If you’re wondering if I’m insane or something, just reply to the comment I made since I’m dyslexic and it might just be that I wrote it weird. Skipping letters, words or even sentences is very regular for me.
Just don’t try to memorise individual kanji with no context.
This is good advice but I wouldn’t learn individual words on their own since learning the words in context should be more effective. Even better if the context sentence is meaningful to the learner somehow.
This also requires work and isn’t just an app you can just download.
Sounds like Wanikani. The first 3 levels are free but later 57 are not. I’d recommend getting the feel for them and then deciding if you are willing to pay for the 1-3+ year journey that’s ahead of you since they have the lifetime sale in December.
I’d also recommend learning at least the first 100 常用(じょうよう) kanji on Ringotan (free). You will probably forget how to write them but it will make you understand them better.
Flaming Durtles.
That’s the old version that’s no longer maintained and broke somewhat when kana-only stuff was released. Smouldering Durtles is the new app.
Are books out of the question? I feel like those would be the thing to read when you want to read. What kind of stuff are you interested in?
What’s the relation to tech here?
You could try Tadoku and then Learn Natively. It’s basically just reading until you’re fluent.
Making it a routine is key. 2 week break is huge and will completely mess with your learning. Method that has worked for me is to do them throughout the day. Every time I would do something dumb on my phone, I would first go through few cards (or all if feeling motivated) and sooner or later they’re all gone. Are your cards just kanji or words?
For kanji to stick, I’ve been using Ringotan which is free. It teaches you the stroke order and you can choose the learning order from multiple sources like Wanikani, RTK, Genki, etc.
Downside of my study method is that I do it for 1-5h/day and only after 3 years it feels like I’ve cracked the code and can actually understand something.
If I started from 0, I would probably start by watching all the Comprehensible Input content there is. Like from https://cijapanese.com/ (also on Youtube, but I feel like the website is better). This also takes time though.
What’s the unknown line? Some Chinese OS or browsers with all info excluded?
True. But I’m not lowering the standard for common sense just because majority lacks it. Whenever I help someone with their tech I also teach them something.
Just using common sense on the web. I don’t fuzz over it since it doesn’t mean much to me anyway.
True. I kinda took OP as someone who has studied for some time already but yeah it very much depends on the level of the said learner.
NEVER! You can’t make me put in the effort! /s Seriously though I pretty much needed the ready made solutions to get pushed over the edge and I totally get why people might want that. Making your own cards is most likely much better option but that would’ve taken effort that I couldn’t spare myself when I started.