Best Way to Learn Japanese?

_ennoir_ said:

I do self-study and imo the best way to start is to learn like a baby, first you need to immerse yourself in that language - start with listening (dramas, music,...) then speaking (shadowing, pick up the tone) and then combine with vocab-writing and reading. As a person who despise pressure, I try to align the learning process with my interests to not feel like I'm being pressured into 'studying'. The key is consistency, good luck!

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Lilia said:

The most important part is being consistent where I found self study the most effective for me. It can take a long time but if you're devoted to it daily, you will see results no matter what. A good place to strengthen your beginning understanding is to read a grammar guide like Tae Kim's and slowly build up your vocabulary through something like Anki. Kaishi 1.5K is a popular Anki you might want to look into.

Once you nailed down basics, I highly recommend immersion study by consuming Japanese content you're interested in on a constant basis. This can be anything from just simple Twitter messages/news story to shows or games you might like. Here's a guide that might be helpful:
https://learnjapanese.moe/

Try to enjoy it as much as you can while learning the language, good luck~

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fr4pp3cinn said:

I'd say the most important part is reading! Early on you'll get into a routine with grammar guides and Anki, and reading will seem intimidating. You'll want to push it for later, and the longer you take to start reading, the harder it is to finally take the plunge; at first it'll feel like you're looking up every single word in the text, but if you stick with it, it does get easier. Try to go for easy stuff on the beginning, but also stuff that you enjoy (some people recommend Hanahira for early reading, but I found it quite boring and had a hard time pushing myself to finish it when I read it; ended up a bit demotivated after that lol)

For grammar, I think yoku.bi is very nice for beginners, as it has simple language and you can read a few rules per day (but do try to look at multiple sources, and maybe even some grammar dictionaries if you're having trouble with anything). Good luck on your learning! ;)

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LazyMuffin said:

One of my friends say watching Anime with jp subs is great way to learn but it's only effective if you enjoy Anime

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judahslove said:

I started learning through listening and to cd dramas with subtitles and podcasts! U do that while reading and it can make you learn a great amount of new words and other things..after o started removing the subtitles and trying to understand w the context of the sentence !!! I think that keep on listening to Japanese for the whole day actually makes you learn alot ( i like almost never touched a Japanese textbook cuz it's too boring for me…)

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