1.5 Years To JLPT N1 - A Timeline

[@MigakuOfficial]

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[@godysea7]

I'm 6 years into learning Japanese, and passed N2 last December. In my learning journey there was only 5 months that I could focus only on Japanese. Reaching N1 in 1.5 years sounds so crazy to me 🤣 but I enjoy learning slowly, because it doesn't feel like a chore. Lately I haven't been studying much, but I'm studying for my driving license, so I still learn a lot new vocab and train my reading.

[@studyinginthedesert7690]

Stevi is my inspiration for hitting 5 hours a day immersion for the past month +. I'm hoping to carry this momentum to the doorstep of fluency!

[@studyinginthedesert7690]

@Megumin Fell off but kept listening to at least an hour of Ranma 1/2 as passive immersion every day. Went through the series about 10 times, and now my level is high enough to make 20 new Anki cards a day (even some i+3) a breeze. Now I have so much of a foundation as an intermediate learner that going a bit more hardcore for another half year or so should be pretty painless.

[@queanscourt]

This was such a reaffirming and informative video. I was basically on track like this until my "build-up" phase was prolonged because of uni/life/internships. I was still reading news and tweets here and there, but couldn't find time to fully commit to the MT & daily sentence mining. I felt like I had completely lost track and wouldn't fully recover, but ik i can make up this summer to finally hone down to pass into "sustaining" my immersion & MT. Again, Thank you for making this!!!!!!!

[@bobfranklin2572]

So ya boy is officially part of the team now? Daaamn Migaku keeps them sweet.

[@PatChatGC]

Awesome video! I'd totally watch a sequel where you go through the rest of your journey so far in the same style. Really enjoyed this! Glad to see you joining the Migaku team, too! Great move for all parties involved!

[@koyo3376]

This is hands down the most helpful video for learning Japanese I've seen. Thanks!

[@KanjiEater]

I've been waiting a long time for this. Thank you. Stevi, please have my babies.

[@stevijs2871]

Only if I get to decide the names. UwU

[@巻木トリスタン]

i personally stopped studing to pass an exam and i just started to enjoy the language, i will be honest with you all, this language can take you up to 5 years to master, i been studing this languages for almost three years, and im sure you can do the N1 in two years or less i studied a lot back then, i was ahead of my class, my weak point was reading and because of that i failed getting the n4 though i was close to pass it 16 points or so in my first year, my reccomendation is if you read you will pass it easily, most of people can be good with grammar and vocabulary as me, im about to get my third year studing japanesse on august and im just enjoying it, even if i spend 4 hours or 1 hour studing in my opinion its better to enjoy the languages than stress yourself so be honest with you and if you can not read news or a book come back to it later when you have a higher level, just enjoy the language

[@英語わかりません]

Copium

[@glenaldoevito]

@@英語わかりません lolol

[@sadremisc4662]

1 year in class and you can't pass n4?? you were definitely not ahead of your class lol

[@subkulturebeats]

Thanks Stevi, greatly appreciate this!🙏🏽

[@DouglasSilva-ys6lw]

Thank you for sharing more with us Steve, someone should really create a complete blogpost out of this video with all the numbers and details.

[@mattice9083]

Immerse til midnight? Then get up at 6? Jesus lol

[@Chilltbuerger]

I can relate to the things you did when you started. I started learning Japanese around three months ago and will finish the first volume of RTK tomorrow. I'm planning to remember the Kanji in RTK 3rd Volume after that. I think it really helps with remembering vocabular in general in the long run, although it's incredibly painful to keep going sometimes. Right now it takes around 1,5 h to review the Kanji every morning and around 1,5 h to add around 25 new ones before I go to bed adding up to 3h/day. During the first 2 months I started watching anime with just Japanes subtitles to get a feeling for the language, but now that I'm hooked I use it to mine vocab for my Anki deck using 10ten reader and yomichan. I will look at the Japanese subtitles first and after that check the English subs. Right now I'm mostly using 1 sided decks, meaning I just look at the word written in Kanji to figure out the meaning and reading. I use the Genki textbooks and Rocket Japanese Online course as well every now and then, but I would only recommend the latter if you have too much money on your hands.

[@jboops6664]

you showed us what is possible now it's up to us...

