Yamneko's Diary

Anyone coming across this: I want to stress I took 3 years of Japanese in high school/College and I am re-learning, however not entirely from square one, so the very beginning "learn Hiragana and Katakana" I just needed a strong refresher and remembered more words/grammar than I expected. I don't think I could learn Japanese from nothing today without a class. In person learning with feedback on writing I think in valuable. Learn those stroke orders like you're life depends on it. (my writing is horrible though, but legible). Go take the classes in person if you can. I know I learn a lot better in a structured classroom environment with deadlines. 

You can have all the resources and read all the theory you want, but you won't get any better without actually practicing, and doing so regularly. 

-----Gathered Resources----

Flashcard-style apps
https://www.wagotabi.com/ - paid phone/pc app - gamified way to learn grammar, kana and words. Practical style flash cards - grammar lessons feels light, but I think this is a great supplemental item.
https://www.wanikani.com/ - Same group also does Tofugu. Radical study, kanji and vocab. Useful once doing more Kanji study. 
https://marumori.io/ - paid phone app, haven't tried it yet. Not using as other resources work for me. 
https://www.lingodeer.com/ - paid phone app, similar to duolingo. Not using as other resources work for me. 
renshuu - pc and phone app - used this to help me remember individual kana to start with. Has more functions but I havent used them. 

Course-style leaning (multiple subjects, semi-structured path)
https://www.tofugu.com/ - I like the grammar lessons here. Has additional resources for kana, study tips, etc. grammar specific link: https://www.tofugu.com/japanese-grammar/ 
https://sakuratips.com/ - some links and resources - some free, some not. Not really using this right now. 
Cure Dolly Playlist - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLg9uYxuZf8x_A-vcqqyOFZu06WlhnypWj
https://learnjapanese.moe/ - LARGE how to start/resource guide. A lot of the stuff from here is from there. 


grammar/lessons
https://www.japanesepod101.com/japanese-grammar-introduction/ - paid thing, not using. Cannot attest to it. 
https://wesleycrobertson.wordpress.com/free-resources/ and videos: www.youtube.com/@scriptingjapan/videos - Havent used this a lot, but free and has some slang focus. Feels the blogs and such will be more useful to look through after a little more study. 
sakubi/Yoku.bi - Yokubi is a rewrite of Sakubi, but incomplete. 

https://guidetojapanese.org/learn/complete/writing
https://imabi.org/
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/lesson/english/learn/list/
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/lesson/en/lessons/

Books/Stories in Japanese
https://tadoku.org/japanese/en/free-books-en/  - actual books for children and such. it is exciting when you can read a picture book and understand it all. 
https://www.satorireader.com/ - free and paid versions - short stories to read in the language with. Have not used yet. 
Readle - free trial and paid versions - short stories to read in the language with. used this one a bit - it and SatoriReader seem like the same thing. Take your pick. Has word and some grammar notes. Good for practical practice.  (probably good for word mining!) 
https://yomujp.com/ -graded readers in Japanese. 
https://jgrpg-sakura.com/ - graded reader 
https://jiten.moe/ - Media immersion stop - novels, manga, shows, VN, games, etc. Havent set it up to say anything about it, but this is something I was looking for. 
Doc 1 *  doc 2 * Doc 3 - More suggestions on media to use

https://github.com/KolbyML/Manatan - to help with Japanese lookup while reading/watching stuff.  Havent used yet. 
https://reader.ttsu.app/manage - no idea what this is yet other  than its for literary texts and supports epub and htmlza. 

Dictionaries/mining
https://jpdb.io
https://wesleycrobertson.wordpress.com/2022/06/19/living-japanese-slang-dictionary/ - SLANG WORDS
guidetojapanese.org/learn/category/grammar-guide/basic-grammar/s
Jisho.org - used this back when I was first learning. Can also use it to look up kanji with radical parts (waniKani practice will help with learning what the radicals are) 
Yomitan - web browser to use to mine words to add to Anki
https://jpdb.io/ - Not sure 100% what this is, a database/dictionary/flashcard thing to use with Anki? 


Misc
https://donkuri.github.io/learn-japanese/guide/ - Immersion-based setup guide - used to set up Anki and the Mining stuff (yomitan, how to mine). has a media recommendation list as well (see doc 1 above) 
DJT guide - another suggested course starting point - although I've found various links broken/gone on here.The Cornucopia of Resources section has a lot of things that (could be) useful under it. 
Reddit Learning Japanese Community


https://www.tumblr.com/unusual/809184128647987200
This post here was a bit of "how to do the next step" I wasn't really sure how to. I had some Japanese children's books website and such, but I wanted to find something a little longer than picture books to try and "read" just to give myself a bigger challenge (and maybe brute force myself to remember more grammar) Im not sure why what I had already wasn't really working. (motivation overall too maybe?) I also didnt realize there was a good playlist of the Cure Dolly videos, so now I can watch them in a order that makes sense instead of randomly.

SHOULD BE MY STUDY LOOP
Anki (pc or pone)
Wagotabi (phone only)
Wanikani (pc)
Readle / Satori Reader (pc or phone) 
Writing Practice - Stroke practice on paper, diary entry on here. 

History Log:: 
9.15.26 - made post with what i've found so far and what I've thought of them. (not everything filled out yet). 

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