I hope you guys have not forgotten how to smash the like button
@kineticmeow92429 ай бұрын
You should check out the Japanese language learning video games in development. Wagotabi, Shujinkou, Nihongo Quest N5, and Koe.
@ii_Arixx_x9 ай бұрын
:v
@AleksandarRadlovacki13049 ай бұрын
Good job on the move to Skool, big things coming up for that platform
@samuelhheimburgersamuel4666Ай бұрын
Depending on ur definition
@matthendricks96664 ай бұрын
My strategy for my alter-ego would be: " Have no family, have no job, have no life, have no duties....and have an infinite amount of time and talent"
@janbonte64223 ай бұрын
Don't agree, i have all those things and i can still sneak in half an hour every day. I just don't waste too much of my time watching tv or playing games. Plus if it's something you love doing then you'll find time for it
@pablodm913 күн бұрын
But you do have time to watch a video about learning japanese, and I'm sure is not an uncommon occurrence
@rehakmate12 күн бұрын
That is me
@OKOKOKOKOKOKOK-zn2fy8 ай бұрын
I study 10 minutes of an anime in several passes. 1. Japanese audio with English subtitles. ( So you know what's going on. ) 2. Japanese audio with NO subtitles. ( Immerse yourself in the sounds and images. ) 3. Japanese audio with Japanese subtitles and pause every line to take down the vocabulary and kanji. I also shadow the speakers and repeat everything they say, exactly as they say it. ( Get the pitch accent too. ) 4. Load everything you copied in step 3 into Anki and study it. 5. Re-watch the anime in Japanese with the Japanese subtitles. ( You will understand everything this time. ) Shadow the anime line for line. ( I put my mouse next to my chair and pause frequently so I can have time to repeat everything. ) 6. When you finish the anime, come back and re-watch it every other week with shadowing. You will get bored with the anime, but you will own every line 100% . Input only works if it is comprehensible input. When your mind recognizes that it has some memory of a word or phrase, you know it immediately and get excited. After a few months, you will have learned hours of natural Japanese dialogue.
@fightthisfreeze6 ай бұрын
where do you watch with japanese subs?
@ClulssCrs33105 ай бұрын
@@fightthisfreezeNetflix has them
@admirll26014 ай бұрын
@@fightthisfreeze animelon is a good site
@Vary1802 ай бұрын
@@admirll2601 i was wondering if there's any site like this but for novels. having the raw and translated lines together would be great.
@kei33639 ай бұрын
Native Japanese here, your high speed speaking is a real challenge for me, but I should be stepping out of my comfort zone as an English learner lol
@sr.c42559 ай бұрын
I’m trying to refine my English and balanced it with my Spanish, I’m starting to learn Japanese
@Gamer_Wolf199 ай бұрын
@kei3363 こんにちは
@Redeemed-109 ай бұрын
Don’t feel bad. He is not only speaking extremely fast but he is slurring some of his words. Most people do not talk this way in real life.
@eigojiyouzu8 ай бұрын
no worries mate, he is speaking faster than most and not the clearest but of course it is easy for me to understand as a native english speaker. Most people, by far, speak slower. Keep at it, it only takes time. Btw your english writing is great.
@squidaker8 ай бұрын
@kristinlowther6260 That's not true. Most people do talk this way in real life.
@ancientmage26699 ай бұрын
THANK YOU! A child doesn't learn a language by reading or writing at first, that comes after 5 or 6 years, but I see many videos pushing for it which I disagree on. I learned english by listening and speaking bits at times. Took me a good 8 years I kid you not to be fluent and be able to translate and interpret 😊 Now at 54 I am on the quest to learn Japanese but at my own pace and no pressure. I appreciate you clarifying this point😊 Cheers from Panamá 😊
@ClulssCrs33105 ай бұрын
I actually have heard to not try to speak for a full year. Only listen. After that, start reading.
@madtitan-va9 ай бұрын
N1 in a year is amazing. Thanks for the inspiration!🙏🏾📿
@wrathofcorn9 ай бұрын
It's also impossible, even native Japanese people don't reach N1 for over a decade.
