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Best Japanese Anki Decks

High Quality Japanese Anki Decks As I have spoken about before, Sentence Banks had one of the biggest impacts for me while learning Japanese. During my hardcore phase of learning Continue reading

Learning Japanese Entry #7 Being a Noob, How to RTK and Time-Boxing

Introduction This is entry 7 of my Learning Japanese Diary via the AJATT method. As always, the entry I made during the time of writing is below and after the Continue reading

Matt’s take on 10,000 Sentences in a Month

10,000 Sentences in just 1 Month Doable? Yes. A good idea? Definitely not. You may have already read the guest post from a friend of mine, which is why I am Continue reading

The World’s Greatest (and Free) Language Learning Resource (Listening)

The Best Language Learning Resource It is said that in this day and age that nothing is free anymore. Well what if I told you that’s a lie.. kinda. People Continue reading

Staying on the Immersion Train

この投稿は日本語でもご覧いただけます。 See that book on your desk that you keep putting off because you “can’t read it yet”? Pick it up and read it. Do it, now! Stop reading the Continue reading

言語列車に揺られてどこまでも。。。

This post is also available in English. This post has been translated into Japanese by Natsumi Shibata.  Check out her translation services here (Fiverr).    新しい言語を学ぼう! と気合を込めて買った本を、じっと眺め、「やっぱりまだ解らないから後でやろう~」 と机の上に置いたままになっていませんか?それならシンプルに、その本を手に取り、読めばいいんです!

「成人なら20個読める?」 『た』から始まる漢字30個、正解率は?

Making Sentence Mining Super Easy with Sentence Banks

I have mentioned the idea of Sentence Banks before in a few posts. In this post I will explain to you what this concept is, how it will benefit you Continue reading

Learning Japanese 18 Months Update – Am I Fluent?

This blog post accompanies the video I put up on YouTube for my 18 months update video. If you haven’t already seen it then you can via the link below↓ Continue reading

Japanese Garden with Bridge

Learning Japanese Entry #6 Anime Success, Kanji Trouble and Heisig

Introduction This is entry 6 of my Learning Japanese Diary via the AJATT method. As always, the entry I made during the time of writing is below and after the Continue reading