So here I am, first time poster person. I’m level 17 wanikani and I’d say I’m around N4 for grammar. I’ve been reading that “you need to turn off subtitles ASAP!”. Well I tried to take this advice when watching anime and I ran into a couple of things. I felt like I could barely follow anything. Mo…

I find that while they can be a ‘crutch’, English anime subtitles can also be useful tools for learning Japanese. I often watch anime on Crunchyroll with my remote in one hand and my iPhone with Shirabe Jisho in the other. Whenever I hear a word (distinctly enough) that I don’t know, I stop the pl…

There is an anime club here. [image] Beginner Anime Club // Now Watching: ダンジョン飯 // Next: ノラガミ Listening Welcome to the Beginner Anime Club! Now Watching: ダンジョン飯 - Delicious In Dungeon [142478] Next Anime: ノラガミ - Starts March 15th [image] In this club we c…

If you’re watching native content at native speed with no subtitles at an N4 level, you’re definitely going to be pretty lost and miss a ton of stuff. I think that’s too early to go full immersion unless you’re really motivated to treat it as a learning experience and pause all the time to look thin…

I was frustrated with zero/Japanese-only subtitles for a long, long time. I just endured it. I still do, really. I still don’t get everything, but I get a lot and that’s good. [image] RebBlue: Otherwise, practice with easier stuff like this on youtube. You can also look on Natively to see whi…

Netflix, Disney+ do frequently have JP subs (Netflix has JP subs for a lot of non-JP shows, I quite like Rick & Morty), but the only way of reliably getting them is to - with dubious legality - download the anime & the subs. There are web apps that allow you to add subs to online video, so at least …

[image] DoobieDobby: I’ve been reading that “you need to turn off subtitles ASAP!”. Absolute nonsense IMO. It took me a very long time before I was able to watch English shows without subtitles and still manage to understand most of what is said. And it is much easier for a Frenchie like me t…

[image] simias: Absolute nonsense IMO. It took me a very long time before I was able to watch English shows without subtitles and still manage to understand most of what is said. And it is much easier for as Frenchie like me to learn English than Japanese! Yeah. I can still remember the first…

Thank you I think that’s the advice I needed to hear is that I can use full Japanese as an occasional study tool, but still enjoy anime with English subs too in order to avoid burnout

Awesome, thank you I’m going to try this out!

I’m lv 43 on WK, not sure what N-level, though I’ve been reading for over 2.5 years so probably at least a shaky N3? (I don’t plan on taking the JLPT, so I haven’t been studying with it in mind.) Really the only time I can get anywhere with no subs is when I’m already familiar with it, from having a…

Not feeling great with turning off the subtitles completely

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RebBlue May 30, 2024, 7:52pm 3

There is an anime club here.

Otherwise, practice with easier stuff like this on youtube.

You can also look on Natively to see which anime are rated easier than others.

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Not feeling great with turning off the subtitles completely

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