How I study Japanese - JLPT N3

[@faitasy360]

Honestly, your VDO really helps me gain my inspiration back after failing my N3 test last time TvT Thank you

[@booksandborders]

Oh, I remember how nervous I was for my N3 exam and how absolutely convinced I was I had failed. Just remembering the feeling makes me want to not sit N2. 😅 But honestly, failing is just another lesson, although an expensive one. I'm sure your results have given you a better idea of what things you should focus on more during your studies, and I'm sure you'll ace your exam next time! You've got this!!

[@adzukiiii-kun8703]

The super Kawaii diary!! I'm currently N4 and I love writing notes in Japanese.

[@booksandborders]

Good luck with your studies!!

[@adzukiiii-kun8703]

Arigatou!! @@booksandborders

[@Sakura-zu4rz]

I love the kind and generous heartwarming atmosphere that you create, your kind, easygoing, warm vibe. ❤ I am absolutely obsessed with you videos, They are like a burst of motivation and positively that keeps me going. From your awesome Vlogs to those satisfying organizing videos, I cannot get enough. Your content seriously inspires me to stay focused and chase after my dreams.

[@booksandborders]

You made my day. 🥺Thank you for your kind comment!

[@flashgordon6510]

Thank you, this is the video I needed today! Two years in, and some days, I feel great about my progress, and other days, I wonder if I'll ever "get" it. It's always good to hear a realistic perspective from someone else who is studying and pushing through.

[@booksandborders]

Thank you! I'm happy the video helped you in some way. Keep going, you've got this!

[@TarantulaRat]

Wow, thank you so much for this. I really needed this today. I'm a Japanese language student in my fourth year of university. I have never been to Japan and our teacher is telling us that we should be around N3 level right now. I'm seriously stressing because I only get around 70% in N4 mock exams. To know that it's taken you 6 years to reach N3 has put my mind at ease a bit more. Thank you. :) Also yeah, MNN is SO boring! We've used it in uni for 3 years and it was so hard to independently study from!

[@booksandborders]

Honestly, learning a language is not a race. We all have our own pace, not to mention that something in life will always pop up, and we'll have to reprioritise. As long as you're getting the grades you need at uni, I wouldn't stress about what your teacher says. You have plenty of time to get better after you graduate. In all honesty, my Japanese improved the most after I was done with uni. 😅 You've got this!

[@sasharama5485]

"I've being learning japanese on and off since... Me:"同じ girl, 同じ”😂

[@kafei1602]

"I have a time poem in which a samurai waits for a special temple"

[@Red_Ryan_Red]

I really want to improve my reading speed and comprehension, and also my speaking/listening. I was doing the writing for a while before I got really busy with work and school, so now I'm getting back to studying.

[@booksandborders]

A good trick is timing yourself when you read. When I was preparing for the JLPT, I timed myself for every reading exercise, including the questions. I always did the exercises without checking the vocabulary I didn't know so I'd get realistic scores and see my real comprehension level. Good luck with your studies!

[@divinaxcommedia]

I'm currently learning Spanish (yes, much easier than Japanese for sure 😅) and honestly I also struggle with text books and keeping consistent.. I love the idea of keeping a diary in the language you're learning, I should start doing this myself. ❤

[@booksandborders]

I have a friend who used her phone's notes app instead of writing the diary on paper. So whenever she was travelling or right before going to bed, she'd just open the app and jot down a few sentences. I have a feeling a lot of people would prefer this method, as it isn't as time-consuming. And it's cheaper. 😅 You've got this!

[@jonas3648]

Thank you for your tips, I will incorporate them in my routine. The shi kanzen books look good, so I will probably get them asap. I just got into learning Kanji deeply, even though Im already N4 :((( but with the heisig method its really enjoyable (so far at least)

[@booksandborders]

I'm happy you found the tips helpful. Good luck with your studies!

[@alexandrah535]

Loved the video! I’d also say your English is at native-level fluency, though I don’t know how much prep you needed to do for this ❤ I wouldn’t be able to differentiate between your English and the English of friends of mine who spoke English at home but grew up in various non-English speaking countries. Best of luck with (both our) Japanese!

[@booksandborders]

Thank you, I've pretty much been learning English my whole life, so your comment really means a lot to me. Good luck with your studies!

[@alexandrah535]

Your hard work has paid off!

[@jho_ann]

July 11, 2023. I came across your video about JLPT N3 books and luckily I have all of them, then I saw this video. It is very relatable 😅 I am now here in Japan for about 9 months now and preparing myself to take the N3 exam on December. I feel like my conversation skills is "meh" because I am afraid to talk, I'm afraid that people will judge me 😅 Thank you for doing this video and sharing your experiences. I will now study harder and will pass the exam come what may 🙏❤️

[@booksandborders]

You've got this!!

