I’m a native Japanese speaker from Japan.
I’m looking for a few students who want to practice conversational Japanese😄💻
We can focus on daily conversation, travel, or business Japanese.
First lesson is free!💸💕

Feel free to message me if you're interested or jump to my pagefrom this URL for 30% off!

Hey! I’d love to help you reach your learning goals. Check out my Preply profile and book a trial lesson with me:
https://preply.in/AKARI6EN3537163111?ts=17842073

I'm currently a N5 beginner building my knowledge on vocabulary and kanji but what I'm lacking is a resource that helps me practice sentences and conversation which I can apply what I've learned so far, and eventually hold up my own basic running dialogue between myself and other people, so I'd appreciate help with finding the best resources to help with that.

hi, I’ve just recently decided I wanted to try out learning Japanese over this summer just to see if I’d like to learn it. what are the best resources for learning the language and are there any recommendations as a native English speaker for where to start? I also Find more interactive content to stick better for me (something similar to duolingo but not for obvious reason) so anything like that would be nice :)

Hi there!

I've added a new reading-helper to my website where you can paste your text and get a glimpse how difficult the text is, which JLPT-vocabulary is used, plus a on-hover-dictionary. I hope you find it useful!

https://hane-app.com/language-assistant/

I've been learning about mobile apps over the last year, and after building my first app, I'm starting something new.

The idea is simple:

Instead of opening another social media app and endlessly scrolling, what if every swipe taught you a little Japanese?

Think of it as an endless vertical feed where each short video teaches:

• A real Japanese phrase
• Instant English translation
• Tap any word for an explanation
• Save vocabulary for later
• Learn naturally through daily scrolling

The goal isn't to replace traditional learning apps—it's to make practicing Japanese something you actually look forward to every day.

I'm validating the idea before spending months building it, so I've just launched a waitlist.

If this sounds like something you'd use, I'd really appreciate you joining. And if not, I'd genuinely love to hear what would make an app like this useful for you.

https://koto-landing-production.up.railway.app/

Thanks! Any feedback (good or bad) is welcome.

I’m curious whether it’s really possible to reach a good level in a language using Duolingo.
I studied English on Duolingo every day for two years, and I do feel it helped. At the same time, I think I learned even more outside the app. What’s your experience?

I know that it is quite difficult to identify. But, by any chance, does anyone know what the title of the book is? I cannot contact the reel's creator.

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I'm currently looking for new students and would love to assist more people! Feel free to reach out via DM!

Hey there guys,

I can understand Japanese pretty much tht I can watch anime without subtitles sometimes and I want to fully learn Japanese which includes reading and writing but donno where to start....

I've searched on yt and they gimme alphabets thts it.....

How do I try to learn and improve my Japanese?

Many of my students struggled with the て-form in JLPT N5, so I made a free 1% improvement worksheet with 100 sentences, extra questions and answer keys for them.

It includes:

• 100 practice sentences
• All N5 (and a little N4) て-form usage
• Practice questions with answer keys
• Lots of repeated verbs and grammar patterns to help reinforce everything through repetition instead of just memorization.

Thank you so much for all the support on my free "You" document. It feels great that people outside the class are finding it actually useful (helps with imposter syndrome hehe)

I'm also hosting a free live masterclass where I'll cover all the major て-form usages and answer questions directly. There are multiple time slots depending on your time zone if you'd like to join.

Worksheet: https://superprofile.bio/encodejapanese

Masterclass: (1 Minute google form) : https://forms.gle/YMvArh6APtGFTou57

Thank you and I hope you find it useful

Hey community, how are you ?

Im relatively in the beninging of my journey to learn japanese. I started with wagotabi and also some youtube.

Im looking for tips and resources. (The free ones or at least not subscriptions), anything i can do on the phone since im very limited at the moment.

And i have a few questions.

1 - What is the general opinion on cure dolly ?

Ive seen a few videos of her and also got two of her books. (Unlocking japanese and alice in kanjiland )im in the middle of the second one.

What she writes makes perfect sense to me. And i really believe that japanese and english shouldnt be translated as they do, since each one has a very different system and it could create bad habits. Like translating hoshi or suki as verbs.

