What other resources would *you* personally reccomend alongside WK?

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Hey there good reader! I’m on Level 5, and I’ve started to ask myself - what other resources could I use to learn a bit of spoken Japanese? sure, I could ask any AI or Google search, but because I’ve been enjoying WK so much, I am sure you guys, the wonderful community, have other good places TwT

Thank you for being such an amazing community!

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Personally I use Bunpro for grammar, Anki for custom decks, and a few different reading apps on my phone.

Edit: i didnt see the spoken part. ignore my statement lol -_- sorry! Kakehashi does have a speaking practice where you say the answers to the reviews, but it’s only on ios and android phones.

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Thank you, I will check that one out!

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I like the Pimsleur course for getting started speaking. It’s a paid subscription but sometimes libraries have it for free!

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I’m a fan of Mango Languages from the library and Marugoto online. https://minato-jf.jp/ provided by Japan Foundation.

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Listening comprehension is an essential skill if you want to be able to speak - no good being able to say things if you can’t understand what your conversation partner is saying to you.

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following the somewhat odd advice of Words and Days on YouTube, here is what i’m trying: i picked a couple pieces of media i know pretty well already (the Death Note anime, and the japanese audio of the first Harry Potter), and I’ve been rinsing them an hour at a time. In January, for example, I think I watched the first two episodes of Death Note without subtitles upwards of 10, maybe even 15 times.

surprisingly, my comprehension improves with repetition! with both pieces it helps that i kinda know the story already, so i can lean back on grasping the gist and let my mind start to understand details a bit more gradually.

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I use various resources for different aspects of the language.

  • Reading Mix of WaniKani, custom Anki decks for vocabulary words encountered in the wild that are not already in WaniKani. Reading manga in Japanese adapted to my level, that is mostly 少年漫画 for now (right now I’m reading Dr. スランプ).
  • Listening I mainly listen to podcasts like Nihongo con Teppei. I also watch Japanese movies from time to time, although it’s more for entertainment than for studying.
  • Writing I chat with native speakers on Tandem. I also do some writing exercises in Genki and Quartet.
  • Speaking I chat with native speakers on Tandem, and some Japanese friends on LINE.

Find what suits you (it’ll take time and your needs will change over the course of your studies).

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Great recs here for the listening/input side. The piece I’d add: at some point you need to practice going from “I want to say X” to actually constructing the Japanese
yourself. Most tools here help you understand Japanese — fewer help you produce it.

A low-tech way to start: take any sentence you can read, cover the Japanese, and try to rebuild it from the English. You’ll quickly notice which grammar and vocab you
“know” but can’t actively use.

Full disclosure: I built a tool for this — JIVX gives you English prompts, you write the Japanese, and AI grades your attempt. But the core method works with Genki
sentences and a piece of paper too. More approaches here: How to Practice Speaking Japanese Alone: 7 Proven Methods (2026) | JIVX Blog

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Thank you everyone!! I will try the tools and things all of you mentioned.(I… don’t know if you guys will even see it U_U)

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Hopefully we’ll see it through your continued progress, which is what’s really important. :slight_smile:

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