When my college roommate and I, who were taking Japanese together, had to study for a kanji test, we played tic tac toe, best out of three. The winner of the match wasn't super important (we usually tied, of course), but for each round, each of us picked a kanji that was on the test and wrote it in place of an X or O, and then said its meaning and a reading out loud. This way, we practiced writing (and stroke order!), reading, understanding, and listening all at once. Nowadays, I'm no longer taking Japanese lessons, and I learn most of my kanji through following game companies and artists on Twitter. It's a practical application and I'm definitely still learning, but the tic tac toe games were a lot more memorable.

@coolgroyper

3 жыл бұрын

Damn that's genius wtf

@user-cv2vo5wn9m

3 жыл бұрын

associating kanjis with words seen on posts or songs also helps!

@higracelle

Жыл бұрын

OMGGG i want to this too. I'm finding a way (which is less difficult) and the most effective way to memorized kanji easily 🥺

Our brain works well only in unusual situations🧠 P.S I'm planning to have a livestream for hitting 100K subscribers at 10 pm this Saturday in Japan(GMT: 6/19 1pm)☺️ I'll make a post on Community tab soon so stay tuned!

@jasleenkalra9009

3 жыл бұрын

That's true!

@JYahirAGalvez

3 жыл бұрын

Ooh! Me gustan los videos que hablan sobre ciencia, cerebro e idiomas. Excelente contenido Onomappu-san, mil gracias! (´ヮ`)ﾉ

@jasleenkalra9009

3 жыл бұрын

@@OmarLivesUnderSpace どうしてそう思う

@jasleenkalra9009

3 жыл бұрын

@@OmarLivesUnderSpace 人によって異なります

@w.w.sakbeh571

3 жыл бұрын

That's a good point to put into practice, not only for learning languages but also for aging well 💯 as opposed to getting old and deteriorating due to lack of physical and mental variety/unusual situations.

I listen to songs I learn the lyrics, so whenever I listen to said song I can remember the words!

@Onomappu

3 жыл бұрын

Songs are really connected to emotions✨ いいね

@NoFuqinIdea

3 жыл бұрын

I tried doing that with Maximum the Hormone Songs. Still don't understand anything :]

@mynewollabilyne4004

3 жыл бұрын

@@NoFuqinIdea I don't even think natives can understand their songs so your good lol-

@blueraineee

3 жыл бұрын

Gosh I'm the opposite. I tend to forget words really easily. I could listen to the song 100 times and i still don't remember all the lyrics. xD I have really really bad memory.

@3thalluing339

3 жыл бұрын

@@blueraineee honestly same hhhh if I did end up learning the song I would only remember what it’s about entirely as a song, not what every sentence says. I prefer bands with simple and un-philosophical lyrics to learn Japanese imo.

I was feeling a bit unmotivated today because I struggle a lot with retaining vocabulary, this really motivated me a lot! Thank you! :)

@Onomappu

3 жыл бұрын

Yey🤩

@aaryankoli6274

3 жыл бұрын

Y does ur profile pic look like Ash frm Bananafish 🥲

@izgiovanotte

3 жыл бұрын

@@aaryankoli6274 it is him! •́ ‿ ,•̀

@mozart0

3 жыл бұрын

@@izgiovanotte :'( Ashhhhh

@JynIsBored

3 жыл бұрын

I have the same problem. I have to jisho a word like 5 times before it gets stuck and some frequency words like まで　give me a hard time because of their abstract ideas.

Recently i found this old series on youtube called “ Erin Ga Chosen! ” really useful to practice japanese for N5 and N4 level💕

@w.w.sakbeh571

3 жыл бұрын

I second that. btw, can anyone tell me why or has anyone had this experience: KZread use to recommend me dozens of great Japanese series, complete with all the episodes and subtitles, but now even if I search I get no worthy recommendations. I hope YT does not censor this comment. Thank you.

@AN-fu2op

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Will look for it!

@Kadagirl777

3 жыл бұрын

I remember this! My Japanese professor used to pair this with our Genki textbook 😂

@isamarysanguinety312

2 жыл бұрын

btw if you search for erin’s challenge on the internet you should get a web page with access to the vids and the manga version

@thenextoneisreallylong8587

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing!

After hard work, I finally managed to memorize all the Kanji meanings (still working on the readings though), it took me about 45 days. now I can read Japanese text much much better and I find myself unconsciously guessing the pronunciation of some new words. now I'm having so much fun studying vocabulary😊

@tulikagupta21

3 жыл бұрын

Wow! You learnt all 2k kanji in 45 days.. that's great!.. please let us know how you achieved it

@mansmo9513

3 жыл бұрын

@@tulikagupta21 Sure! learning the meaning of Kanji in 45 days is totally doable but I won't lie and say it was easy, I did 100 characters a day, which was a bit brutal XD, so I advice learning 50 characters each day. The learning method consists of three parts: 1. Use the book "Remembering the Kanji" to memorize 50 characters per day, believe me it worked for me like magic, as I said, I did 100 characters a day, 100 a day was very hard, but I pushed through. 2. Use a flash card software "Anki" to review the characters you learned each day (you must do this everyday otherwise you'll start forgetting). 3. start reading simple Japanese text, I recommend this website: hirogaru-nihongo.jp/en/ If you learn 50 Kanji each day it'll take you 3 months, which is nothing in my opinion. you're welcome to ask any questions.

