from immersion. But of course, I’m currently suspending/deleting words I don’t expect to need to supplement the frequency of appearance of. Not too many though, since I’m still just starting to build up my vocab as a beginner.
Japanese will be my second language besides English so feel free to ignore my approach and do whatever you want to do lol. And good luck everyone 💜
The haikyuu reference is so realistic💀 i wanted to learn japanese and volleyball all cz of haikyuu 🤣
you’re in good company 😂😂
What's kind of funny is that I seriously used to live in Hoyoke Massachusetts, the birthplace of volleyball, and nobody cared about volleyball there at all....The city had a tiny museum near city hall that nobody went to, and that's it.
In contrast, Springfield Massachusetts, the city right next door, was the birthplace of basketball, and they had the Basketball Hall of Fame, which is a massive building shaped like a basketball, and is still a popular tourist attraction today. At least Japan appreciates volleyball though 😔
I tried out the Kana app, and turns out its wonderful. I couldnt possibly imagine memorizing katakana and hiragana so fast, its blowing my mind! Thanks so much Tokuyuu!
I’m beyond happy to hear that!! 🥳 sounds like you’re putting the effort in; keep up the awesome work! 😙👏
Cool! I learned Hiragana by myself and onto Katagana. Good to know the Kanji will be cool
where are you practicing your japanese because i am from indian😅 and i don't know anyone with whome i do practice
@@arpitgupta8308 there are apps where you can pay subscription for talking with the teachers and practising more casual talking
@@TokuyuuTVyo is japanese from 0 a good textbook for beginners i still a newb but i kinda wanna get fluent
Sorry, just watched this video for the first time or your channel for the first time. Haven’t seen any other videos yet but we just passed your anniversary and I hope you made it and everything is doing well.
ahhhh you noticed! yesss it’s been exactly two years in japan and it’s been an adventure for sure 😝 thanks so much for watching my video and leaving a lovely comment 🫶✨
apps:
flashcards: *anki*
kana:
ios: *kana - hiragana and katakana*
android: *japanese kanji study*
kanji:
ios: *learn japanese - kanji*
android: *japanese kanji study*
grammar: Tae Kim's guide to Japanese grammar
0:16 WAIT BUT HOW DID YOU KNOW 😭😭😭😭😭😭
cause i wanted to be a japanese high school volleyball player too 🫡
@@TokuyuuTV I literally bought a Volleyball after watching Haikyu!! then never touched it 😭
OMG THE " to speak" bit was so cool!!! Its dope to see how Kanji works. I think breaking it down into radicals makes it significantly less daunting!
once you learn several kanji, you’ll start seeing the radicals that repeat, making it easier to pick up new kanji 😌
@@TokuyuuTV slow and steady! Also it really did make me feel better knowing it took you seven years to become fluent. I've been studying for a month and thought I'd be waaay further but your story was a reminder that language learning is a journey and hardly a destination.
I love your vids and thank you for all the knowledge and stories you share with us!
This video is so helpful! It's only 6 minutes but I understand everything, very on point. Although I just began learning, I have a goal to be able to understand japanese in 1 year (I hope I will be able to). Thank you for the video and I will definitely check your recommendations.
Im happy that everyone was easy to understand for you!! Good luck on your goal of understanding japanese! 🥳 how fast it progresses depends on how much time you put into it, but don’t forget to be patient with the results!!
Update?
ikr lol. ARE YOU FLUENT YET!!@@nelak.9654
Any update ??
This is actually so helpful! I was so overwhelmed
My will and motivation for learning Japanese has honestly been you and your videos. You provide such good advice in such entertaining ways too. Definitely gonna start my learning process soon. I'm really thankful for everything you've done for us and I can't wait to say I was there when you were a small youtuber when you eventually become really popular.
Thank you so very much for this absolutely lovely comment 😭🤧 im beyond happy that you enjoy my videos and that they are giving you the motivation to get started! I wish you all the best on your journey - it’s a very long yet very rewarding one. Ganbatte! 🥳 I can’t wait for the day you can brag to everyone that you knew me early on 😉
I don't even want to learn Japanese - I just come here to watch your amazing productions!
Ahahahahaha thank you Dino, im flattered you think the production quality is that good!! 🙇♂️💦 always nice to see you in the comments section 😙
Would you like to play a game? I know you personally. (HL)You know me. Who am I ?
