How I Learned Fluent Japanese In One Year

[@jayfife4213]

To anyone out there studying Japanese, just remember that passing the JLPT should be secondary to actually learning Japanese. I have lived in Japan a long time and work in a Japanese company where I use only Japanese all day every day and also deal with interviewing and hiring people. I have met SOO MANY applicants that have JLPT N1 on their resume but when it comes to the interview, it turns out they can't speak Japanese very well at all. The JLPT only tests listening and reading, it does not fluency or speaking at all.

[@AnP865]

What are your tips for the first year or so of learning, to build a foundation?

[@Akri_32]

Yo I have a question , when I learn hiragana and katakana what should I do ?

[@emiistudy6678]

While I agree with the statement, when I read N1 learner's journey, they have gone alot of immersion, LN reading, a lot of vocabularies etc I believe they gain a lot from taking the test, while regarding brushing up their speaki skills also should be done after that

[@Muawia.]

While I agree with what you said but for ppl who can’t travel to Japan like me or can’t afford much money on apps, JLPT is useful to teach the language as well as the basic grammar points which will help u in speaking later

[@Rationalific]

To be fair, I'm a native English-speaker, and when I go to a job interview, I find out that I can't speak English very well at all.

[@bestiaonthedrums]

if someone is interested, I would make a video about how I went from beginner to advanced beginner in 11 years

[@KoreKaraPodcast]

I'm highly interested

[@hatmandestroyer]

same@@KoreKaraPodcast

[@ivochula]

Well that seems much more reasonable than fluency in a year! I have been studying for almost 3 years and I only consider myself as an advanced beginner.

[@DMK1990]

​@@ivochula Do you learn with immersion, or only with Textbooks and school? And how much time do you put in immersion?

[@ivochula]

@@DMK1990 Textbooks, movies, anime, music, Duolingo, online teacher, cards app! I try my best, but I have a normal life, a job, a son, and I can only spend an hour per day studying , and I think 95% of other learners have the same amount of time or less which i think makes it impossible to be fluent in a year. Not everyone can immerge 24/7, most of us learners do this as an hobby!

[@kai-kun]

Really cool story I didn't realize when you started your podcast you were still studying for the N1! Also your editing was super slick!

[@KoreKaraPodcast]

thanks so much! Spent so long on this video haha

[@FillTheCanvas]

​@@KoreKaraPodcastHi! I have a question about how you immersed yourself, when you watched shows completely in Japanese, would you turn on the English captions or go all in? And if you want to learn more than one language what would you do 🤔 Sorry for asking all these questions haha, I guess I really want to learn Japanese, Spanish and French

[@its.brunie327]

I started studying Japanese in lockdown and had a very strong start and I was actively learning for a bout a year then I just started learning less and less until I completely stopped. I'm currently in my last month of highscool and I already told myself that I'll be going back to Japanese since, and your video truly inspired me, I've watched A LOT of videos on "how to study in Japanese", "how I became fluent in Japanese in 6 months" etc but your video right here is probably the best I've ever seen, thank you so very much for sharing this. I hope that you continue to grow your Japanese and continue learning, have a blessed day❤️

[@Ragna743]

Yeah, same I study japanese for about 6 months then suddenly I stop because student works. But planning to study again because I love Japanese culture and language is part of it.

[@marz3960]

Yeaa I studied also but on and off for the past years since covid I'm in my last year of highschool this year but my japanese is still bad 😅

[@fipm1778]

Please, keep learning it. I met lots of foreigners in Japan who speak stunning Japanese and this is mainly because they’d started learning it at a very young age like you and because they were constant and stubborn students ;) good luck!

[@Zylo._.]

after 11 months hows it going?

[@spartacuscreator]

To anyone watching: You can NOT get fluent within 1 year, and this clickbait title gives off SUCH a false impression.