@TheStrataminor9 ай бұрын
@@wrathofcorn No...but learning N1 in a year probably assumes some background and that sort of thing. However N1 test can be studied for. But no, you don't need 10 years...hard ass work you can do (with efficient study methods,,none of that text book rubbish)...this guy is right....dive straight into listening on KZbin of proper stuff, learn words from there in context....forget flash cards, memorizing etc is all slow and ineffective...
@wrathofcorn9 ай бұрын
@@TheStrataminor OK, so if you've already been studying for a number of years, you can reach N1 in one additional year. That I can agree with lmao. If you want a realistic idea of language learning goals as well as much more thought out tips, I'd recommend Steve Kaufmann. If you're learning Japanese with zero prior knowledge, don't beat yourself up by comparing yourself to someone lying about being able to reach N1 in a year. It's an impossible goal that will only ever be uttered by snake oil salesmen.
@TokyoXtreme9 ай бұрын
@@TheStrataminorFlashcards are neither slow nor ineffective.
@KoreKaraPodcast9 ай бұрын
@wrathofcorn Does the belief that learning Japanese is extremely difficult serve you? Which belief do you think will be more conducive to getting fluent in the language? N1 is an extremely low level for a Japanese person, a middle schooler could pass it drunk
@johnnacke41349 ай бұрын
I’m in my third month studying Japanese. I’m a 75 year old retired educator…determined to learn the language as a mental challenge. My wife and I will visit Japan this summer. Using Italki tutor.. lesson 3 Genki… lots of other apps. I can read hiragana and katakana, but I can’t write it. IS IT NECESSARY FOR ME TO BE ABLE TO WRITE THE KANA? It is a challenge to learn all of the new vocabulary, and to wean off of romagi. I’m also trying to use Japanese readers, and I am looking into the Satori reader. Thank you for the video…. Any suggestions for me will be much appreciated. Best, John
@ryuzakikunl9 ай бұрын
Satory reader it's really good! Im still using it after a year, it really helps to learn a lot of different vocabulary, ways to speak, express yourself, kanji and so on. You shouldn't worry about writing kanji unless you find a meaning in doing so. Just keep doing it and have fun. That's how I learnt English back then, but well actually japanese it's quite harder but not impossible.
@doublemint36649 ай бұрын
Writing can be fun for personal development, or for memorization techniques. but probably similar to your home country, there's not a lot of times in your daily life you're going to need to be writing things down outside of schooling. I would say if you're trying to maximize your understanding in a shorter time, don't worry about writing them so much, unless you feel like writing them out helps you memorize them.
@Pinflim8 ай бұрын
I am living in Japan and am in my same conversation and word patterns since a while. So your tips how to break out of them sound really helpful. Hope they will work
@Sakura-zu4rz8 ай бұрын
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. ❤
@arnoldfreeman28859 ай бұрын
This might be the absolute best advice I’ve ever heard for learning Japanese, and frankly, in my opinion, any language. I’ve been living in Japan for years now, I’ve been stuck at an intermediate level forever and I didn’t quite know how to punch myself up to the next level. That last third of the video is perfect advice. I showed it to some friends fluent in both languages and they enthusiastically approved. I will be fluent in kanji reading in a year thanks to you.
@hopelessviolin46904 ай бұрын
Hey man how's your progress going?
@misteracid2349 ай бұрын
Nice video man. I started learning via textbooks in 2022, did Genki 1 and 2 but then gave up due to other commitments after 3-4 months. I started again in January this year, however going down the full immersion route. So far I have done 5+ hours of intensive immersion per day and have been mining sentences for grammar/vocab. I feel like I have made 10x as much progress from this method, however, the early grammar from the textbooks definitely gave me a good head start. Keep up the videos and godspeed to you.