Your productions are amazing
@@dinotoyexpert3651 i had i feeling i did! But I’m not sure who to guess 😝
As a duolingo user, i see this as an absolute win
Same i even have super duolingo
Just use both Duolingo and Anki lol
real
how’s it working out?
@@synphysis おちゃとごはん
Hope this video was helpful for any of you feeling a bit lost on where to start!
If you want to follow my move to Japan, follow me on Instagram and Twitter @TokuyuuTV!!
Love yo faces and see you fools in Japan!! ✈
Tokuyuu
You’ve got some grade A videos here, can’t wait to see more. As someone who once got 17k subs and quit UA-cam, it’s the biggest regret of my life. Hope you’re coming back with more productions!
@Mag maybe im mistaking, but in one of his comments Tokuyuu said he practiced 30-60 minutes every day.
I was very overwhelmed with starting but after watching this video I’m super excited! Thank you so much :)
im glad my video was able to organize things a little bit 🥳 you got this!! ✊
This is very encouraging. I've recently begun working through the Hiragana alphabet, and yes, lots of writing characters in order to memorize them and all the stuff you're saying. The Kanji Study app was an excellent recommendation in your first video -- all in all, fun to watch with solid advice. Thank you for posting this, and hope you are thriving.
ahhhh thank you so much for the lovely comment!! 🥺🤧 glad you found the advice helpful! im still doing my best to fully settle into japan, but thriving nonetheless 😝
This was super comprehensive and I loved your energy:) thanks man!
I’m glad you found it helpful!! And I appreciate you taking the time to leave such a thoughtful comment 🤧 wishing you the best on your language journey!! 🥳
As an overwhelmed baby - thank you.
Honestly I have been floundering around with ways to start and have started and stopped so many times but you actually broke down the steps instead of just "use anki' haha thanks so much!!
I always like your videos before I even watch it because I know it’s gonna be a banger!!
Thank you SO much Andres!! 😭😭😭 I hope one day you never change your mind and take the like back after watching it LMAOO
Haikyu's influence was so relatable 🥹❤️
I don't understand why this channel is so underrated.
dawwwwww thank you so much!! 🤧 im still fairly new to youtube so it takes time to grow
I am Japanese and I am learning English by watching this video.お互いに頑張りましょう！
ahahahaha im glad it’s good english practice for you!! 頑張ろうね！🥳🙌
相変わらず元気ですね！超いい動画を作ってくれてほんとにありがと！💖💖
僕の動画を見てくれてありがとう、マラックさん🙇♂️‼️動画を作るのが好きだから問題ないっす🥳🎉
@@TokuyuuTV そうなんだ！
で？日本への飛行機はどうだった？👀
@@malakahmed5084 無事で到着できましたよー‼️今大阪で探検してる〜🥳
@@TokuyuuTV 良かったね！地震に気をつけてね！💖
いい旅行をお過ごしください！💖🌟
THANK YOUU SO MUCH I'VE LEARNED A BUNCH OF HIRAGANA BUT I RECENTLY STOPPED BECAUSE I HAVEN'T BEEN MOTIVATED AND NOW I FORGOT EVERYTHING SO THANK YOU I'M GONNA TRY TO BE CONSISTENT 🙏🙏
Stunning video! Many thanks to the author of the channel for the recommendations! The problem with many people is that they want to take a "magic pill" or get "secret knowledge" and immediately have skills and abilities. However, the truth of life is that knowledge, skills, and abilities do not come by themselves. You can't learn a foreign language without doing anything, without wasting your time and effort, just like you can't learn to ride a bike lying on a comfy couch, listening to lectures and watching videos about "modern methods of learning" on a bike. To really learn something, you have to really practice every day. You're going to fall down while you're learning, and you're going to get bumps - that's normal! The ups and downs of learning are an integral part of our lives. Motivation from success and depression from failure will always be your study companions. However, every student has problems in his or her studies that he or she lacks the knowledge to solve. It can be: poor memorization of words; no progress in language learning; the student can speak, but does not understand speech by ear; misunderstanding of grammar; incorrect pronunciation, etc. Agree that a problem you don't know how to solve is very demotivating. In order to find the answer to our question we have to spend a lot of time to read videos, articles and books by polyglots. In today's world, we have to solve problems as quickly as possible. I don't have time to study and analyze a huge amount of information. My goal is to master the basic knowledge of a foreign language as quickly as possible and already start earning money effectively in the international arena. I settled on the practical guide by Yuriy Ivantsiv " Polyglot's Notes: practical tips for learning foreign language". This book is always in my bag. If I have a problem while learning a language, I quickly find the answer in this book. There are many different techniques and tips for learning a foreign language in Polyglot Notes. I have made my own individual schedule and plan for language learning. Now I know what I am going to study, how I am going to study, when I am going to study and what results I am going to achieve. No problem could stop me! With an effective language learning plan my professional skills are more and more in demand internationally every day. Friends, don't stop there! Everyone has talents that millions of people around the world need! Learn the language and make your ideas and dreams come true! Thanks to the author of the channel for the informative and useful video! Your videos motivate me.
