It was amazing having the legend ToKini Andy on the podcast this week. Be sure to show him some love! By the way our special cameo guest told us if this video gets 500 likes, he'll be back. So you know what to do KoreKara Squad! And if you're in the market for good vibes be sure to check out our discord server: discord.gg/korekara Outline: 0:00 Intro (ft. Special Guest) 1:15 How ToKini Andy Became the Genki Guy 3:29 How ToKini Andy Got Good at Japanese 7:49 Andy's Outlook on Making Mistakes 9:51 Andy's Experience as a Homeroom Teacher in Japan 12:46 ToKini Andy's Experience with the JLPT 14:26 What Value Andy Puts on Anki 16:28 Why Having a Japanese Girlfriend Helps with Japanese 23:30 Dogen's Secret REVEALED 26:48 ToKini Andy's Burnout with Japanese 34:22 ToKini Andy's IMPORTANT KoreKara Message 38:44 Outro (ft. Special Guest)

this man is the real deal as a teacher! i used to watch his videos back when i was using genki before getting into immersion. big part of my foundation with learning japanese🤝

@KoreKaraPodcast

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing Daniel! ToKini Andy always coming through out here

Thanks for having me on guys! I had a great time talking to you, and hope we can do something like it again some time. And, OH MY GOD IT'S BILL! Edit: I completely forgot about Dogen's secret. I'm literally laughing my ass off over here. haha Edit Edit: BILL approves of me! My life is now complete.

@KoreKaraPodcast

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for coming on the show Andy! It was a real blast. We would love to do something like it again for sure! SHOUTOUT BILL!!!!

@Gitaikou

2 жыл бұрын

based

Tokini Andy is the reason why I was able to finish genki I and II, and be able to actually talk and read a lot in japanese in 6 months from zero. I can't be more grateful

@KoreKaraPodcast

2 жыл бұрын

Gotta love Andy!

Andy is a great teacher! been watching his lesson streams every week for so long now that I've lost count. Great guy (and Yuki). Great community.

@KoreKaraPodcast

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed! Andy's a super stand up guy. Also gotta love that Andy streak you got going

@ToKiniAndy

2 жыл бұрын

Dashiel! Great to see you here!

This is such a chill conversation. ToKini's story is pretty motivating, especially how he just jumped right in with no worries about speaking early.

@KoreKaraPodcast

2 жыл бұрын

Shoutout Andy! Super chill guy to talk to and like you mentioned super motivating!

Andy keeping it real about not being able to study for hours on end is what the people need

@KoreKaraPodcast

2 жыл бұрын

ToKini Andy always keeping it real!

Wow. Was not expecting the Bill cameo.

@KoreKaraPodcast

2 жыл бұрын

We weren't either

This is the language learning podcast I’ve been looking for T^T Thank you guys for doing what you do 🤝

@KoreKaraPodcast

2 жыл бұрын

That means a lot to us! Thanks Not Numbers!

Your channel is literally my comfort place. You make me so happy. Love you❤

@KoreKaraPodcast

2 жыл бұрын

Hey Sakura! Wow thank you so much for your kind words. Right from the beginning, we wanted to create a place where anyone can come and feel happy. So to see your comment really just means so much to us personally and motivates us to keep bringing more content. Once again, thank you so much.

Tokini Andy - We meet again. ✔️ Awesome guy

@KoreKaraPodcast

2 жыл бұрын

Japanese Capital - We meet for the first time. But shoutout Andy awesome guy for real!

@-LightSmit

2 жыл бұрын

@@KoreKaraPodcast Im actually new to your channel. You guys seem very sincere, also bringing some new freshness to the language community. I meant Andy and myself know of each other’s existence through covering Japanese books. :) Light

Really insightful discussion of dating and language learning. Might be worth publishing that clip as a separate video because it's real talk that a lot of people would relate to or be interested in.

@KoreKaraPodcast

2 жыл бұрын

Say less! KoreKara Clips got you covered: kzread.info/dash/bejne/ZqimrJamYMLeqJc.html

Based Tokini enjoyers

@KoreKaraPodcast

2 жыл бұрын

Based

OMG you found Bill?!

@YuenXii

2 жыл бұрын

i can rest easy now

@KoreKaraPodcast

2 жыл бұрын

We still need to find him for the in person video interview #FindBill

Andy is my hero

What a cool guest! Nice interview, guys!✌️

@KoreKaraPodcast

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Teruhiiko! ToKiniAndy is a super cool guy for sure

Can't wait to taste that delicious sauce :D

@KoreKaraPodcast

2 жыл бұрын

*Bill's Secret Sauce* ™

@languageoclock

2 жыл бұрын

@@KoreKaraPodcast it’s spelt Billz 😉

@KoreKaraPodcast

2 жыл бұрын

@Isabella *Billz Secret Sauce* ™*

No joke every time I watch one of these I get inspired to start studding. Even though I'm supposed to be taking a break x3

@KoreKaraPodcast

2 жыл бұрын

That means a lot to us! You inspire us to keep making more videos. Don't push yourself too hard though!

