I’m a 14F Irish/scottish girl who learns slowly but WILL memorise and never forget. I’m currently learning Japanese, and am having a little trouble.
i watch a couple yt videos a day of simple Japanese, and I’m learning fast:D! It’s not a very good and smart way in my opinion, I feel like I’m missing out.
i also use duolingo!! I know it’s not a good site to use but it’s helped me memorise and learnt how to use Japanese vocabulary better. Does anyone know some good sites/influencers that focus more on simple Japanese and ones that focus on more complex?
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I’m not sure if saying your age here is a good decision considering this is Reddit but I would (and I do) personally use Genki
Hi! I’m a Japanese person living in Europe. I’m not sure if it suits your taste, but I recommend あさぎーにょ (Asaginyo). She’s a Japanese influencer based in Tokyo who posts a lot of fashion-based videos, as well as vlogs and small-talk videos. I guess she doesn’t use complicated vocabulary. I hope you’ll like it! 🙂
Japanese From Zero has a companion YouTube channel I’ve found useful sometimes.
Also, I’m two years into study and only recently “graduated” away from Duolingo — it is, in my humble opinion, not a bad app at all, just very limited in its scope, and the nuts and bolts of Duolingo just aren’t very compatible with Japanese.
However, it was where I started during a really rough time health-wise when I absolutely could not have handled anything “stronger,” and have been well pleased with that choice. You’ll know when to move on.
Ganbatte (good luck/carry on/you can do it)!
I use Japanese Ammo w Misa and So Japanese. So Japanese can cover some content that’s more adult though so be careful. So Japanese does a good job of going through street level phrases all the way up to most polite forms of address. They also cover things like phrases to use in konbini, baseball, kimonos, Sakura
As always, go to r/LearnJapanese and check the sidebar. There is a whole pathway for beginners and a myriad of recommendation for all aspects of study.
Comprehesible Japanese – https://www.youtube.com/@cijapanese
Yuki is a wonderful lady and has slowly grown her channel (and business) over the last few years – I’ve corresponded with her several times asking questions for clarification on things and she’s just always so accommodating. Lots of free videos, but there’s also a paid tier. Varying levels from Absolute Beginner to Advanced.
Tokini Andy is one of the best beginner channels I’ve come across. Japanese Ammo with Misa is also very good, but some of her stuff pushes into intermediate level.
Kaname Naito’s YT channel is a bit more complex, but maybe the best intermediate Japanese resource I’ve ever seen. Strong focus on spoken Japanese.