Best Japanese Reading Practice Resources to Start With | How I Learn Japanese

[@ashleylongstreet4755]

I love that I finally found someone who has content on how to structurally and strategically go from beginner to intermediate. It makes the whole process seem less daunting and like there’s an actual path to take. I love watching people who are already fluent in the language but I always get the feeling of “idk how to get from a to b” when I watch them. Keep up the videos! They’ve been extremely helpful and motivating!

[@AliviasNook]

Omg thank you so much 🥺💕That’s exactly why I wanted to make this channel, there’s so much info out there and it can be so overwhelming to know how to piece it all together! I’m glad you’re finding it helpful!

[@aydo4444]

Oh my God. You really are a blessing. Ive been waiting all my life to learn japanese and recently actually started by watching some random japanese learning videos. I was missing a certain structure in my whole approach. But theen I found your channel. You cannot imagine how big of a difference you make with all your efforts and time you spent. So inspiring. Thank you so so so much. You are a godsend. Again, from the bottom of my heart, thank you for everything!

[@hcm9999]

For beginners, if you have access to internet and KZbin, the best way to acquire vocabulary is by translating song lyrics. It is quite easy to find songs on KZbin and the lyrics on the internet. I use Google Translate and some online dictionaries. It is fun, easy and fast. By listening to the songs you can learn correct pronunciation. I am currently studying Swedish and translating one song per day.

[@AliviasNook]

Oooh that’s such a great idea! Sounds like a fun exercise that isn’t too big of a time commitment. Thanks for the advice! 💕

[@aFLYER1980]

I'm just starting to learn (well, trying to learn) Japanese, so I'll dofo check out the link. Thank you 😊 🙏

[@willbeach8232]

I didn't know about LingQ, so thanks for the tip! Thanks for drawing people's attention to Genki's reading exercises. I think they are really underrated too.

[@AliviasNook]

Yeah LingQ is a great starter resource. And yeah I didn’t even know those Genki reading exercises were at the back at first !

[@randomskid]

Thank you very much for your recommendations - these are helping me progress. Most importantly your WaniKani video lead me to discover Maru the cat!

[@miintsan6349]

I've been looking for a video like this tysm!

[@AliviasNook]

Yay glad you found it useful! Have you tried reading in Japanese before?

[@miintsan6349]

@@AliviasNook a little bit! Although I still haven’t finished reading whole book yet

[@AliviasNook]

Yeah that first book is HARD ngl, but practicing lots with easier stuff first will help. Next week I’ll give some tips for tackling your first book :)

[@flashgordon6510]

Your videos are so helpful! I'm very appreciative of all this information. I joined Satori Reader -- just have to find time to make it part of my regular studying schedule. Right now, WaniKani is taking up quite a chunk of time, but I do like it. Not sure there's room in my brain for all this information, lol.

[@fernandoq.5487]

This is what I was looking for!!! Thank you so much for sharing these resources.

[@josiasgoto8039]

Thanks a lot for the recommendations, I loved Sartori Reader

[@klaaje]

Thanks for insight of how to learn Japanse. I think I went trough Japanese from zero 1 and 2 about 10 years ago and learned some phrases but i never used the language after that. Now Im 1 week in Wanikani and found my drive to continue my Japanese learning and trying to find a good way to maintain and combine words, kanji and phrases.

[@cebolacastilhos]

those were great tips! thank you very much I was studying with wanikani and already finding it awesome

[@opdhaka]

Thats amazing luis さん😄、by the way i also teach Japanese at my channel.. Check it out if u want😉.. I'll be more than happy to help you😊💖

[@cebolacastilhos]

hey whats up? great that you replied me. Just so you know, im paying wanikani and im already in level 5 :D

[@JaiKaruppuswamy]

Wow. You have been busy, lots of interesting videos. I haven’t started using Satori Reader yet, but ended up buying Human Japanese. Keep up the good work.

[@AliviasNook]

Thanks! I haven’t tried Human Japanese but I’m sure it’s great since it’s by the creator of Satori Reader, you’ll have to let us know how you find it!

[@zweck4629]

Learning from some kind of frequency based vocabulary resource is very important at the start. You can start to read simple texts after learning a few thousand words, but it really does matter which words those are. The most common 1000 words make up around 75% of a language and the next 9000 words get you to 98-99%, but there are around 1000000 words in total. You could learn 5000 words from the 10000-20000 most common words and not be able to understand even 1% of a text, whereas the 5000 most common words gets you to around 95%. A single word from the top 1000 words that you haven't learned yet might literally be as useful as a couple hundred of the more rare WaniKani words, and there will be quite a few of those since they skip hiragana and katakana words.

[@joakimu8239]

You are a gem, thank you!

[@AliviasNook]

You're very welcome!

[@TomKilworth]

I recently discovered your channel. It's great! Like others have said, it's great to have information that lays out paths to follow. Your Anki video finally got me started on the app (and I've been learning for a year now). Thanks for all your work!

[@AliviasNook]

I'm so glad people are finding it useful! All these kind comments really light up my day and make me excited to keep sharing🥰

[@user-hs8uw4hn3n]

I started using Genki this week so I'm watching your videos again, I'm so grateful💓💓

[@AliviasNook]

Awesome, let me know how Genki goes! 😄

[@jtrow5023]

Great videos. Very helpful.

[@AliviasNook]

Glad you think so!

