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Shree 01/22/2023 at 10:45 pm on You Failed the JLPT – Now What?Hi, I am a high school student and I had 3 attempts in jlpt n5. And I failed in 2 attempts already. Just now I got my result for my 3rd attempt, and I failed in that too with a difference of 14 marks. I...
lindseu 12/04/2022 at 10:42 am on The Really Good Japanese Electronic Music GuideOn my. Polysics are out of this world. I saw them perform about 2010, really ace. The festival vibe changed from relaxed curious to wild! I love the videos too.
Robert Tighe 12/02/2022 at 7:41 am on The End of Jaluphttps://japaneselevelup.com/the-not-end-of-jalup/ This makes me happy and motivated to buy more jalup levels on Android. Thanks for sticking around...for now anyway.
Samantha Makishima 12/01/2022 at 11:48 am on My Long Summer at an Intensive Language Immersion SchoolThis was a really insightful article to read. I am planning on attending the Chinese School this coming summer and it was good to see an article that is actually critically of the experience so I know what to expect. For me personally, I am...
Ruban 11/10/2022 at 10:38 am on The End of JalupHi everyone, I stumbled upon wakarukana.com just now, which seems to be down, and reached this post while looking for an alternative. Does anyone know if the site was archived anywhere? Thanks
k1t3 10/26/2022 at 9:05 am on The Difficulty Level Guide Of Everything JapaneseIs there an updated version? Because that would be amazing :)
Jonathan 10/17/2022 at 9:49 pm on The End of JalupVery happy to see that even now the site is still up and Adam is even (gasp) working on a solution to the restore bug on iOS 16. I know the site and everything jalup is closing and Adam is moving on, but even seeing...
Chris Vasselli 10/14/2022 at 6:52 pm on The End of JalupHey all, sorry for the radio silence. I promise I'm still hard at work on the Jalup integration with Nihongo. I just posted a quick update on the Nihongo blog: https://blog.nihongo-app.com/quick-update-on-jalup-integration-2/
John 10/11/2022 at 3:57 pm on Why Programmers like Japanese & Japanese Learners like ProgrammingI disagree. While you do have to memorize a lot for Japanese, most of what you have to memorize are the various symbols that represent different things. I think the idea of encoding meaning in symbols are just how operators work. Actually, I think the...
SB 10/08/2022 at 12:49 pm on The End of JalupHas anyone archived the blog posts on the Internet Archive aka Wayback Machine? It would be a shame to lose this wonderful resource.
Simple Gaijin 09/10/2022 at 10:53 am on The End of JalupI've been a big fan of your work... even if the whole "level" thing was a bit sus. Best of luck to you, Adam.
Balkiria 09/09/2022 at 9:04 am on What’s The Best Age To Learn Japanese?Can I learn Japanese without kanji or any form of writing? I have a guest house and just want to be able to know some basic Japanese to get by...greet guests, give addresses and the like?
just passing through 09/07/2022 at 7:15 pm on The End of JalupI never actually used the Jalup decks/cards (sorry!) but your blog posts provided a lot of insight and motivation to me when I was starting out learning Japanese 4-5 years ago. I haven't been on here in a while but I was reminded of this...
Jaclyn 09/05/2022 at 7:02 pm on Should I Major in Japanese in College?*eventually study in Japan for a few years
rexi 09/02/2022 at 12:52 pm on Use J-Drama Audience Ratings to Find Interesting Showsany idea for a replacement site to artv since they don't update since 2022
Adam 09/01/2022 at 3:50 pm on The End of JalupRefer to newest update at the top :)
Kou 08/31/2022 at 7:48 am on The End of JalupEnd of the website tomorrow? Or is it being extended to the end of the year?
Jiafu 08/29/2022 at 10:48 am on You Failed the JLPT – Now What?Hi, i just failed N4 for the second time. The first time i admit i didn't really prepared it and because i fell sick for a long time ... but anyway it was okay i missed it with 13 points. until i fail again, after...
Dominik 08/05/2022 at 2:11 am on The End of JalupI feel like this will become the sad pivotal point in my character development story.. When I'm facing tough Japanese battles, I will think back about how my mentor-blog one day disappeared and I'm working hard to reach those heights of proficiency I looked up...
Brian 07/16/2022 at 3:59 pm on The End of JalupIt's not exactle what you wanted, but the wayback machine has pretty complete archives of the blog content eg: https://web.archive.org/web/20220531192408/https://japaneselevelup.com/blog/
Jim 07/15/2022 at 3:54 am on The End of JalupIs there some way to download an archive of all the articles?
Evan 07/04/2022 at 4:47 am on The End of JalupI am saddened to hear that this site will be shutting down, but I completely understand. The site has been a great resource, and I appreciate the advice you have provided. I don't think I would be at the level I am at now without...
David 06/24/2022 at 2:04 am on Why you Can’t Understand Japanese Song LyricsI’m been learning japanese by myself for a few years now, songs are a nightmare indeed, all my Japanese friends say so too, recently I started reading manga, after achieving a natural speed reading level I wanted to tune even more my reading skills by...
Snake 06/22/2022 at 7:07 pm on The End of JalupWondering if someone here knows of a way to transfer User Notes (not progress) from the app to Anki ?
Emily 06/19/2022 at 10:24 am on The End of JalupJalup formed the core of my Japanese learning when I was a high school student fired up about studying Japanese. I graduated college a little more than a year ago, and still remember Jalup very fondly. The principles I learned here nearly a decade ago—the...
TheJapanCode 06/17/2022 at 3:51 pm on The End of JalupAs an old fan, I'm really sad about this, although I fully understand. I really hope you will keep the site up in the end! Even now I still go back and re-read some articles here and there, especially the media recommendations, or the "rev...
Friend 06/08/2022 at 8:50 pm on The End of JalupAdam, I'm so sorry to hear that Jalup is shutting down, but I feel honored that I got to learn Japanese with you and this wonderful community. I'm glad that you're doing what's best for you and your family and that your work will live...
John 06/04/2022 at 9:20 pm on Should I Use Kana or Romaji Input on my Phone?Don’t know about android but the Japanese kana keyboard on apple comes with a 10 key keyboard for Roman letters that can be flicked the same way
Manan 05/31/2022 at 7:02 pm on The End of JalupWow...all I can say is I'll never forget my time with Jalup and the community. Learning aside, I got to chat with fun people back in the day line chat was active, and I'll always remember those times fondly. Good luck with whatever comes next!...
Todd G 05/27/2022 at 10:26 pm on The End of JalupI'm sad for future generations of Japanese learners: they'll never experience the power that was JALUP. Your flash cards were so perfectly developed and executed using i+1, stripping the necessary nuts and bolts of grammar and vocabulary from boring textbooks and making the journey fun...
Victoria 05/25/2022 at 6:34 am on The End of JalupI haven’t commented in a LONG time, but want to say THANK YOU for everything! I started learning Japanese 8 years ago - and started JALUP 7 years ago. I just moved back from A 3.5 year stay in Japan, which included 2 years of...
Max 05/24/2022 at 11:51 am on What Would You Do If You Woke Up Fluent In Japanese?I'd probably start recording myself saying random things in Japanese and playing it all back just for fun.
Tufu 05/15/2022 at 9:05 pm on The End of JalupI've always lurked around this site and haven't really used the jalup service itself, but I just wanted to say that these blog posts changed my experience with Japanese. I don't know of I ever would have learned about anki, RTK, tips on how to...