@moyga9 ай бұрын
Going to do homestay is such a great opportunity. There is a huge difference between that and going to a meet-up. Most Japanese people at meet-ups want to speak English and youre not using Japanese out of necessesity or seeing them use Japanese in a variety of situations. You really need to be in an environment where you are forced to use Japanese all day everyday, not making yourself study, but just incidentally as part of your everyday life out of necessity and seeing other natives using it in normal everyday situations. Except for homestay, there are not many other chances to be in that situation.
@skullface2159 ай бұрын
Glad to see you guys back. Missed you ❤
@KoreKaraPodcast9 ай бұрын
Thank you!!
@azertytoresАй бұрын
Haven't seen you for a long time, it's great to see that it was for good reasons it seems, welcome back here 😊
@draconismagnus5 ай бұрын
Great video. Thank you for this. The last thing you mentioned about being committed is the hardest action for someone learning Japanese. 頑張れます
@NationX9 ай бұрын
I…just randomly out of the blue decided to check this channel again as I was looking for listening practice material, figuring there wouldn’t be anything new since the last upload was a year ago. But surprisingly I see “Uploaded 3 hours ago”. That timing is craaazy. It’s early in the morning and I have a test later so I’ll have to watch this later but just wanted to say welcome back! 🎉 I missed this channel
@KoreKaraPodcast9 ай бұрын
That's crazy
@Arctagon9 ай бұрын
This is really good advice. I think the notion of working on domain comprehension (mentioned during the game plan part of the video) is something that most people are not even aware of, and is severely underrated in general. It's a shame it was only mentioned in passing. Another thing that I wish you would've elaborated on is the mindset shift. That section was so short you'd moved on to the next before I even quite understood what the simple action actually entailed. For example, what do you really mean when you say ‘actually commit’? I personally don't think it's a good idea to make a flashcard of every single word you come across that you don't know, but on the whole, this is arguably the best video on learning Japanese (and probably any language in general, since it's basically the same process) that I have seen. Great job!
@truthserum30509 ай бұрын
I've been grinding japanese for 2-3 weeks from 0. ajatting 90% for a week. Game Gengo, Khatz and this KoreKara keep me going. ♥️ I don't recommend ajatting from scratch. Just learn hiragana and katakana, then learn grammar and sentence structure. While you're learning those two things, you're gonna pick up vocab naturally. Most important tip: DON'T DO THINGS THAT FEEL LIKE A CHORE! Always make it fun, otherwise you're not gonna remember anything important. I literally just finished playing re4 remake in japanese and that was fun af even though I didn't understand 95% of it. That means 5% I understood and I'm proud of that. Don't give up. If my dumba** can do it, so can you.
@KoreKaraPodcast9 ай бұрын
my man
@AkaiNiwatori19 ай бұрын
So be fair, the re4 remake has a lot of super post n1 biblical terms Unless you’ve seen that stuff in something else, I wouldn’t feel bad about not understanding a lot of it, especially all the writings. I just finished it myself in Japanese and there was stuff I didn’t remember the reading of but I used kanji to cheat 😅
@i420xGaming8 ай бұрын
Renshuu is a great app to learn hiragana and katakana
@kamfuku9 ай бұрын
Honestly you could and probably should make a whole vid on a change of mindset, it’s applicable not just to Japanese (surely) but there are so many people who are frustrated and on the verge of/have given up and I think it would really encourage people that it really is possible to attain fluency
@phoenixknight88379 ай бұрын
Thank you for this clear and succint advise. Much appreciated!
@ToKiniAndy9 ай бұрын
I feel like I’ve seen this somewhere…. 😂 Also, congrats on the release!
@KoreKaraPodcast9 ай бұрын
😂 You are an inspiration man. Thanks for all the help :D
@BijuuMike9 ай бұрын
welcome back
@icehound67639 ай бұрын
You're the last person I excepted here, I used to watch your DDLC videos years ago.
@KoreKaraPodcast9 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching and supporting over the years :)
@nateykaiwatch9 ай бұрын
@@icehound6763 same XD
@ummtulip6 ай бұрын
おかえり
@itslirox8 ай бұрын
Thanks for the inspiration bro. I'm gonna try these tips to learn japanese myself. I've been learning for about 4 months but I haven't rly seen much progress (know about 300-800 kanji, but i've been slacking in grammar). But I feel like I'm much more ready to learn it now.
