How to learn Japanese

A overview of 5 simple steps for learning Japanese including some useful tips. Also learn how to become fluent in just two... no ONE MONTH... no scratch that... just 2 WEEKS by studying for only five minutes a day!!! Just kidding on that last part.

[angel.salazar.]

How to learn japanese
1. Learn hiragana
-avoid romaji
1.5. learn katakana
2. Learn vocabulary
3. Learn grammar
-discard english grammar
4. Apply and practice
5. Repeat steps 2-4

[rabid_ena]

I was just about to turn on the translations in the beginning XD

[SissouwChan]

I'm fed up of websites teaching japanese with romaji… I started learning japanese on yours and it gave me the very good habit never to use them! ^^

[videogamingfreak]

A little tip I wanna give for language learning in general is to think your thoughts in that language. Somehow it became second nature to me to think in English and that's actually really helped me with learning English.

[jarroddavis]

My goal with this is to be able to speak random sentences in japanese to my friend who watches anime and then convince him I said them in english to slowly drive him mad

[XCerykX]

I've always viewed Japanese Grammarical structure like listening to Yoda talk. The way he speaks seems pretty similar to Japanese in my opinion. If you can understand how Yoda talks, shouldn't be too far of a leap to understand Japanese.

[vidushi]

Learning Vocabulary: don't learn kanji by themselves here he means 　気(ki) individually means energy and, but 元気(genki) means well, so it's better to learn them together as he said as u will know when and how to use them unlike hinagara and katakana

[kyoo.mnlofc]

Once you're done learning Hiragana and Katakana, learning the vocabs and the whole language, set your phone language to Japanese. It can help you to train your Japanese skill daily if you use your phone everyday. Wish you luck!~

[TheLlewe]

i might have a fear of forgetting the english language itself

[taekimjapanese]

I would put ads but it would probably be pimsleur or some other product with the SECRETS to learning Japanese that the conspiracy doesn't want you to know about. Start speaking in only 10 days, 30 minutes a day! So like literally, in 5 hours, you'll be "speaking" a new language. Yeah right.

[ashantimizrahi]

The only language's I know are English, Spanish, and French. Right now, I am trying to learn Japanese language because mostly no one in my school knows Japanese and mostly know French which is very easy for some ppl. So now I want to learn Japanese. I like learning new language's so I was like why not? Anyway, if u read this comment, plz have a marvelous day. 😇

[bestraub]

Actually I learn the vocabulary with cards where on one side theres only the kanji and on the other the reading in hiragana and the meaning of the word. That works surprisingly well...

[oneclipleft]

I'm glad to see this video getting good views, but it should get more! As a teacher of English, I can say with confidence that this video hits on a lot of important, but sadly not discussed points about learning a new language. It also stresses a realistic time-frame, which is very important. All in all, a GREAT primer for learning any language. Be realistic, be dedicated, and practice! Rock on, Tae Kim.

[dawnn]

8/12/19
I started to learn Japanese.
I'm gonna update this comment every week for the things I've learned.

Update: Itʼs been 2 weeks lol
I've been really busy in school so that's why. Now, I can finally read hiragana. Thanks to the apps and tutorial videos in yt. I wanna learn katakana next. I just need to find some time to learn those. :) happy learning

12/28/20
I memorized both katakana and hiragana. I'm currently studying basic Japanese grammar and some N5 kanji vocabs.

[someamorplease]

I'm pretty damn sure you were sent from heaven. You made this whole thing seem so much more achievable and far less daunting. Thanks for all the tips.

[chki]

Change "Japanese" into ANY subject or skill and you have excellent advice for Every subject or skill.

[russodazonasul]

Put some ads on your youtube channel and your website, Tae Kim. I won't mind you getting some buck for a great job you are doing with your guides. Thank you.

[jonathanjrod]

You're a great sensei. These are truly high quality videos, and the fact that they're available for free here on YouTube is absolutely amazing. Thank you so much! I purchased your book yesterday, and I'm currently learning a lot from these video lectures. It's regrettable that you're no longer producing new content, but I'm still grateful for these invaluable gems.

[ice]

i learned a little bit of japanese during 10th grade, we were able to finish learning hiragana and how to count and tell the time, but we never got to katakana and kanji because of covid. i tried to retain my japanese skills during the pandemic but soon lost interest.

now, i downloaded fortnite on my switch and realized that i was getting teamed up with japanese people. they didn't talk much so neither did i, but then i met these three nice people who sounded nice and were very understanding when i hesitantly told them that i couldn't speak or understand japanese (i did it all with google translate cause i really liked playing and hearing their banter) and they said that it was okay. sadly, as there was a huge wall of language barrier between us, conversing was hard but we tried our best.

i want to play with them again but i don't want to feel like a burden, so i'm deciding to pick up where i left off so i can speak to them.

thanks for the tips, dude. i'll use em well.

[cjagnew]

I'm 12 and have recently started learning Japanese, your videos and app have helped me a lot so far! So thank you.

Luckily for me I have plenty of years ahead of me to learn and I also enjoy learning it as I plan to go to Japan when I'm older, and I enjoy anime and manga, and hope to be able to under stand both without subtitles or translations. I recommend anyone starts learning Japanese as soon as possible so that you'll be more confident when actually using the language on a daily basis.