How I Study Japanese | 6 Month Progress Update

[@FishSlappee]

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[@halinhmaithi1677]

thanks!!

[@adelineprasawat]

thanks for sharing

[@TrisAgnes]

Thank you

[@QuynhNguyen-eq1fl]

thank you

[@mochidemy]

Hi Julian, Thank you so much for a good review of the MochiKanji - Learn Japanese, and a useful video as well. MochiMochi wishes you and your channel more success with the insightful content you bring to your audience! ☺️

[@TrisAgnes]

Thank Mochi

[@HelloKitty-oy9ve]

Please make it available in Android phones, i find your app most helpful that the rest it works for me :( hopefully you will add MochiKanji in Android

[@FishSlappee]

I have an Android, and it works for me ~

[@QuynhNguyen-eq1fl]

love your app

[@arceus54321]

mochikanji actually seems useful.. i usually ignore sponsors but i like how they split vocab into different sections. im moving to tokyo in 3 days (to attend KAI because your video convinced me lol) and the travel vocabulary seems helpful

[@FishSlappee]

Whaaaaaat that's crazy! Say hi to Kai from me 😄😄😄

[@arceus54321]

@@FishSlappee Yee I watched your video then did some research and KAI seemed to be a great choice. I'll let them know you convinced me 😆

[@DirectorCM]

Cure Dolly will live on forever and nothing makes me happier knowing that. She was honestly the most grounded and efficient Japanese teacher.

[@FishSlappee]

Very true!

[@MrWackydoodles]

wish she freaking invested in a good mic.

[@shuu958]

The breakdown of your study hours into different categories really helps to see where your focus has been. Awesome!!

[@dimondhannes2090]

Another Swede watching fellow livakivi he as well as you inspire me so much on my Japanese journey thank you

[@kendall2181]

Your determination to keep pushing forward in your Japanese learning journey is truly inspiring. Keep it up!

[@FishSlappee]

Yayayay thank you! ^^ will do ~

[@poof117]

Yes bro! Keep watching cure dolly!

[@paithoon5506]

Oh, I see MochiKanji seems more features right (I've watched your previous video). I tried conversation feature and it's so fun and interactive

[@marybrown1103-x3l]

For me, I'm always impressed the golden time of MochiKanji, it doesn't remind me continuously, but its reminder would be sent at reasonable intervals. Effective!!

[@TrisAgnes]

Agree!!!

[@QuynhNguyen-eq1fl]

yeahh

[@bilayofficial4872]

Excited to hear your thoughts on potentially tackling the N2 next. You've got this!

[@adelineprasawat]

Such a motivating video

[@phanlinh874]

Your progress is truly remarkable!!

[@AmzadSalazar]

Shadowing is a great next step in your speaking journey. Looking forward to hearing about your progress!

[@petuniaacuy6863]

Playing Pokémon in Japanese sounds like a blast. I'll try it

[@FishSlappee]

it's so fun! I just started another playthrough on my twitch ~ *hinthint

[@travelphuan4792]

Your dedication to Japanese learning is seriously inspiring

[@mikejohn380]

many thanks!!

[@TrisAgnes]

Keep up the great work!

[@ramonag8496]

Love the thumbnail 😁

[@MDobri-sy1ce]

Congrats Jullien and great video! I am slowly, trying to learn Japanese again before I become a lazy old man! Also, That's how my brain feels with Swedish over the past few years. Since I finished the Swedish Skill Tree a few months ago, I started funnelling in some Norwegian. I am nowhere fluent in Swedish but my brain knows enough that it finds Norwegian somewhat boring so, I alternate. However, I am glad I started with Swedish first instead of Norwegian even though Norwegian is slightly easier but the difficulty is about even almost in both languages.

[@azsakamoto4582]

Just downloaded Mochi Kanji🎉

[@northernswedenstories1028]

Japanese is such a cool language and culture. Truly unique. Been enjoying watching Shogun and Tokyo Vice on TV lately. Great shows.

