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monday - sunday in japanese with the 1st kanji also written in hiragana

the text on the side says "days of the week in japanese" or "nihongo de no youbi"

As an avid Japanese learner, I always wanted there to be a simple online trainer for learning kana, kanji and vocabulary by JLPT level. The app serves as a simpler alternative to Chase Colburn’s Kanji Study app, because Kanji Study was pretty complicated for me to use as a beginner and didn’t have a more streamlined way of learning kanji through simple, continuous repetition and rote memorization (also, Kanji Study requires you to pay to unlock its full content library).

So, I started working on a brand new, completely free and fully open-source app in recent months. It’s very new and still in its infant stages, but here are the features so far:

• Full JLPT vocabulary and kanji coverage, with more than 1000+ levels for you to play
• More than 25+ different fonts and font styles
• More than 100+ different color themes, with the ability to add and upload your own custom backgrounds
• 100% free and open-source, forever
• All learning materials 100% AI-free, sourced from reputable sources and available for full download and inspection

If that sounds interesting to you, you’re welcome to try it out and provide some feedback: https://kanadojo.com/

GitHub just in case: https://github.com/lingdojo/kana-dojo

ありがとうございます!

I was curious about Lingodeer but I found out it was only free for the first tiny bit so I wouldn't really be able to learn very much & I'm avoiding Duolingo because of the "AI first" statement.

何級だったの?

どんな結果を期待している？

私にとって困った点、不明点もあったに違いない… しかし去年と比べると簡単だった感じする！

As a long time Japanese learner, I always wanted there to be a simple online trainer for learning kana, Kanji and vocabulary - no ads, no account sign-ups, nothing. Originally, I created the website for personal use simply as a better alternative to kana pro and realkana, and as an alternative to Chase Colburn’s Kanji Study app, because Kanji Study was pretty complicated for me to use as a beginner and didn’t have a simpler way of just grinding Kanji like you can grind the kana on kana pro.

I’m doing this because I grew tired of all the subscriptions and paywalls. I want to make the most user-friendly, customizable, aesthetic and fun platform for learning Japanese currently available. Accessible to all, fully open-source and free forever - and driven not by profit, but made by the community, for the community.

We already have more than 30+ active contributors from all over the world, and we really want to make the first definitive 100% free, open-source platform for learning Japanese - in contrast to most other apps for learning Japanese, which are often paid and monetized aggressively.

Live demo: https://kanadojo.com/ ^ ^

GitHub if you’re a dev and interested in contributing: https://github.com/lingdojo/kana-dojo

The app is still in its early alpha stages - but with your help, we can make it even better and give the Japanese learning community its first completely free, open-source and community-driven learning platform! どうもありがとうございます!

Guys im starting to learn kanji few kanji per few weeks

can i get some help from u guys?? I will keep u updated

all i know till now is the the grade one signle stroke kanji

itsu,i,hi,hitotsu,.....i dont know all of its pronounciations yet

ill also look into history a bit

site for watching Japanese tv programs.

it aggregates streams offered by separate tv stations. some episodes are simulcast online with the tv broadcast. most are recorded.

the site is ad supported, i think. haven't watched without ad blocker. but being Japan, it is behind in technology so they have no ad block circumvention or anti-adblock features so far.

be aware: may need vpn to appear as Japan user.

SITE IS ALL IN JAPANESE

a friend recently asked me if the onomatopoeia for smacking/chomping fresh crispy veggies would also apply to the shaking of French fries (pommes frites) in a bag of powdered seasoning.

we were both frustrated at my answer...

fyi: for those still learning kana, the title is "shakishaki vs shakashaka"

I figured a meme for folks learning Japanese could be fun :)

Just wanted to share it because it's fast fun and easy and helpful for me at least.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/29705704

So I've been getting more into the Fediverse, as I already had a Mastodon account for a bit. But I've joined Lemmy (love it btw, used to login to Reddit before API death ⚰️🕊️) and am thinking of joining Misskey since there's such a huge Japanese speaking community there.