[@nfnfggn]

thank you so much like 100 %

[@ErnieV76]

I’m learning Italian (using lingq! Love it! ) but decided to dabble in Japanese and learn to read and write Hiragana and Katakana. Really love your videos. Did you learn to write any of the systems? 👍🏼🤔

[@AliviasNook]

That’s awesome! Yes I learned how to write hiragana, katakana and the kanji that were in the Genki textbooks, but I don’t practice my writing very often right now

[@perryschnabel]

I also picked those too languages. How is it going for you?

[@ErnieV76]

@@perryschnabel ciao! Two years in September with Italian and Im just starting Japanese. Trying to get down Hiragana and Katakana before I jump in in September. 😊And you? 🤔

[@perryschnabel]

@@ErnieV76 Ah nice, great to hear you stuck to it! I had an on-off relationship with both languages for about 5 years. Switching from one to the other, forgetting everything and then starting over at page 1 :D Now I have managed to keep doing both for a few month. My Italian is good enough now to read simple short novels which I am super happy about. The Japanese.. I do improve but reading is still a few month away if not more.. What helped me a lot with Italian was a tandem partner (IRL). Big recommendation! Hey, maybe if I remember I can check back on you in a few month or a year :D

[@ErnieV76]

@@perryschnabel Ya. I did that with Italian until I decided to be more consistent. You can do it!

[@nonaambansjourney2022]

Thank u so much

[@AoiNoStar]

What are your favourite stories/articles on satori reader?

[@AliviasNook]

Kona’s Big Adventure and Akiko’s Exchange!

[@crkzu4622]

hey just watched all your videos and I find them really helpful. I just wanted your opinion on how long someone to study (not including all the immersion) basically just the textbook studying I also use Genki,Anki thx

[@AliviasNook]

Thanks! The time it takes will vary person to person depending on how fast you pick up the information and the amount of time you have available. I’m making a video rn that will talk about how I went about using Genki, and I spent about 3 hours a day to finish both volumes in 2 months

[@crkzu4622]

Thank you. Really looking forward to the vid :)

[@Sakura-zu4rz]

Hello.......I have a frustrating experience. Not knowing where to begin or hitting a plateau can feel demoralizing and make it hard to hit the books and study like you know you should…Having friends from other cultures makes me more creative. In fresh ways about space and how people create their own world and environment. It is best way to connect between creative thinking and cross-cultural relationships.

[@AliviasNook]

Thank you so much for sharing!💕 Yes hitting bumps in the road can really be a downer 😔 I hope this channel can be a place where we can all motivate each other and support different learning styles and speeds, because everyone’s situation will be a bit different Yes my favourite part of learning languages is getting to learn from more people! There’s so many ways of thinking and ideas out there and language learning allows me to experience more of them!

[@AliviasNook]

Omg thank you 🥺🥺 I feel like I seem too serious in some of my videos because I’m still getting used to talking to the camera so thanks for your kind words 💕

[@appleslab-piano8071]

What are your reasons/motivations to learn Japanese? Also thanks for these useful videos :)

[@AliviasNook]

I’m learning it just for fun! I had a ton of extra time over the summer and wanted a project, but now that I’m learning it I’d really like to go and visit! How about you?

[@appleslab-piano8071]

​@@AliviasNook I think we have a similar situation then I've always had an obsession with Japan since i was younger and last year i decided to just try to learn the language as a hobby. I have to say that im not really consistent and i also have my final exams coming up in May but i'll definitely keep studying it. Im also thinking about going abroad for a semester since that will be possible with certain universities here. Good luck with your upcoming N3 test!

[@AliviasNook]

That would be so cool to go abroad for a semester 😍 I did that when I was learning French and it improved my level so so much and it was really cool to be able to immerse into the culture there and feel less like a tourist

[@appleslab-piano8071]

@@AliviasNook Yea being surrounded by the language is probably the most fun and fastest way to improve

[@AliviasNook]

Agreed!

[@jayk8672]

I love this because I’m hoping to read Harry Potter by the end of the year (tried and failed) and I hope this helps

[@jackrep4985]

What do you yhink about duolingo and rosetta stone?

[@AliviasNook]

I’ve never used Rosetta Stone so can’t comment on that. As for Duolingo it’s a good place to gain some familiarity with a new language and pick up vocabulary, but using Duolingo alone isn’t enough to learn a language and I think some people have been misled to believe that it will make them fluent. It’s got lots of great features and is fun and easy to get started with, but you’ll need to combine it with other resources if you want to reach a high level in your target language

[@Ayodeji13]

What anki premades do you use?

[@xiaoping5744]

Hi, Alivia, will you please show us how NOT to save the new words in lingQ, I am just started and not ready to pay for their premium service. Whenever I click the new word that is highlighted in blue, it gets saved, I tried to deleted them from the list, it didn't work. Thanks for your time.

[@AliviasNook]

Great idea! I’ll do a tutorial showing how to navigate the site and how to avoid that from happening, because the exact same thing happened when I used it 😭

[@xiaoping5744]

@@AliviasNook Thank you so much, looking forward to that video.

[@Kev-In-Progress]

the 🐐

[@AliviasNook]

Hahaha, thanks Kevin! New video coming this afternoon 👀

[@braydenwebster7717]

Hi I’m gonna start studying Japanese in a week or so (im 15) do you think 2 hours a day is enough to learn Japanese, of course I will do the flash cards through out the day

[@AliviasNook]

That’s so exciting! The amount of time to spend will depend on the person, what your goals are, how fast you want to progress, but 2 hours is definitely a solid amount of time to dedicate :)