Kiki on Why I’m Quitting Anki after 12 YearsI'm someone that's admittedly starting Anki with my first self-taught language and it's an odd one: Ainu. I'm going to use it in conjunction with the Drops app/website. Drops seems good at getting you to...
KL on Why you Should be Excited About the Sequel to 結婚できない男I m very disappointed that Yui Natsukawa did not return for “he who can’t marry 2”..... what a pity! Season 1 was a great show! The chemistry between the main actor and the main actress...
Matt on You Hate Remembering The Kanji (RTK) — Now What?95% retention rate with 200 cards a day? 200 cards a day with 10-20 mins review time is 50 hours. Only 24 hours in a day dude. No one believe this dude he is toxic...
Samantha Lane on Survivorship Bias while Learning JapaneseWhen you read postapocalyptic YA sci-fi (like the 5th Wave or Pure) do you think, "yeah, that's me! I'll survive, I'll the hero" or "Oh, dear! I'm going to die along with almost everyone else."...
Lily on Survivorship Bias while Learning JapaneseThe bright side of learning something like a language is that if you crash and burn you are not dead, so you can try again. As long as you learn from your mistakes and fail...
How Much does the Method Matter?
The endless search for the best method. The one that works so well that you can cut off months or ...
The Risk vs. Reward of Choosing a Fast Study Pace – Is it Worth it?
Answer the following question. Which path would you choose: 1. Try to become fluent in Japanese in 2 years, with ...
Why Pay Money when you can Learn Japanese for Free?
One of the worst decisions I made for my Japanese was accepting a $20,000 scholarship for Japanese classes and materials ...
Jalup Intermediate was Hard – Getting Through it Made me Feel Invincible
The most important part of my journey has been driving down the J-J lane. I’m not a speedrunner but I ...
Jalup 10 Year Anniversary
It has been 10 years since I started Jalup, and I thought I would take this moment to look back ...
My Covid Year on the JET Program as a Coordinator for International Relations
When it comes to learning Japanese people have a wide variety of reasons for starting. For some people it’s the ...
Achieving Your Japanese Goals – November 2020
We all have goals, big and small. Things get in the way, preventing you from achieving them. Not any more. This ...
Jalup App – Champion & Master Fundraiser
Update 11/6/2020Thank you so much to everyone who contributed to this fundraiser. It means a lot to me seeing that ...
