Just started learning Japanese to fill up my time. I was expecting to take about a week to learn the kana but it only took me around an hour total to read both hirigana and katakana.
I started with using anki to make a deck with the kana on one side and the pronunciation with a mnemonic on the other. Once I got that fairly down pat I switched to an app just called Kana on the app store (not sponsored) to rapid fire learning them and to learn how to write them. Writing definitely took a bit longer than to read.
I can imagine that kanji will work pretty much the same. I can’t wait to start grammar lessons which is what I’ll probably be doing next.
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Glad your enjoying yourself so far. Use that motivation but remember it’s not a sprint but a marathon. For vocab I suggest the Tango N5 deck when you are ready.
You should check out this video about starting japanese.
https://youtu.be/L1NQoQivkIY
Dont go wild, though.
I was one of those that went wild. It got to a point where I was recalling 500 kanji per 15 min via method of loci. Possible. Fulfilling. And I later learned, very pointless. Better spend it on mass immersion instead.
Memorization is still important but since it uses a lot of brain power you should limit it to a certain amount per day. This amount you can only find out by yourself since it varies per person.
Yeah, I loved using Mnemonics when learning kanji.
I used a website called Remember the Kanji ([https://kanji.koohii.com/](https://kanji.koohii.com/)) based off a book called Remembering the Kanji. It doesn’t teach you all the readings, but it does teach how to write each one and a relatable keyword in English. Did all the standard kanji in about 3 months and could “understand” written Japanese (even if I couldn’t read it) and then I just learned vocabulary through reading from there.
Anyway, point is, if you like mnemonics, I recommend the above site. Loved reading the creative stories by its users.