/jp/ - Otaku Culture

[Anonymous No.]

How do u learn japanese?

It's best to focus on learning vocabulary and just using kanas until you have a pretty good grasp of the language and can understand anime and read japanese manga and light novels that have furigana and just leave kanjis to later when you're confident on japanese and simply learn them over time?

My goals would be to watch anime without subs, play some japanese rpg maker eroges and talk to japanese online on their chans and newtouyo.

[Anonymous No.]

Read a fucking book and listen to people talk. Bonus point if you have a functional conversation with the natives or people that can moonspeak.

How do you learn English or your native language? It is exactly the same method. Read, Listen and Talk.

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>>19700651
yeah, but that implies simply to learn the vocabulary first and being able to read kana (I already can read kana).

It seems kanjis should only be learned once you can speak and understand japanese.

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>>19700628
You don't even know English.

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>>19700666
Yes. Therefore, study vocabs and read books to understand simple sentence structures. Get at least Yotsuba& or Chibi Maruko-chan and read it. If you do not know any word, look it up in a dictionary. It is pretty simple. Don't over complicate stuff that is not to begin with.

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>>19700690
my english is better than a lot of native speakers I've met.

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Also, good luck finding a light novel or novel with furigana in it. 98% of the time, you will face failures finding such miracle.

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>>19700752
you can still use rikaikun if your open a PDF on chrome.

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>>19700771
Japanese papers has the best smell, anon. Especially Kodansha's.

[Anonymous No.]

Watch a shitload of anime to learn vocabulary and sentence structure as well as speaking patterns. Spend lots of time doing karaoke to get proficient and fast at reading.

[Anonymous No.]

Look up ajatt and matt vs Japan. Get rtk. Basically you learn everything in context from sentence mining. If you want to sound like a native you avoid early output.

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>>19700628
Use Kodansha's KLC
Use the Anki core vocab 2000 package
Read songs and sing em to learn vocab
Read the /djt/ sticky

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>>19702783
Get remembering the Kanji. Learn it using the lazy Kanji method. There is no point trying to memorize a Kanji English translation out of context. Youre going to forget most of the Kanji anyways since you don't speak Japanese yet and have no way of understanding their actual meanings in Japanese. After you finish rtk lazy method, start sentence mining from anime, book, everywhere. You should be immersing yourself in Japanese audio every step of the way.

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>>19702783
Didn't mean to quote you

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>>19700666
there is no reason to wait to learn kanji

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>>19702738
>spend a year learning about language learning methods, meditate, and keep a consistent sleep schedule
This sounds like a dumb meme. I've learned two other languages just fine without meditating every day...

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>>19700752
Children's books aren't that bad if you're just reading to practice.

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>kanji study

[Anonymous No.]

here were my steps

step 1. learned hiragana using realkana and kana invaders
step 2. learned a bunch of japanese vocabulary using anki, memrise and japaneseclass.jp
step 3. read both of the genki textbooks to learn grammar
step 4. learned sentences using anki deck
step 5. watched all of misa sensei's videos except the ones where she is talking about manga
step6 . currently watching all of kawama sensei's videos


did all these steps while watching anime, jdramas and listening to 48/46 pvs

i am basically between a n4-n3 level of japanese after 2 or 3 years of study. i must have studied the language ineffectually

[Anonymous No.]

i might get an exercise bike and do that for 20 minutes before i study

http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20141010-why-exercise-boosts-iq

[Anonymous No.]

Learn 5-10 new kanji daily with Anki and Kodansha KLC

Genki 1 -> Genki 2 -> Tobira -> practice

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>>19700628
move here

[Anonymous No.]

According to my friend
>Studying 8 months
>Can read and understand NHK Easy
What wizardry is this?

[Anonymous No.]

Read the fucking djt guide. There must be a djt thread on this board right now.

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>>19704534
yeah you can get as big as arnold schwarzenegger without ever touching a dumbell or barbell either. whats your point?

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>>19700666
Oh my god you actually know nothing

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>>19704759
Fuck off tryhard teenager.

[Anonymous No.]

Good question. I think I just need to read and listen for 5 hours a day and I'll eventually understand it.

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epic bump

[Anonymous No.]

djt is gone so this needed a good bump.

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>>19700710
No it isn't, and even if it was, you should become proficient in one language before attempting to learn another.

[Anonymous No.]

You need a good base of grammar and vocabulary to start to be able to understand things. Get a textbook and study. Grammar and vocabulary. Do exercises. Listening, reading and writing. You'll need discipline and try to be as efficient as possible without burning out.

[Anonymous No.]

/jp/ should have kanji captcha so EOPs can piss off.

[Anonymous No.]

I have sex with lots and lots of Japanese women. Everytime I thrust, I have the girl shout a new word. Really helps with vocabulary.

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>>19700628
what's the fucking point of studying something when you're not a kid

i was dealing with english ever since i have memory. no other language will compare to that

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>>19729124
2d pictures dont count

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>>19700628
/djt/
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>>19700666
Learn kanji at the same time you learn new words. I'm not sure it's even possible to learn to speak and understand without learning Kanji at the same time anyway.

>>19700710
This is simply not possible lol