really glad my video helped motivate you, and i love your positive attitude on learning languages! It’s definitely an up and down journey, but you just gotta find what works for you and keep going〜😌
really glad my video helped motivate you, and i love your positive attitude on learning languages! It’s definitely an up and down journey, but you just gotta find what works for you and keep going〜😌
finally helpful video, a video i watched before this one is literally just dude saying its impossible and that i will procrastinate, thank you for this!
LMAOOO that doesn’t sound very positive 😂 it’s definitely possible, just gotta put in the consistent work!
Another banger video 🔥 Have a safe flight!! Praying for your PC to arrive in one piece 🙏🙏🙏
My man knows the real struggle 😭😭😭🙏 that shit is so bubble wRAPPED you wouldn’t even be able to tell it’s a PC 🥵
bro you are my angel, thank you so much!
FINALLY! A to-the-point video that even recommends my favorite tool for Japanese; Japanese Kanji study! And i even learned how to use Anki through it, unlike other people who say "just use it, btw you can you use this deck." _proceeds to NOT show you how the app REALLY works_
kanji study is an absolute beast of an app, glad you’ve already found it!! and really happy to hear you enjoyed my video, i try to stay as straight to the point and clear as possible 🫡
Haha nice! When I started I used the JapanesePod101 kana videos! Also sending all the prays to you on successfully getting to Japan!! 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏 Safe travels!
Oh for real?? What a coincidence 😂😝 they’re really good videos right?? And thank youuuu!! Gonna need all those prays to get me through this big move 😭🙏 always nice to hear from you Owyn 🤧
If you know how, you can reach N5 fairly easily:
1. Learn Kana intensively with the Kana app so that you can read the characters
2. Learn all the vocabulary. The book 'your first 840 words in Japanese' helped me a lot. After 21 weeks, I knew all 840 words.
3. After that, you can book a few hours with a Japanese teacher and learn the rest.
After less than half a year, you will have N5 and from then on everything else is much easier because you have mastered the difficult basics.
Bit by bit this channel is going to blow up, all of your videos have such good editing and they feel seemless. Keep on creating! Love the vids!
Ahhhhhhh thank you much!! Im glad you have so much faith in my channel, it means a lot! 😭😭😭 don’t worry, ill keep them coming!! 🥳
I love Duolingo, it covers Hiragana and Katakana + interactive tests. You can hear what each Hiragana/Katakana sounds like and how they are written.
I have never commented here, first time :) Good luck in your trip bud, you deserve it! Hope you can record and upload some great content there in Japan. Thank you for the vids as always!
Thank youuu, I’m gonna need all the good luck i can get, im HELLA nervous for this move 🥵😩 and im DEF planning on making some content while over there, so stay tuned 😈 thank you for commenting 🤧
This is literally the best video I to watch if you want to know how to start studying
really glad you think so!! 😭🙏 thanks for watching 🤧
your videos are so helpful and the production is just so good!! youtube really did a great job making you appear in my feed❤️
Awwwww thank you so so much for the kind words 🥺❤️ im happy the youtube algorithm gods decided to show you my video 🤧
I find this video inspirational, I'm taking Languages at university and I'm trying to learn Japanese on my own because I want to go and live there
I also recommend the Human Japanese digital textbook. It's what I've been following and it does a great job at both teaching and testing me on my knowledge along the way. I have to be careful about my studying, my problem is usually trying to study too much at once and overloading my brain with too much information. I sometimes feel like I need to cram it all in at once instead of letting it click naturally over time.