[@guijapan4329]

I'm doing half his hours and honestly can't do more than that. I'm wondering if I'll be able to get an N1 in 3 years, it would be cool.

[@MigakuOfficial]

Everyone has their own pace, focus on enjoying your journey and finding a sustainable schedule for yourself.

[@painsatisfaction8262]

How's your result?

[@ShadowingListeningWithAnthony]

The power of hard work! Nice Job man! You forgot to add that exercise also helped you with N1, since it improves your ability to learn haha!

[@masao37]

thanks stevi

[@BinhLe-ll5mv]

This is very helpful, thanks for sharing with us!

[@masao37]

wow so you didnt even spend all day on it, must have been insanely focused :O

[@nomorenamesleft]

Thanks a lot for this guys

[@stefanhansen5882]

Super interesting. Thanks!

[@nihongo453]

I started this method on June 1 2022 but i've been studying japanese for a year now so i have advantage on grammar and vocabs

[@quaweeguy]

great breakdown

[@perryschnabel]

Am I wrong to assume that you need some kind of mental condition to be happy while spending your whole day on uni and learning japanese 24 hours a day? I could do his schedule 1 day until feeling exhausted and depressed :D

[@Cathode_Days]

The condition is called enjoyment.

[@templecloud581]

In the beginning, did you create a card vor EVERY unknown word you stumbled upon? And did contain your Anki cards plain text only? And did you experience that through reading your listening skills improved?

[@Jebly_5555]

I was really feeling bad that this guy had dusted me in card count in less time, as well as got his certification. Then the idea popped into my head: "Did he even watch any anime at all?" I didn't hear him say anything about any shows he watched other than occasionally the news and the corny love drama. This guy is intense. One thing is for sure, I've got to build up my reading. I can blow through dozens of volumes of manga but god damn 2 hours a day reading will drive my ADHD brain absolutely insane.

[@BrookeSpeaks]

did you not see his MAL list with dozens of anime

[@danmcdougall4987]

In other videos he has said he watched anime 4 hours straight every single night free flow. Guy is on another level regardless

[@xenouvious9480]

11:16 Jesus, what an example. I haven't slept for three days, hahahahhaa.

[@loomingokinawa1132]

Nothing about this story speaks to me in any level that I can relate. RTK + Tae Kim in 3 months, MT in less than 1 year, "kana should take a few days", routine more optimized than a Sim character, and uni + a job? I wish I felt inspired like so many people, but this trajectory is more telling about Stevie's talent, mindset and discipline than AJATT's strengths.

[@dddaveism]

I learned kana when i was starting over a weekend, i think the method is sound its just keeping up that momentum is the hardest part and sticking to the routine to get those hours in too.

[@CR33D404]

The kana really take days if not hours but i can’t imagine myself doing RTK in 3 month

[@Cathode_Days]

4-5 months is totally achievable for rtk and tae Kim. Just get up earlier.

[@andreasstahl8207]

​@CR33D404 RTK is just a waste of time in this day and age though. Much more effective ways to learn Kanji today while still Immersing in your language. What's the point of learning Kanji separately anyway, Kanji should be learnt in words.

[@Cathode_Days]

@@andreasstahl8207 It's the single most valuable thing I did in the early stages. 3-5 months is perfectly achievable and can be done along side immersion. It makes recognizing kanji in the wild infinitely easier and thus learning readings naturally through immersion becomes intuitive.

[@LyneMaxus]

for RTK did you write down every kanji every day ? Didn't quite understand what you did with all the kanji on one sheet

[@idugi]

That intro though. I thought I was having a fever dream. 🤣

[@callmeqt1269]

So crazy that they would just watch shows they completely couldn’t understand and try to decipher them.