Im not even learning japanese but this shit is like therapy, I should be doing Spanish immersion rn but this is like a warm blanket over my body god bless, the way you guys laugh together is so funny SO GOOD gawd damn

@archdukeray4345

2 жыл бұрын

Ive watched like prob over half of the videos that have been posted LOL

Embrace the Anki grind.

@KoreKaraPodcast

2 жыл бұрын

😤😤

That's pretty interesting about spouses with different languages. I'm a Taiwanese-American, and my wife is Chinese. I actually speak Mandarin in the home and my wife, after spending almost 15 years here now speaks pretty fluent everyday American-English. Her slang is actually better than her formal American because our workplace tends to have younger people. I grew up speaking a little bit of Mandarin in the house, but my language skills didn't really improve until 1. I took simplified Chinese in college for two years, and 2. marrying my wife. My Chinese is actually way better than from when I was a little kid growing up.

Andy talking about his ADHD without saying ADHD 😂 I am too, bro. Japanese is my current interest - we’ll see how far I get before I find my next interest in 3 months.

Would you say Quizlet is like Anki? I personally used Quizlet for studying German for years in school. So I am used to it and was wondering if they were pretty similar : )

Tokini Andy sounds like a down to earth kinda guy. Another great one, guys.

@KoreKaraPodcast

2 жыл бұрын

Appreciate it Clowdy!

I identified with Andy so much when he said he burns out easily. I wish I didn't burn out so easily but for some reason I either bore easily or I have a high need for novelty.

I fully recommend Tokini Andy's courses. I think he's an excellent teacher, and if you are using Genki you'll get as lot more value out of it. I don't know if Genki would be that useful to me without his course because of my attention span.

@KoreKaraPodcast

2 жыл бұрын

Shoutout Andy!

Andy!!!!!

@KoreKaraPodcast

2 жыл бұрын

Igirisu!!!!!

Today we have inmersion with korekara podcast time , thank you so much for the good content

@KoreKaraPodcast

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for watching!

@ambarlostinthewoods3080

2 жыл бұрын

@@KoreKaraPodcast thank you to you guys, this was even funnier than i expected

Great interview!! Andy seems like such a good dude. You guys should consider inviting Matt from Game Gengo! He’s doing some really great work.

@KoreKaraPodcast

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Kisuto! Matt from Game Gengo seems like a super cool guy to talk to. Appreciate the recommendation!

@ToKiniAndy

2 жыл бұрын

@@KoreKaraPodcast Second vote for Matt!

I am starting my first Japanese language course on my own and I don't know where to begin

@KoreKaraPodcast

3 ай бұрын

I have a full guide in the KoreKara Club and you can also DM me there to ask me any questions

First

@KoreKaraPodcast

2 жыл бұрын

Second

I got burnt out on anki and going back to it gives me anxiety, so I have been messing with Wanikani for a couple months now and it’s making me start to fall in love with SRS again. I know I’d benefit a lot going back to anki but I really need to change how I go about making cards. What I have in mind is only making cards for words that I have already 90 percent acquired. Which, a lot of people will say yeah duh that’s what you’re supposed to do but for me at least I think that involves reading the same manga volume a couple times through till the words start to stick. Because before I’d see a word I didn’t know, look up the definition, throw it into anki not really having learned it then just repeatedly tried to cram words I really didn’t aquire yet into my head.

@KoreKaraPodcast

2 жыл бұрын

You could try making vocabulary cards instead of sentence cards, they're a lot easier to rep

@papercliprain3222

2 жыл бұрын

@@KoreKaraPodcast I’ll try that out! I think another thing I’ll try is to not be so strict with having only kanji on the front of the card. Because I would hear a word, not be familiar with the kanji, and throw it on anki and basically try to brute force information into my head that way for half an hour to an hour. Some people can do that. I cannot. So I either need to find a way to phase in the kanji over time, or rely on the fact that Wanikani will eventually get me there with the kanji and outside of that I just need to learn words.

One month of no English, even to speakers of English, only Japanese? That isn't immersion that is submersion!

You lnow i want to join all these patrions, but if i were paying for every one of my fav peoples patrion id be broke af... not sure where ill get the best bang for my buck

I enjoyed the episode, but unfortuntly it did not deliver the promise! You guys did not talk about the effectiveness of Genki.

@KoreKaraPodcast

2 жыл бұрын

We can do better

@mohanad0408

2 жыл бұрын

@@KoreKaraPodcast I believe you. All the best ❤️

I have a Japanese wife, and I live in Japan. My Japanese sucks. So, a Japanese gf or bf does not help, unless they can't speak your native and/or has no interest in your language. So ,it is not a silver bullet. lol

@KoreKaraPodcast

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the insight Tyson!

@tysonball9804

2 жыл бұрын

@@KoreKaraPodcast It also doesn't help that I suffer from the 恥ずかしいs whenever I try to sperak to anyone outside of my circle.

Still frightens my that somebody is able to speak fluently after 1-2 years. I'm learning for a year, and i'm not even near speaking anything meaningful. even after learning each day 1-2 hours.

I have a Japanese wife, and I still don't speak a word of Japanese.

@KoreKaraPodcast

6 ай бұрын

why not?

@mountainmanmike9105

6 ай бұрын

@@KoreKaraPodcast a) we work opposite schedules b) we live in an english speaking country c) i'm lazy