@RAPHAELBIJ9 ай бұрын
Good to see you back man! Very useful video!
@KoreKaraPodcast9 ай бұрын
thanks for watching!!
@Zukurai9 ай бұрын
Glad your back! 😊
@KoreKaraPodcast9 ай бұрын
good to be back :)
@Timzhil7 ай бұрын
You can learn japanese in 1 year if: you have no family, you have no kids, you have no full time job - and so you can immerse 24/7 using ajaat or something
@KenaiPaani9 ай бұрын
I like that you promote immersion a lot because it really is super important. I went to school to learn Hawaiian, if not for the fact that I could talk with my friends/teachers I would only be gaining vocab from music or old voice recordings. The main thing I would do after reaching some baseline of speaking proficiency was asking how to spell a word they used, define it (in that language), or write it down to look up later. Studying the vocab itself was largely useless without it ever coming up in conversation. Always start with the words that you are actually going to use first and ignore EVERYTHING ELSE for the time being.
@StudywithYuki7 ай бұрын
I'm a Japanese and English grammar is hard for me, thank you for learning our language!!
@DjRen-z2x9 ай бұрын
Super perfect timing on this video since I’ve just committed my year to learning Japanese after visiting Japan and absolutely loving it, but being frustrated not being able to communicate. Aiming on taking the JLPT at the end of the year! Love the content. New sub!
@KoreKaraPodcast9 ай бұрын
Let's go!! You can do it
@DjRen-z2x9 ай бұрын
@@KoreKaraPodcast Appreciate it dude! Much love 🤟
@jeremyw.57299 ай бұрын
Thanks for getting straight to the point!
@Cyber_punky5 күн бұрын
The key point is to be persistent when learning Japanese. When I was just starting out, I find kanji to be the easiest part to learn since I am fond of memorizing stuff. Anime also motivated me to keep on absorbing new knowledge each day. As long as an individual builds a solid foundation through the right approach, then he/she can gradually become fluent in a new language over a period of time. All the best to everyone. 😄👍
@SebastianSeanCrow3 ай бұрын
2:26 as someone who took Japanese in high school, the way we had that set up was the first week (along with beginning to learn to communicate in general) was dedicated to hiragana, and the second week katakana. To learn both, including reading and writing with proper stroke order and combo sounds, shouldn’t take more than a month (not withstanding something like dyslexia)
@kakudokurisu10508 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@BoostBl1P5 ай бұрын
Great video. So clear. Thanks!
@ciscy17865 ай бұрын
Dude... talk about a motivational video. I'm still very new, like Duolingo new and this was exactly what I needed to see. I haven't been passionate about really anything in a long time but learning a language has been surprisingly fun. I know my pronunciation is probably horrible but the fact that I can even say the words and sentences I do know roughly is such a good feeling. I've never been good at learning especially in school but now that I'm doing it on my own time willingly I've found a passion for that, so I don't think I'm gonna have a issue on the commitment side of learning the language. My biggest hurdle is gonna be when I hit the full immersion stage, I have really bad social anxiety and don't do good talking to people even in my own language so that's gonna be something that's gonna be more trying. Sitting in my room learning and watching anime will be no issue though.
@한솔.69 ай бұрын
I think for me personally the last tip - to commit - is the most important advice that i had to hear. Because my interest in Japanese is quite light compared to, for example, Korean that i have achieved a speaking level after learning for 3 years and still counting. So i didn't have time to think that i actually gotta commit to Japanese if i really want to learn it. Thank you for this video and i will go think about how i want my Japanese journey to look like
@JapaneseJourney9 ай бұрын
Welcome Back!
@downey22949 ай бұрын
man i feel so demotivated whenever i see "guy learns to N1 level in just 8 months!" type of stuff. also makes me want to rush the learning process and makes me feel like i am never doing enough. eventually i burn out and quit. happened like 4 times now. go strong for 4-6 months and just burn myself out trying to do as much as possible.