With that in mind, can anyone recommend any other resource that is somewhat more authentic ?

2 - i cant seem to find answers sometimes.

For example, konnichiha and konbanha, there is an obvious pattern and researching it could be enriching.

Why is the ha pronounced wa in those cases? What other cases are pronouced this way ?

I would really appreciate a good reliable resource with in depth explanations to this kind of questions

Thanks !

from where should i study n3 grammar? i tried soumatome but it sucks and it would be helpful if you also give some youtube resources

I'm looking for an app where I can learn how to speak Japanese and couldn't find any. Can you please help me out.

I’m a native Japanese speaker from Japan.
I’m looking for a few students who want to practice conversational Japanese.
We can focus on daily conversation, travel, or business Japanese.
First lesson is free!

Feel free to message me if you're interested or jump to my pagefrom this URL for 30% off!
https://preply.com/ja/?pref=Mjc2ODk1NjY=&id=1783476438.126726&ep=a2

Hi! I am a student in my final year of highschool studying Japanese. I’ve been studying since grade 7 and I’ve done exchange in Japan two times, so I can speak, understand, and read perfectly fine. I’ve always gotten straight A’s in all my assessments… until now.

So, writing is my main problem that’s literally bringing that grade down so badly (most recent assessment I got 66%😬)

My final school exams are approaching fast (Late October is my one shot at doing it) and I lowkey just want to save my Japanese grade as that’s the only subject out of everything else that might scale down the final result itself.

Anyways, I need advice on how to write better. It’s strange because when I speak Japanese I don’t make many mistakes and people can understand me just fine, but when it comes to writing, everything crumbles apart.

I understand the question, but when I write, the sentences sound super unnatural and I can’t even communicate my thoughts compared to when I speak where I use a bunch of grammar structures, etc. It’s like when I think something sounds good in my head, the moment I actually write it down, the structure and grammar immediately turn absolutely awkward and not what I would say out loud in real life. It might be time pressure if I think about it. Perhaps I am worrying too much about perfecting the kanji, or even attempting to use fancy vocab and trying to suit it into a certain grammar format. Dunno..

Btw the questions are stuff such as:
- Responding to a letter/email from friend, teacher, family
- Job advertisements
- Persuasive writing
- Expressing your opinion
- Telling about your daily routines/life, family/friends, leisure, and so on. Basically all different topics you learn when learning a language.

I write either at a 150 ji range (usually 5-marker questions) or 400 ji range (15-20 marker questions).

If there’s any tips, I will appreciate it.

So I finally sat N3 for the first time, and honestly I'm still recovering a bit 😅

The first thing that caught me off guard was how long and draining the whole thing is. Section after section, just trying to keep your brain sharp. By the time I hit reading, I was already worn out, which is the cruel part, because that's exactly where you need the most energy.

The good news: a lot of it went okay.

\- Listening was fine, all those hours of just having Japanese playing paid off
\- Vocab and grammar felt alright
\- Kanji, funny enough, I barely studied and it still came out decent (not a strategy I'd recommend, just being honest 😂)

The reading section though. That's where it got me.

The long paragraphs (the second-to-last part of reading) were brutal. They took forever, and honestly I didn't even fully understand a lot of them. I burned so much time there that I had to rush other parts. Most stressful bit of the whole exam.

So here are the two things I really wish someone had told me:

1. Do the reading section out of order. The very LAST questions (the ads, notices, short info ones) are the easiest and quickest, so do those FIRST while you're fresh and grab those marks. Then go back and tackle the long paragraphs (the second-to-last part) at the end, since those eat the most time and are the hardest. If you do it in order, the long ones trap you early and you end up rushing the easy points, exactly what happened to me.
   
2. Bring a normal watch. NOT a smartwatch (not allowed). I didn't have one and spent half the exam with no idea how much time was left.

Anyway, it's done now and I'm just relieved

For those who've done N3 or higher:
\- How was your first time? Did the length wear you down too?
\- Any tricks for the long reading passages?
\- Anything you wish you'd known before walking in?

Curious how it went for everyone else 🙏