A few years ago my brother gave me a sweatshirt as a present with "日本語を勉強しています。話しかけてください" written on it. It was such a blessing when I got to Japan, because native speakers smiled or laughed at me (not in the wrong way) but actually talked to me. I was so happy! So I suggest getting and wearing one of those funny clothes with japanese sentences they really help.
I love these tips! Some of them really do highlight that "You don't have to be perfect, the point of language learning is to communicate. So it's okay if you don't know EVERYTHING you encounter. Focus on what matters to you." Thank you for these!
@cupcake320097 ай бұрын
These were some really good tips and some I already use, so it felt a little validating lol. I have to keep telling myself when I encounter new vocab "you don't need to remember every single word you learn. You don't have to be perfect. If i stay consistent those words will come up and you will learn them in context later in your studies".
@nicholaskolasinski42467 ай бұрын
For real!! It's so hard to move past new vocab, but I love that mantra you tell yourself. We'll come across those words again! @cupcake32009
@kemushichan7 ай бұрын
HELLO FRIDAY UPLOADS 🔥🔥🔥
@adjfsk7 ай бұрын
The autofocus on the camera made it really hard to watch, but I did love listening to your study hacks! Thanks!!
@ladybookworms7 ай бұрын
This is the first time I heard someone say that the job market in Tokyo is less competitive. I’d love to have a whole dedicated video on this.
@AJ-Experiences7 ай бұрын
As someone trying to learn Japanese, with a 1 year old, and starting a YT channel, super useful for this to come out on Feb 1st to keep the waning momentum new years resolutions going. Loved tip #2 for my Japan trip coming up in a few weeks. Tip #3's labelling was veto'd by my wife XD. I can also imagine your thoughts with the autofocus ~I have 2 babies, I don't have time to rerecord~. Glad that you kept it moving to put out great content as always!
@kemushichan7 ай бұрын
xD You read my mind with the autofocus. Legit was like WE JUST LEARN AND MOVE ON!!!
@glittershimmerclarisse_ayumiАй бұрын
7 years ago, I saved your video about Japanese study tips on my KZbin playlist, and I am glad that I saw a new video from you again sharing effective Japanese study tips. Tysm! ✨
@aibao_eipariru_april7 ай бұрын
I’m trying to immerse myself more with Netflix and KZbin… my kids’ books. And I just cracked open the texts from page 1 again to refresh and remember. (My degree is in Japanese ffs and my head is like 🤯 empty) You’d think it would be a lot easier, since I live with a Japanese person 😂 but he’s not nice about corrections and I also have 3 gremlins that refuse to accept the gospel of nihongo. I know for me, it’s pretty much all useless until I’m back in Japan, sink or swim. Thank you for the motivation to keep going and trying in the meantime!
@endlessteatime47337 ай бұрын
yES KATAKANA YES YES. Thank you. I'm thoroughly convinced that any beginner (without a kanji background) benefits the most from learning katakana first. And yet they end up learning hiragana first, not understanding a word of what they're reading, an when they finally progress to katakana, they've gotten so used to hiragana that katakana overwhelm them. That's such a waste. I could only read katakana for YEARS (before I seriously started learning Japanese) and they were enough for me to navigate Japanese shopping websites easily. Also, I can confirm immediately showing a room of Japanese people that you can speak Japanese really helps with integrating into the group.
@bluetastick7 ай бұрын
Never been this early. How’d you know I was trying to get back into studying!
@echelonangel987 ай бұрын
Saki is a great tutor!!!!
@FannyLopesDias7 ай бұрын
Saki-san is also my tutor, as she knows portuguese as well is easy to us understand each other! I like her a lot :)
@Mobik_7 ай бұрын
I can raise my hand. I managed to study 760 hours since June last year to December. In Jan. In January I did 70 hours.
@mumu327 ай бұрын
Great advice!
@TheMyahChannel7 ай бұрын
I'm living in Japan but im studying French 😂 im aiming to take JLPT N2 this year...... i should probably start studying Japanese
@cramberi7 ай бұрын
I've been practicing your tip #2 of don't forget to speak first. There's a lot of Japanese restaurants in my area so I thought it'd be a great place to practice some Japanese. To my surprise, many Japanese restaurants are owned and staffed by Chinese and Korean people. Not all of them speak Japanese but sometimes I'm able to practice Japanese and it's been really great!
@jewelsfromonhigh62537 ай бұрын
Awesome video! Question though: what is リカちゃん?Is that the dictionary app that was mentioned? How does it differ from a learning app like LingQ? Are they isomorphic? I use a lot of this app to help me learn new words, and I'm not sure if this gradual hallucination you speak of in the sixth point will just magically work for me if I continue reading 魔女の宅配便 without some assistance. Although, you do make an excellent point in that I don't practice a lot of top-down, look-and-assess reading practice with Japanese. I guess I should practice sight reading things cold turkey now and again. I want that magic you speak of.
@sirajcarkey82346 ай бұрын
The last tip you mentioned, I can relate to that. Im going to do the same thing
@kinhabun7 ай бұрын
I had no idea about this 30 day- challenge!! Great advice!!! Thank you!!!
@isekai4217 ай бұрын
ありがとうございます!
