How To Learn Japanese Fast Reddit

This post is a compilation of the best means to learn Japanese… according to Redditors!

I have a confession to make…

I love reddit. For all its flaws, it'southward still probably one of my favorite sites. I've probably spent at minimum 10 minutes on the site every single day for the concluding 5 years. And some days I autumn downwardly a reddit rabbit hole that takes me hours to get out of.

The beauty of reddit is that it uses the wisdom of the crowd to separate the good advice from the bad. That'due south why when I'one thousand looking for advice on something (particularly things I'm also embarrassed to ask about!) I ordinarily become to reddit to search for the answer.

Reddit Teaches Yous How To Learn Japanese

Today, I wanted to answer the age old question: What is the best way to study Japanese? Then I turned to reddit to see what advice I could find.

Browsing through some of the all time tiptop voted posts in r/learnjapanese, r/languagelearning, and r/japaneseresources, I skipped past the memes and funny posts to pick out some of the most recommended resource.

Hither are a few of the most useful reddit posts I came across for learning Japanese:

The r/learnjapanese Offset Here Guide

Level: Absolute Beginner to Low Intermediate

This 'Outset Hither' guide is pretty solid, if a little dry.

It walks you through the very basics of the Japanese alphabet, textbooks, tests (JLPT), and links to some really bully resources like the Kana report sheets.

I also agree with their Japanese textbook recommendations — Genki one and two — although information technology seems they recommend Pimsleur over JapanesePod101, which is skillful but I still feel JapanesePod101 is much ameliorate (I suppose information technology was included because Pimsleur is less expensive). PS: If you're looking for JapanesePod101 Coupon Codes, here y'all are.

I also call up they should take mentioned Heisig's Remembering the Kanji, as that'southward probably the best manner to learn Kanji from scratch.

All in all, this is a bully identify to start in terms of a resource listing for starting Japanese.

I Made a Principal List of All Costless Japanese Resources Online

I made a primary listing of all costless Japanese resources online from LearnJapanese

Japanese Level: All Levels

Reddit user SusieFougerousse created a VERY comprehensive list of complimentary online resources for learning Japanese.

Actually the whole site is a pretty cool thought (that I wish I'd thought of) — collecting all the free online resources for a variety of topics (including linguistic communication learning).

Even an intermediate student will likely notice something here to assist their study.

Here's the Free Japanese Resource page, organized into sections (Apps, Video Lessons, Audio Lessons, Online Courses, Do with Native Speakers, etc.)

A Year To Learn Japanese

A yr to learn Japanese from languagelearning

While it's possibly non a reasonable goal for virtually people to learn Japanese in just a year, sometimes overly ambitious goals are the ones that motion the needle the most. Reddit user Storm94 posted request for advice to help him reach a decent understanding before his vacation to Nippon — in simply a twelvemonth's time.

SuikaCider came to the rescue in the tiptop comment with a comprehensive gameplan for reaching a decent level of Japanese in just a yr. Hither's a sampling of his strategy:

His whole annotate thread is worth a read for anyone planning out their Japanese conquering strategy.

Information technology's rare that I agree this much with someone's linguistic communication learning strategy (it can exist a very personal matter), merely I concur with probably ninety% of his suggestions: Genki 1 and ii (plus workbooks), Heisig, Anki sentence decks…

The only things I disagree with are his anime recommendations 😉

Side Note: Y'all Should Be Watching Terrace House To Improve Your Japanese

Speaking of Japanese watching material, I take to interject here with my own important advice:

If your end goal is to be able to speak natural Japanese and you lot're not watching Terrace House regularly, you lot're doing yourself a HUGE disservice.

Terrace House is a goldmine of existent, natural, conversational Japanese language in daily utilize, as well as showing you important cultural context that you might not get from watching Anime.

Here's an splendid video from MattVsJapan that talks about Terrace House and 'reading the air'

Now that we've got that little rant out of the way… On to our side by side reddit post.

All of Japanese Grammar in a One Hour Video

This video is a golden mine… All of Japanese grammar in an hour from LearnJapanese

Level: Beginner to Low Intermediate

If y'all're just starting with Japanese or know simply a little, this video and the crook canvass might assist give you a better overview of how Japanese grammar works.

Reddit user Metatart fifty-fifty went through the trouble of typing up the charts from the video in hiragana. Hither's the download link.

I Summarized Genki 1 & Genki 2 in Affiche Form

Japanese Level: Beginner to Low Intermediate

This one is pretty cool. Reddit user Zwergkrug created some really cute PDF posters with tables that summarize all the grammar points in the Genki textbooks (verbs, adjectives, etc). This is a good one to print out and keep laminated as a reference.

Download the Genki summary Posters

Found This on Tumblr, This the Best Explanation I've Seen for Reading Kanji

Level: Beginner to Intermediate

A absurd image plant on Tumblr by user Shirookami99 that shows how to know when to read a kanji as On yomi vs Kun yomi. The epitome is originally from the book "kanji from zero"

Honorable Mentions, and Other Absurd Japanese Language Stuff I Found on Reddit

Read Your Level – a list of popular Japanese kindle books with "easiness" scores

This is a VERY cool project — another i I wish I'd thought of. James Knelson has compiled a site that organizes Japanese books by reading level. They even take a sampling of 5000 characters to see how difficult the kanji is.

James' site is highly recommended for finding reading material that will help you with the hard leap from Intermediate to Avant-garde.

PODCAST for Intermediate Level Japanese

PODCAST for Intermediate Level Japn from japaneseresources

A skilful podcast find for intermediate.

Related: Bank check out our list of best podcasts for learning Japanese.

Bob Ross-esque painting tutorials in Japanese, great for listening practice as well as for learning to pigment!

This i is dandy for more intermediate to avant-garde students looking to amend their listening skills. If you similar Bob Ross, you lot'll probably like this.

Finally, if you're looking to add a little "spice" to your Japanese learning (And your sex life), you might want to cheque out the List of sexual terms and fetishes 😉 (Alert: This list in NSFW!)

Any good reddit posts almost learning Japanese we missed? Permit us know in the comments!