[@FishSlappee]

Me too! Love both of them ~

[@NoraBrown-kb6tm]

I start learning Japanese, and this video inspires me a lot.

[@FishSlappee]

Yayayay this makes me very happy 😄😄😄

[@hongnhungo8432]

the golden time on Mochi seems like your personal coach ^^

[@hangshoo]

I'm also hooked on MochiKanji =))

[@braggarmybrat]

Goodness, don't beat yourself up over your Japanese! At the Defense Language Institute in Monterey, California, Japanese is a Category IV language, the hardest, and requires full time study for 64 weeks at least! Good for you, for jumping into an immersion situation. BTW, I spent a year in the Army living outside of Tokyo. Wonderful people.

[@KieuNgan-dd5id]

great!!

[@emiec5678]

Me, a French nobody who has studied Japanese for 4y up to a N3-N2 lvl and hates herself for having forgotten almost everything after 8y, and who has been studying swedish on and off for a decade already and will finally move to Sweden next year (unless shit hits the fan), stumbling upon your channel: *shocked Pikachu face*

[@emiec5678]

*picks up her Japanese Harry Potter books, ready to magically remember all the kanjis and grammar because of this one youtube video that made her nostalgic*

[@annekerenza3612]

2,225 hours of Japanese study in 6 months? That's seriously impressive dedication!

[@ieatpaint9409]

cure dolly is pure gold but i personally would recommend seeking out a google doc which has transcribed all of her videos (i am too drunk to link it myself so go find it yourself ganbare) because she can be pretty fucking wordy at times and the audio is also pretty hard to comprehend for anyone with normal human ears. some people (like khazumoto of ajatt fame) recommend not even bothering with grammar study at all, so...

[@FishSlappee]

Hahaha a fellow drunken KZbin commenter, hiii 👋 And I agree, she's not exactly margarin for the ears is she. Thanks for the tip ~

[@gudagaava]

Very interesting, as always. (Yayyyy!) A question for you, Julian: Since I know the Swedish translation of Finnegans Wake (by James Joyce) by heart, do you think it will be a good idea to learn Japanese by reading the Japanes translation over and over again? (As I know you are a translator yourself, I would appreciate an answer from someone who knows how difficult life can be sometimes.)

[@FishSlappee]

Goodness, impressive! I think any immersion is worth it if it's enjoyable, and reading a translation of something you know well sounds like a good idea. This reminds me of a @livakivi video where he watches one episode of JoJo's bizarre adventure over and over again until he knows what everything means. I'm thinking of doing something similar for another anime soon. Thanks for the comment!

[@doriangel97]

I cant do the dolly challenge because of the accent thats hard to understand :( english isnt my first language so I always wish there were more people who explain in spanish

[@JudeTMi]

I feel like I'm clowning myself to move to Sweden from japan looking at you

[@marymoris]

have you ever felt stressed during your Japanese learning journey?? I find it so difficult

[@FishSlappee]

Not really honestly, except maybe because I am 31 years old haha. But then again, if I could choose to either be fluent in Japanese at, let's say, 34 years old or not fluent at 34, it's an obvious choice ^^

[@QuynhNguyen-eq1fl]

❤

[@dingo.p]

Wow, I admire what you do and wish you the best! You'll reach your goal, I'm sure 😎 Could you, by any chance, recommend some swedish youtubers/vloggers such as Yuka Chan 8:01? Thank you!

[@FishSlappee]

I'm afraid I can't, I never watch Swedish KZbin 😩 sorry!

[@HelloUwU-it8sb]

Did you say learned for 2240 hours and you’re far away from fluent😭?! Isn’t 2200 hours N2 which is fluent just not extremely academic 😭?

[@FishSlappee]

I would have reached N2 if those 2200 hours had been focused and consistent, but instead I relearned hiragana and katakana three times, with many many years apart, for instance haha ^^ Thanks for the comment!

[@HelloUwU-it8sb]

@@FishSlappee thank you for clearing that up:)

[@BinhLam-cc6vx]

One Piece is genius

[@thanhtranghoang8334]

Have someone told you that you look like Harry Potter a lot?