Ooo ive never heard of that resource before, thanks for sharing!! And I totally get you, it’s so easy to wanna keep going when you’re in the groove 😝 but i agree! Ultimately, you gotta give your brain enough time to digest each concept thoroughly without overloading. Love your approach, keep up the awesome work!! 🥳
I've got to give the N5 a go sometime soon and see how well I do 🤔
Also great video as always! Glad to see you're finally going to be going to Japan! Good luck!
Good luck my dude!! Keep me updated on how it goes when you do take it, im rooting for ya 😙🙌 がんばって〜
Yeah im SO excited to finally be going, super nervous tho 😭😭 i appreciate the good luck, gonna need all the luck i can get to get me through this move 🥵
This video helped me so much idk where I would be without it
Your dedication and energy for this video have really amazed me.
You're super!
Thanks for your hard work )
Thanks so much for the kind words Oypopuk!! I’m glad you appreciate the effort i put into these videos 🥲🤧 ありがとうございます🙇♂️
Bruh! Your videos are my favorite for advice on studying Japanese! I really felt the need to comment and thank you for your honest and insightful approach. There is no limit to resources on this topic on youtube, it's very overwhelming. Y
You keep things cut and dry while still being so entertaining! So USEFUL, which is exactly what i've been looking for.
thank you so much for taking the time to leave such a nice comment!! 😭🥺 really glad you appreciate my style of video, i try to keep it as straight to the point and entertaining as possible. Good luck on your language journey!! 🥳
@@TokuyuuTV It has begun! I am signing up for the April term of 2024 at ISI in Kyoto, via GoGoNihon. Wish me luck! I have 1 year to prep!
Just watching all your videos and was wondering if you would consider making a video about how to move from intermediate to advanced in Japanese? Suffering badly from the old language plateau 😓
Hey Anya, thank you so much for watching my videos and leaving this comment. I also suffered for a longgg time trying to move past the plateau of intermediate Japanese, so I empathize with you very deeply. It felt like I had put in so much time already but i still wasnt fluent 🥲 i think this a great video idea, i will write it down and see what i can do 🥳
hello I am your biggest fan plz remember that when you blow up once this "life in Japan" content drops :') ... also you make learning Japanese sound so possible I might just give it a try
Here’s praying my life in japan content is interesting enough for my viewers 🙏💦 and how can I forget the most fashionable influencer on tik tok?? You best be remembering ME when you hit 1 milly 😌
Hi Tokyuu!I know im late to the party on this one but i just wanted to say ありがとう！this video helped me so much im 12 and finished hiragana and katakana and then got stumped for what to do afterwards so i stopped for a while and saw this video and continued so thank you so very much!
@@LucianReid-dm2qm glad that this video was able to help!! and that’s amazing you’ve already finished hiragana/katakana, you’re already ahead of most people 😝keep up the great work!! 🥳🎉
I just binge watched all of your videos so I hope you make some more! I have been trying to learn Japanese with my family but the process has been really slow. I really like your editing style and your videos are entertaining and informative.
Thanks so much for watching my videos, Treanna!! That’s really awesome you’re learning japanese with your family, that’s so wholesome 😭😭😭 learning japanese is a long journey so the process will always feel slow - but you just gotta be patient and stick to it and you’ll definitely make amazing progress! I’ll definitely be making more videos so stay tuned 😙
I've always had interest in learning languages, I've been studying French for the past 3 years and I'm upset to see that I've done my finals and I don't have an excuse to learn it anymore.
I thought about continuing with French but I've decided to start learning Japanese instead. About 5 years ago, I tried (failed) and gave up pretty quickly, I also consume a LOT of Japanese media - mainly things that are vocoloid related. I also would like to travel to Japan one day and not be a lost tourist.
I've recently started learning Katagana and it's pretty exciting to begin recognising characters in Japanese writing. Since I knew that I wanted to take it seriously, I was thinking abojt where to start and was pretty lost so thank you for this video, it's been helpful! :D
another great video man. can’t wait to see your experience in japan 🔥
Thank you so much Saiyan!! 🤧 and I can’t wait to share all the experiences; it’s gon be one crazy ride 🤪
1:46 if i can memorize what every DBD perk and addon does/is called then i can probably memorize kanji as well.
I hope you arrived safely in Japan! Eagerly waiting for the border to open for tourists..