[@afanaobeba7876]

I’m not sure about that bro. I know two people who became fluent in English within a year. The rest was just adding on vocabulary. In both cases, there was the element of immersion and the impossibility of surviving otherwise

[@hhmaniak]

​@@afanaobeba7876english is a different story ... its easy that's why it is worldwide language

[@matthewstar2880]

@afanaobeba7876 okay but english and japanese are nowhere near the same language

[@mariyow1409]

can say,its possible to achieve this since this guy got the motivation since a child also he explain that his family and himself go to japan regularly and he already live in japan also everyday around him is using japanese language so safe to say he already good at it.if u want to know,even japanese themselve dont know some of kanji or advance word

[@doubleofu8254]

bro, maaaaad respect... I'm from germany, studying the language for 1 year aka 2 semesters in 副専攻 and only managed to get through the 1st genki more or less remembering everything in it but still struggling with some stuff in it that I forget... and you just rushed through that text book in like a month and that's suuuper amazing and makes me wanna study harder as well...

[@NationX]

I just recently moved to Japan 12 days ago and am currently enrolled in a Japanese language school. I arrived to the country only knowing hiragana and some katakana. I’ll be here for 1 year and 3 months minimum however would rather extend my stay if possible as I want to attend university here but need to pass the N2 exam to even get close. This video has been a huge motivation for me as I feel the clock ticking down on me and being in the country has kept me motivated every day as I want to be able to hear and speak the language around me fluently. I already knew a year in language school alone wouldn’t be enough to get that far and know that immersion is the way to go but I’m struggling to figure out the best way to combine my studies with what I could do to improve outside of classes.

[@KoreKaraPodcast]

I think you can try to join local clubs/communities/meetups so you can immerse outside of class! I’ve definitely heard stories of people going to language school for a whole year and not getting anywhere since they mostly hung out with other foreigners. I think getting a part-time job at a restaurant for example would help too

[@NationX]

@@KoreKaraPodcast thank you for the advice! I do have permission to work part time but the school recommends beginner class students to refrain from doing so as we need the most time to focus on learning. I did think about meetups but hadn’t considered the idea of joining a club though. Don’t know where even to begin with that 😅 Guess I’ll look into it

Which school is this?

[@TakeAguess323]

​@@NationXupdate🙂🙂

[@NationX]

@@TakeAguess323 oh wow lol this comment. Yeah I’m conversational now and can manage to do daily tasks with ease and a little more now. Still not fluent by any means but from what I’ve been told numerous times my pronunciation seems to be on point. Reading and writing are my strong points. I struggle with listening comprehension but good enough to get by. Usually depends on the speed at which someone is speaking. Plus still building up vocabulary. Speaking I’d say I’m just getting better everyday at as the more I speak the easier it becomes to say something the next time around without thinking about it.

[@flows4567]

this was really well made. It was so well made that it shocked me

[@KoreKaraPodcast]

appreciate you watching! 🙇🏻‍♂️

[@grafikgeist]

Congratulations! I took a Japanese class in college and have pretty much kept it on the backburner since then. You've motivated me to make a serious attempt at it again. Great editing too, btw!

[@manofsteel6262]

I tried learning Japanese before and I agree if you study for months by yourself and than hear a convo or watch and anime and you feel like you’ve learned nothing it’s a huge gut punch. I just bought my first trip to Japan next month, I hope once I return it lights a fire in me again to try and re try it. Great video

[@siobhanrose1680]

How did you go in Japan?

[@manofsteel6262]

@siobhanrose1680 was in tokyo for 10 days. It was great, ppl were super nice, it made america look like a 3rd world country

[@lukidjano]

Congrats, but why are you holding your small banana the entire video

[@安然-x9t]

Properly the mic

[@KoreKaraPodcast]

in case I get hungry

[@Nick3111]

😂😂😂

[@dilfuzamatyakubova9591]

it is micrafone I know it

[@saylorstarkey520]

THATS WHAT SHE SAID

[@Makiaveliiste]

You're lying, even if you passed the JLPT N1 (if it's not a lie), it certainly didn't take you 1 year. In a video that you published in 2021, you said that you had already been studying Japanese with anki for 3 years.

