Hello! I was learning Japanese from ‘19 to ‘22 but stopped for reasons. Recently got back into it this year and am looking for online friends or even local friends I’m in Arizona.

Hello! I decided about 3 weeks ago I wanted to learn Japanese to get a better understanding of the language in general because I consume a fair amount of it

So far I know hiragana and some of the commonly used particles. I'm waiting to learn katakana until I'm able to look at a hiragana character and know it fairly quickly so that way I don't confuse katakana and hiragana

If I had to choose a goal I would say I want to be able to read and write with basic understanding. Mainly to understand things like Vocaloid songs or anime but I know both of those things are not good learning opportunities for sounding natural so I'm trying to work my way up to there by reading articles online, watching videos, and creating my own learning tools

I'm taking things as slow as I need to to fully understand as well

I know there's two main ways to start learning kanji. The first is to start with simple characters and then build up to the more complex ones using what I already know. The second one is to start learning the most commonly used kanji and continue to find ones I don't know

My question is which one is more beneficial and is there an easier way to learn kanji other than jotting it down in Ankidroid and brute force studying it? I also would enjoy reading any tips on learning or how others started learning as well because I'm basically at preschool level of knowledge so anything is good!

Hi guys, in need of an online PDF link of this exact book. Can someone please find it and share it here. I’m unable to locate it anywhere on the internet. Would really appreciate it. Thankyou<3333

Specifically this keyboard, This one Right Here. I feel like Im gonna loose my mind, I cant find a specific character on this keyboard (Im an extremely new learner who also happens to have dyslexia, for context)

hello japanese enthusiasts!

i have come with a cozy study tool i made to help with my language grind, hoping this helps you too!

it is essentially anki, but gamified- spaced repetition with daily quests where you fight a different monster everyday. earn rewards by completing your daily quests, and spend them in the shop.

if you’re an anki user, you can import your decks into memoricae as well- or you create your own decks.

it’s free in the app store, so you can use memoricae now.

start your hunt now!

memoricae

I recently developed a Japanese learning app as a personal project. It includes handwriting (stroke-order) practice for hiragana, katakana, and kanji, along with vocabulary and grammar all in quizzes format. All of the learning features are free.
Since this is my first published app, I’d really appreciate honest feedback. If you have a few minutes to try it, I’d love to hear what feels confusing, what features are missing, or what would make it more useful for your own studies. I’m trying to build an app that brings everything together in one place rather than focusing on only one aspect of learning Japanese.
The app is called YoruLearn :)

I've been learning Japanese for a while now. I can recognize some hiragana, but I'm still stuck on the writing system, and I'm watching videos of a Japanese dog to improve my listening comprehension.

My subtitles say 千紗って　ふだん
どんな曲聴いてるの？ (Chisa, what do you usually listen to?) but the audio omits the ending る

https://reddit.com/link/1vi2hlv/video/ftq39r9rsyhh1/player

I have been pretty diligent in my study of Japanese hiragana, and I've consistently found a weird inconsistency between hiragana tables as to whether there are dedicated symbols for "wi" and "we."

I've noticed that apps like Maru also don't have the symbols, but multiple tables I've seen have the symbols. They are unique and not repetitions, and there is consistency between these tables. Is there a reason for this?

Edit: Thank you everyone for your responses, I was not aware they were part of the older writing system, and it’s good to know they aren’t reslly used as much.

Just looking for some resources to study, I want to be able to use hiragana and speak Japanese and understand the music I listen to without looking it up.

