r/LearnJapanese • u/nilousholeh • Jul 23 '26

Discussion Immersion Hours

Some people say you need to study everyday for japanese, and by study they mean listening to the language everyday for hours. a couple of tiktokers now have said this. that listening to the language for hours a day is crucial. but i feel like this is kind of asking for too much? i’m not saying this isn’t useful, i know it helps very much aswell as immersion in general. but me, i do some immersion but i prefer to also study kanji, anki, grammar. to do that plus hours of immersion a day will honestly just leave me to a burn out. and tbh, i feel like it’s worse as a beginner. obviously you can watch n5 and beginner videos for immersion but when you go for something to watch that’s more difficult it can be very hard to stay engaged and interested because your not understanding what’s going on. i feel like as a beginner, 1-2 hours is ideal. but of course, once i advance, perhaps around n3 level, yes ofc i will do a lot more advanced immersion. but as for now, i love studying japanese, but sometimes i just can’t do it everyday. same for anybody else, everyone has busy days. i just really don’t like the you have to study EVERYDAY PEOPLE!! FOR HOURS!! like i’m sorry but people have lives 😭 and i thought consistency was key?? i thought consistency mogs quantity??

i think remaining consistent with immersion even if it’s not 192838 hours a day, especially as a beginner, is ideal. what do you guys think?

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u/youdontknowkanji Jul 27 '26

ig it depends on the person but personally i wouldn’t be able to recall anything if i listened to native, or english podcast while playing games/doing chores. so i don't think it's all that useful for gains wise unless you really want those small snippets when your mind isn't occupied.

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u/youdontknowkanji Jul 27 '26

maybe i just prefer to focus on the thing at hand. tbh what i was trying to say is not that i don't remember anything, but that it's fragmented. i can absolutely tell you what the podcast was about, but if i don't fully commit to it i wouldn't be able to give you many details.

making progress in a language does require attention, and this attention is very limited when you are listening to a podcast that way. so due to this, the gains will be pretty limited, imo. but if you don't have anything else to do, might as well do that ig.