Why Do I Have Trouble Recognizing and Understanding JP Words As Quickly As EN Words?

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1. You’ve seen/heard/used the word “horse” in English thousands (tens of thousands?) of times in your life to build that strong connection in your mind. See/use the Japanese word more and the same thing will happen.

2. How many hours total have you listened to Japanese?

   Now, hoe many hours total have you listened to English?

   There’s your answer. This sort of thing is purely a function of time and exposure

3. >How do I automate my vocab recognition like with English?

   Repetition. Hearing/reading them over and over again.

   [https://lifexchangesolutions.com/neural-pathways/](https://lifexchangesolutions.com/neural-pathways/)

   [http://gretchenschmelzer.com/blog-1/2015/1/11/understanding-learning-and-memory-the-neuroscience-of-repetition](http://gretchenschmelzer.com/blog-1/2015/1/11/understanding-learning-and-memory-the-neuroscience-of-repetition)

   This should answer the “why”.

4. A quote from Wilferd Arlan Peterson:

   **As a single footstep will not make a path on the earth, so a single thought will not make a pathway in the mind. To make a deep physical path, we walk again and again. To make a deep mental path, we must think over and over the kind of thoughts we wish to dominate our lives.**

   A fancy way to say that you’ll get better eventually if you keep at it. I can promise you from personal experience, it may take time but you will get there if you don’t give up trying.

5. “Why am I worse at processing information in the language I’m learning than in my native language that I’ve spoken my entire life?”