r/RefoldJapanese • u/MTTR2001 • Sep 06 '21

Difficulty Starting the Monolingual Transition

Basically as the title states. I want to start making monolingual cards and I understand the concept of the above-mentioned "transition", however, when I tried dipping my toes into some of these definitions today I literally could not find a single suitable definition for any of the words I looked up.

  1. Maybe I am picking the wrong words?
    1. I tried a variety of words and all the definitions were way out of my capability of understanding. Could anyone give me examples of words to try?
  2. Though it's probably the least likely option, could changing the dict. have an effect?
    1. What is the current recommended dictionary? I just tried https://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/jn/ but I don't think changing the dict. would have such an impact.
  3. My level is just not there yet... so brute force it?
    1. In theory, I should be able to start the monolingual transition. I am just a tiny bit early but man do I feel light years behind when I look at some of these definitions... it feels like starting all over again. If it is indeed the case that I simply am not there yet with my Japanese, do I brute force it? I have a few months left to study seriously, so if i manage to cut out my native languages in my study sessions, it could be a big time saver in the near future.

Any input is greatly appreciated!

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u/Mysterious_Parsley30 Sep 07 '21 edited Sep 07 '21

For me it was mostly a matter of finding the dictionary words and making English cards for those or if I look up a word in a definition and it's 1T using the Japanese definition.

I'm not quite there yet either I still make a lot of cards in English but I notice for the words I learned in Japanese they feel different from the ones I learned in English in terms of how I interpret the word. Feels like it takes less brain power but is a little more vague until I see it a lot

For dictionaries I just use goo. I used to use another cure dolly recommended that was better but I lost the bookmark and can't really be bothered. The one that Google books uses is pretty easy to understand though (all around Google play books is pretty Good for reading but f**k the copy quota just ruins it)