# Any tips or advice for training your 日本語 skills? **URL:** \ **Category:** Japanese Language\ **Created:** [May 21, 2019, 10:39am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/any-tips-or-advice-for-training-your-%E6%97%A5%E6%9C%AC%E8%AA%9E-skills/36852 "2019-05-21T10:39:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![narururu](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/narururu/32/265076_2.png) [@narururu](https://community.wanikani.com/u/narururu)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2019, 10:39am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/any-tips-or-advice-for-training-your-%E6%97%A5%E6%9C%AC%E8%AA%9E-skills/36852/1 "2019-05-21T10:39:22Z")
aloha guys! answer might be obvious for people, but somehow i struggle with actually training my japanese that i’m learning. last year i started to use hello talk what was a good way to connect to other learners. but i found myself in an uncomfortable position since i get easily overwhelmed by many contacts. didn’t help that some japanese guy felt highly disappointed in me when i didn’t answer within a day and called me out for being a shit person due to that reason. since then i feel too discouraged and intimidated to actually search for a native person talking to me in japanese. YET STILL i still want to connect to japanese friends i made over the years. we usually talk in english, but i want to learn how i can understand them better. so obvious way is actually getting better in japanese. long story short: do you know a platform (maybe even a thread here in wk? maybe missed it) where i can train my skills with people? or do you know other solutions? sometimes i try to write sentences or build them while i talk to myself (btw my japanese talking skill is too low to have actual conversations more complex than トイレはあそこです。外ではない。このトイレはとても素晴らしいです。just to give you an idea haha) what i do atm to learn japanese: - wanikani to learn vocabs and kanji - duolingo to get a feeling for sentence structure - reading easy japanese text to train my hiragana and katakana recognition and reading speed sorry for the blah-blah! if you struggle with the same issue being isolated learning japanese, please share your experience and thoughts! thank you! ---
**Author:** ![greasyButter](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/greasybutter/32/183604_2.png) [@greasyButter](https://community.wanikani.com/u/greasyButter)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2019, 10:42am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/any-tips-or-advice-for-training-your-%E6%97%A5%E6%9C%AC%E8%AA%9E-skills/36852/2 "2019-05-21T10:42:46Z")
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**Author:** ![MalbonaGenio](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/malbonagenio/32/258574_2.png) [@MalbonaGenio](https://community.wanikani.com/u/MalbonaGenio)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2019, 10:58am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/any-tips-or-advice-for-training-your-%E6%97%A5%E6%9C%AC%E8%AA%9E-skills/36852/3 "2019-05-21T10:58:11Z")
The discord above is pretty usefull, also i would recomend you to listen to japanese podcast at around your level. Fully in japanese if possible or with minimal english intervention. I have been doing this together with tangoristo to read articles for 2-3 months and the improvement and especially the retention of words, etc has been greatly increased. ---
**Author:** ![narururu](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/narururu/32/265076_2.png) [@narururu](https://community.wanikani.com/u/narururu)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2019, 10:59am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/any-tips-or-advice-for-training-your-%E6%97%A5%E6%9C%AC%E8%AA%9E-skills/36852/4 "2019-05-21T10:59:30Z")
oooh!!! thank you for sharing this server! i totally will have a look on it! is it only good for people who can already have good talks in japanese? or is there also a chat for beginners? 💦 ---
**Author:** ![narururu](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/narururu/32/265076_2.png) [@narururu](https://community.wanikani.com/u/narururu)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2019, 11:03am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/any-tips-or-advice-for-training-your-%E6%97%A5%E6%9C%AC%E8%AA%9E-skills/36852/5 "2019-05-21T11:03:57Z")
thank you for your recommendation!! will check tangoristo out _\_\__ i think my japanese level is still too low to understand conversations, but listening to podcasts at a better level totally sounds useful! ToT/ ---
