Hey people! I started learning Japanese and I already know about 100+ kanji, and I have a decent plan for getting more fluent when I accumulate more vocabulary and kanji. I was just curious for people who are also learning or fluent-near fluent how they go/went about immersion and if they used anyt…

I would suggest that (1) you don’t need to wait to start doing something alongside WK and (2) you absolutely need to be doing something alongside WK. WK teaches kanji and a bit of vocab, and you’ll need something for grammar and for the common vocab that WK doesn’t teach you because it’s prioritisin…

[image] euphoril: I was just curious for people who are also learning or fluent-near fluent how they go/went about immersion Reading/watching shows/playing games + putting recurring new words into Anki to not forget their pronunciation, spelling and meaning. [image] euphoril: if they use…

This Jalup article always comes to mind when someone asks about reaching fluency in Japanse. The ever expanding forest of Japanese. What is fluency? When are you fluent enough? The answer will probably change as you keep studying. What works? The answer to that question will probably also change as…

i was thinking about getting Remembering the Kanji actually. what are your thoughts on it? do you think i should dive into it immediately, or wait until im more comfortable with the language?

Remembering the kanji isn’t really a textbook. That would essentially be an “”“alternative”“” to wanikani, if you want to call it that. I wouldn’t personally recommend it, the way it’s usually used means you won’t be able to actually use the language until way way later, which is a huge motivation k…

[image] euphoril: i was thinking about getting Remembering the Kanji actually. what are your thoughts on it? do you think i should dive into it immediately, or wait until im more comfortable with the language? I agree with @Gorbit99 that it’s more of an alternative to WK than a supplement. Pe…

i did RTK 1 and i think it’s butts but you can skim read it and learn about radical breakdowns and whatever and that’s about all you need from that imho. You’re better off learning kanji in context as they appear in lower-level learning material. I can see it could be useful if you don’t have a bac…

thank you all for your help :heart: all of your answers were really helpful and descriptive and i think i have a better grasp of how im going to continue learning. i hope you all have an amazing day

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NeoArcturus February 15, 2024, 4:20pm 2

This reminds me of this thread Thinking about how much I’ve changed in these 2.5 months since I’ve started WK almost makes me feel old lol

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