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Memorizing Japanese Vocabulary Tips

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*Learn vocab by subject To be honest, this is my biggest tip. There’s a memory technique called memory place where you associate physical objects with words (𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘯𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘢 𝘣𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝘛𝘌𝘋 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘪𝘲𝘶𝘦.) But for me that’s just too random, but learning vocab in groups by… Continue reading Memorizing Japanese Vocabulary Tips

Speaking and Writing Tip: Remember Phrases Along with the Vocabulary

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Intermediate or advanced-level learners may know this already, but this is useful for everyone. TRY to remember vocab in short phrases rather than standalone words. Certain objects will always have a certain verb that goes along with it. It also helps to remember the particle associated with the verb, since (を) is not always used.… Continue reading Speaking and Writing Tip: Remember Phrases Along with the Vocabulary

Beginner Tips for Learning Japanese

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*Drop romaji NOW (the sooner the better) Romaji will get you nowhere, so better to let go it sooner rather than later. Hiragana and katakana are not that hard once you get of it. You won’t know how to pronounce things correctly it you aren’t aware of silent お, う, って, ん, etc. like in… Continue reading Beginner Tips for Learning Japanese

Useful Survival Phrases/Words While in Japan

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(𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘯𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘦 𝘮𝘺 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘑𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘯) 日常生活 (にちじょせいかつ) - everyday 敬語 (けいご): formal speech (used in business and customer service) いらしゃいませ: welcome ご覧くださいごらんください): please look (what salespeople usually say) レストラン - restaurant: 何名様ですか？(なんめいさまですか): How many people? (before you are… Continue reading Useful Survival Phrases/Words While in Japan

All About Immersion: Myths and Methods

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Location: Omotesando Misconceptions MYTH: If I go to x country, I will become conversational/fluent in that language (without studying) REALITY 1: If I go to that country WITHOUT studying the language at all, I will probably pick up some basic vocabulary, phrases, and greetings at best (unless you are amazing at language acquisition). You will… Continue reading All About Immersion: Myths and Methods