@perfectblue84436 ай бұрын
It seems to me that most people who make such claims are not 100% truthful and honest about their starting point. My advice would be: learn at your own pace.
@ElliotScottDating3 күн бұрын
Wait you believe this guy who says he was fluent in one year? 😂
@NoOneSpecial2097 ай бұрын
Thank you so much for the references! I’m still in phase 1 but I was struggling to figure out how to come across native Japanese speakers without seeming like a complete weirdo. Thank you so much!
@Mondryx9 ай бұрын
Thanks for all the tips! As a full time working dude with a family 1 year is as good as impossible for me. But I'm happy I finally commited myself to learn japanese. It's been a lifelong dream of mine, and last summer I actually made japanese a daily habit of my life. On good days I invest 2h a day, but 15min is my absolut minimum. The first try to learn it was 2010.. I was young and had the time. But lacked the Conviction to really want it. 😄
@dial0019 ай бұрын
Welcome back! Was cool running into you guys in New York at Kinokuniya a few years back
@KoreKaraPodcast9 ай бұрын
Dan!! That was crazy, thanks for watching :)
@samiru65212 ай бұрын
"You should always be outside your comfort zone when you are learning". The meaning of this line is really deep.
@kenbladex7 ай бұрын
Isnt it wrong to say you learned Japanese in a year when you have been studying for many years yet went hard core in one year ...? It not like it was 0 from 100
@JapaneseListeningShadowing5 ай бұрын
為になる視点をありがとう!
@exponentzero9 ай бұрын
I ragged you on your other excellent channel for abandoning us here, now I will praise you for returning to us よくできました! 👍🙇♂🙏
@KoreKaraPodcast9 ай бұрын
Ahaha thanks for supporting nevertheless
@RamseyJapanese-ym6xp9 ай бұрын
Great video, thank you!
@benajatt9 ай бұрын
Great video Eric! I'm blown away by the quality of the content you guys put out on this channel. I love the tip that you gave about making sure to get speaking practice in in addition to immersion. I'd definitely practice speaking more if I could redo my journey too.
@KoreKaraPodcast9 ай бұрын
thanks Ben!!
@HelloFabs9 ай бұрын
This is the video I needed to watch! It is so straight to the point and extremely honest :) Thank you so much :)
@KoreKaraPodcast9 ай бұрын
glad you found it useful :)
@mrwifi12069 ай бұрын
Great to see you're back. Loved the video :)
@KoreKaraPodcast9 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
@carmonobre8029 ай бұрын
Really great video thank u
@KidzOfT0ky0-official7 ай бұрын
Learning the grammar is relatively easy learning hiragana and katakana is very easy i cant say the same for kanji but ive managed altogether i like seeing how different people explore our language and learn in the best way they can keep up the good work
@MobileMally9 ай бұрын
Welcome back Eric!
@KoreKaraPodcast9 ай бұрын
Thanks mally 🥹
@MobileMally9 ай бұрын
@@KoreKaraPodcast Anytime!
@anegoda19958 ай бұрын
Thank you for such good advice🤝 60 days in a row, but Anki only... yet 💪
@jeremygordonstudio9 ай бұрын
great video man, this definitely has given me some good insights on my own Japanese journey, thanks for sharing!
@KoreKaraPodcast9 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
@Alaiqkse5 ай бұрын
for example, if I watched this vid just a year ago, i would have not been able to understand anything due to your fluency in english despite the fact i really know english. But I bought a vr headset and spent all of my days with natives englishes and that can sound kind of weird but I usually talk to myself in english (Im french) so I gained much more fluency. Im prolly going to do this for Japanese. Anyways thanks for the video
@higuchivstheworld9 ай бұрын
your videos are really inspiring thank you so much
@hitsujihonyaku9 ай бұрын
hey higuchi :)
@higuchivstheworld9 ай бұрын
@@hitsujihonyaku hehe
@ThisIsntmyrealnameGoogle9 ай бұрын
These apply to every language as well! Did this with Spanish which was super easy due to coworkers speaking it, recommending me dramas and movies, every show on the planet having a Spanish dub and there being a plethora of textbooks and material.