[@PixelWhisper.AI_20433]

Thankyou sister i am a absolute beginner it will be long time for me I am currently getting hang of hiragana how to read and write it I will step it up as I progress further I really want to be able to read and write and communicate in Japanese I will get those soon thanks for clearing my head and giving the direction and lastly anytips or advice that would be great

[@booksandborders]

I'm glad you found the video helpful. Honestly, studying Japanese is hard, and as you can see in my case, it took me years to reach a good intermediate level. So just keep at it, slow and steady wins the race. It can get quite frustrating but once you start conversing and writing freely, even if it's very simple things, you'll really feel like it's all worth it. 😊 Good luck!

[@PixelWhisper.AI_20433]

yep thankyou@@booksandborders

[@CorpuzMontillajanice]

So nice your advice love it

[@booksandborders]

Thank you! I'm glad you liked it.

[@onepogi]

Ty

[@Versitile_Vibess]

Chan you share where we can buy the books please?

[@booksandborders]

I got them from Amazon and you can find links to all of them in the video's description box.

[@Versitile_Vibess]

@@booksandborders thank you, you are the best!!

[@SowrovKhan-j8q]

Awesome that

[@impendio]

I’ve gone the other way around and now i know hundred of kanji with NO GRAMMAR WHATSOEVER, i don’t even know chinese or anything, i’m just dumb like that.

[@impendio]

Also pitch accent is not real and can’t hurt me, it is inconsistent, not typified or standardized and not annotatable in common script so I’ll proceed to ignore it forever. In any case I only care about reading so it literally doesn’t help me whatsoever to know…

[@ChSasifras]

​@impendio I use an app called Renshuu and when they added pitch accent, my first thought was, "Why bother? You have audio already." When I have visited Japan, they are happy I even know a little and they always want to practice their English.

[@ahabrawgaming1289]

I talk to my dog in japanese and he respond to me in spanish

[@OfficialToddStams]

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[@Deibi078]

im not willing to pay dogen stuff

[@Starstreak170]

Learning to write Kanji is an extremely low yield time sink for the vast majority of foreigners, even those living in Japan. WaniKani and RTK are two of the common methods for learning Kanji and they never require you to write them. I can understand why it took you 6 years to get to N3. You are also still mispronouncing the word Kanji, not a great look.

[@thisguy1328]

😭

[@naitomea14]

lol I study Japanese for 10 years and passed two years ago the N4. But I don't do it for the tests - I was bored during test like I was in N5 when I did it. I do it, because it is fun to learn a new language. Do I learn how to write a Kanji? hell no, I even usually do not learn all onyomi ect. beacsue why? I know what it means in my mothertongue, so comes that I can read pretty well, but I suck at the Kanji section and have to get that better when I attempt the N3 this year. Not everything is a race XD Yeah, I'm slow, and that's totaly fine, but I do have other hobbies and a fulltimejob as well and my day has only 24h as well :P

[@masahirogo3330]

Obviously N3 is quite useless. 10 min content not in japanese

[@Hoppitot]

"I am saving money to buy manga and novels" bruh if you that broke just pirate it lmao. honestly sounds like an excuse to me for not reading enough

[@Mathias-bz2kr]

Fellow n3-n2 level(idk, I just study words when I run into them in immersion) here, Native is Danish, I also feel that grammar makes more sense in my native tongue. Kanji is much more intuitive in danish, as germanic languages compound words, 自信(ji shin) = self+tro, belief in oneself, english is very inconsistent with this feature :(. Also on componds, the meaning radical is typically in their alternative form and alone lets take 冷房 word for airconditioner, (this only works for onyomi, as it the chinese reading that the sound was designed in mind, and only some onyomi, as different reading are from different languages of china and time periods ex: 女房 nyoubou (ones wife archaic) while woman is usually read じょ in 女子、美少女　びしょうじょ　女性　じょせい　女王　じょうおう) 冷 = water水(liquid) +令 command some property of water and for sound it is commanding = chilling. mnemonic could be "I order you, chill the house down!" 房 ＝　戸(door small one as apposed to 扉) + 方 way(of achiving smt.) = room(ex used in kitchen) Here it is less aparent what is the phonetical component, if you already know the meaning you could deduct that door is the meaning component for a room, as a room typically has a door If you have read "the kanji code) you would now that 方 is used a lot as a common component for phonetic components if you heard the word and know the components 戸 and 方, then who says smt. close to ぼう? this is 方(onyomi read ほう） Most kanji are 2 sets and the last one is what the actual obejct, while the first one is a descriptor: 実力者 actualpower kindof_person　and 不思議 un-ThinkConsult (不 is a chinese particle meaning not or in danish ikke,) you don't think of consulting(it is that surprizing) When looking up a word I find the dictionary word, with anki(to force me into doing reviews) and what I interpret it as meaning in a more natural language. yomitan is pretty cool for reading news or mining anime, haven't used for more than a few days. Anime is best for me, as I get context+pronounciation+reading subtibles(subtitles with substital and kitsuneko)

[@booksandborders]

Thank you for taking the time to share your experience! 😊