Want To Finally Learn Japanese in 2025?

Learning Japanese can be overwhelming - especially when you start out! I know that feeling, because that was me 1 1/2 years ago!

Here’s how I would start from scratch ⬇️

1️⃣Learn Hiragana and Katakana
This is your first Step and there’s no way around it. If you can’t read and write and understand the pronunciation, everything is gonna be a mess. This is your first “Wall” 📈that you have to climb in order to learn Japanese🇯🇵

2️⃣Learn Basic Grammar
If you want to learn Japanese - as a westerner or english speaker - you have to take a look at grammar. It makes your life a lot easier learning via rules🤓. The Japanese Language is completely different to English in regards to structure etc. But notice how I said “basic” grammar? Thats because if you want to speak conversational Japanese - a lot of grammar is unnecessary as these are not often used in daily life. So don’t waste your time there⏳

3️⃣Learn the most common words
As in every language, there are words that are used more commonly and words that are not. Wasting your time with learning useless words ❌ is not optimal if your goal is to acquire conversational japanese as fast as possible⏳.

4️⃣Start practicing Speaking
As in every language, if you don’t practice speaking you will never be able to hold conversations. Learning grammar and vocabulary is cool and so - but if uou don’t use it, it will be useless. Speaking 🗣️ and practicing by immersion is the fastest 💨 way to learn and improve in any Language! I know so may people who learned Japanese for years but when it comes to speaking, they are really bad it - and thats because they never USED it.

5️⃣Learn Kanji
Now Kanji is the most difficult part in my opinion. It takes so much time and effort but I put it last because it doesn’t really contribute a lot to holding conversations in Japanese. But if you want to take your Japanese to the next level and want to read books and Newspaper - learn Kanji as you’ll need it!

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[kucykowychomiczek]

My goal is to rather read or understand written Japanese, so kanji is a necessity. I study slowly and some may say ineffective but I’m staying consistent! The dopamine hit when I learn a new kanji and then see it somewhere being used and me finally understanding it… it’s a good feeling. I can understand simple sentences for now, though I’m getting really confused when a lot of kanji appear in a sentence and I’m not sure how to translate it, lol.

[awetistic]

My goal is mainly being able to speak because we definitely want to visit Japan again. For witten language, you can still use a translation app. So this approach definitely makes sense, I'm focusing on basic grammar, vocabulary and hiragana/katakana right now.

[Sylvie]

Right now I have reached 1 step and a bit 3 step…well…guess have to learn step 2 first, makes sense

[thebodi]

Ive been doing the last 4 at the same time after 1 in school. Kanji came a little later

[thephilipppham]

Learning Japanese can be overwhelming - especially when you start out! I know that feeling, because that was me 1 1/2 years ago!

Here’s how I would start from scratch ⬇️

1️⃣Learn Hiragana and Katakana
This is your first Step and there’s no way around it. If you can’t read and write and understand the pronunciation, everything is gonna be a mess. This is your first “Wall” 📈that you have to climb in order to learn Japanese🇯🇵

2️⃣Learn Basic Grammar
If you want to learn Japanese - as a westerner or english speaker - you have to take a look at grammar. It makes your life a lot easier learning via rules🤓. The Japanese Language is completely different to English in regards to structure etc. But notice how I said “basic” grammar? Thats because if you want to speak conversational Japanese - a lot of grammar is unnecessary as these are not often used in daily life. So don’t waste your time there⏳

3️⃣Learn the most common words
As in every language, there are words that are used more commonly and words that are not. Wasting your time with learning useless words ❌ is not optimal if your goal is to acquire conversational japanese as fast as possible⏳.

4️⃣Start practicing Speaking
As in every language, if you don’t practice speaking you will never be able to hold conversations. Learning grammar and vocabulary is cool and so - but if uou don’t use it, it will be useless. Speaking 🗣️ and practicing by immersion is the fastest 💨 way to learn and improve in any Language! I know so may people who learned Japanese for years but when it comes to speaking, they are really bad it - and thats because they never USED it.

5️⃣Learn Kanji
Now Kanji is the most difficult part in my opinion. It takes so much time and effort but I put it last because it doesn’t really contribute a lot to holding conversations in Japanese. But if you want to take your Japanese to the next level and want to read books and Newspaper - learn Kanji as you’ll need it!

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