@vivekgrover6650

3 жыл бұрын

@@mansmo9513 but how do you remember kanji readings?

@mansmo9513

3 жыл бұрын

@@vivekgrover6650 Reading extensively using a dictionary, I use a pop up dictionary, now that you know what the kanjis mean and what parts they consist of, your brain doesn't see them as confusing shapes. and with time you begin to piece up the readings automatically through extensive reading. memorizing the readings of Kanji without reading was impossible for me, because almost every Kanji has 2 or more pronunciations. not to mention that it's a boring process.

@RolArtificial

3 жыл бұрын

@@mansmo9513 it’s a really effective method. Right now I’m doing the same but not as intensively as you xD. I’m learning 20 kanji per day, right now I’ve reached approximately 1800 kanji. Some people discard the method saying that you don’t learn the readings while learning the meanings of the kanji, however, it’s way better and natural (for non-Japanese speakers) to first learn the meaning, and then while learning vocabulary learning the readings too.

The fact that I can watch this without subtitles and still learn new things is amazing! I love being able to watch a channel that teaches me things without breaking my immersion! Keep up the great work!

Also, I think creating connections between words and concepts helps! Like: "glass" like in "glass of water" in Spanish is "vaso", and "vaso" also means "capillary"! (like in "arterial capillary"). Which both "vaso" the glass and the capillary are fragile as our hearts 💔

@koishisen

Жыл бұрын

Heisigs classic si o no

I use the "awkward moment" a lot when I'm in my japanese lessons. I always try to say something funny or even a little awkward, obviously related to the grammar, topic or lesson we are seeing at the moment, to get a reaction from my teacher and that triggers a reaction in me too. This is why when you are in class you need to try to participate as much as you can. It helps with memorization, it makes lessons a little more enjoyable and it makes your teacher's work easier. (I was teaching english to adults a couple years ago and it's soooo hard to make them speak, It's infuriating! XD) PD: I love your videos. This channel helps me a lot with listening and comprehension ♥

I noticed that learning songs with japanese lyrics is a good way to memorize vocabulary or even some grammar points to the long term memory.

@Acro_LangLearn

3 жыл бұрын

It’s an okay method, but I’d recommend to not do that all the time, as you’d probably be better off immersing with TV shows, movies, books, etc.

¡Qué alegría que estés estudiando español! 嬉しい！🤩

そうですか…明日から毎朝窓を開けて日本語で叫びます。 隣人はもう「あの女性はちょっと変かな」と思っているから、私は大丈夫だと思います

@jeancarlosrobalinonavarro9367

2 жыл бұрын

No le hagas caso

@YouTube_Is_Sick

2 жыл бұрын

Google translate? o_O

@akuterlihattampandanberani1358

2 жыл бұрын

PP

@user-ym6ww8xn5o

2 жыл бұрын

彼を無視し、彼女を気にしないでください 😁実は私もあなたが好きという意味ですが分かりません そしてさようなら

@user-ym6ww8xn5o

2 жыл бұрын

@@s9lne اي ليه؟

Life pro tip: your brain responds to fictional characters almost the same way it does to real people! So watching media (in japanese) and having an emotional response to it works too, especially useful since nowadays we can't go out!

@Hakajin

3 жыл бұрын

Sonna!

@learntonotseemstupid

3 жыл бұрын

do you have any studies for this?

@PequenaNoobAmaPudim

3 жыл бұрын

@@learntonotseemstupid www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1364661316300705 it seems like it's quite a popular topic actually. I'm not the best person to speak about it bc I'm not very knowledgeable on neuroscience and stuff, but there are others apart from this one. I can say for sure that it's been holding true in my personal experience tho, I've been immersing in Japanese since the beginning of this year and it's worked so far

@Hakajin

3 жыл бұрын

@@learntonotseemstupid What you wanna research is identification and parasocial relationships with media characters. Jonathan Cohen is a foundational researcher in this area. Of course, you have to be in academia to access these papers, or it's pretty cost-prohibitive... For what it's worth, I started realizing in my early teens that the reason I got so emotionally involved with shipping is that we can't tell the difference between fiction and reality emotionally. I mean, when you think about it, this makes sense: we evolved to respond to facial and vocal cues a long time ago, but the capacity to reflect on whether someone is "real" or "fake" is much more recent. As for emotional investment... That's also something I've learned from experience. It's a little different, but... I do well with languages as long as I'm interested in them, but if I lose interest? Forget it! This happened to me with Latin, and... I haven't lost interest in Japanese. Emotionally charged stuff... Well, we do have a predisposition to tend to that kind of stuff in general, because it's more likely to be important information. While it's important to judge claims with research, I also think that just stands to reason.

