I agree with everything you said. I teach Japanese and I am trying to launch my little Japanese textbook publishing company. One of books I am working on (for years) is kanji. I have seen my students get obsessed with kanji. A lot of times they want to see kanji and we talk in kanji (I show them kanji and they say "oh, yeah, that makes so much sense.") I love the moment. Learning kanji is great. I hope more people enjoy kanji.

@GingerGaiden

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I hope so too! Good luck with your Japanese book and teaching!

Great to see you back! I really enjoyed this video. Japanese has always seemed impossible to me because the kanji seemed so intimidating. Thank you for sharing and congrats on the 8k subs!

@GingerGaiden

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Glad you enjoyed it, and thanks so much 🎉

Many thanks for posting this! I've been doing WaniKani (per your suggestion) and have gotten to a point where it's suuuuuper frustrating, but I got a few helpful takeaways from this video. 1. Going at your own pace, super good idea. I had already decided to temporarily stop after I learned all the N4 level kanji so I could focus on properly cementing them rather than giving myself information overload (which is already a SUPER major problem for me with a fair few of them, especially ones with similar but not identical meanings like thought vs. idea vs. feeling). WK I think tries to make you feel a bit guilty about that in a weird way; lots of talk about "I got to level 60 in a year" sort of stuff which is just unfathomable to me. When I got piles of 200+ reviews every day, it got really overwhelming. But your points on that definitely re-convinced me that my idea is the way to go; better to properly make sure I actually know the proper material before cramming more in that could just confuse me. No need to burn the candle at both ends and put myself off of it entirely. 2. I hadn't really registered it before, but yeah, reading Japanese without kanji is pretty excruciating. I've tried to go back and read a few kids-level stuff and it is surprisingly difficult. I guess because the language doesn't use spaces, yeah, you said it right, it's just a string of text with no breaks that's hard to parse into words. 3. It's definitely going to be a lot easier my next trip to Japan in a few months based on how many more kanji I know. Last time I went, I knew very few kanji (maybe could've barely scraped my way thru N5) and I ran into trouble here and there because of it. Notably, I was on a bus in Shirokane which only displayed place names for stops in kanji, and might've missed my stop had it not been for the fellow passenger who was kind enough to help me when I asked. I know a lot more place names and other useful stuff pertaining to food and travel that I think are going to make this trip much easier and more fun!

@GingerGaiden

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Getting burnt out on Japanese learning is so common, and I think pacing yourself is the best way to stay in the marathon! Looking forward to your next Japan trip!

idk how u dont have more views bc this is pretty high quality!

@GingerGaiden

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I appreciate that!!

i took a kanji class in college that taught us all the radicals and how to break down kanji, and it really helped me appreciate kanji more and find it not as challenging. definitely think learning radicals is important to tackling kanji as a whole. great video!

@GingerGaiden

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Yup! Taking it in small steps is the way to go! Thank you for your comment!

Meanwhile I'm still trying to memorize all 106,000 Chinese Characters 😅

It's so interesting to see other perspectives on this topic. This really shows how different study methods work for different people. I solely acquired kanji just by reading literature. I always hated that you not acquire any knowledge, while studying with text books and stuff, so immersion was the only way. I can't write kanji at all though :D

@GingerGaiden

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That's how I learn grammar! I can never understand it in a textbook until I come across it while reading!

I'll admit, I'm not so much interested in learning the Japanese language at any serious level, but I AM interested in your enthusiasm for it! And you did very well in conveying the concept of kanji, and how it integrates into the bigger world of the language. Cant wait to see the next video!

@GingerGaiden

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Aww, thanks, Sage!

great video t

@GingerGaiden

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Thanks so much!!

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@GingerGaiden

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Thanks!!

Your optimism is well founded. Readers of every language tend to recognize words by appearance rather than sound them out each time; learning kanji isn’t that different. I appreciate the app/book recommendations.

@GingerGaiden

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Hope they are helpful! Thank so much for watching Noirevert!

Do you have any tips on learning the on and kun readings? I'm still at the very beginning but I found it way harder than the kanji themselves 😂 I guess I'm a visual and kinesthetic learner, with little auditory skills. Btw, I love your channel and enthusiasm. Keep up the good work! 😃

@GingerGaiden

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Hello! My suggestion is that because there's so many readings for each kanji, don't learn the readings... just learn vocabulary with kanji and they'll more naturally come to you!

@joannachulek

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@@GingerGaiden Thanks! I've just found a course on Memrise with 1000 words using the most common kanji. But I also have two other cool apps, namely Kanji (which I can use with my graphic tablet) and Kanji Garden. They are specifically made to teach kanji and their readings. Unfortunately, I can't switch the readings off. But you are probably right. Once I learn some vocab the readings will come more naturally to me. Thanks again for the advice 😃

I got lot of motivation on this channel. I've been learning about hiragana. No, Time for learning kanji and katakana. It's very interesting for me.

@GingerGaiden

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I am SO happy to hear that! Good luck! Keep it up!

The goal setting is actually scary. With english i never counted the vocab i had i just kinda used a dictionary and could see how at some point i could go 2, 3 or 4 sentences without looking up any words but that method can't work with kanji because i can't always find the radicals on my dictionary app. I really like the intuitive bits of language. Conversation, formality, slang and japanese is only the third language i am tackling even if i count my native tongue so there's no real point of refrence.

@GingerGaiden

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For kanji I recommend the jisho app where you can draw the kanji to help you look it up!

5:03 "食べる萌に手を洗います" This is something of a misspelling only anime lovers do lol

@GingerGaiden

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Weird, cause thats not even my sentence. It's from my native Japanese teacher during a kanji quiz.

@kingo_friver

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@@GingerGaiden Did you catch it? ❌萌⭕前 This is such a special achievement, Level 999 Misspelling Unlocked!

@GingerGaiden

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@@kingo_friver tbh I noticed but didn't wanna embarrass you hahahahaha 😂 also dang it was hard af for me to read my own handwriting

@kingo_friver

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@@GingerGaiden Yours is already way better in 2018 than my lazy notebook. Kanjis are an ease for a reader but a burden for daily note-taking.