10 beginner-friendly resources for learning Japanese (that no one talks about)

LINKS TO RESOURCES:
📖 Graded readers:

✍🏻 Hiragana and katakana:

📚 Textbooks:

📀 YouTube channels:
@the_bitesize_japanese_podcast
@SpeakJapaneseNaturally

🔍 Reading tools:

time stamps:
0:00 intro
0:31 graded readers
2:04 hiragana and katakana
3:23 kanji
5:46 free courses and textbooks
8:58 youtube channels

💜 MY FAVORITE APPS AND WEBSITES:

✨ LINKS

💜 ABOUT ME:
Hi and welcome! I'm Tanya and the only thing I like more than learning languages is probably talking about learning languages (well, that and hoarding language books).
My native language is Russian and I'm currently in different stages of learning English, Spanish, Polish, Italian, Korean, and Japanese.

Disclaimer: this video is sponsored by MochiMochi. Some links above are affiliate links which means I make a small percentage of every sale at no cost to you.

[arinalowery]

I am not even studying Japanese but I watch all your videos because they’re super cool and cozy and I can always find some useful tips for my target languages. Thanks a lot for everything you do

[yibgwft]

As a Japanese, I’m so surprised that so many people are studying our language!!! (I know it’s so difficult to learn and to be able to speak, even as a native speaker)
And thanks Tanya for sharing such an amazing video! I would really like to watch your other videos to know the tips of language studies💕

[scriptingjapan]

Thank you so much for the kind words about my resources! It means a lot to know people are finding them to be helpful.

[mochidemy]

Thanks Tanya for your lovely review of the app. We hope you have a joyful experience learning with MochiMochi. May your YouTube channel achieve more success with the values that you have been bringing to the audience. 😊

[SomedayKorean]

I love Irodori!! As someone who isn't living in Japan (or planning to), I don't find all of the topics 100% relevant to me, but it's still an incredibly rich resource, and I personally prefer it to Genki in both visual design and content structure. That plus the online practice exercises are great for self-studying. It's definitely one of the best free resources I've seen, and I feel like I never see anyone talking about it. It'd be nice if they expanded to more than just beginner levels.

[thuongphan]

can't underestimate mochi in expanding vocab and kanji. I used to learn about 1, 000 words via that app. It actually helps me a lot in retaining the learned words in my long-term memory.

[silashuckins]

Really amazing suggestions for graded readers!

[ccdj]

Wow, thank you for all the graded reading resources!

[Youyuuung]

this was helpful thank you so much!!!!

[petuniaacuy]

thank you for the high-quality resources

[BinhLam-ccvx]

Woah thats some great resources! Arigatou

[danichang]

Thank you so so much, such a great video!!

[Langcul]

Pretty nice vid! I like the aesthetic too!

[Rebecca-Jonathan]

I really appreciate any tools that you recommend in video. Thank you 🥰

[abulababab]

Thank you so much for sharing all the resources! I truly appreciate it

[shuu]

always level up motivation when watching your video. Thanks a lot Tanya

[TrisAgnes]

Always love your sharing Tanya, its so detailed and practical

[tatututuuu]

Thank you for all the useful resources! I feel like many videos just repeat the most common ones but i didnt even know one in this video 😊

[tetonenglish]

Wow! Such a plethera of free resources! Thank you for sharing in such detail.

[khuongnguyenuc]

Love your voice and your sharings much. All helps me a lot in learning japanese ^^