@learntonotseemstupid

3 жыл бұрын

@@Hakajin I asked because in psychology we assume that children are able to distinguish between what's make believe and what's reality by 5. and our emotional instinct towards fiction isn't something that's "natural," it's something that's learned and accumulated over years and years of consuming evocative fiction during our formative years. parasocial relationships with fictional characters/celebrities can help with empathy, but they can also be damaging to a certain degree. and while i would say it's the same with me, i wouldn't chalk up my anecdotal evidence to be a universal experience. plus from what i've observed, it's usually the ones who were terminally online as teens who have a stronger empathy towards media characters, while the ones who weren't involved in fandom as much don't.

I legit need to work more on my memorization techniques tbh

Now I realized why I remember Japanese better than Korean, because I am happier when speaking, listening, and studying Japanese! Thank you sensei, I was never good in memorizing but now I am feeling positive! 💚💚

There’s a great book called “Make it Stick, The Science of Successful Learning”. Two key points they mention to improve long term memory are, 1. Adding an obstacle or challenge to what you are learning and 2. Leaving a gap between studying until you have almost forgotten. These may seem counterintuitive but the point is if something feels difficult or effortful, the learning will be deeper. Maybe that’s why we don’t forget how to ride a bike. It was such a hard skill to master and we fell so many times before success. 頑張りましょう！Hitoki, 私はあなたの動画が本当に好きです｡ありがとう！

This is why you learn the most from making mistakes :o

ビデオをありがとうございます！I speak 5 languages (Dutch, German, English, French and Italian), but most of them are somehow connected: For example, Dutch and German are Germanic languages and many words in these languages are similar. French and Italian are based on (a form of) Latin, so already knowing one these languages will help learning the other. Unfortunately, there's no language I already speak that's similar to Japanese. That's why it's so much harder to increase my Japanese vocabulary. For me mnemonics are the best way of learning Japanese words. I try to come up with a silly phrase in a language I know that I can connect to the Japanese word I'm trying to learn. I also strongly believe that everyone should come up with their own mnemonics, because they'll stick better than mnemonics someone else came up with. Making silly mistakes also helps a lot. I once asked an Italian physiotherapist to massage my "palle". He told me that I should do that myself, but that he wouldn't mind massaging my "spalle". From that moment on, I never forgot the difference between the two words: "palle" > balls, "spalle" > shoulders... :D

I'm the treasurer of my school's Japanese club, and I'm good at writing Japanese, I remember all the grammar rules and all, but still, I'm unable to speak well. This gonna help me a lot. ありがとうございました。

I'm not focused at the Theory & Information he telling on the Video . I'm really focused on his Face lmao 🤣

@Onomappu

3 жыл бұрын

はずかしいいいいいいXD Remember this word"はずかしい" and I feel that I did my job😂

@user-uq3um5nq7d

3 жыл бұрын

@@Onomappu sensei Why do Japanese people type more with Hiragana than with Kanji? Is it because Kanji is harder to read? Is Kanji being forgotten?

@geeq.8312

3 жыл бұрын

@@user-uq3um5nq7d they are still using kanji in long sentences

@user-uq3um5nq7d

3 жыл бұрын

@@geeq.8312 Really? But from what I see, Hiragana/Katakana makes it way much longer but easier to read

@user-uq3um5nq7d

3 жыл бұрын

@@geeq.8312 I know that, that's why I ask :l

I’m so glad to see you’ve been gaining a lot more subscribers recently; you really deserve it!!!

This is a really good advice for memorization. When put in a uncomfortable scenario, people will remember those times! Awesome video!

すごい!!! ありがとうございます!!

Mnemonics and SRS are also really useful for learning vocabulary! Thank you for the video, Hitoki-san!

I had been feeling unmotivated when it came to studying vocabulary until I came across this video. Thanks for the great advice!

I appreciate how clear you pronounce everything!

ありがとうございます。頑張ろう！

I’ve recently started studying Japanese and this is going to be a great help. If you wanted to improve your Spanish you could try making a short video speaking Spanish, I’m Spanish myself and I know that my friends who learnt it improved the most by speaking a lot. Really great video

このビデオすごく役に立ちました

Thank you for providing Japanese subtitle, I can use this channel for learning Japanese as well

This is actually amazing advice! Few ppl that give tips on language learning mention this

When I started learning Japanese with Duolingo, I saw there a sentence "　すみません、私はリンゴです　”　I was laughing sooo hard that I fell from the chair and my mother run in my room worried bc of the loud thud. It was a year and a half ago, but this is my brightest memory from Duolingo XD

勉強になります本当に有り難うございました

本当にありがとうございます。😊🤩

教えてくれて ありがとうございました。 good advice 👍

Otro excelente video, Hitoki san, Nunca lo había analizado de esa manera. Voy a ponerlo en practica para memorizar mas vocabulario. Mucha suerte estudiando español!