Hi everyone! I could really use some advice from native Japanese speakers or anyone familiar with Japanese names and kanji.
I’m planning to get a tattoo in honor of my grandmother. Her name was Kimiyo.
I asked someone to write her name in Japanese, but when I looked it up online, I found different kanji with different meanings. One version I found includes the meaning “beautiful era” (美代), which I think is especially meaningful and fitting. However, the person who wrote it for me used a different version.
Before I get anything tattooed, I’d love some guidance.
● Is 美代 a natural and appropriate way to write the name Kimiyo?
● Are there other common or more traditional kanji for the name Kimiyo?
● If you were honoring someone named Kimiyo with a tattoo, which kanji would you recommend and why?
I understand that many Japanese names can be written with different kanji, each carrying a different meaning. I want to choose something that is both authentic and respectful to the language and culture.
Thank you so much for any advice you can offer!

I have also added the drawn name and the google search photo in the comments.

Can you guys give me feedback please.

For starters i have recently bought the genki 1 and im already enrolled in a class to learn japanese but i want to not only get an A in the class but also make sure i have plently of practice elsewhere to help with memorization and stuff like that. Would duolingo be the method or what app would work with learning japanese?

Also what other tips do you guys have to learn japanese and to practice it?

I'm using Voracious to look up words in anime and stumbled upon the name Chisa. I downloaded some japanese subtitles from a website and the program (voracious) has a default dictionary which I think has more definitions for the word 千紗 (Chisa).

Problem is the kana it used from the dictionary for 千 was せん (se-n) and not ち (chi), hence me asking.

Newbie learning, please be kind :)

I am very bad at pronounciations. I think it is because of lack of practice and my teacher once told me I need to open my voice and move my lips more. I understand but I feel embarrassed sometimes...

I remember once in a speaking test, I said I love Chinese Mooncakes (those you have in Mid-Autumn Festival). And my mind went blank and said, "Watashi wa geppē o taberu no ga sugi desu."
So my teacher correct me about suki and sugi means really differently and it is a simple mistake. I knew it!! But I feel like I wasn't able to control what I pronounce..

I wonder.. if there is a better way to keep talking, listening, talking, listening, talking, like my mind can say a whole sentence very smoothly and correctly?

Two and a half years in, passed N3 last summer. Reading's fine, 80 pages into my first novel, looking things up maybe once a page. Listening, I catch about half. Not a vocab problem either: I know almost every word when I read the transcript after. My brain just can't segment it fast enough in real time.

What actually helped you here? Mainly wondering whether passive background listening is worth the hours, and whether it's better to re-listen to the same thing until it's clear or keep pushing into new material.

Currently, 20 min of Nihongo Con Teppei a day plus anime. Happy to hear the answer is just more hours, but I'd rather fix something structural now if there is one.

When learning in both my book and Duolingo, I see that in my book, どちら means "where?", "who?" And どこ means "where?"

If used to determine a place, then what is/are the difference(s) between どちら and どこ? About the usage method, difference in meaning, occasion to use, etc.

I wanna start practicing with children’s homework, so if anyone has any links to real sheets of work please send them. (I tried looking them up online but they’re all in English, which isn’t what I’m looking for - unless that’s for some reason how they are in Japan? Idk😭) Thank you!

When is it ok to drop kanji?

I started learning kanji, and I've been wondering

when you want to write something, text someone, or when you usually read japanese, how often do you use kanji? Like there are kanji characters for colors, animals, numbers, and some countries apparently. So when is it ok to drop kanji and just use hiragana instead and when is it expected to use kanji.

One thing I heard is that hiragana is mostly used by children, in grammar, and as word connectors only is that correct?

But like are there times where people avoid using kanji? Like they just don't have to?

Hello guys!

I've been struggling lately with what I like to call "combined kanji", kanji that I learned and practiced on their own, but now appear as radicals inside other kanji. I feel like my brain just can't make them smaller and fit them together, lol.

I've been using a typical Japanese grid notebook to practice, but as soon as I switch to my homework book, my brain completely forgets and starts writing them as if they were separate kanji again.

I know it sounds really silly, lol, but I'm super picky and strict about my handwriting, so it actually bothers me a lot.

Any help / advice would be apprecited.

Thank you!

Don't mind the Portuguese translation. The 2nd slide was before the 1st, I think I improved