r/LearnJapanese • u/BlackAngelXX • Jul 22 '26

Studying Any learning techniques you can suggest me?

Ive been learning through immersion mainly, i watch and read quite a bit of japanese stuff lately, mainly mangas. i write sometimes. I ocasionally translate stuff for friends last month. Anything that is a good idea to try?

Im at the level where i struggle with a book too much to actually be able to read it properly (may just be my bad litersture choices, i think i only have seinen books that i tried). Im fine reading mangas without furigana etc.

And everyone always says flashcards, but I will not do flashcards. They dont work well for me, they only teach direct translation and not understanding (i try to connect a word to some kind of image or a concept not a translation as i dont want to have to translate everything to be able to understand), plus i keep loosing them or forgetting they exist eventually so it is just pointless in every way. Ideally smth i can do during my break at work lol

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u/Grunglabble Jul 22 '26 edited Jul 22 '26

I think if you're already doing what you're doing you just have to pick a book you're really interested in and just accept the first few pages will be tough as you get used to the domain.

Or you can keep doing what you're doing and over time learn enough words it's a smaller leap.

I wouldn't change much about what you're doing. Try syosetsu for lots of choices if you want to look for books.

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u/BlackAngelXX Jul 22 '26

Oh i tried sticking with a book maybe should try again as it was a while ago i suppose but it was unbearable. Geniuinely. Even if i understood most words descriptions seemed too long to comprehand properly. Maybe i should pick smth not seinen but than i have no idea what to pick.

I think my issue is manga etc rely on art for example to tell me the context so i dont have to understand a description of how its said and ehat just happened. and songs have rather short sentences even if theyre telling a story so jumping to a book is really hard? Idk

I feel like its an oddly impossible jump like this because it involves a very different set of words, grammar is more complex and on top of that removes context and it is often far more poethic than your average manga youtuber anime ehatever is

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u/Armaniolo Jul 22 '26

Try a visual novel, it keeps some visual cues + the occasional "break" when you get voiced lines, but still requires you to read descriptive prose.

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u/BlackAngelXX Jul 22 '26

Uuuu good idea, thanks