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I'm now on my 3rd year mark of self studying Japanese almost everyday when I woke up study 10-20 minutes vocab/ phrases, flashcard afternoon before I go to work 10-15 minutes Vocab/phrases sentence structure or whenever I feel like watching some jap conversation on utube depending on my mood then at work vocab and listening practice immersion podcast, MUSIC in audio only and I'm doing benkyou in subtlety because its not allowed in my work as a BPO moderator.. Then aftework before I go to bed i do some kanji hiragana katakana readings and writings flashcard etc, and then repeat the next day, I did this for about 3 years now consistently and fast forward today I did pass N4 JLPT exam.. I can speak well and express whatever topic I'm interested to, but there is still limitations I still got a struggle in reading mostly kanji, and some native speaker talking in native Japanese, this nihongo benkyou is a long journey as I discover more and more and as i explore about the language and culture were I still continue to unfold every pages the more it becomes deeper I need to learn towards being skillful in using this language

I find that learning the stroke order helps me with remembering the kanji itself. I use an app called ringotan to learn kanji and it works by making you write them on your phone to pass them. It has helped me a lot, atm I'm up to ~300 kanji. As an artist I really enjoy the writing as well

I find that learning the stroke order helps me with remembering the kanji itself. I use an app called ringotan to learn kanji and it works by making you write them on your phone to pass them. It has helped me a lot, atm I'm up to ~300 kanji. As an artist I really enjoy the writing as well

Bon dia, i'm like you i learn Japanese by english. I'm french so it's hard, learn the language. Do you have advise. Obrigado.

ありがとうペドロ先生 I've been studying for a few weeks and I use WaniKani for Kanji/vocab and immersion on CZcams and movies/anime for everything else. One thing I like to do for immersion in particular is watching lets plays for games that I'm already familiar with. It makes it easier to follow along and figure out stuff I don't know without searching because I already know what's going on. Plus the let's play part is helpful as well because you get both the story elements as well as the CZcamsr talking about the game included in your immersion. Works pretty good for me

indeed fluency is all about what you think is fluent. in my case it is more about getting to a certain level of proficiency within a certain field. e.g. you can not talk about stocks an shares with a kid same as you can not talk about quantum mechanics with a doctor. therefore, absolute fluency is very hard to achieve goal even if your native language. especially in Japanese, even after 20 years of Japanese you will still find new words and phrases or new meanings and usage of those you are already familiar with. Japanese is a fascinating language in its fasces of expression und undertone of some of that. even when you can all words from e.g the koujien , it doesn`t mean that you know every aspect of it. there are some trend words coming in each year as well. that constant evolution makes it close to impossible to know everything of it.

I find 四字熟語 fascinating

Fluency is to me will be the time when I am able to read japanese books without a dictionary. I am studying everyday to reach this goal

Excelente!

Forget about your japanese, how is your english good !! 😂 I assume your native language is Portuguese so how did you acquire english as a language? and which would you say you are better at , english or japanese ? I am in a similar situation where I am busy with work and cant really spend most of my time in immersion, before my job I spent two years in full immersion and learned kanji as well, but I still dont think I can hold a conversation or form well sentences. My native is Arabic, so I learned English and now I am learning Japanese.

Pedro teu canal é mt bom valeu mesmo, inclusive teu inglês ta top

Yoink - Sub ありがとうございます I just started myself for a variety of reasons but it's been a blast so far. I've got Genki, Anki and Duolingo for some extra quick diving into the language. Almost 3 weeks in and have nearly solidified all of Hiragana, Katakana while starting on Kanji last week. I'm loving it so far, I can definitely read and understand what's being said better than pronunciation speed but that will come in time and practice. Looking forward to hearing more about your experiences and recommendations.

HAMON!

This is nonsense. You CANNOT do this if you’re a beginner - it’s mentally exhausting. You have barely (or zero) knowledge of vocabulary, plus there’s kanji (with furigana admittedly), and EVERYTHING just looks like one entire word because your knowledge is non existent. Ridiculous idea.

Hi Pedro! I am starting my journey with japanese, and I found your video very inspiring and interesting. It's amazing to see the domain of the language you seem to have, and how you transmit your passion to others. Also, I was shocked when I saw your subscriber count and your views. I am pretty sure your channel will explode in no time :) keep up the great work!

I like this video, keep going please

Looking forward to booklists, ideally sorted by level would be v helpful. thank you!

Wanted to say thanks for sharing your experience and perspective. I definitely need to read more. I have access to some seriously basic level books, but my ability is so low, still, that I struggle so much, I still burn out. So I'm working on listening and simple exercises to gain more vocabulary before I tackle that. I figure, as long as I'm enjoying learning, it doesn't matter how I'm doing it, or what I'm consuming. I am more heartened by my progress with what I've managed so far. I enjoy your time-lapse edits! Very nice music choices, too, I think. Grateful for your video!

Yeah I have been trying to learn Japanese since 2018. I never really remember much kanji especially when they are by themselves without context. At this point I am content with knowing furigana. I wasted years attempting to learn Kanji with RTK and anki. 😅

I think this is great, the only thing for me is that I find myself not knowing how to look up kanji I don't know (if furigana is not used). What do you suggest? I just use apps and dictionaries, but it tires me out because I might spend so much time searching:(

I study kanji at the same time I read books. To read books or texts I follow some strategies: 1. I try to read as fast as possible without using the dictionary. I call this "fast reading". I try to guess the meaning of unknown words from the context. I simply ignore whatever I don't understand. 2. I read the book again consulting the dictionary for every unknown word. By unknown word I mean any word whose meaning or pronunciation or inflection or conjugation I don't know or don't remember. This is the "slow reading". Even though it is much slower than the first reading, I don't read the entire book again, I only read the interesting or important parts of the book. So the second reading may actually be faster than the first reading. 3. If the text is in Japanese, at the slow reading I write down every kanji I find on the text. I simply copy the kanji. If I don't know the stroke order I consult a kanji dictionary. I may write down on paper or simply mentally. I just imagine I am writing or I may write with just my fingers.

推薦状ってさ。。。日本語の先生でも書きがたい言葉なんだ。自分の先生に”すみません先生、recommendation letterの日本語は何？”と聞いたら、黒板で”推せん状”と書いた。この漢字は外国人にとって虐めだろう。。。

I plan to learn writing after i get to at least n1 level, because you dont really need writing for jplt.

Good video.

I don't usually leave commentaries on videos but I just wanted to post one on this one because I find that it's a really helpful one. Sure the content is not the best video quality or the sayings clear in one go every time but it speaks from true experience and I think this is one of the best "how to master japanese" videos. I do read almost everyday nhk Web made easy but it lacks difficulties some time. The eye catches too easily the furiganas. I still gave konbini women to finish. I think I'll restart it thanks to this video. I'll let you know when it's finished and how it helped me. If no answers for me it surely is because I didn't follow my challenge all the way. Either way thanks for the video 🙌

Great video, but sorry, are you brazilian? Your accent is SO familiar lololol

ううん｡｡｡ブラジル人ではましょうか？

Great advice! Thank you for sharing your experience. Although I don’t “need” to learn to write kanji. I find it immensely improves my memory of the character. Also I love the artistry of it.

Hello, CZcamsr. It was good to get insight from your video. From the next video, I would like to know about the experience living in Japan.

i know like 800 kanji and have average grammar. intermediate level i suppose. any good book recommendations? i probs would enjoy history or mystery books the most. bonus points if i can have them ship to Australia

I’ve just started learning Japanese and am grateful for this video! Thank you for your content ! がんばて😊