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Adam 09/14/2020 at 7:55 pm on How Many New Anki Cards a Day?You could try this post: https://japaneselevelup.com/what-level-are-you/ Not sure what you mean by J-E. Do you mean Jalup Beginner? If so, yes it teaches you grammar. Tae Kim is also a source many people find useful :) A 09/13/2020 at 8:58 pm on How Many New Anki Cards a Day?How do you find your Japanese level? And does J-E teach grammar or should I learn from Tae Kim's website?
jay 09/10/2020 at 3:02 pm on Have a Japanese Conversation with Siriits out for the iphones now
Jia Han Xie 09/09/2020 at 3:36 pm on How To Survive Remembering The Kanji (RTK)Well good luck. 頑張って．I am currently at 680 and i've been doing about 15 a day along with immersion. How far are you now?
Chow Yun Fat 09/07/2020 at 11:23 pm on 7 Things I’ve Learned Speed Running JalupI always set high goals as well and the result is amazing, but I had no job,no friends, I read khatzumotos AJATT and I did, 24/7 Japanese for a year and was no where near fluent, even after 3 hours study a day for 3...
- Adam 09/07/2020 at 6:50 pm on 7 Things I’ve Learned Speed Running JalupI’ve posted myself and posted others’ power leveling stories for years on this site. Breaking the norms, learning faster than others claim you can, and attempting the seemingly impossible. I do balance this out though with making sure to show the other side of these...
Bradley 09/07/2020 at 10:26 am on 7 Things I’ve Learned Speed Running JalupHey Chow Yun Fat! Thanks for reading my article and commenting :) Sorry to hear you feel the way you do. I didn't want to come off as a "guru" with my tips here, but I felt that they were relevant as I had uncovered...Skeve 09/07/2020 at 8:42 am on How Long Does it Take to Learn Japanese?Question! They said "Reading Manga" Do they mean like reading Japanese languaged manga or English languaged manga? I would be thankful if someone gives me a answer
Chow Yun Fat 09/06/2020 at 8:01 pm on 7 Things I’ve Learned Speed Running JalupIts impossible to be anywhere near fluent in six months even if you immerse 24/7. You're just setting yourself up for disappointment. Not trying to negative but six months is just so unrealistic. A year from now when u can't even understand a kids anime...
Jared 09/06/2020 at 8:08 am on Achieving Your Japanese Goals – September 20201. Finish くまクマ熊ベアー Vol 3 and 4 2. Start the 青春ブタ野郎は series 3. Keep sentence mining the 青春ブタ野郎は series 4. Keep mining shows alongside that adding 10 cards a day from things like 軽音, おおかみこどもの雨と雪, 青春ブタ野郎は映画, etc. 5. Watch 12 eps of shows a day...
Sakura 09/03/2020 at 3:10 pm on Achieving Your Japanese Goals – September 2020I know I'm late, but better late then never! 1) Do at LEAST one Japanesepod101 lesson a day. 2) Reach your xp goal on duolingo everyday. I want to be n5 level by the end of the month, I'm really close!
laddr 08/29/2020 at 4:24 pm on Achieving Your Japanese Goals – August 2020Awesome glad to hear hello talk went well. I felt like it was so hard writing in Japanese at first but you will progress quickly. Still hard but feels way more natural now. If you want to find more partners and up output try doing...
yass 08/29/2020 at 11:11 am on Achieving Your Japanese Goals – September 2020I think I have a working scheme here. So more of the same 1) Create and add at least 5 selfmade cards each day. If I somehow manage to run out use Jalup Master instead. If I keep up the pace of creating new cards...
Korrey 08/29/2020 at 5:56 am on Achieving Your Japanese Goals – September 2020My goals are to 1. Get a better grasp of Japanese Grammar 2. Do 150 cards of Situations Beginner To accomplish these I plan on 1. Doing 5 cards of Situations a day. 2. Continuing to do my daily reviews 3. Reading 2 articles of...
Josh J. 08/27/2020 at 7:21 pm on Achieving Your Japanese Goals – September 2020I've started yet again, and I think why I always quit is due to a lack of tangible progression, so my goal is pretty hefty. My goal is to complete Jalup Beginner and the first 1000 cards of Kanji Kingdom by the end of September,...
Gervais 08/27/2020 at 6:27 pm on Achieving Your Japanese Goals – September 2020I meant 2021
Paul 08/26/2020 at 10:48 pm on My Switch from Audible Japan to Audiobook.jpbut audiobook.jp has like MAYBE ten books on it. It's garbage.
Andrew 08/26/2020 at 6:47 am on When Do You Stop Adding New Cards To Anki?Hey Analogman. If you find it still a tad agonizing to do reviews, why not lower your new card count? The max I do is 10 new cards a day and my reviews stay at an average of 85 a day which takes about half...
Analogman 08/24/2020 at 2:43 pm on When Do You Stop Adding New Cards To Anki?Hey Sakura, I ain't Adam but since I went through the same issue you're having right now I thought I'd share my experience with you, maybe it's helpful. When I started learning Japanese, I tried the core deck too and I also found it just...
Sakura 08/20/2020 at 2:07 pm on When Do You Stop Adding New Cards To Anki?I got the Japanese core 2000 deck but it takes me an hour each day to complete and it is hard to remember anything from it (possibly because it is agony going though it). Is there something I forgot to do? (sorry for posting this...
- Bradley 08/20/2020 at 10:16 am on 7 Things I’ve Learned Speed Running JalupThanks, Yass! Glad to hear I'm not alone with the Kanji struggle :P I do plan to learn to produce them, but I wanted to focus more on the sentences and getting into more fun things quicker as I need lots of input. I'll keep...
- Bradley 08/20/2020 at 10:11 am on 7 Things I’ve Learned Speed Running JalupHey Sakura! A couple of thoughts: 1) You can buy Beginner (cheaper) and if you find that to not be helpful continuing forward, Adam has a generous return policy in which you can email him for a refund. 2) Depending on your goals, Jalup may...
Noxsora 08/20/2020 at 7:33 am on Is Becoming A Casual Learner Of Japanese Worth It?I've been a casual for the past 8 years. I would study an hour a week for 5 months- then stop for 6 months then study an hour a week for 5 months. I got accepted into the JET program in May and I want...
May Zin 08/20/2020 at 4:09 am on My Experience Competing in a Japanese Speech ContestHi, where can I watch your speech?
Sakura 08/19/2020 at 8:28 pm on 7 Things I’ve Learned Speed Running JalupI used Jalup up until it costed money. I don't have enough money to spend on it, but I did learn a lot from it. I was on Jalup beginner and I am level 5, what do you recommend I do?
- Adam 08/14/2020 at 6:25 pm on 7 Things I’ve Learned Speed Running JalupSee this post for reference on what Jalup deck levels prepare you for what JLPT levels (the comments section provides some great insight!) https://japaneselevelup.com/levels-jlpt-jalup-decks-prepare/