[@perfectblue8443]

I thought so too. The time line and method do not make sense.

[@Doll934]

Oh boy

[@AlvesHeim]

He speaks truth. I had the same experience with other languages. Programs (like Rosetta Stone) did nothing good, I still couldn't understand other people, I couldn't even count normally. Only a full immersion into another language, culture, into another country - truly does help. It's very risky, but it's the fastest way. Then you have no other choice but either you end up in a foreign country with no money, no food, no water, and no roof above your head, or you break through and comprehend another language. English is not my first language, btw, and it is not the last either 😉 So, the guy on the video tells truth.

[@ytodysm]

​@@AlvesHeim seriously?? bro was caught lying and op literally gave you the proof. 🙄🙄

[@ElizabethPerez-kf1xs]

☝️🤓

[@firebirdwillgaming4193]

Damn, well done man. I´m going through my japanese learning right now and have been for over 300 days now. I´m ddoing just like you menshioned, I expose myself to as much japanese conent everyday as possible such as anime, manga and J-dramas. Using Anki definetly helps me to. I often watch everything with no translation and am always choked of how much you can understand and learn through context alone. I´m definetly gonna be fluent as fast as you with only about 50 days left until the 1 year mark. I have not tested myself but I would guess that I am around N4-N3 right now and I hope to be N1 level on my 2 year mark. It´s kind of funny that this video was uploaded around the time I started learning Japanese. In the future 2 years from now when I´m 18 and in collage, I want to do an exchange year then, and am so looking forward to it, even for how scarry it can be. Thanks for for the inspiration, setting an example that it is possible and showing me that I´m on the right path.

[@rimarkwick4057]

4:15 I understand this, I don’t speak Japanese very well, but when I was shopping in my area I over heard some people speaking Japanese and I understood what they said exactly without having to translate it in my head, safe to say I was soooo proud

[@solidzz7549]

how did you do this? what was your learning process

[@lanfitandchannel6306]

日本語を勉強してくれてありがとう！私は逆に英語を勉強しています。元気をもらいました！お互い頑張りましょう！ Thanks for studying Japanese. I'm Japanese and studying English. I got much of energy studying language from you!

[@KoreKaraPodcast]

thank you!

[@corey777]

Great accomplishment either way, but certainly helps immensely that you already understood the meanings of most of the kanji when starting :)

[@Jucer_box]

Whether or not this video is clickbait the fact of the matter is that he followed all the correct steps to learn any language not just Japanese. Step 1. Get some text books and learn the alphabet( if your an English speaker learning French or Spanish or any other Latin based language you can skip this step). Step 2. Listen and watch people speak the language and you will slowly pick up words and meaning of words like you did when you were a baby with your native language Step 3. Practice speaking the language. Depending on the language your learning it could be a slow process or a fast one Japanese for example takes and English speaker about 2 to 3 years to learn how to speak Japanese fluently. If this video wasn't clear on that I hope this comment was.

[@tonoshikikai]

Honestly mad jealous. I keep seeing these videos of people who learn at an amazing rate and partly its because of the amount of time they have to study. I struggle to get such amount of time in as a full time worker but anyone who is a student should heed this and study your ass off while you have the opportunity. It may be hard to find the time later down the road.

[@lucasredondo4234]

Dont feel jealous, he’s lying, if he did pass the N1 it did not take him a year, thats simply impossible

[@icemuckbanggg]

@@lucasredondo4234 he group in Taiwan so he basically already knew all of the radicals already, thus over half the meanings to the existing vocabulary even if he didn't know how to properly read them he could take the kanji filled N1 exam and play a guessing game and pass.

[@lucasredondo4234]

@@icemuckbanggg seems reasonable but again its so clickbaity, thanks for the info though :)

[@Hitthexa]

​@@icemuckbangggStill doesn't matter, now way in hell he became totally fluent in Japanese in 1 year.