I am safely in Japan and really enjoying my time so far meeting friends!! 😙 i hope the borders open too 🙏💦 hopefully in the summer
THE HAIKYUU MENTION WAS PERSONAL HELPPP
LMAOOOO NOT THE KENMA PFP 😂😂💀
@@TokuyuuTV im a person of culture HAHAHAH still stuck in 2016😭😭😭
@@사자23 i mean, the haikyuu movie came out this year so id say you’re still good 🫡
Can testify, the kana app is great for the basic alphabet. I was about to make a whole quizlet ugh (thank you so much)
glad you find the kana app useful!! ahahahaha yeah, so much easier to just an app 😝
Like always 👍❤ Hope you reach Japan safely 🙏
Thanks Lbouchouari!! 😙🙌 i appreciate all the positive energy 🤧 here’s praying everything goes smoothly 🙏
I started learning 日本語 during winter vacations on the pandemic.
I like to learn new languages, and with the years I've learnt english to the point I could have some conversations with natives in my country.
With japanese, I started out as a hobby, but being a huge enjoyer of manga and anime my curiosity took over and it turned into something serious, a goal. I begun using Duolingo and quickly discovered the powers of Anki, but after some time I kinda plateaued and got bored, so I stopped.
Recently I picked it up again, although in a relaxed fashion like at the beginning, because I have college and other stuff going on, but still with that long term goal of reaching some level of fluency and being able to hold normal conversations in japanese.
I've been like 2 weeks in and right when I was starting to get stuck again I started wondering if relying only in Duolingo was a good way to go, so this video is a GEM to me! So, thank you so much!
ありがとうごさいます〜
I feel excited! Love the energy sensei🙏 hoping you had a wonderful time in Japan, let us know soon:) and I'mma go hit that 3-4 months goal starting today! Best of luck to me ang my sister ❤️
love to hear you enjoyed the video 🤧 make sure to comment again once you two hit that goal! rooting for you!! 🥳
Hope you’ve reached your goal! I’ve just started and hope I’ll be able to master the basic in 4 months time ☺️
I’m a Japanese and I’m in Canada now. I met a lot of people who want to visit to Japan. Actually though they don’t have any access to speak to Native Japanese speakers, I can see their improvement in learning Japanese so no matter which country you are in, just try to get to start study✨
Hello Tokuyuu! Thank you for your videos, they really help me and inspire me to never give up on my journey of learning Japanese! You deserve way more subscribers and viewers :)
Thank you for your lovely comment, Sumaya 🥺🤧 im beyond humbled that my videos were able to encourage you to keep going! It’s a long journey that can feel tough at times, but I can guarantee you it’s incredibly rewarding 😌 keep up the awesome work!!
Thank you for helping me learn japanese toyukuu^^!!! i successfully learned all hiragana and katakana from japanesepod and now learning kanji by vocabulary. I hope i can learn kanji successfully like hiragana and katakana
great vid as always! can we get a realistic day in the life of tokuyuu - iN jAPaN?! :)
have a safe trip and good luck🙆🏽♀️ v excited for all the soft vlogs ✨✨
Ahahahahahha one i settle in i can do a regular day in the life vid 😈 for now it’s just panic adjusting and stress sweating vlogs 🥴👌
Thank you for all the good vibes miss nishi, gonna need all that positive energy 🙏💦
thanks bro for giving such valuable info in such short video, arigatou
your editing is insane, youre funny, and seem really nice! your channel better blow up lmao
also, out of curiosity from your last video, what field do you work in?
Awwwww shut uppp, thank you 🥺🤧 let’s pray it does blow up and you can say you got here first 😝 i work in the pharmaceutical industry ! Everyone at work is extremely kind, i feel so blessed 🥺
@@TokuyuuTV i definitely will! you deserve it!
It's ok. I'm still young. Let's try to do this thing.
My main motive for wanting to speak this language is playing Japanese games in their original language... And I also want to finally learn a 3rd language. Sure, I'm still pretty much learning English but oh well
What a great video!!!. It helped me a lot and I am more excited to learn Japanese now XD. Thank you for this amazing video!!. I hope you will continue to spread these wonderful videos.
Awwww thank you SO much wissam for leaving such a lovely comment 🥺🤧 im glad the video was able to help you!! Don’t worry, i plan on making videos for a longgg time 😎 good luck in your studies!! 🥳
ありがとう! Due to this video i was able to learn both hiragana and katakana in two days through the videos you suggested.
wowww two days for both hiragana and katakana, that’s amazing!! Keep up the great work 🥳
ええ？！？！This is the first time in my life that the UA-camr himself replied to my comment!! ありがとうございます！
Hello, I just discovered your channel and I think you are awesome. Very good videos that are full of useful pieces of information.
