ヤッホー! I was going to put this in my study log but I figured it might be useful to make it so that more people can see it. In this post, I talk about my reading journey in Japanese. I want to encourage others to read a lot and offer an individual perspective on what 100 books read looks like, as well…

[image] NihongoLearner19: This is all to say: It doesn’t matter what you read. 10,000 pages gets you far either way. However, reading easier stuff is going to get you there faster. I’d really like to agree with you, but my experience somehow doesn’t seem to be the same. I’m 10,000 pages in wi…

Thank you for writing this up! Reading your log was one of the things that helped inspire me to make that first daunting step into reading novels, so hopefully this will do the same for other people. [image] pocketcat: [image] NihongoLearner19: Don’t be afraid to quit reading a book that’s …

[image] Malinkal: Just wondering, is it mostly manga that you read? Yeah, it’s mostly manga below L24. As I said, I’m happy with my progress, I was just doubting the [image] NihongoLearner19: 10,000 pages gets you far either way. However, reading easier stuff is going to get you there fa…

[image] NihongoLearner19: I know a fair amount of idioms, can understand the nuance of different words, gendered speech styles, and levels of keigo, and can read for fun with very few issues. If I encounter a word I don’t know, I can usually guess the meaning from the kanji used and sometimes th…

[image] Chimmsen: I was just doubting the [image] NihongoLearner19: 10,000 pages gets you far either way. However, reading easier stuff is going to get you there faster. part, since that’s what I did and I’m nowhere near @NihongoLearner19 level ^^ Reading the easier stuff did not make me…

[image] NicoleIsEnough: Reading 10,000 pages of manga and reading 10,000 pages of books is a very different story. So maybe try an easy book next time and see how that goes and what it gives you :blush: this :up_arrow: try joining @soggyboy 's new bookclub :wink: [image] …

[image] prath: Do you have any tips for reading physical books? I hate that most of my reading is on the screen. I also have a high tolerance for look-ups, but it’s gotten so convenient that I think it’s time to slowly transition away from mokuro and the likes. I read entirely physical paper …

I think that reading a lower density manga, probably correspond to easier ones, feels more like reading a series of annotated pictures, that is, you can read a lot from the pictures. Vocabs are there, probably rarer words too, but they are still slightly annotated pictures. Mangas with higher text …

It’s a little finicky, but the amazon.co.jp 聴き放題 is very solid if you can get it to accept your card. You can filter by provider on Natively to see which books in your library have audiobook versions to start. I’d recommend finding a series of books that have audiobooks if possible. Otherwise, maybe…

Love this, super helpful and inspirational. Thank you! Two Qs: How did you find your vocab scaling with books read? You mentioned doing lots of lookups - did you SRS none/some/all of these? I’m finding that my biggest barrier even with easier books. Apols if this in your log (if so I’ll go do …

100 Books Read in Japanese: A Reading Journey

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