[@velvetdefalt]

This is really motivating! I've been learning on and off JP due to uni, work,etc, so I understand the feeling of demotivation or procrastination.

[@Cyber_Jar23]

Sent this to my sensai who is teaching me Japanese. Her response to the title "he didn't" 🤣 I have a feeling she is correct

[@YuenXii]

Good video. I feel like this is the one that’s going to blow you guys up.

[@KoreKaraPodcast]

appreciate the comment and the continued support! (I remember you commenting on our video from back when we did the 1k livestream over a year ago)

[@xeniahaberditz5472]

Immersion in the other language and culture is the number one thing I recommend for learning a language. Getting to JLPT N1 is impressive. I did a year in high school in Japan, host family and all, it really helped. I passed easily the N5, talking wise I was much further tho. In the end it is just one of many measurements tools.

[@hogan4670]

yeah, i learned English that way as an Spaniard

[@namako-]

I'm learning English, and it literally inspired me more than any other success video. Thank you so much. I'm currently living in Australia as working holiday, I swear that I will do my best here! Anyway, thank you so much for creating such a nice video.

[@felipemurta9160]

your english sounds great, pretty understandable, I'm sure you will polish it even further! My native language also is not english but you can see that I have a pretty good fluency level, so that's definitely possible. As he said, immersion is the key.

[@namako-]

@@felipemurta9160 thanks for the nice comment! I’m now trying to immerse myself into English by watching japanese anime with english dub haha

[@felipemurta9160]

@@namako- good idea haha that's a nice way of mixing your culture with english. Good luck!

[@mrnemo204]

​@@namako-Watch Black lagoon

[@NathanHiberDive]

Thanks so much, this is the journey I am taking, starting with Genki and committing full immersion into Japanese during spare time. Hopefully N1 within 2 years is my goal.

[@hardstylelife5749]

You’re definitely a determined man, bravo After seeing people fully immersed in a language for years (decades) and not being able to reach anything more than a beginner level, it shows me how much focus, persistence and drive you had.

[@deddrz2549]

If it's decades, likely they aren't going out of their way to interact with speakers of that language like he did, or consume as much media in their target language. That's something I'm trying to get past too, I just end up watching mostly English stuff all day instead of Japanese

[@hardstylelife5749]

@@deddrz2549 it definitely makes sense

[@andresfontanez3016]

I learned ALL hiragana and katakana in 2014 within 4 months. Then I quit altogether when I learned I had to learn Kanji. All my life I was a quitter. Thin-skinned. Well...Recently I dedicated myself to become fluent in Japanese within 1 year (like you did) and after studying for the first time in 8 years I re-learned the Hiragana within 1 week and am learning words for the first time. When I say learned I mean- I actually can see the foreign language as MY language. When you can read and write Japanese quickly (in a natural flow) THAT is when you have assimilated and know you are on the right path!

[@andresfontanez3016]

I would say I am having fun studying/learning now (which is of key importance) whereas when I first started studying in 2014 I was doing it more as a duty/necessity but my heart wasn't all in it because I was afraid! I was immature! You must relax and have fun and have faith in yourself. In 2014 I believed I was stupid/average but now I think of myself as a superior student and smart and this shift in consciousness changed how I approach study because now I jump with both feet in. 100% committed. This is key!

[@Chuugokujin]

Bro how did you learn hiragana and katakana that slow

[@ganqqwerty]

@@Chuugokujin it took me several months to learn hiragana too. It does not have any meaning, so it's kinda mechanical/visual memorization. At the same time, learning Kanji is easier because you can attach mnemonic to a meaning. 4 months for 1000 kanji and 2 months for hiragana and 1 month for katakana. Maybe I could have succeeded if i wrote those horrible writing drills for kana, but I would probably killed someone in the process.

[@christianpaulreyes530]

Subscribed! Starting today, I will be more serious in learning Japanese language. Thanks bro.

