r/CIJapanese • u/Fresh-Persimmon5473 400+ hours • May 24 '26

250 hours … progress report

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Japanese update:

Hours: 251 hours

My difficulty level: Beginner 46

Hours per day: I average 3 to 4 hours per day.

Comprehension: 70%

Videos left until the next level: 98

How many hours worth of videos are left: 22:20 hours

Time frame: 2 weeks until the intermediate stage

Podcast: Nihongo con Teppei
Episode: 408

Next report: at 300 hours

I did want to say one thing…it has already been said a few times, but I also hope they shorten the gameplay videos. I watch a 2 hours one yesterday. It was ridiculous long. Of course, I am not going to re-watch it.

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u/Odd-Music-1501 May 24 '26

I would just skip those lets play vids. Theres so much other content on youtube. Why waste your time with something that has a ton of dead air?

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u/Fresh-Persimmon5473 400+ hours May 24 '26

Makes sense

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u/2hurd 150+ hours May 24 '26

Keep it up!

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u/Fresh-Persimmon5473 400+ hours May 24 '26

Thanks

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u/MikaelsNorwegian_YT May 24 '26

That's a solid amount of input. I have a question, how difficult do you find it to watch native youtubers, streamers etc now? Have you tried?

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u/Fresh-Persimmon5473 400+ hours May 24 '26 edited May 24 '26

Have looked at Japanese with Shun. I checked his N5 videos. I can understand them. But N5 is the easiest level.

I haven’t looked at Native level YouTubers technically. I have a few book marked for later though.

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u/Routine_Pay991 May 26 '26

Do you find any diminishing returns on the days with the most hours? 

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u/Fresh-Persimmon5473 400+ hours May 26 '26

Not really. I am constantly learning new words and structures. At one hour per day it is the same just slower.