@KoreKaraPodcast9 ай бұрын
How are spanish dubs? This reminds me that there's a company emailing me every month telling me they want to dub the KoreKara Podcast into Spanish 😂
@DianaT-ph6iz9 ай бұрын
I so agree with your points and moving from the beginner stage. I noticed with Japanese, unlike other languages, that one beginner grammar point opens so many other beginner grammar points - small ones, and it is so easy to go in circles and fall into some kind of Alice in Wonderland rabbit hole where you repeat the same beginner material when you feel like you are forgetting something slightly - you never progress.
@janbonte64223 ай бұрын
Looking for a video like this for about two weeks now, thanks!
@kairu_b9 ай бұрын
Great video
@zhonglishusband69887 ай бұрын
My goal for this year is to get a 90% mark on the jlpt n4
@AlexSels9 ай бұрын
I’m a bit confused. You’ve been learning Japanese for well over 2-3 years. You have videos dating back 2 years ago to 3 where you are still studying japanese. It just makes it hard for me to believe you did everything in 1 year and passed N1. I studied very hard myself as well and I think passing N1 in one year even with your methods would prove impossible. It’s just me. But as always great content 👍🏻
@KoreKaraPodcast9 ай бұрын
By the time I made the video I had already passed 2-3 years ago. I also had the opportunity to live in the country for 4-6 months and was living in Japanese all day + grinding anki for 2 hours per day. It would be hard to not pass imo. That being said my Japanese wasn't perfect, I could communicate no problem with anyone, read novels, and function. But far from Native after 1 year. I guessed many questions, many words I didn't know, and made many mistakes. But I also interviewed the doth + harry who passed under 1 year and got near perfect scores. So it's not impossible if you set it as a goal
@Callme_Xcess9 ай бұрын
Bro got asian blood RESPECT 🎉
@treebush8 ай бұрын
Nothing hard to believe he’s not the only one to get to n1 within a year
@Callme_Xcess8 ай бұрын
@@treebush that's so fire bro Fully immersed
@neiltabas58798 ай бұрын
Just started this Journey ! Hopefully it gets good from here ! Thanks for your content ! I been enjoying
@farslashenjoyer9 ай бұрын
Yooo the return of KoreKara!!
@こばやし-o7k8 ай бұрын
Watching anime in Japanese with Japanese subtitles is really effective to immerse your self in Japanese. Recently, I'm learning English with anime I've ever watched like DragonBall, Pokémon and Naruto and I realized there're lots of modification even in serious situations haha
@riseful5 ай бұрын
Great tips. That ‘Japanese’ dictionary app you recommended is amazing. It has greatly sped up my study flow. I used romajidesu up until now.. it’s outdated and slow comparison. Have you guys made a video about what keyboard to use a smartphone? I use Romaji on iPhone right now, but it makes me wonder if I should switch to the full Japanese keyboard based on your recommendation to switch all your devices to Japanese. Thanks again for the tips. This video has inspired me to fully commit to learning Japanese!
@othercontent-vd9kd9 ай бұрын
久しぶりですね
@りがんv2Ай бұрын
3:13 that's why I watch my childhood show. Because I don't wanna waste my story understanding, as in the beginning, I won't understand everything.
@melodylyriks9 ай бұрын
wow you're back . one hug
@KoreKaraPodcast9 ай бұрын
🤝
@Redeemed-109 ай бұрын
This is good content. I will use these tips in my language learning. Something to note: You are speaking unnecessarily fast and slurring some of your words. I am a native English speaker and this really stood out to me. Also, the music is too loud at several points which is competing with what you are saying. You may want to consider these points for the future, especially since the content you are offering is about language learning (and communicating) and is valuable.
@CaptainSushiCatcha9 ай бұрын
Im glad my counselor knows Japanese and once went to japan 😂 she gives me small Japanese lessons sometimes
@InterludeSpiral9 ай бұрын
Bro WELCOME BACK!!!!