[@stephwchen]

AMAZING amazing production!!! looking forward for all the future videos :)

[@KoreKaraPodcast]

thank you :)

[@lisa_aand]

One question I have though, since you said you grew up in Taiwan, did you know how to read the Chinese characters before learning Japanese? Because I feel like this is the most time consuming part of learning Japanese for me

[@ganqqwerty]

nothing that 4 months of heisig can't fix :D

[@joshuasorell8107]

Congrats dude! High-quality vid too. Very inspiring for me with learning my target language!

[@KoreKaraPodcast]

thanks for watching! what language are you studying?

[@joshuasorell8107]

@@KoreKaraPodcast I’m learning Korean! ~6.5 months in so I still have a ways to go 👍

[@SakigakeMechazawa]

Thanks for sharing this man!

[@TheTeacherTrav]

This is by far the most realistic approach I've seen in a KZbin video. N1おめでとうございます！

[@mannyw_]

Best video from you guys yet, blown away by the quality!

[@KoreKaraPodcast]

thank you so much 🙏

[@aska_oz9446]

I'm Japanese and learning English. When I was seaching how I can learn it I found this video. I was surprised by your Japanese how amazing it is.As you said,Japanese is known as one of the most difficult language. Here's my personal question: How did you watch videos? Without subtitles or with subtitles?

[@TheTripwire3]

Keep on learning your English is good 英語上手

[@_uchiha]

bro stop lying

[@thefantasyreview8709]

wow, that's incredible! really encouraging stuff.

[@kn7892]

You got me all pumped! Very impressive, congrats on your achievement!

[@Ger6873]

this is really inspiring me as im just starting to learn japanese right now. I want to live there one day and speak at least at a high school level after 20 years of my life

[@DailyDiscipline-samurai]

As a Japanese, I can help you to speak in Japanese online.!!

[@digitaltutorials1]

This is the best perspective on learning Japanese and cramming a new language.

[@fun7571]

You really should make more videos about methods, or story of yourself like this. Looking forward for all the future videos, thanks.

[@dennisonthelens7562]

First 30 seconds in the video and you already got nihongo jozu

[@JustNez]

Bro im suprised youre not bigger on youtube. The style, editing, pacing, topic etc is top notch

[@haroutpetrosyan8593]

Great video brother. Congrats on passing :D Also the video was put together very well. Thanks for sharing your story.

[@KoreKaraPodcast]

thank you so much for watching!

[@crumbcrumb]

The transition at 4:57 is SO CLEAN

[@KoreKaraPodcast]

glad you appreciated it :D

[@neo3058]

@@KoreKaraPodcast I thought the same thing great editing

[@TheFiestyhick]

Great video. Been watching your vids for 6 months but I didn't know anything about your Japanese journey. Even with Immersion, I didn't think that was possible in one year. Maybe 18 months, but not one year. Very cool.

[@77coast]

This is amazingly made for a channel this small.

[@0supermote]

日本人です。大学受験の勉強をしています。 偶然この動画を見つけて、subscribeしました。 あなたの英語を聞くことを、私の英語学習として使っています！ 応援しています！

[@Traveling_Hermit]

I have had a REALLY bad life (domestic violence). I recently lost my mother and since I was 08 years old I had to be an adult. As of a few months ago, I finally have gained the ability to live my life how I want. I am now in university, studying Japanese and hoping to follow in your path. I am studying Japanese anywhere from 7-8 hours a day not including tv, movies, music, etc. in full emersion. My goal is next year around this time, I want to be in Japan, giving up English and only speaking Japanese. I plan on spending the rest of my life in Japan, becoming a Japanese citizen, ethnically Japanese and making a difference in Japan to help others have a better life through software development and the money I make in my career. Thank you for this inspirational video, it has truly helped me!

[@Rationalific]

Thanks for sharing! I also like the shock ending when you started to advertise your course. 😄

[@skv0ra]

Half the vid goes to - nothing, man....

