Back in April of this year, I announced Jalup would be ending on September 1st, 2022 (with a possible extension to the end of the year). It is way past September 1st, and it is nearing the end of year. Is the delete button imminent? Not quite… Since the announcement, I’ve received a ton of comments and emails expressing gratitude, support, and some sadness. One … Continue reading →
See updates following this announcement. See current status. It’s been almost a year since I’ve written the last post on Jalup. What a long break… but as some of you might have started to suspect, I’ve decided to close down Japanese Level Up. Why? 2 years ago, I initially talked about why I decided to take a break from the blog section of the site. … Continue reading →
A few updates to discuss! Jalup App – User Notes This is a huge feature update for the Jalup app (currently iOS only). The ability to add your own personal user notes to every card. This adds a new level of customization to your cards. This can be used to remind yourself of something important, list little discoveries that you make on subsequent reviews, add … Continue reading →
***Update*** Thank you so much to everyone that contributed! The first 1,000 audio files for Jalup Expert have now been completed, and sent out to the people who made the pre-order and own Jalup Expert. A bunch of Expert content has been updated as well, and the structure of the cards now resembles the other deck updates. Refer to this post on how to update … Continue reading →
Update 1: Stories Beginner Audio Jalup Stories Beginner now has audio! This was a common request from a long time ago, and something that I’ve finally got around to doing. Yuki outdid herself on the audio for these stories, and it adds a nice touch to them. Each story is its own separate audio file (5 in total), and should help bring new life to … Continue reading →
Over the years I periodically take the time to ask all the followers of Jalup for some feedback and suggestions for the future of Jalup. It’s been over a year and half since the last time I did this, which means I am way overdue for this post. Sometimes I get lost in my own mind on what I should be writing and creating here, and … Continue reading →
A new round of updates about what’s going on here right now. Intermediate Audio Jalup Intermediate now has full high quality audio for all the Anki cards. If you purchase any Anki decks from here on out, you will have the audio. For those of you who already have the Intermediate Anki decks, and want the new audio version, please use the following link. After … Continue reading →
It’s been long overdue. The Jalup Anki decks started in 2013. While they have continually been updated and upgraded over the years, I wanted to really wanted to overhaul them in a major way. So what’s new? I’ll break down the updates by deck: Kana Conqueror 1. Audio is completely redone and in high quality. 2. Kana appears now as furigana over kanji, instead of (parentheses), … Continue reading →
