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Find and Track Japanese Books with Natively

Find and Track Japanese Books with Natively

Natively popped up last year on Reddit as a brand new website where you can find and track Japanese books. Kind of like Goodreads, but for Japanese books aimed at people studying Japanese. I gave it a go and instantly

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Niffer August 6, 2022August 6, 2022 Reading Japanese, Reading Japanese Manga, Reading Japanese Novels, Resources, Review Read more

How To Get the Most of Out of One-on-One Japanese Lessons

How To Get the Most of Out of One-on-One Japanese Lessons

The wonders of the internet means it’s incredibly easy to find a Japanese teacher online now. When I started I went to my teacher’s house, but in the last five years I have used numerous Japanese teachers online. (Mostly through

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Nihongo with Ako – Japanese Podcast for N4/N3 Levels

Nihongo with Ako – Japanese Podcast for N4/N3 Levels

I recently had the honor to be on 日本語 with あこ (Nihongo with Ako), a podcast hosted by Japanese teacher Ako Suzuki. I had come across her podcasts in the past but never listened to them properly. (I was more familiar

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Niffer February 14, 2021May 10, 2021 Resources, Review Read more

Japanese Graded Readers for JLPT N5 and N4 Learners

Japanese Graded Readers for JLPT N5 and N4 Learners

Learning beginner level Japanese can be frustrating at times when you want to be able to do more with the language. I often see people asking about reading materials for JLPT N5 and N4 level learners. The trick is that

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Niffer February 6, 2021May 10, 2021 Beginner Japanese, JLPT N4, JLPT N5, Reading Japanese, Reading Japanese Novels, Resources Read more

How to Get from Intermediate to Advanced Japanese

How to Get from Intermediate to Advanced Japanese

Many language learners hit this point around intermediate level where they feel like they’ve plateaued. It’s the same for Japanese learners, coming in at around JLPT N3 to N2 level. This point, where you feel yourself stagnating, is the time

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Niffer June 20, 2020June 20, 2020 Advanced Japanese, Intermediate Japanese, Learning Methods, Motivation, Resources, Tips and Tricks Read more

Study Beginners Japanese With Science!

Study Beginners Japanese With Science!

By study beginners Japanese with science, I don’t mean Matrix-level download the language to your brain (although I wish I did!) I mean, using science books aimed at young Japanese people to learn a wide variety of general knowledge and

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Niffer April 28, 2020April 28, 2020 Beginner Japanese, JLPT N3, JLPT N4, Reading Japanese, Resources, Review Read more

Reading Japanese Intensified – Review of Tango Risto

Reading Japanese Intensified – Review of Tango Risto

If you’re anything like me and you struggle to improve your reading then you want to get Tango Risto. I have always struggled with reading comprehension. It is the hardest part of the Japanese Language Proficiency Test and a must

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Niffer April 23, 2018April 21, 2018 Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT), Reading Japanese Novels, Resources, Review, Teach Yourself Japanese Read more

Cheap Japanese – You Don’t Need to Break the Bank to Learn Japanese

Cheap Japanese – You Don’t Need to Break the Bank to Learn Japanese

I was at a convention the other day talking about how beginners can learn Japanese for anime and manga. At the end one person asked me. “I was thinking of starting Japanese with Rosetta Stone, but is it worth the

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