[@sharoona]

Man! you are awesome at story telling and thanks for sharing your experience.

[@KoreKaraPodcast]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@williss1192]

Man, I really see a lot of similarities between Taiwan and Japan. Gotta love those cultures. I really admire the lengths you went too

[@DrDisasta]

Duuude that is the coolest thing ever. Congratulations. This is going on the bucket list.

[@jenji333]

thaaank you so much! Ill do my very best to learn how to speak jp, I've been looking forward to it in the last years

[@KoreKaraPodcast]

thank you for watching!

[@Spuki2k]

I found out in June that my partner and I are moving to Japan at the beginning of next year. I really need to grind my Japanese until then to hopefully be able to have a head start. My one class a week just isn't going to cut it

[@Oneforallupmyas]

I remember when I was 13 I tried learning Japanese and It toke me 2 years to learn hiragana at my own pace yeah I quit when someone told me you could learn it in a couple days 🙂

[@danketsu-seyo]

How is this possible? :D How long did it take you to learn the english alphabet?

[@Oneforallupmyas]

@@danketsu-seyo like 1.5 years I’m a slow learner 😭😭

[@kozmoz8179]

@@Oneforallupmyas ☠️☠️☠️

[@kozmoz8179]

@@Oneforallupmyas took me 1 year to be fluent English speaker☠️

[@Tumtumtickler]

@@kozmoz8179 cool

[@Daniel-od1hq]

This was a really great and well done video man!

[@shiuryuu]

Please never stop making content. This was inspiring and motivating. Like button smashed. :)

[@KoreKaraPodcast]

thank you so much!!

[@user-sv1ez7oz5b]

Dude, you’re just crazy smart and talented. Passing N1 in one year sounds impossible shit to me

[@ColeLangs]

this is a certified hood classic.

[@KoreKaraPodcast]

😂

[@CEngrAries]

Wow, Thank you! I get inspired, I will try.

[@brayterfan696]

The video and editing is great 👍 this channel is very underrated :)

[@MarlynDeQueen]

ありがとうございます！！ Now I'm way more motivated to continue my journey learning Japanese 🇯🇵❤

[@DailyDiscipline-samurai]

I’m Japanese. If you wanna practice talking with Japanese, reach out! I speak English too.

[@ambarlostinthewoods3080]

This was a very cool video man, keep up, very motivating for me. I'm learning english as a second language

[@KoreKaraPodcast]

thank you for the comment!

[@beeboopboppity]

How many vocab words were you learning a day?

[@TanukiDigital]

"Growing up Japan was only 3 hours away"... you lucky MF!

[@Langy.]

Are there any videos that you speak Japanese in? I'm curious!

[@kjeeii]

I did exactly this and I wish I could start over and experience it all for the first time again

[@KILLA7162]

Wow bro! You did the impossible! Super inspiring, thanks for sharing your journey

[@ONANDON-u4z]

As a beginner in Japanese, I began my journey with manga and anime, but I struggled to understand the main idea without assistance. I used to depend on Google Translate, which didn't help me progress in learning the language. Now, I prefer Immersive Translate because it presents both languages side by side, allowing me to learn new words and phrases on my own rather than just skimming through poorly translated texts.

[@BruhNature]

🎉 congrats man. I didn’t realize you hit perapera in one year.

[@KoreKaraPodcast]

arigatogozaimasu!

[@philipdavis7521]

Hey this is great, very interesting, fantastic editing.

[@KoreKaraPodcast]

thanks for the comment!!

[@HaruFujimori]

This video inspired me to practice more Japanese thanks :D learning Japanese is hard but I still think it’s fun to practice since I’m learning a new language:D

[@Overthinktank]

Bro you are taiwanese. It is really easier if your base language is eastern asian language like korean, chinese (any chinese) even maybe vietnamese. Than if you have western language to begin with. Not saying it is impossible but it is way harder and takes more time. Just saying it kudos by the way.