@KoreKaraPodcast9 ай бұрын
let's get it!!
@PeaceRomanus9 ай бұрын
The video and the way it’s explained is the best.. But can you share with us whats your daily/weekly learning schedule for japanese? Like the apps or books you use and how you apply it?
@jasonharris79759 ай бұрын
He’s back
@KoreKaraPodcast9 ай бұрын
Yesssir
@acermaniacboy9 ай бұрын
algorithm hit me, trying to learn korean here lol but i think i can implement how you learned Japanese to how i should start learning korean
@kastro80659 ай бұрын
This is overall a great video and I respect what Eric/KoreKara created and have done with the podcast and it's cool to see a return, that said, I'm gonna pushback on something that I think has been a toxic part of the language learning community (especially in the Japanese learning community, *in my opinion*) and that I wish would be left behind or more critically dissected. And that's to "give up the timeline (to fluency)". I get it, it's necessary clickbait (how else could you structure this sort of video), but the sea of "In under a year/fluent in X months" videos have done nothing but set the wrong expectations about what the language leaning journey and experience is. And I'm speaking as someone who is trying to do this as fast as possible myself lol (I'm on N3-level content after 8 months, and aiming for this December's N1 -or N2 if I don't feel ready when sign-ups open in August lol-). Even the people that KoreKara have interviewed, some have been learning for over 5-10 years! From watching all these videos the only thing that has ever mattered is pushing your limits and near-daily consistency, everything else is noise. Showing up every day to do the work is already hard enough, remove the pressure of the "fluent in only X year(s)/months" timeline. I'm definitely not trying to say it's an impossible feat at all or that you shouldn't set high standards. But "fluency" has such a nebulous definition already and you can make the perfect plan, but life happens and things can get in the way. I mean, this channel itself literally went on an almost 2 year hiatus lol. Again, that's my only gripe with this video I don't want to sound like I'm trying to rip it apart. I'm also not trying to say that Eric is setting up bad expectations here btw! Encouraging early output is refreshing to see when the old AJATT thinking was "NEVER OUTPUT UNLESS YOU'RE PERFECT", which is just categorically wrong. And "immersion is training for a fight, while speaking (outputting) is like being in an actual fight" is an excellent analogy.
@KoreKaraPodcast9 ай бұрын
Yeah I agree with you, thank you for your comment. The idea with setting a time-bound goal is to help motivate people to step up their Japanese game, but of course at the end of the day truly learning a language to near native fluency is likely going to take a decade or a lifetime. That being said I think N1 in 1 year is definitely doable in a year if that's the goal from the beginning and having N1 opens up a lot of doors, like being able to move to Japan. A handful of people that I interviewed have reached that level in 1 year (like the Doth or Harry) Functional fluency in 1 year is also doable in my opinion especially if you have the opportunity to be in a Japanese environment. It's obviously harder if you're outside the country but when I was in Japan I saw plenty of study abroad students get to full fluency after just 1 year in Japan immersing in Japanese non stop. (Functional fluency meaning 0 problems in the country, will never get lost in any situation, can communicate any idea and understand most things) I definitely think you should take breaks if life gets in the way, nothing wrong with that. But if someone is trying to get fluent as fast as possible taking breaks in the beginning really makes the whole process slower since you might have to go back and re-learn words concepts. But once you get to a certain threshold of fluency taking breaks is a lot more manageable since you already have "acquired" the language to a certain extent. The same way how a beginner lifter might have to hit the gym multiple times a week for multiple years to build up a base, but once they build up a base it only takes 1 day per week to maintain that muscle mass.