[@ralphtuazon3144]

Hi, I'm wondering if we can have your Anki Deck copy if you don't mind. 😁

[@Ingenium04]

Oof, wish I had so much time.... school starts at 800 and ends at 1600 here. Do anki during the breaks. The I need to work on my robot (cool robotteam I'm in) at school till 1800. Aaaaannndd then school work till 2000. Only have 2 hours left for immersion oof, sometimes even less

[@chido5945]

I think Stevie did most of his immersion at night

[@Ingenium04]

@@chido5945 Yeah but I need a solid 9 hours of sleep so I won't be able to immerse 4+ hours a day like him

[@YuenXii]

Khatz was a full time college student with two jobs when he acquired Japanese. if you want it enough you'll find the time

[@justjoshininjapan700]

Really awesome! Not sure I could sustain this schedule, my Mrs would kill me for neglect 😂

[@PabloReviews]

Maybe it's because I don't know how Subs2SRS works but I have some questions: - Stevi said that he created the deck but then he "mined every unknown word". What does this mean? I think the process of mining was adding unknown words to Anki so, does this mean just "to clean" the automatically created Sub2SRS deck and leave inside the deck just the phrases you don't know? So, if you don't know any phrase, you will use the deck 100% using what Sub2SRS gives you. Am I correct? I got confused because they appear separated also in the Sustain table, Anki section. - He talks 2 or 3 times about having a sentence with 2 or more unknown words and creating anki cards for those (1T sentences). Do that "difficult" sentences get deleted? Or you just keep them to try to review 2 unknown words at once? If this is the case, when you are reviewing and this sentence appears, when do you hit "Good" if you don't know the sentence at all? After looking for the meanings in the dictionary? - In the 3rd phase, the Sustain one, does count the "complete mining" of episodes as Anki or as Listening? (For those 4.4 hours a day, where they just episodes watching and relistening or it was that part of anki added?) - For grammar cards, I suppose he make the same as he did with Tae Kim but with advanced grammar, no? Thank you!

[@sgeurekav.2658]

I think Stevi's Anki procedure was similar to mine: Use EVERY subs2srs sentence with unknown vocab that you come across, and delete the rest. In case of an i+2 (or more) sentence, find an alternative subs2srs sentence with one of the unknown words, so you'll have an i+1 sentence and an (i+2)-turned-(i+1) sentence.

[@DanneoYT]

I assume input was pretty incomprehensible at first? How did you learn new words through that method?

[@stevijs3345]

By learning new words through anki and reading. Eventually you'll pick them out while listening.

[@DanneoYT]

@@stevijs3345 That’s hardcore man, honestly the hardest part about immersion is raw free flow listening for me

[@stevijs3345]

@@DanneoYT Funnily enough I found it pretty easy most of the time.

[@DengueBurger]

post your tae kim deck?

[@lukidjano]

Yeah, that deck could honestly be pretty useful for a lot of people

[@x123Juancho123x]

you can find some on anki shared decks. there's one that I particularly like as it's mostly example sentences with few explanations

[@MM-vz3tb]

The only thing I cannot agree is the title. It‘s an awesome AJATT timeline! JLPT is only a plus. I do not think you should do the JLPT N1 in the end. However I would like to know if you had problems with german as your mother language. I see some problems in the beginning translating everything from Japanese to English and then to my native language. Danke 🙏

[@MigakuOfficial]

Proficiency tests like the JLPT N1 open a lot of real world opportunities to language learners and although there is an undercurrent in input-based language learning communities against proficiency tests, we strongly disagree with that perspective. If proficiency tests can actually help people in the real world in a tangible way then it's really besides the point if they're an accurate measure of language ability or not.

[@bobsaggot498]

I don't know how anyone can enjoy light novels. I wish I did or I would read as much as this guy.

[@TheStarCursher]

Yes it's true. reading is the worst part of learning for me too. Hopefully the migaku team can make a video on how to read, and provide ways to overcome fatigue boredom, depression, and spacing off while reading about school kids.

[@fedexman]

The most pleasant way for me is to read on a web browser with yomichan. You can also try playing visual novel, same vocabulary and density but much easier to spend time on it

[@wanderingdoc5075]

He also did 2.5+ hours/day of Anki for first 6-12 months .. get crackin'

[@Jebly_5555]

As someone who has struggled to sit down and read longer than an hour for about 2 years now, I can give you one piece of advice. You need to be honest with yourself in what you can and cannot read, or want to/don't want to read. For a while I forced myself to try to read some non-fiction I bought just because I thought it was the type of immersion I needed, and it was so F*CKIN painful to try to read. I finally stopped and instead started reading some some horror, some JoJo LN's and blowing through entire manga series in a day. Reading requires a great deal more focus. You can watch a show you're not really interested in but I PROMISE you can't read a full length book you're not interested in without every second being agonizing.

