Japanese

The Japanese learning community is incredibly resourceful (Japanese Learning Resources), and it can be quite daunting for a beginner to know where to start.

My intention for this folgezettel heterarchy is to contextualize various resources scattered all over the web and record a heterogeneous learning approach following the path that I myself have been following during my journey of learning Japanese.

There are no plans to make this a thorough and comprehensive repository, just a place to dump all kind of scattered knowledge.

If you’re looking for a good starting point to learn Japanese, here is my Japanese Learning Loop.

Japanese topics

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2020-08-29

JLPT (Japanese Language Proficiency Test)
- This is a personal note, but it’s pretty commonly echoed among the Japanese# learning community so it’s nothing too controversial.
Fitting Bunpro in your study routine
- Personally speaking, as is for everything that pertains Japanese# and language studying in general, there is no one true way that fits everyone. However, I think it’s useful to write a few words on how I personally approach it. Bunpro can be a great companion to leverage from and should not be easily dismissed.
Japanese Sentence Structure: だ Explained
- The topics of だ and its variant です are a frequent pet-peeve of mine, as they seem to often be overly simplified or poorly explained for English speaking audiences not familiar with Japanese structure and syntax. As a consequence, textbooks usually lie or omit a lot of important details that are key to making Japanese# sentences easy to build and understand. This article is my attempt at clarifying things, while keeping them simple enough that even absolute beginners should be able to follow intuitively.
漢語 (Chinese-origin) vs 和語 (Japanese-origin) word table
- Japanese# takes a lot from Chinese in its origin, as the language was shaped on top of the kanji writing system (Japanese writing systems) in its history. However, on the other hand, the kanji writing system was also adapted on top of the already existing spoken Japanese language.
Random Japanese Set Sentences / Words
- Just a random bunch of sentences/words/figures of speech I’ve come across while studying Japanese#.
Anki
- Most people among the Japanese# learning community use it to learn various things, mostly vocabulary and kanji (although it can also be used to train listening comprehension or practice on grammar points as well).
Japanese Learning Loop
- This is my proposed approach towards learning Japanese#, I hope it can be useful to you as it has (and still is) to me.
Full Timeline
Japanese
Morg
- Language learning (currently Japanese#)
Morg Systems
- Japanese#

Japanese Learning Resources#
- This is a mostly scattered collection of sites, tooling, and all kind of things that can help you learn Japanese#.