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Native speaker of both Japanese and English here. This looks quite nice and I've forwarded it to my friends who are learning Japanese. :) I was initially reall
by hkmurakami 11y ago
Native speaker of both Japanese and English here. This looks quite nice and I've forwarded it to my friends who are learning Japanese. :)
I was initially really skeptical when I saw the tagline about "learning from songs and games", because songs are grammatically broken and often nonsensical, while games/anime/manga often have brash speech that you stop using once you're past Junior High. But being able to learn off of your interests in a digitally integrated way is quite awesome (I remember meeting a South Korean guy in college whose Japanese was quite good just from learning form Anime/manga).
Commonality is useful as well, since the language has changed dramatically in the last 100 years, particularly pre and post war.
Kudos! :)
- chrisvasselli 11y agoYeah, it's hard to sum up the idea in 80 characters, but I like that idea of learning off of your interests. Thanks!
- veidr 11y agoI work in Tokyo and speak okay Japanese, but sort of hit a plateau after college (partly due to knowing 'enough for daily life' and partly due to having to work and no longer having to go to Japanese class). So my study lists consist 100% of words and phrases I hear and don't understand when I am out at the Japanese semi-mandatory drinking-with-coworkers. I currently use Japanese.app, but am open to switching since it doesn't sync vocab lists hint hint :-). So I study off my actual experiences here in Japan. I too was instinctively skeptical of the "games, songs" bit. (Although, I notice that text is not actually on the website.) I think "learning off your interests" is better, too.