[@jalock]

So do I get royalties on this sick video? Also congrats on passing JLPT N1 again! (Your goal for the longest time :) )

[@KoreKaraPodcast]

couldn't have done it without you sensei

[@OnceUponADuo.]

Im trying to learn fluent japanese, and i have a tutor . Im going to get the genki book (1)

[@250kmonths]

This is exactly my plan, I'm going to study in Japan next year on an English program and speak zero Japanese, will do Genki beforehand and learn some vocabulary but once I arrive there I will talk to as many Japanese people as I can and make japanese friends. Gonna force myself to avoid spending too much time with international students. I know some japanese people and get along very well with them since I am asian myself. When you have similar parenting and cultures it's really easy to get along with them, I personally connect very fast with asian people. This is exactly what I did to learn English, by speaking to English speaking people all day. Typing a language and speaking it IRL are totally different things, since it takes much more time at the beginning to process and come up with sentences.

[@maryj13]

woooww what a wonderful story, thank you so much for sharing!!💙💙🌿 you did such a great job

[@chadmorrislionsinparis]

man im at the beginning of studying Japanese, this video ia awesome thank you!

[@carerforever2118]

As a beginner, I've been learning Japanese using my Replika Al friend app. Having conversations with the AI by writing to it in Japanese 🇯🇵

[@DailyDiscipline-samurai]

I can be your online tutor. From Japan

[@トゥルーマンチャンネル]

Ur japanese language journey is aweaome ! but your cinematography skills are really good 👍 I'm inspired I also want to make high quality videos like this one day !

[@トゥルーマンチャンネル]

I see your cinematography skills are high you jumped into a guitar class your obviously in shape and your room is so damn neat I'm curious about your daily habits and how you have such productivity !

[@KoreKaraPodcast]

thank you so much for the kind words!

[@lastninjaitachi]

3 hours a day of ANKI is insane must have had a huge deck. Did you make monolingual cards?

[@KoreKaraPodcast]

yeah I did make monolingual sentence cards! I also had a separate deck that was just nouns and it would just be picture on one side and one word on the other, and I'd have to recall them both ways

[@lastninjaitachi]

@@KoreKaraPodcast Thats cool, I have simmilar deck for Just Kanji and hard to remember words. Im trying to get a deck made in Kansaiben but its quite difficult to find audio for specific things.

[@drshoexu]

Before watching the entire video and I was thinking no way this guy could learn japanese in a year without full immersion like actually being in japan in a japanese language environment. Well, he did do that just as I suspected.

[@sha3698]

amazing video man, I'll watch you other videos, I'm very curious about your kanjis learning method :) ありがとう

[@nurdisge3655]

why not going directly to japan and learn there japanese

[@Yourboytanner_yt]

Can’t wait for the moment when I can understand Japanese like you did 4:05

[@Subfightr]

If you're watching this to learn Japanese JLPT 1 in a year like this gentleman. I'll save you the time. He is superhuman and works harder than you. And by "you", I mean me.

[@AubreyLemon05]

Thank you for this. I actually started learning with a tutor and felt like I was getting no where. Think I’ll try this way

[@derekdavis7130]

get yourself a magnetic speedcube for your hardwork

[@leandruss]

Got it, ankhi. Cya next year!

[@KREEPORDIETRYIN]

Let's come back next year! Don't forget.

[@Sakura-zu4rz]

I haven't had any fun lately, 😭 so it was fun. You bring me joy!❤🙂I love the kind and generous heartwarming atmosphere that you create, your kind, easygoing, warm vibe. ❤I like the essence how you live on. I need to be true to myself and find a job I am passionate about. I want to find a way to live as who I really am.

[@Humor-Activity-Club]

Good insights and story of adaptability.