@Truecrimeresearcher2247 ай бұрын
i used an app and went during most of janurary studying. then i had to get a new phone and forgot to back up my phone and couldnt remember the log in info. i went a good 14-15 days of learning japanese so for me its a start
@badanxiety6886Ай бұрын
Hi i love your videos. Love from Indonesia ❤
@briannagravely93497 ай бұрын
Good to see you back on the tube, girliepop! 💜
@palacioed177 ай бұрын
Great vid! Thanks for the tips 😍 I've been thinking about my dusty notes.. I'm going to put myself out there and write a bit on italki everyday with what I learn. Also the tip about saying something in Japanese when you enter a room #chefkiss 😍
@LittleKikuyu7 ай бұрын
The way Kirby just turned around disapprovingly when you mentioned bad study habits with flash cards 😂❤️
@deller63157 ай бұрын
Gosh, I've missed your videos!! 😄 Love your content, as always 💜
@jasonmitchell92726 ай бұрын
Hi Loretta, Do you have any tour recommendation for a Japan trip? I traveled to Nagoya for work in 2018 and didn't have much free time to explore. I would like to go back on vacation and experience more of Japan.
@ChristopherCricketWallace7 ай бұрын
the pay is - 40% than the US. (and that's not accounting for the current exchange rate--that makes it worse)
@kemushichan7 ай бұрын
😉😉😉
@CozyCabbit7 ай бұрын
I’m currently in the process of re-learning Japanese since I haven’t used it actively in seven years. 😅 In college we used Genki, which never really clicked. So I’m starting over using the Japanese From Zero series. At least to get started again. Eventually I’ll use italki for further practice.❤
@Kat_Author20217 ай бұрын
Japanese from Zero is a good series.
@solh88447 ай бұрын
🤚meeee,Lolol I even bought new study guides and I feel like a snail 🐌 I want to try italki so bad but I don’t ever feel I know enough to even begin! So I’m just trying to learn all the essential kanji and basic vocab 😅
@ae56646 ай бұрын
Thank you for these tips! I had a question, what is a good discord group to join?
@bmkmymaggots7 ай бұрын
I don't think to never use dictionaries any more is a good advice. to learn new words though only context hasn't worked for me. i can't think of any word i learned purely through context...
@jjmaybank9886 ай бұрын
ive applied to a language school but im not staying there after i finish im doing it for experience
@SyrianSoaper6 ай бұрын
actually i didnt start out january like that and now finally im not burnt out on japanese and want to study 😂 but also i have a proficiency test coming up getting me out of spainish germen or french 😅
@parisg24253 ай бұрын
What do you think of apps like Pimsleur when just starting to learn?
@austinsharp37656 ай бұрын
I’m currently working on my bachelors and plan on doing my masters in Japan. I plan on mastering in digital marketing, but im currently doing Japanese for my undergraduate. Especially since I’m interested in the mext scholarship, should I change my undergraduate to be business related as well?
@Makiaveliiste7 ай бұрын
Hello, thank you for this video. Can you make a video in which you elaborate on the chart at 9:10. It looks like this method has a lot of potential but you didn't really explained it. I didn't understand. Thank you.
@richarddrake71487 ай бұрын
If I'm reading it correctly it lists the days of the week in Japanese and each corresponding line lists the action for that particular day hope that I helped
@rhiannon96737 ай бұрын
日(Sun) 月(Mon) 火(Tues) 水(Wed) 木(Thur) 金(Fri) 土(Sat) She's saying to make yourself a schedule where you do an activity every few days, or on certain days of the week :)
@dafnebolson4 ай бұрын
Dear Loretta, I saw your kids childcare book, and I never have seen how it is called. Even in doramas appears, but I looked into the textbooks and it don't appear. My question is: How is called that notebook that writes the teacher and the parents on it to communicate? Is mandatory only to childcare facilities or to even to elementary school?
@kemushichan4 ай бұрын
Renrakucho (literally "contact book")
@laymayrosey7 ай бұрын
mayyyybe I haven’t touched any of my flashcard stacks yet this year…
@amorecullen6 ай бұрын
Hello Loretta, I'm from Mexico and I've been researching to go study Japanese, in fact I have n5 (but it took me more than 5 years, so... I want to go there to learn it faster), I asked at the language school issi. Can you recommend schools to learn that are a little cheaper?(also in a accommodate)
@greggleswong5 ай бұрын
Do natives go with ピジ or パソコン for a computer?
@jssmedialangs7 ай бұрын
I need to work with Saki! 😭
@Ladderphobia7 ай бұрын
I'm gonna put まだやっていますか in my back pocket. so many places wanna give me english menu right off the bat.
I know some Japanese from school, but not as fluently like I used to.
@figgettit2 ай бұрын
don't agree on skipping kanji. learn kana, gana, and the first 100 kanji before you get here.
@takigaki3227 ай бұрын
Nice tips. For videos from now on, make sure to keep your hands beneath the lens. Watching your face, the image blurred repeatedly because your hands kept raising up. I want to see your clear face in order to connect. Thx..✌
@kemushichan7 ай бұрын
You got it my dude!
@SayHelloToOblivion7 ай бұрын
I felt so called out in the first 15 seconds of this video. 😂
@bmkmymaggots7 ай бұрын
didn't know that there are people with an habit of moving to japan which can be stopped :D After the first time you should have already grasped the basic vocab
@tamikomasters80052 ай бұрын
kirby moved....
@figgettit2 ай бұрын
the word you're looking for is *gist* try learning english
@neonkaiju7 ай бұрын
It's ok: Even us Star Wars fans hate Star Wars now.
@laymayrosey7 ай бұрын
tbh I only like the new Star Wars stuff lmao
@paulwalther52377 ай бұрын
I have more than a little bit of Japanese but I did not catch that lol. (Ok to be fair I am watching this video sped up)
@user-ku8sh4sk9r7 ай бұрын
you talk so much with your hands your camera is CONFLICTED on what to focus on lmfao