I really don't like how genki books are organised. Not user-friendly. Confusing.

I would like to do something the same I do prefer to focus on a language comprehension before my language production so, I think your experience and explaining how this textbook is structured is really helpful thank you so much

I have 294 reviews on Wanikani rn so I'm ready to do them along with you! I'm 3 years late but I'm hoping this'll help me to get them all done. :) I'll update here as I go!

I started Genki 1 in late 2013...made it as far as chapter 8 (no kanji) in 2021 & gave up. I'm back on chapter 8 again, this time I learned the kanji!!!

I’m sick on lesson 1 got 3 days now even though I’m getting perfect score. His to move to next lesson?

ive referenced this video at least 3 times re setting up my wani kani on different computers over time lmao. I wanted to make sure to let you know that this was really helpful and you are super appreciated.

also for anyone complaining about the deck being gone just search up its name and one or two tried and true copies will come up

attempting this on mobile and the only thing I couldn’t change was the new interval. it was set at “1,00” and I couldn’t change it to anything else I tried lol plus the settings on mobile are say “1,31” instead of “131%” HAHAHA thank you for your help ❤️‍🔥 you made anki less frightening and dreadful

どもありがとございます

Best and most underrated Japanese learning channel 🥹

I got ginpachi sensei a light novel just I only just started learning Japanese full stop

this is so real thank you

is this AI? shes just typing entire words with her mind?

Thanks finally i know how to use this app because of you. This app is just too complex for me

thank you so much!!

Very helpful, Alivia! I will give them a go. I'm 77 y o male in Texas and have been "learning" Japanese for 40 years. Lately, I have listened to Yoshie, a Japanese lady living in Paraguay. Also to Miru, who is a little ol' lady who has interesting topics about Japan (not the walk-around random lesson, but usually a topic like honne vs tatemae.) Yuka has a new series where she takes a snippet of live conversation with a store salesperson or a cafe hostess in unscripted conversations. These conversations have the advantage of using polite words, shortened words, filler words, and technical words all in one salad, and then she analyzes every little ne? to show what it means. All in Japanese, although she also speaks very fluent Chinese on some videos. Thanks for the new sources. I agree with your opinion about youtube being the best resource. I love kanji and it is also improving as I listen to. It also helps to anchor new vocabulary if I have a visual that is familiar. KZbin helps tons. I love your enthusiasm and helpfulness. Keep it coming!

That’s crazy $22k for 4 books

Hi Alivia, please come back, I really wish I can watch more videos from your chanel.

Please come back, I love your videos, It makes me feel motivated.

The pronunciation is brutal.

Are there online MP3s or audio files in place of the CDs? Both my desktop and laptop PCs don’t have a CD drive

Hello, I just started and have watched a few of your videos and plan to watch more. Thank you so much for all your help because even though I was excited a few times I was like UGH already nah lolol. Then I came across your videos and so far you are number two on my list besides an instructor who teaches Japanese. Keep up the good work and I hope I see more form you soon")

Anyone have the link for the ankindeck? Link in description doesn't work :(

Slow down. Who cares how quickly and superficially someone else can do something ? SRS takes time to burn an entry into your memory. Have a life and do other things while SRS works its magic. Expect Genki 1 to take 3-4 months. Genki 2 may take 5-6 months. If you do it all in a year, that's great; Think of how much you will have learned ! You will probably also be doing WaniKani (at a setting of about 5 words per day) to learn the Kanji at the same time. If you try to go faster than that, the reviews will build up and crush you. You won't have any time left to learn the grammar with Genki. You will start to dread learning Japanese and that's not good. A karate teacher put an empty glass on an outdoor table and asked me to fill it. I used a pitcher of water and slowly filled the glass. I didn't spill a drop, but I left room so the glass could be raised without spilling. Then, the teacher demonstrated what happens when you try to fill the glass with a fire hose. The glass shattered when it hit the wall 20 feet away. In the end, there was no water in the glass. You are the glass... choose your approach wisely. How many of you are in such a hurry, you are attempting the fire hose approach to learning Japanese? The mascot of WaniKani is a tortoise. Can you guess why ? Yes, grasshopper... The tortoise beats the hare in the end. (Every freakin' time.) If you keep crawling along, eventually you will get there and there probably won't be any rabbits at the finish line. It takes years to learn something as complex as Japanese. Set a reasonable pace and celebrate your progress as you go. In a year, you will be miles ahead of the speedsters who got behind on reviews, got depressed, and had their motivation totally destroyed. They will all be out failing at some new project as you move toward your goal with discipline and calmness. Slow down and you will get there. People who brag about doing it quickly are usually full of 5hit. They often are the ones who had many false starts and finally made it 20 years after they first began. When they say they did it in a year, they leave out the part where they started over a decade ago and restated last year. It's kind of like the pregnant women who have their baby and then report a miraculous 50 pound weight loss in a few months to sell their new diet plan.

I started Wanikani yesterday, and today I'm not getting any new lessons, and 0 reviews. Why?

Hope you’re doing good Alivia. ❤

Why do I need to learn vocabulary before learning kanji? Doesn't Wanikani teach kanji AS WELL as vocabulary?

how are you able to telepathically write the answers in wanikani?

Your video was very detailed..thank you.. What are the steps to sync this to mobile so that I get notifications of cards and see the cards on my phone every day

You're the best, thanks

Should i know all basic hiragana before starting genki? I have genki and know 90% of hiragana. But should i not start it until im perfect with hiragana?

im kinda trying to prepare for my college japanese class. think ill do ok doing this before it i got 25ish days before classes start so i kinda wanna prepare a bit for it :3 i dont know if well use genki yet but least i want to get my self rdy

FYI, "Kanji" is pronounced "kon-ji".

The deck that you're linking to appears to be gone :(

Super helpful video. Thank you!

Very helpful, thanks.

THAT IS REALLY NORMAL IN GOD WHAT I REIGHN TIME WHOLE AS GOD'S GRACE JESUS

I watched almost the first full hour. You know a lot of words I don't know yet, but then there were also some words that you had to look up that I already know. Although, you likely know them by now if you've kept on studying. 😋 All in all, kudos for grinding away at this and looking up tons of words. I'm trying to play in Japanese now, and I just don't have the patience to look up every word I don't know. 😅

3:04 I can't find the book that is on top on that frame, can someone give me the entire title, please?

what is it called now ?

Wait how come your Genki books look so aesthetic? I want that version 😅

Hey could you do a video on kanji stroke order user script

Thanks for making this tutorial. I started this program by myself and didn't know wtf I was doing, it just gave me a blue screen that said 'ground' and I had no idea wtf I was supposed to do, lol. Now it makes a little more sense.

Appreciate the video. Would you consider please doing it all over again with the correct pronunciation? That would make it much more credible as a long term resource for your channel.

This may seem like a strange comment in the scope of learning the language, but get your book SPIRAL BOUND so that it stays open and flat for you. I guarantee it will help you focus!

if only wanikani was free

It's probably me but, Alivia, why do you have to speak so quickly?

You know you're saying Kanji wrong and it's not even a hard correction to make. It's honestly disrespectful to the language.

Will learning the 2k/6k Anki deck first be beneficial for genki? Or even like halfway through? Or should I just straight up start the book?

How did you learn spanish