[@katsukigabriel]

this guy is insane

[@DoOmi87]

Super hilfreiches Video danke sehr :) Ich würde gerne wissen ob Stevie komplett auf englischen und deutschen content verzichtet hat? Hat er ab und zu auch mal ein Video/Film auf Deutsch geguckt?

[@stevijs2871]

Hm, deutsche Sachen schau ich schon lange nicht mehr. Wenn dann Englisch. Das mach ich immer mal wieder, eigentlich fast jeden Tag ein bisschen.

[@Makiaveliiste]

We Want part 2 : what would he change : 26:58

[@MigakuOfficial]

Check the description of this video.

[@Makiaveliiste]

@@MigakuOfficial Thank u ! u guys think about everything ! Who's responding to messages btw? Is it Lucas ?

[@lukasmartini6766]

Regarding NHK easy: did you read without furigana from the start and would yoi recommend doing that?

[@TheOnlyPieyou]

Where did you get subtitle files for subs to srs?

[@alexanderhinke8881]

I'm really curious what size grid he practiced Kanji on, it does a bit larger than 0,5 cm

[@CooldownCentral]

do you have like an ultimate guide / recommended routine for people?

[@vengadorsky]

when i saw the schedule i couldnt help but think.. what a friggin miserable life that looks like.

[@Cathode_Days]

To some. Looks like pure enjoyment to others.

[@Chocolatecakeicecream]

not really, most gen z have a screen time average of 6 hours a day

[@theGENIUSofART-understood]

when you come across a new word when reading, do you stop and look it up? if so what do you do with it? write it down? anki card?

[@MigakuOfficial]

Depends on the word. If I feel like its useful, I create a card, if not, I just look it up and move on.

[@aboveendymion20]

I am more fond with Steve as an "authority argument". Maybe write the person directing or narrating the video in the title so we can find videos more easily?

[@jboops6664]

mirin discipline brah

[@jboops6664]

fuark mirin human flag too. can you planche?

[@stevijs3345]

@@jboops6664 Sadly no, but its on my "want to learn" list. Along with front lever and handstand push up.

[@Hugo-pj4bm]

What did you use to track your time? Did you track it manually inside your Excel sheet or did you use some app?

[@stevijs3345]

apps.apple.com/us/app/multitimer-multiple-timers/id973421278 And then add the time at the end of the day to my sheet.

[@majinmj1663]

I use Atracker

[@Hugo-pj4bm]

@@majinmj1663 how is the csv export, Does it export timestamps or duration? I'm using aTimeLogger right now but the export gives me multiple durations per Activity per day which isn't perfect

[@majinmj1663]

@@Hugo-pj4bm you can choose the format it can only do total of all activities per day or total per activity per day. It works on all major platforms, can sync online and can also download backups so I rarely need to export.

[@hushlek734]

aint no way my bruhduh just got bored and made a whole ass mario 😹🫡

[@Chocolatecakeicecream]

[@ConraDargo]

Oh you polyglots and your super powers! Must be nice to have them :') Self-discipline and dedication will get you _far_ for sure, but you really need to be a polyglot (of some level) in order to fully master a language in 1-2 years. Others should be able to do so in 2-4 years for sure, again with enough time and self-discipline, and then us poor polygnots don't have a chance of ever reaching that level of fluency :'

[@justjoshininjapan700]

Where can I find these fitness books you listed?

[@baki9191]

Math mistake at 14:35

[@Vituro]

Which Anki settings did you use?

[@Ehal256]

Just noticed a mistake with the anki hours for the build-up phase. You said you did 2hr33m a day on average, which would be 229 hours over 90 days. But you also said 336 hours in total, which would be 3h44m a day on average.

[@chrisglesner]

So, if I’m understanding correctly, you made the MT by month 3?

[@stevijs3345]

No. I started the MT after I finished RTK and Tae Kims, so at the 3 months mark (beginning of the 4th month) and finished it about 6 months later. So around at around 9 months.