In June, I started learning Japanese and at the moment I can read and write Hiragana, I remember all Katakana but I still struggle reading it.
I'll use your tips to continue studying.
Keep it up!! :D
Thank you so SO much for the amazing comment, Lorenzo!! 🤧 Absolutely incredible you can read and write hiragana already and being well on your way to conquering katakana too😙 keep practicing them and you’ll get them down a lot quicker than you think!
Im glad you find my videos helpful, and I wish you all the best on your japanese language journey!! 🥳 it’s a long yet incredibly rewarding road〜
@@TokuyuuTV Thanks a lot! :)
Dude your so nice that you made a hole video for 1 person that's really nice!
I wanna share a tip that I used for Katakana:
So for Katakana it took me longer to remember then Hiragana because there was so much more similar characters. I used 2 techniques to help me determine the similarities.
1: Try to pronounce the word. I noticed a lot of words I see in Katakana sound kind of like English words, so when you see a word that has one of those similar character. Now I notice this doesn't work for EVERY Katakana word but it can help you find the similarities and train your brain to find them. Let say you see the word インク and you are unsure if its pronounce as to or I so then pronounce the word the word. Inku sounds better then tonku so you can get an idea this word is most likely inku.
2: (This more helped me with a few kana for Hiragana but also helped me a bit with Katakana) Associate them to different words. This helped me a lot with ね and れ. I knew what ねこ looks like which is cat. So when I saw one of these characters I would think of cat. This helped me because as I kept seeing one these I slowly started releasing how to say them.
Thanks for sharing your tips in learning katakana!! Fantastic that you’ve mastered the kana - keep up the awesome work! 🥳
3 pillars of the Japanese language, Writing(Hiragana, Katakana, Kanji), vocabulary and structure
Yep, those make up the japanese language!! But don’t forget to learn speaking and listening too 😙
I've learned the kana so many times over the past decade lol. I'm hoping this time I can finally push beyond it. Thanks for your video, it's very insightful
After watching this video I quit learning japnese before even starting 😅
Me toooòoooo
There is a app that helps you learn japanese its called busuu
Fuck nah im installing all these and installing duolingo too, my will istoo strong
same bro
Looking to study a year abroad in nagasaki for my 3rd year at uni, this is incredibly helpful 🙏
wowww a full year abroad in nagasaki sounds amazing!! wishing you the best on your journey 🥳
Thank you so much for making this!
By the way, just a simple question:
You mentioned the example kanji 話, and how that is in words like 話す or 電話. How do you go from learning kanji to learning full verbs or compact-kanji words? (if that's the right term)
Anyways, I've already binge-watched all of your content and can't wait to start learning. Keep it up! (after you're done settling in ofc)
No problem, im glad it was helpful!! 😙
When I studied kanji, I would always learn it with that key word (話す), and at the same time I would study whichever of those compound words seemed useful. In this case, I would probably learn 電話 (telephone) since it seems really common! I wouldnt focus too much on the other kanji (電) if I hadn’t learned it yet, i would just focus on the vocab!
Im really flattered you watched all my content 🤧 don’t worry, im planning on keeping up the videos!! 🥳
I just started with using duo lingo I feel it has a decent way of teaching you hiragana and katakana it has built in drills for you when you don’t have a note pad available to write on
Thank you so much i learn a lot. now i know what steps i should do next 😎 どうもありがとう! 🙏🏻
ahhh glad that you found it informative!! rooting for you! 🥳🙌
@@TokuyuuTV yeyy thank you so much ✨ あなたはかっこいい !
Harrison!!! Another master piece of a full video series by the hand of OUR favourite fuqingN1sempai!!!
Sorry for not commenting earlier, but my computer broke and had completely forgot about it to be honest.
It's great you recommended apps for each Android and iPhone users.
