"I know HOW to study Japanese, I just don't"

[@mumu32]

I sorta see my younger self in you, I went through a hardcore study period when I was in college and just wanted to give some advice. Working rn in the states and going to Japan for work next year. I assume your goal is to work in Japan if you’re studying 6 hours a day. If you’re still in school man focus on your education and balance Japanese on the side. If you're going to be in japan soon then sure, grind. I never understood why Japanese has to be special with "AJATT” though, like it’s just a language. All the foreigners I know studied normally, immersed on the side and eventually just moved to Japan and work at Japanese companies just fine. Even if your goal is to work in Japan, you should be balancing Japanese with some sort of skill (law, business, marketing, accounting, teaching credentials, etc.) or whatever job you want to be doing and be realisitic about what level of Japanese you need for said job (can you actually speak and function smoothly in a workplace). If you’re that serious about Japanese and Japan, maybe consider a study abroad or study at a Japanese uni in the country so you can make connections and experience daily life, work a baito and do 就職活動 there your 3rd year of uni. It makes life and job hunting at entry level way easier vs going to school in the states and racking up student debt in USD. The bad news is that even if you wanted to work in Japan, having N1 and only that, it is not a 'skill', everyone speaks Japanese natively in Japan and doesn't mean anything in the job market there and the reality is that you're still behind a native speaker with N1. I'm in no way trying to dissuade anyone at all and there's nothing wrong with having a hardcore study period if your goal is to be in Japan. But just have a long term plan and Japanese doesn’t have to be some all or nothing thing. As long as you study everyday even if its just a couple of hours that's still great. If you are sacrificing your skills, health, career, sleep over Japanese that's just not the play imo. Best of luck with your goals man, just don't be too hard on yourself.

[@SlavicOfficial]

Japanese is hard 🥲

[@osuplaeyurreallygood]

everything that takes time to get good at is hard

[@GDBestREAL]

@@osuplaeyurreallygood And it's so satisfying when you see progress

[@SlavicOfficial]

@@osuplaeyurreallygood yup

[@frederico-d3l]

japanese its not hard. its actually easy... BUT its too much content and vocabulary just like ANY lenguage on earth.

[@someguyTM]

but i'm harder

[@rakedos9057]

1:46 "Half effort beats no effort" This can't be stressed enough! No effort means that your level will purely stagnate at best or decrease (unless you are very comfortable in Japanese). Me as example: I learn a bit of Japanese and stop for years. My Japanese didn't evolve at all (obviously). But if I had practiced just a tiny bit each weeks I would be in good shape. I don't regret anything, it's just an example. Practice (regularly) a bit will beat all odds in the end. Also, by comparison what sky-rocket my English was immersion (with videos of people talking naturally, not for learners) and reading books.

[@user-kg5dn3ij1m]

i agree with this. my biggest example was when i was locked into tsukihime i lost track of time of this game finished it surprisingly quickly. good video ! subbed

[@elude3808]

Bro, if you are studying Japanese 6h a day, losing sleep and it’s not part of your future career goals, you got your priorities wrong. You can still study with way less hours and make progress, what do you want, to neglect everything else in your life in order to sprint to the fluency finish line or what? It’s not worth it man, trust me. Enjoy the learning ride, take it easy, live your life and focus the majority of your time on important things. That’s the key to avoid burnout. If you are motivated you will achieve your Japanese goals, but without balance, the rest of your life will be shit.

[@frederico-d3l]

well if you are studying japanese 6h a day... its because you want to move to japan at some point.

[@idkどうでもいい]

Another great video, thank you. Im on the side of people who doesnt have much time for studying japanese but trying to do my best. Im doing : -1hour x week italki lesson with japanese (Tobira) -everyday Anki + Satori -everyday some immersion (passive/active depends if im running, gym, job) like podcast, japanese TV but im always thinking that i should do more? Now i see that "sentence mining" is popular and im kinda tilted that im not doing this and without it i wont learn japanese as i want. - tbh this is what u talk about in first half of episode. I need to remember about half effort quote xd

[@ryacw]

You need to do sentence mining eventually to grow your vocabulary (it’s essentially something you can’t avoid) but don’t start until you know around 2000 words (most people, myself included, started when they finished their core vocab Anki deck) Good luck! At the end of the day, showing up is most of the work here!

[@frederico-d3l]

would you recommend italki lesson. or a academy with 2 classes per week??? italki lesson is better i guess, because you have 1 teacher for you only for 1 hour... academy is like 2-3 hours per week but its a class room.

[@ryacw]

@@frederico-d3l honestly I don’t really advocate for paying for Japanese lessons with a tutor, most of the “gains” will come from immersion and just being interested in the content that you like

[@mehreen-kt6zu]

Ngl I have had this excuse for the past two years. Ever since I got my job and school and trying other hobbies out like actually being physically fit I deferrred Japanese to the future (I wanna make money is my excuse). Also I upgraded my pc from windows to Mac but Mac sucks for immersion so I flashed Ubuntu onto an old laptop, gonna get BACK INTO IT THANK YOU www

[@WildPeanuts]

it feels like your videos speak to me personally

[@nerrorr6033]

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