@nan0669 ай бұрын
Could you please recommend some KZbin channels! I consume so much KZbin but have a hard time finding similar channels to my interests. Japanese KZbin is such a different place haha. I’m looking for video essays on economics, game analysis, and pop culture ✨
@Sahithyanfx2 ай бұрын
Really nice Tips btw whats the name of the song in the end scene
@eigojiyouzu8 ай бұрын
Great advice imo. And really great job on music choice and timing. Editing was enjoyable. I got flashbacks watching the part about using the language before you are fluent. I too would recommend this. I've been living in japan for half a year and at least once a month i embarrass myself heaps and i can always laugh about it although it can be a bit traumatizing. Know i think of using the language is the same as trying to sell something to someone, the more failures you have the closer you are to success.(a sale or in language - fluency or something near it). This and learning to say that you don't understand and ask someone to repeat themselves (politely ofc), if that fails learn to ask for the meaning or similar words. When you get into this pattern you are truly learning on the spot and just as he says - your brain will do whatever it takes to remember what is being said in order to avoid embarrassment in the future. Currently my hairstylist and i speak for an hour straight and he almost knows zero english so it's always a bit nerve-racking knowing that i will be expected to use japanese for an hour straight even when im not in the mood to struggle, but most often we both end up having some good laughs and it goes better than expected.
@josephoreilly71808 ай бұрын
I gotta admire your determination. Inspires me. As an older learner whose closest connection to anime is my 24 yo grandson, where should I look other than youtube for Japanese content to watch? That I might be able to comprehend? I'm thinking of watching sumo matches in Japanese but I don't think they have subtitles. Or watch Japanese singers perhaps as I like the Enka music.
@忱谢7 ай бұрын
I like this video so much. If you don't mind, I would like to ask your permission to share this video to the other website in China for the embarrassing reason that KZbin is blocked fromac cessing in China. Of course, I will give sources of the original website. Thank you very much.
@hello_there_friend9 ай бұрын
THANK YOU SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO MUCH
@KoreKaraPodcast9 ай бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
@yokai19 ай бұрын
The GOATs back
@KoreKaraPodcast9 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching!!
@JosephvsJapan9 ай бұрын
Good video!
@KoreKaraPodcast9 ай бұрын
Thanks man!
@vasilikonstan9 ай бұрын
3:30 Fun Fact: the Genki series includes 1,700 vocabulary terms (and 323 Kanji)
@userEverything6 ай бұрын
Me casually learning Japanese with the hope that I could hopefully finish it in 2-3 years
@Zenkyuu89219 ай бұрын
I’m kinda stuck in the endgame where I have enough vocabulary to have a conversation and I know enough to understand everything I need to whenever I watch a drama or an anime in full Japanese, but I don’t have anyone to practice with consistently and nobody to net enough focus to expand my vocabulary vastly enough to reach past business level. I could be consistent on my flashcards, but it’s weird because you don’t want to farm flashcards all the time and just want to learn words you know you’ll actually use organically.
@shikishina9 ай бұрын
RETURN OF THE KING
@Anushka_san-b7b2 ай бұрын
JJK kaisen in thumbnail 🔥 I learned basic Japanese from jjk ❤️
@deansprinkle-hr3uz4 ай бұрын
Regarding Anki card structure who puts only kanji on the front, and who does both kana and kanji on the front?
@nateykaiwatch9 ай бұрын
bro i can feel my brain growing by the second
@KoreKaraPodcast9 ай бұрын
😂
@Tortellini-Ajax6 ай бұрын
my problem is 1.that I am 14 witch means I'm always with my family so I can't do any type of call so I have to find another way 2. english is my 2nd language and I'm translating from Japanese to english mostly witch noticeably slows me 3.I can't just figure out how to use anki and those card stuff
@Punkologist2 ай бұрын
I have been learning for 6 weeks. I learnt Hiragana and Katakana within 2 weeks. I'm going to classes and finding remembering vocabulary really hard. I don't have the best memory in general, so I'm concerned I'll never be able to do it well.
@ChrisCrous-bq1cf5 ай бұрын
Genki was terrible for me...Japanese textbooks with no English helped me a lot more
@silverchairsg9 ай бұрын
Any advice for learning Japanese specifically for understanding JAV? I have intermediate Mandarin proficiency as well.
@KoreKaraPodcast9 ай бұрын
watch more
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