[@Ccorhy]

本当にそんなこと便利ですか?　全部わかりますか。スーパータイム管理が必要ですけど。

[@edmo-l4d]

Koh Tao?

[@wanderingdoc5075]

Let's mention that Mandarin has no anime or NHK easy equivalent. ie. There is no stepping stone to adult content like reading real news or watching movies/dramas :/

[@YuenXii]

What do you mean? China has a HUGE donghua industry

[@stanbrook5554]

where did you find the books/manga in Japanese or would you always buy physical copies?

[@perryschnabel]

I can do 30 minutes a day, take it or leave it :D

[@PanicInSectorFive]

Seen plenty of younger people (age, say, 15-25) get to N1 level in 1.5 - 3 years, haven't seen anyone over the age of 40 do it. I would like to see research into acquisition as a fuction of age in immersion study being done at some point.

[@majinmj1663]

Tbh I've rarely heard of anyone over 40 spending 1000s of hours to learn a new skill.

[@wanderingdoc5075]

@@majinmj1663 Yup. I think it would be slightly slower.. but not something like 1/2 as fast. Maybe 5-10% or so.

[@chido5945]

At 40 you’re busy af

[@巻木トリスタン]

after college you get a job it gets harder to learn, depending on your job distance, he had a pretty close job 25 minutes, i had a job where the traveling time was 2 hours to 3 hours i was able to learn in the bus but its hard to make while its moving and after a while you get dizzy and if you have a car, you spend less time in immersion and just go home to sleep due to the huge amount of stress, i knew a lady who made it, she was in my class, she was 55 years old and she was aiming to do from n5 to n1, she passed n4, due to corona probably she didnt did n3, i dont think age is the problem its the time you need to spend in order to learn it, in japanese we spend 3k or more hours to show skills in the languages, all the guys in my class had more than 10 years learning it, i was the only one who had one year by the time we were making the n4

[@user-hs8uw4hn3n]

I think this video can answer your question kzbin.info/www/bejne/r2XNe3mQr5yLhtE

[@skippychurch2965]

I feel all this video is going to do is make people quit when they can't POSSIBLY meet your standards you're setting. I study literly 4 to 5 hours a day, and a year in im getting woefully depressed. I'm entering n3 territory finally, which is still borderline baby talk. I feel this isn't realistic for people and will be more damaging than helpful.

[@absmith4639]

that guy is from Kazakhstan, same grammar as Japanese, so that's why learned so fast and got to a level where can enjoy the language faster

[@chido5945]

Stevi is German wdym?

[@absmith4639]

@アルフィー I know he lives there but not sure if born there and he did say he "learned" German so I guess as a second language, I saw his KZbin channel last year before he got all this attention and another person said he was from Kazakhstan as well

[@petermeier51]

@@absmith4639 I think Stevi is German, born and raised. But his ancestors may not be from Germany.

[@languagelearning707]

@@absmith4639 He talked about learning English, not German, from what I remember.

[@aktchungrabanio6467]

Wow, that explains a lot!

[@Haikudog]

Sorry you spent 30% of time purely learning Japanese for 1.5 years????

[@nihwa6691]

HAHA GREAT! XDDDDDD

[@jouumura4654]

That intro was unnecessary and annoying as hell. Just why.. That being said, I've been looking forward to this video, so thanks Stevi. This video should be enough for people who always complain about not having enough time. In a good way. The way you went about your day combining language learning with your daily training routines was really satisfying to watch. If more vids about your language learning are coming up, then im looking forward to those as well. Peace ;D

[@spiritsplice]

Yeah, I don't buy these miraculous "I learned japanese in a year" claims. I guarantee all these guys were 3 to 5 years into their studying before they "started".

[@Cathode_Days]

Lol, no.

[@spiritsplice]

@@Cathode_Days lol, yes.

[@Cathode_Days]

@@spiritsplicehow do you intend to guarantee your claim? Just because you’re incapable of something doesn’t mean you have to try and bring down the achievements of others.

[@spiritsplice]

@@Cathode_Days there is always an endless supply of simps who will believe anything. Keeps religion and marketing going.

[@Cathode_Days]

@@spiritsplice and always one miserable individual taking his failure out on everyone else. What a history of negative comments you have. I wonder what happened to make you so sad.