But is it a good idea, and has anyone here joined? I can read decently, I'm playing Ace Attorney 5 in Japanese (finished the 1st case), I'm doing a Wanikani beginner bookclub that seems right around my level, and I'm almost done with Genki 2 (Quartet books already ordered). So I feel like this is prime time for doing more immersing and interacting with Japanese content.

Which server did you join, main, or a more niche one? Did you focus purely on the theme/content of the server?

I like games, anime, and fanart, and I'm okay with some NSFW, but I'm a little afraid of the misskey servers cause the big art ones are full of hentai/NSFW (Pawoo...). I won't go on a crusade if I see some loli art, but I don't want it shoved in my face every 3 posts.

I'm currently thinking of joining the Splatoon themed server, いかすきー.

I've heard in many places that I should learn to write kanji and their use in vocabulary instead of stuff like readings. Is this true? Is that stuff actually useful or would you be wasting your time learning it?

わなしは　にほんじんです Here は is read as wa instead of its usual ha Can somebody explain this?

I want to say "If it was 〇〇, then... ", is "〇〇だったば、..." the right clause?

I'm wondering if これとこれ would work to say "this and this" in Japanese

I’m looking for anything out there that could help me navigate grocery stores in Japan? Maybe an Anki deck for food labels with proper kanji? I’ll be there for a period of time later this year and while my conversational skills are okay, I don’t know that I could grocery shop! I’ve got Genki 1 and 2 and some vocab cards for various ingredients, but they’re mostly hiragana or basic kanji like 肉 or 魚 or ご飯. Is there anything else I could get? Books, YouTube channels, anything that would help prepare me to buy ingredients would be appreciated!

For additional context it is from the anime 「のんのんびより」

I remember kanji by first tracing them a certain amount of times with my finger usually around 5 times

Then I'll remember it by remembering a visualisation of drawing of drawing the kanji step by step instead of trying to visualise or think of the whole kanji at once

Mentally it feels like I use less mental bandwidth remembering kanji this way so my mind doesn't get stuck

This might not work for everyone but I'm sharing it in hopes it will help some people

I'm not sure of the grammatical order in this scentence

I have learned about" Sentence topic, Time, Location, Subject, Indirect object, Direct object, Verb"

"学校から私に家へ手紙を送った"

Is "家へ手紙を" describing a direct object or is it something else ?"

I haven't learned all the kanji yet in the scentence and only know some of them

This scentence is from the sakubi grammer guide: https://sakubi.neocities.org/#moving

I can read and make scentences in japanese provided I know the words and particle usage but it gets complicated for me once more than one subject or object or verb is used in a scentence

I'd also like to know how to order indirect objects in scentences

I have tried looking online but haven't found any useful google results on this so far

What is the difference between

「」

and

『』

i.e. single-line and double-line quote marks?

Hi,

I'm currently learning and memorising hiragana at a pace that is comfortable for me after recently starting to learn japense but I'd like to know of a good online resources to learn about Japanese vocabulary in the future once I'm at that stage in learning Japanese

I'd prefer that online resource to be free

Im not familiar with what best way works with me so i figured i try the trial run.

The lessons consisted of communicating with someone from Japan on a one lesson a week for 4 weeks. Sessons was about 30 min.

-Lessons were mostly meet and greet -Learning how to say various forms of nouns in a formal manner.

• using follow up questions as in which item -Counting and using different single digit numbers to form large numbers.

Its definitley some great feedback to learn as you go with responses from the teacher one in one over a zoom call.

• after the trial i was offered to continue through a plan but i stopped as I honestly couldnt afford another expense. If i do continue it id like to see how far self taught goes and maybe learning through a group class of some sort.

Mind you after classes i would go over the lessons on my own for about half hour a day. Consistency is pretty much the nature of the beast. I limited to 30 min because if i get to bored im not learning nothing.

Do i recommend 1v1 via online tutor, yes(if its in your budget) though find out if they will be giving you work material and the slides or a reference of what was learned in class. Im sure i wasnt given anything since it was a trial. I was typing it as the lesson was going on. Its real good for beginners and good to use to brush up since you are talking to someone who lives the language in that country.