**Author:** ![greasyButter](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/greasybutter/32/183604_2.png) [@greasyButter](https://community.wanikani.com/u/greasyButter)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2019, 11:19am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/any-tips-or-advice-for-training-your-%E6%97%A5%E6%9C%AC%E8%AA%9E-skills/36852/6 "2019-05-21T11:19:08Z")
Well, to be harsh, if you don’t know any Japanese outside of WK, then holding a conversation won’t be very feasible, you’ll just keep seeing new kanji’s and vocabulary. But you gotta start somewhere, so I leave the choice up to you! You can join in if you want to, see if it suits you. ---
**Author:** ![Ashleigh1708](https://cdck-file-uploads-global.s3.dualstack.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/wanikanicommunity/original/3X/f/d/fd4c154120954695f788402f3bcf4e616499bc2d.png) [@Ashleigh1708](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Ashleigh1708)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2019, 11:59am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/any-tips-or-advice-for-training-your-%E6%97%A5%E6%9C%AC%E8%AA%9E-skills/36852/7 "2019-05-21T11:59:34Z")
How do I find podcasts to listen to? And where is the best (free) place? 😁 ---
**Author:** ![Kazzeon](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/kazzeon/32/288210_2.png) [@Kazzeon](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Kazzeon)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2019, 12:05pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/any-tips-or-advice-for-training-your-%E6%97%A5%E6%9C%AC%E8%AA%9E-skills/36852/8 "2019-05-21T12:05:40Z")
Just a few I have saved. [https://www.wasabi-jpn.com/japanese-lessons/materials-for-japanese-lessons-read-aloud-method/](https://www.wasabi-jpn.com/japanese-lessons/materials-for-japanese-lessons-read-aloud-method/) > **[そこ☆あに](https://sokoani.com/)** > > ディープじゃなくそこそこアニメを語るネットラジオ『そこ☆あに』 作品特集・インタビュー特集。毎週日曜深夜ポッドキャストでお届けします。 > **[バイリンガルニュース (Bilingual News)](https://bilingualnews.libsyn.com/)** > > バイリンガルニュースでは、世界で話題のニュースを、独自のバイリンガル会話形式でゆるーく無料配信しています！収録は台本なしの一発本番なので、リアルな英会話をお楽しみいただけます。 > > 会話のテキストは、バイリンガルニュース公式アプリをチェック！ > > 楽しく英語を聴いて、英語力アップを目指してみませんか？ > > Bilingual News is a free English and Japanese news podcast. Casual and unedited colloquial language... [http://hkbk.fm/](http://hkbk.fm/) [https://radio.garden/](https://radio.garden/) (random Japanese radio stations) ---
**Author:** ![Saida](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/saida/32/348936_2.png) [@Saida](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Saida)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2019, 12:22pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/any-tips-or-advice-for-training-your-%E6%97%A5%E6%9C%AC%E8%AA%9E-skills/36852/9 "2019-05-21T12:22:17Z")
There is a let’s talk Japanese thread in the Japanese only section, but it is not very active. If you want you can start your own thread as well. I will try to respond to any comments you post, in short sentences, maybe? If you want to be corrected or not, I am sure people will be accommodating. Also, if you just want to do homework sentences and practice that would be fine, too. Doesn’t have to be in kanji either, I guess, as long as it’s Japanese! ---
**Author:** ![narururu](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/narururu/32/265076_2.png) [@narururu](https://community.wanikani.com/u/narururu)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2019, 12:33pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/any-tips-or-advice-for-training-your-%E6%97%A5%E6%9C%AC%E8%AA%9E-skills/36852/10 "2019-05-21T12:33:30Z")
thank you for your response! i am going to search if there is still some more or less thread. otherwise gonna do a new to invite people needing to practice. thank you! also for offering your help!! ToT/ ---
**Author:** ![Jeeno](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/jeeno/32/252009_2.png) [@Jeeno](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Jeeno)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2019, 8:54pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/any-tips-or-advice-for-training-your-%E6%97%A5%E6%9C%AC%E8%AA%9E-skills/36852/11 "2019-05-26T20:54:53Z")
The invite expired… Can you reinvite? ;)) ---
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**Author:** ![Jeeno](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/jeeno/32/252009_2.png) [@Jeeno](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Jeeno)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2019, 8:46pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/any-tips-or-advice-for-training-your-%E6%97%A5%E6%9C%AC%E8%AA%9E-skills/36852/13 "2019-06-14T20:46:46Z")
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