掲示板 Forums - Enlighten me, please!

I’m thinking of lonelygirl15 for some reason. Maybe it’s just the enigmatic username.

The only person who can determine the right pace is you. If it seems too easy or too hard, adjust accordingly. Otherwise do what motivates you.

I'm not fluent so my advice might not be the best, but I think if you can text/talk to people in Japanese it would be the best because you're constantly practicing. ^_^ You can also try learning with other people and share your progress. Aside from that though, give podcasts/anime/reading a try in Japanese. (Spotify has transcripts so you can read along, I read them and listen to them while looking up words I don't know in renshuu) For anime, you could watch an episode with subtitles and then rewatch without so you still remember the general idea of what's going on, also using renshuu's dictionary. For reading you can try an app called Satori Reader, I use it and it's great. You can tap on words you don't know and add them to flashcards and get a definition in a popup window without leaving the story page AND there are really good grammar explanations with tons of examples for each grammar point and you can bounce around to the ones you want to learn as you like. If you have specific things you wanted help with let me know

Hope that helps somehow Most importantly have fun learning and don't feel like your not making enough progress, because that's just part of it and I feel that way constantly lol. You got this!

You've got some really great advice here already! I'm not sure what level of Japanese you're at, but here are some great resources to work on your reading + listening:

This is a children's website (free) that has a massive collection of fairy tales, folk tales, and scary stories that are read by native speakers.

Someone put together a huge list of resources for Japanese language learning -- including podcasts, videos, grammar textbooks, etc. Maybe you'll find something that resonates with you?

This is a text parser that breaks down a sentence to show its grammatical structure (noun + particle + verb, etc)

Here is a website where you can read manga for free. It's for elementary school children but this one seems pretty interesting!

Anyway, I hope this is helpful and you find something you're interested in/find enjoyable! Good luck

I checked all your lovely gifts. Ash has found three evolvement stones, and Chikorita has evolved into Bayleaf The Satori Reader, the text parser and the huge Japanese assortment website are the three Evolvement Stones. They are undoubtedly a must for anyone who wants to learn Japanese. As for the manga, it turned out to be too much for me at this level. I can't tap on new words nor find grammar explanations. Satori Reader is the optimal way for reading at my current level. Thank you アイスくん! Thank you ヤンカミ!

だいすき!

One more resource I'd like to recommend, Tadoku. They've got a nice collection of free picture books, organized by difficulty level. I've gone through most of their Level 1 material and found it very helpful.

わあ！

That's a name I haven't heard in a long time!

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Anyway, my advice is to expose yourself to Japanese media. Read books, manga, even live action shows.

I like the Yomu Yomu app for reading. It doesn't just have translations for each sentence/passage. It also lets you look up words on the fly, and even pick those words to put on a list in case you come across new words you want to practice. It doesn't have any aid for grammar though.

But I do especially appreciate that it has different reading levels that isn't strictly the JLPT format. If you care about that, Beginner I is something I consider pre-N5. So, pre-1st grade, or preschool, if you will. Beginner II gets you to N5/1st grade and so on.

For film, I'm not sure. I haven't exposed myself to a lot of that, but any one of them will have some cultural dialogue which might help you understand some of the linguistics. Like, one of my favorite series is 99.9 Criminal Lawyer (99.9 刑事専門弁護士). The main character, and sometimes others, would have a thing where they would come up with a pun in Japanese, which sounds like advanced stuff, but they do make sense (even if some of them are terrible).

Just pick up what interests you, and figure out what they're saying. Nothing wrong with taking baby steps.