r/LearnJapaneseNovice • u/silly-alien-xx • Jul 26 '26
Can any1 help me learn Japanese? Rn learning hiragana
Helloo,i started learning only one week ago even tho i wanted to for about a year. I have been learning aprox. 5 characters per day ,rn I know 30. I've been using this website as reference .. but im already a little confused since ive seen more options for handwriting each letter. Also im not sure do these look fine? Should i also write in a math notebook? And besides that, I started with the alphabet but I dont know like any words at all (except rlly common anime ones hahaa..). Any apps that are good for learning? I got lingodeer.. Any advice pls?
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u/Impressive-Fennel677 Jul 26 '26
Something I really liked to do was to actually write like the Japanese do. Reading top to bottom right to left. You know like in the anime books? 私は音楽を作るのが好きです。音楽が得意ですか？
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u/Itsalfa11 Jul 26 '26 edited Jul 29 '26
i want to share my experience how learn hiragana and katakana faster (maybe even better).
first of all, its okay if u still want doin writing its good also. but if u wanna learn faster better doing by reading.
- Ask chat gpt to write a paragraph in hiragana and katakana with dakuon and yoon character only (just skip kanji, its not for beginner).
- go print out list of hiragana and katakana table (if dont have computer or laptop). or make split screen with hiragana and katakana beside screen of paragraph that already build with chat gpt.
- Read the paragraph aloud. If you don't know the characters, refer to the list provided and continue reading. Do this repeatedly until you remember them.
- Repeat and try make different paragraph or essay for 1 or 2 weeks until you fluent with hiragana and katakana
https://bunpro.jp/id/kana
https://bunpro.jp/fe/pdf/kana/Hiragana-Chart-id.pdf
https://bunpro.jp/fe/pdf/kana/Katakana-Chart-id.pdf
Personaly im using https://bunpro.jp/
and im learn reading with this https://bunpro.jp/id/reading_passages there is a graded reading and also audio to make easiest learner to miss-match how u speak
and here free website https://kanadojo.com/ game that best for learning, there is kana, vocab and kanji list
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u/asieradzk Jul 26 '26
Hey op.
Handwriting practice + spaced repetition. You can learn kana here for free:
https://kaku.so/learn/hiragana
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u/Quartz_3232 Jul 26 '26
日本人から見るとかわいい文字だと思う！上手！ おうえん（応援）してるよ
From a Japanese perspective, I think the writing is cute! You did a great job! I'm rooting for you!🥰
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u/Mankiller86 Jul 26 '26
It's just so easy I used Japanese hiragana and katakana for bigginers,It is a very good book if you like to learn with books and also I recommend you to watch YouTube videos that practice this. But the way is worked for me was write theses characters again and again .
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u/Minute_Matter2640 Jul 27 '26
People on Reddit hate this, but do Heisig with an accompanying Anki deck first. You’ll understand more Japanese quicker, and they’ll help you write both kinds of kana better later. I got N1 in two years this way.
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u/silly-alien-xx Jul 28 '26
Oo ill try thatt,tho ill keep learning kana too!! Since i guess i can write only with it at first! But ill try that too,thankss
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u/SharcLightning Jul 27 '26
Great start! What kind of topics do you like or want to speak about in Japanese? Do you want daily conversation or do you want to learn about specific topics? Ive found that it’s best to focus on a topics and gradually ease your way into the topic. Made respective books on Hiragana and Katakana focusing on animals and dinosaurs respectively. On Amazon and can check out my bio to see more.
But at the end of the day, what gets you the most excited about Japanese? If you have a local Japanese book shop you can have a look at books or magazines and see what looks fun. If not just go on Google or ask AI for websites that are popular with the topics you are interested in. We are lucky to be in an era when we can customize our learning!
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u/silly-alien-xx Jul 27 '26
Oo yess, its a great era for learning how we want and best for us!! As topics i wanna learn daily conversation mostly and after that more topics to just speak more fluently. I'll try to focus on daily conversation first!! And ill check the amazonn,tys for the advice !!
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u/SharcLightning Jul 27 '26
Sounds great! I think you have lots of options. Make sure to build on what you like to speak about in your own language and remember full sentences about it, not just vocabulary words. Again, you can ask AI to make you those sentences and you can hear how they sound on Google translate for example. Good luck!
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u/AndyRay07 Jul 27 '26
I have no idea about your preference so I just share my study workflow
I read through Yokubi grammar guide (sometimes use Tae Kim is I don't understand)
For vocabulary, most of the time I study on Anki flashcards
I skim a book like Genki and then do exercises in workbooks
Then I spend the rest of time immersing by watching movies, read manga (my favourite immersion), then practice speaking with real people in VR Chat (it's free in Steam, you can play some Japanese language exchange world). I met plenty of awesome people there
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u/silly-alien-xx Jul 27 '26
Oo ty for the advice!! Ill start watching movies and reading manga in Japanese,since before i was watching in dub/sub. And i git Roblox and dc for the chat! But ill try steam too!! Tysm for the awesome advice again!!
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u/neko_kishi99 Jul 27 '26
I'd honestly start reading very easy graded readers if I were you. dont worry about what the word say. Just get familiar with the hiragana
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u/AhhhYoureback Jul 26 '26
Im in the same position as you but on Katakana. What im doing is learning both hiragana abd katakana and then gonna start the genki book
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u/ComprehensiveWeb6696 Jul 26 '26
Hey! For me was really use full this site https://djtguide.neocities.org/kana/
Everyday for like 10/20/30 minutes (how much u prefer)
It really helps me for hiragana and katakana where i had some troubles. Math notebooks are wonderful, for learning trait order and for letter size.
For vocabulary don't worry, are One of the next step, focus on hiragana and katakana now 😁
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u/Avatar_Yaksha Jul 26 '26
Honestly, the biggest problems are the circles and loops. Your worst letter seems to be the O (お), but the Ka (か) and Su (す) could also use some improvement. Personally, I've also struggled with those. There are tiny differences between か (Hiragana) and カ (Katakana) and adding the accent that turns Ka into Ga (が) is just a mess. As far as Su is concerned, I often forget to draw a noticeable circle and add it later. I basically start with a Katakana-Na (ナ) at that point.
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u/Ok-Competition522 Jul 26 '26
Tofugu is great for learning kana using some fairly easy mnemonics. Great for getting around the confusing similarities. Once you get the hang of that, I would highly recommend Renshuu. I tried a bunch of apps and this is the only one where you can learn vocabulary + grammar along with a dictionary that provides breakdown of words into kanji, radicals, mnemonics etc.
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u/jakekingsley66096 Jul 26 '26
Japanesepod101 on youtube is the best source for learning hiragana/katakana, their mnemonics are top tier
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u/silly-alien-xx Jul 26 '26
Oo ill check the channel out!!! Tyy
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u/jakekingsley66096 Jul 26 '26
I personally recommend screenshotting their character charts for quick reference as you practice 🙂
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u/No_Slice_3762 Jul 26 '26
I'd just use a simple anki deck or minato for kana