Beginning Japanese Resources

[jbarrett17]

Hello all,

I have just begun learning Japanese and am still working on basic Kanji. I have a good grasp of both Katakana and Hiragana.

I am frequently using WaniKani (obviously), but I was hoping to get some more practical practice with reading and/or writing. A plus would also include resources for audio from Native Japanese Speakers.

Essentially, I am looking for resources to practice and improve my limited Japanese as I progress with WaniKani. Reading is first of course, but any great beginner resource recommendations (paid or free) would be great.

Thanks in advance!

[ekg]

There are a lot of resources, but a good place to start (which comes with short descriptions about the sources) can be found here:

The Ultimate Additional Japanese Resources List!

This post is a list of Japanese resources and stands as a collaborative wiki gathered by the WaniKani Community. If there’s a resource you feel is missing from the list, please add it by clicking the edit button above. Include an edit reason by clicking the button at the top of the edit window. Many of the resources here are free, however, the ones that aren’t are marked with a dollar sign $ or otherwise noted. Click on the triangle symbol ► to open a section’s resou…

For listening comprehension there is also this:

Listening Practice What do you listen to for Japanese practice?

This thread is for talking about your favorite resources for improving your Japanese listening comprehension. That could be YouTube, radio shows, podcasts, Drama CDs, interviews, video games, JP dramas, western movies dubbed in Japanese etc. I dunno! I’d just love to see all the resources gathered in one place that is easy to find, and to let people talk about it. ^>^ I hope that everyone that has any question to do with listening practice dare to post here! Have fun! ^>^ [chillhop-st…

[simias]

I’ve been using Tae Kim’s grammar and Japanese course based on Tae Kim's grammar guide & anime - AnkiWeb to get some N+1 input with audio.

I’ve also been using Bunpro for grammar SRS.

I’d still recommend focusing on WK for the first ~10 levels or so (should be only a couple of months if you go full speed) because then you’ll have some very decent core vocabulary and kanji knowledge to make learning grammar easier. Learning grammar sucks when you have to look up every word…