I think all Japanese learners develop a deep love for kanji eventually. While you may not feel that way just yet, as your Japanese grows with your kanji knowledge, so does a strong everlasting bond. But even more than this, you learn how key kanji is to unlocking the essence of the language. The more, the better. And so comes an important question asked by … Continue reading →
Remembering The Kanji (RTK): A beautiful masterpiece of a study method that has revolutionized the way Japanese learners progress through the unavoidable Kanji hurdle which you must face. One of the major elements of the JALUP method, and part of the beautiful trio of Anki and RTK/J-E/J-J. This is best place you can start your early leveling right from the beginning. But wait . . … Continue reading →
Upon request from a few readers who were struggling with the amount of time it took to set up the Anki deck the way I recommended, I’ve decided to upload my own personal Anki kanji deck to this site for people to use. This deck takes the lengthy and difficult changes I’ve made over the years and provides it to you in one easy to … Continue reading →
Remembering the Kanji (RTK) is a great method but it has 2 fatal flaws. The way to solve the first flaw of similar keywords was discussed in one of my earliest posts, Using Anki to Master Japanese 1: Becoming the Kanji King. This next flaw is equally significant: RTK has too many useless kanji. I’m aware that the concept behind RTK is to order the … Continue reading →
I think everyone who studies Japanese has a love-hate relationship with kanji. They look cool, they have so much meaning packed into so little, and they are a challenge to conquer. Yet there are so many times when you curse their very existence. Now if you’ve finished RTK, have gotten through a significant number of Anki sentences, and are progressing with your studies quite well, … Continue reading →
Here’s a quick useful speaking technique that you don’t learn in a textbook, but is something you should really know from early on in your studies. Sometimes if you just know the kanji to a word, you can figure out what the word is. Other times you know the word, but it’s just not clicking. You don’t really need to ask over and over, “what … Continue reading →
I felt I should explain more how I personally used Anki to success. Before you read any further, check out the Anki website which provides tutorials on the basics, and even has videos taking you through the mechanics of how to use the program. I’ve gone through a lot of trial and error to figure out what works best, and since I’ve been using Anki … Continue reading →
