Weekly Update #1
Here we go with my weekly update. I think I made a lot of progress with Japanese this week. To start right off, I finally finished Genki 2, and I’ve also made a lot of progress in the Migaku Course, so I think I should now be theoretically ready to pass the N4.
WaniKani
These are my WaniKani stats so far. I’ve now finally managed to finish levels in 7 or 8 days without too much of a hassle. I just finish the radical section on the first day and then rush through all kanji as fast as possible. The only problem is that there usually is a big vocab backlog because of that. Just this week, I had to get rid of that backlog again, and I did 80 lessons on a single day. Most vocab isn’t that hard, though, but reading all the example sentences takes most of the time. I should hopefully finish Level 12 on Tuesday. I will probably start Quartet 1 soon because I now know about 90% of N4 kanji.
Migaku
Migaku has its own SRS system, and I’ve been keeping up with the reviews until now. Migaku is only recognition and not recall, though, since it’s been made for immersion in Netflix and native content. I really like the Migaku Japanese Course so far since it often has more in-depth explanations of grammar than Genki but still somehow manages to not make it too hard to understand. I’ve also reached the 3,300 word count now (also includes WaniKani + Genki).
Immersion
I really didn’t do a lot of immersion this week. I watched two episodes of Komi Can’t Communicate, but I really don’t like it that much. I find it pretty boring, but I mainly watch it for listening practice, and there is also a whole lot of casual Japanese. I’ve also read a couple more pages of カードキャプターさくら.
I feel like I could read the whole manga in about an hour if I just look up every word since the more simple grammar patterns have become pretty clear by now. I’ve also ordered the first volume of チェンソーマン, but it didn’t arrive yet.
I’ve also been thinking about buying a Nintendo Switch or a Japanese Nintendo 3DS from Amazon Japan or eBay since I want to start playing games in Japanese as early as possible. With N4, I probably already have the most common grammar patterns nailed down. I would preferably want to start with simpler games like あつまれ どうぶつの森 (Switch) or Tobidase Doubutsu No Mori (3DS). But I don’t know where to buy Japanese 3DS games other than Amazon.jp, and importing them every time seems a bit expensive. On the other hand, the Switch isn’t region-locked and gives you the ability to play more modern games.
It’s hard to decide whether to get a 3DS or a Switch. I feel like I’d rather go with a 3DS for now and then buy a Switch later because I always wanted to have a 3DS. But it’s really hard to decide. By next week, I’ll hopefully have finished reading at least カードキャプターさくら and maybe even started Quartet 1.
As always, 読んでくれてありがとう!