And for the record, I can say most English Native Speaker frustration while learning hiragana and katakana could reflect in us non native English speakers learning how to properly read different words since each vowel combination can be read in so many ways that can be real creepy
Thanks for the positive comments always, Eze!! And I’m sorry to hear about your computer, that sucks 😭😭😭 and i can imagine reading english can be HELLA frustrating, the spelling doesn’t make sense like half the time 😂😂
I plan on setting up life in japan and i need to learn Japanese and i already know how much the grind will take, Remember men.... The grind never ends
Thanks for being real and breaking it down for us , hopefully we all get there best of luck everyone . Damn 2 alphabets, ftw
im rooting for you!! two alphabets is kinda funny 😂
Genki + tokini Andy’s video is a very useful combo too
I’ve heard only great things about the Genki series!! I haven’t watched tokini Andy’s videos in depth, but thanks for sharing the recommendation! 🥳
Being native level in Mandarin is my biggest tip to learning Japanese kanji, it’s not the same, but it’s VERY similar, probably 80-90%
yeahhhh knowing chinese is a massive advantage, know your privilege!!
3 - 4 MONTHS! That's so quick!
not my ego thinking i can learn till n1 in 6months🥲
Thanks. I feel motivated to go on learning Japanese.
woooo, cheering for you!! 😙🥳✊
As its my dream to someday visit Japan so i started learning Japanese yesterday through Duolingo and i got the basics done but i felt like its not gonna get me nowhere so i was looking for videos and this video really is really helpful. Thank you so much!
I admire japanese the accent is soo adorable I'm really excited to start learning Japanese
How is it?
this is literally the best guide ive ever watched. thank you so muuchh
im happy you like my guide so much!! 😭 glad it was able to help 😙
Anki is on mobile now ❤️❤️❤️
Even though I'm not a begginer anymore I still watched the video! And liked it too!
Thanks for watching my video anyways!! I appreciate all your support 🥺✨
@@TokuyuuTV No problem, I'm glad that I found You, I needed some kind of motivation to start again learning japanese :)
Man i’m seeing videos from Tokyo and i’m like, “BRO I’M LIVING THERE WHEN I GROW UP” and then I be realizing I don’t even speak japanese. Thank you so much man
ahahahaha the language reality hits hard 😂 you’ll definitely have a much more fulfilling experience if you can speak japanese, even just a little at first!
I'll follow your steps if I learn this language I'll be so grateful to you ty for the steps I'll try to learn im in love with japan
hope the steps help you, and good luck on your japanese language journey!! it’s a long yet rewarding one 😌
I might be doing a trip to Japan in a around a year or two, so now I’m really motivated to learn Japanese lol. This really helps because I was feeling lost on how to even start.
ayyyy that trip to japan is definitely going to be amazing!! 😭 and you’ll for sure enjoy it more if you’re able to understand even a little bit of japanese 😙 glad you found my video help! you got this!! 🥳👏
It’s funny that my name is also Myron and this is my first video of trying to learn Japanese. Amazing vid.
ahahahaha im glad my video was able to help out more than one myron 🫡
You just keep referring to Myron and it just feel like you’re talking to me 😂
Ive been debating for about 1 year to invest the time in learning a new language.... When I decide to do something I tend to do it relentlessly. Ive have made the decision after watching this video (and some anime) that I will be dedicating the next 2 years to learning. 1 hour a day..... You will see my comment update in 6 months time. Thank you for this VIDEO!!!!!
i love the commitment. I also hesitate to start something new, cause when i start it, i commit to it too. Looking forward to your update post 😉
Hispanic here and I'm surprised how many videos I see of japanese knowing BASIC spanish! I do not watch anime or any japan media but I want to return the favor.
awww that’s so sweet of you! Japanese people’s faces definitely light up when you speak even just a little bit of japanese, so i think they’ll appreciate it 🤧
great video thanks for the help I was completely lost about where to start but now that I have started learning its fun.
glad my video could help you!!
Awesome video . I'm confident that I can do it because I already learnt two languages TURKISH and English .I'm an URDU native speaker means I know URDU , TURKISH and ENGLISH . I started Turkish course at the beginning of this year and now I'm about to finish it and my next year's resolution will be *Learning Japanese* . Thanks for explaining how to learn Japanese.
شکریہ ، Teşekkürler , Thank you
wowwww super cool you’ve already learned two languages!! 😮👏👏 that experience will definitely help you for learning japanese, you got this!! 🥳
@@TokuyuuTV This would make my day Thank you
@@TokuyuuTV i have a question . I hope you would answer.Is there any future in Japanese like English. As English is used to communicate with the World but what about Japanese?