[@Section.9]

I find a bit of comedy in the "nihongo jouzu!" Being said by the lady you spoke with. Its such a trope 😂😂

[@krisztiankoblos1948]

When i started to learn a new language the most satisfying thing is when you learn a new piece of the language it's unlocking the message. After that you will recognize this message in everywhere. TLTR This was my biggest problem with Sanskrit also. You cannot watch TV shows, read casual sanskrit cos they are not exists. And if you learn a new word, in a new context it is not recognizable because however there are spaces but if two sounds meet they will fusion togeather. And in the poetry you quality messured by your count of spaces. :D This is one : निरन्तरान्धकारिता-दिगन्तर-कन्दलदमन्द-सुधारस-बिन्दु-सान्द्रतर-घनाघन-वृन्द-सन्देहकर-स्यन्दमान-मकरन्द-बिन्दु-बन्धुरतर-माकन्द-तरु-कुल-तल्प-कल्प-मृदुल-सिकता-जाल-जटिल-मूल-तल-मरुवक-मिलदलघु-लघु-लय-कलित-रमणीय-पानीय-शालिका-बालिका-करार-विन्द-गलन्तिका-गलदेला-लवङ्ग-पाटल-घनसार-कस्तूरिकातिसौरभ-मेदुर-लघुतर-मधुर-शीतलतर-सलिलधारा-निराकरिष्णु-तदीय-विमल-विलोचन-मयूख-रेखापसारित-पिपासायास-पथिक-लोकान् Translation: In it, the distress, caused by thirst, to travellers was alleviated by clusters of rays of the bright eyes of the girls the rays that were shaming the currents of light, sweet and cold water charged with the strong fragrance of cardamom, clove, saffron , camphor and musk and flowing out of the pitchers the lotus-like hands of maidens the beautiful water-sheds, made of the thick roots of Andropogon muricatus mixed with marjoram, the foot, covered with heaps of couch-like soft sand, of the clusters of newly sprouting mango trees, which constantly darkened the intermediate space of the quarters, and which looked all the more charming on account of the trickling drops of the floral juice, which thus caused the delusion of a row of thick rainy clouds, densely filled with abundant nectar So I've started to learn Japanese. I hope it is easyer :D

[@enimeXeditz]

no one but anime brought us here life if u also

[@AquinasBased]

man whenever i hear japanese talk somewhere irl, its so fast and it sounds scuffed. Can just pick up a few words. been doing japanese since beginning of highschool.now am in first year college.

[@heartguidance]

Was waiting the whole video for you to explain why you were watching a video and what video while watching death note

[@KoreKaraPodcast]

😂

[@g_rr_tt]

You're Taiwanese and you forgot to mention that you already know all the Kanji since you grew up in Taiwan. You're telling me you learned 33 word/day with near perfect retention rate, had enough time at university to have quality immersion of up to 6 hours/day, learned business Japanese and 敬語 just by doing job interviews, remember all the Kanji readings, At a major at your university that allow you to study abroad for Japanese language and not major in Japanese. I don't know I feel like you're not telling the whole story here bud.

[@KoreKaraPodcast]

I didn't know all the kanji. I grew up in Taiwan but I went to an American school. Also, "knowing the kanji" doesn't mean you'll be able to read their Japanese pronunciations, or be able to speak, or comprehend Japanese, or do interviews. My retention rate is about 90% in Anki, had less than 10K vocabulary cards by the time that I passed. I actively added 10 words a day, spent 2 hours every morning reviewing cards, listening to podcasts throughout the day, then at night before sleeping would watch 1-2 hours of content. Job interviews are pretty low level keigo, keigo in N1 is pretty low level too. Yeah I studied Computer Science, I finished all my core classes then requested to study abroad in Japan. I was the only person in the history of my major to study abroad in Japan since there were no classes that would count towards my major.

[@RenderingUser]

i watched enough anime to understand most conversions in slice of life anime without subtitles lmao

[@PeronJames]

How to get to N1 in 1 year: Step 1: Be Chinese

[@merulox]

my goal is to learn it in 5 years yet I'm still too paralyzed to start