This is a dumb moment i had today and i want to share with you I was checking on the wkstats page that according to the frequency of the kanji that appear on an average article in wikipedia you could read almost 70% of it, so I was shocked by the good news and decided to give it a try. Yeah so i t…

@JupiterTomato is right. The only way to become a self-assessed N1 is to read amazon.co.jp reviews. To be serious, though, the Tofugu article on the Minimum Effective Dose of Japanese might be a helpful read for you! (Also, their Japanese-learning articles in general are a nice resource, at least w…

Even at level 26 now, it’s still not much better. Although I feel I am in an ok spot with grammar right now, reading any piece of writing and understanding it is very very difficult. I still often find unknown kanji in everything I try to read, another thing I have trouble with is onomatopoeia and s…

If only there was a section on this forum where you’re guaranteed to be able to read some Japanese :open_mouth:

[image] JupiterTomato: agreed, really you should just be reading amazon reviews Tell me more…

Oh thank you for the link, by looking at your current level i know there is a long way to go for me, but hey, you’ve got it, passive and causative verbs are one of my main leeches sources… so let’s go!! ganbarimasho-!!

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We should share the discoveries found on this thread, on the ultimate guide to learn Japanese with social networks comment sections + Amazon reviews. @Sezme @fiertia @JupiterTomato You’re all great, had so much fun

Well it isn’t just that. 70% is still a nearly useless amount of understanding. Even if you get the 70% vocabulary in addition to the kanji. Here’s an example of what 80% reading comprehension looks like. . That’s with everything at 80%. 70% in vocabulary in Japanese is way more useless as you still…

At level 16 you can read about 70% of the kanji in a wikipedia article, but

WaniKani

Ninkastmin April 20, 2018, 5:04pm 10

would ebay reviews do the trick as well?

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At level 16 you can read about 70% of the kanji in a wikipedia article, but

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