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IOB 11/02/2023 at 8:31 am on 7 Ways Japan Is A Cereal Lover’s Worst NightmareI also don’t know why Japan is so cruel to cereal lovers - don’t tell me it’s unwitting coincidence/ bad luck! At least in the year 2023 you can mix the puritan low sugar (bland) granola with the regular (diabetes) granola , throw in some...
Mike Hartman 10/22/2023 at 5:02 am on Why Every Japanese Learner Needs Degawa TetsurouI've seen him on TV and in Commercials. I didn't know his name. I saw him in a parking lot just a couple of days ago and gave him the recognition look. He was smiling maybe because a Gaijin recognized him and his personality is...
Dan 09/13/2023 at 7:10 am on Why I Stopped Looking at Reviews DueThis may be worth recommending as an easy app update to Nihongo Lessons. I would try toggling off seeing reviews left while doing them. I'll try putting a sticking on my phone covering it up for a fun experiment.
Noxsora 09/12/2023 at 7:21 pm on Jalup HeroI was confused by the audio [sound:3247.mp3]. Apparently the word used is a synonym, so I changed the meaning to "関わり:交わり: 付き合い。交際。" so I would practice まじわり and かかわり
SG 07/21/2023 at 1:04 am on 7 Ways the JLPT is Drastically Changing this YearBut it says March 31
JDasterd 07/03/2023 at 6:53 am on Reading Others’ Handwriting: The Ultimate WeaknessWhile I think there is a level difference in writing Japanese, there are difference with how you lift your pencil or brush or whatever instrument you use. This is just as important as stroke order and if you do either incorrectly it shows. Without doing...
Ed Zolta 06/12/2023 at 10:40 am on The Really Good Japanese Electronic Music GuideFound this melodic techno track in japanese, pretty cool https://www.mixcloud.com/Thomas_Spare/ https://open.spotify.com/artist/48iwARVx6JwdWwQIBUA2oY
ペレグリン 06/02/2023 at 8:05 am on Why are you Studying Japanese?My motivation is simple: my best friend promised me that, if I survived cancer, then we would go and visit Japan for at least one month. I survived, so we plan to go in Spring 2024. Now I want to learn as much Japanese as...
Al 05/21/2023 at 7:10 am on Why you should be Watching 出川哲朗の充電させてもらえませんかHi adam, I watch the series lately and I like it. I also love the song theme but do you know what the song is? Al Yogyakarta - Indonesia
Shane 05/14/2023 at 1:46 am on Finding The Best Method To Learn Japanese: Choose Your FighterOMG, it's been long since the last time I played Tekken. lol
Ellie 04/25/2023 at 9:42 am on 7 Ways the JLPT is Drastically Changing this YearI somehow ended up here from Google and this made me not want to apply to JLPT for like a month until I came back and read it was an April fool's joke ToT
Nihon Scope 04/19/2023 at 7:43 am on Does Studying Hard Really Guarantee you Fluency?Good points! I found that putting yourself in a position where you have to speak/hear Japanese really power levels the mind with Japanese. Living in the Japanese country side and then being stranded here by a lunatic boss certainly puts a fire under you. I...
orbweaver 04/15/2023 at 4:29 pm on The Difficulty Level Guide Of Everything JapaneseI'm not sure, but here are two other anime difficult lists I use: * https://learnjapaneseanime.com/anime-recommendations/ * https://jpdb.io/anime-difficulty-list This one is machine-learning generated, so it's not always very reliable (it thinks S1 of SAO is a 7/10 difficulty)
JOANNE 03/27/2023 at 7:25 pm on Study vs. Immersion – Which is More Important Daily?I think immersion is much more important than just studying. So I usually think in a Japanese language way while I am speaking Japanese. And I like to practice speaking and listening rather than writing and reading. Because I can be much more immersed in...
Dennis V 03/22/2023 at 2:04 pm on The Ultimate Resource For Mastering Japanese GrammarDoes anyone know if this J-J version is written from the perspective of Japanese as taught in Japanese schools? Or do they still try to explain to a Japanese language learner using foreigner grammar perspectives like you would find in your typical learner textbooks? I'm...
Alissa 03/14/2023 at 8:57 pm on You Have a Bad Memory – Now What?I feel like you should also add in the factors of genetics when it comes with bad memory. Because of my father and his genetics, I have trouble goings from short term to long term memory and that causes me to struggle in lots of...
Noxsora 02/19/2023 at 8:02 pm on Should I Use Kana or Romaji Input on my Phone?A big reason I use the kana flick is so I don't type on the wrong keyboard. I had romaji on my iPad in 2016. I used it to type emojis, cause at that time the Japanese predicitive text included kao and emojis but the...
Tyler 02/06/2023 at 2:00 pm on You Failed the JLPT – Now What?If you enjoy learning Japanese don't quit. Test taking and endurance is a huge part of the JLPT and that has a weak correlation to true proficiency so there is a chance you are just getting in your own way mentally when taking the exam....
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.