この一年半前の動画も非常に役に立つと思います。ありがとうございます！

ありがとうございます。

ひときさんの日本語はすごく分かりやすいです！！ありがとうございました

このヴィデオはほんとに面白いも勉強もです。頑張って。❤️✨

ありがとうございます。This was very helpful!

もっともっとありがとう、先生！

ya que estás estudiando español ahora, voy a comentar en español. Tus recomendaciones sobre como retener vocabulario son muy inteligentes y sensatas. Personalmente, hace un par de años dejé de estudiar japones porque me sentía atascada y no tenia ni el tiempo, energía ni los recursos necesarios para seguir por mi cuenta pero tus videos me están motivando nuevamente a "pensar" en japones

ありがとうございました😊

I'm not really good at english, so I just wanna say thank you so much!! 🙇🏻‍♀️ lately I've been struggling at memorizing and right now I'm in my exam season, so this video really help me a lot! Thank you Hitoki-san! 💛

@carolannebrown6156

3 жыл бұрын

Your English seems good 😊

@aishaathiyyaramadhani5667

3 жыл бұрын

@@carolannebrown6156 Thank you! I'll keep improving my English😁

ありがとう!! わかりました ,うれしい です :)

If you are learning any form of language, these are "killing tier hacks and tips": -Learn vocabulary FIRST (and grammar norms in second plane and remember that it's okay to not prioritize writing when learning languages with different written symbols, like Japanese or American Sign Language, as children we all learn to speak first and write later); -Do not try to memorize words randomly; -Always prioritize learning the most used words in daily life for the language you're learning, there's lists out there in the internet about such words for each language, and NEVER FORGET that you don't need to know the whole dictionary for your first language to be considered fluent in it, we already learn new words every once in a while either way; -Learn cognate words, which are words that look like and have the same meaning in more than one language and probably have the same origins, "chocolate" is a nice example, it is written as "chocolate" in English, Spanish, Portuguese and other languages and written as "chokorate" in Japanese; -This one tip applies for learning sign languages, because they are iconic languages and that alone brings up the possibility to remember the words by learning the origins and reasons behind the signs of the words, the sign for "ball" in many sign languages is an very obvious (iconic) example; -Learn words through phrasal and visual context; -Build memorable associations/connections between unfamiliar words and more familial and daily stuff; -You can stick notes to things inside your house with their respective names in the language; -Swap words inside sentence models as of when you learn enough vocabulary and grammar norms to do so starting with basic daily sentences going to more specific complicated sentences; -Review, at least every week, words inside sentences with the help of study apps specialized for language learning to not forget them. By the way, it's a miracle what we can do with current state 21th century technology, I wouldn't be there if it wasn't for the help of the subtitles. P.S.: you can trust me, I've always been into learning languages, my Portuguese and English are better when compared to my Spanish because i need to use them more in my daily life, unlike Japanese and LIBRAS, which are the languages I as of lately decided to give a chance investing in learning.

@ws6778

3 жыл бұрын

-When a word is hard to remember because you cannot associate it with anything, you can try and look if the word has a synonymous with an close equivalent (cognate) in a language you're more familiar with, for example, if you speak Spanish or Japanese and want to say "trousers" (a British English word), you could remember the American English synonymous for it, "pants", by linking it to the equivalent cognate in Spanish, "pantalones", or an equivalent in Japanese, "pantsu" ("pants" in katakana), by the way, now you know how to say pants in four languages; -Besides relying on cognate equivalents to remember vocabulary, the possible connections and associations are endless if you are creative enough, for example, "pants" in American English is the same as "calça(s)" in Brazilian Portuguese, just like how "panties" in American English and "calcinha(s)" in Brazilian Portuguese means the same thing, "little pants"; -In contrast, it's harder to remember words when they are nothing a like, for example, "glasses" in English, "gafas" in Spanish, and "óculos" in Portuguese mean the same thing, but I doubt you would remember this past ten minutes if you don't associate these words with anything unlike the four words you learned previously; -Do not waste all your motivation in a day studying a language for more than one hour a day, eventually you will get tired of it really fast.

Hello my name's Daniel. Thanks for your explanation. I live in Japan for 2 years. I take Japanese classes on weekends and study every day, but I have a hard time talking and memorizing words. Thanks for helping.

¡me encantó tu video! Estoy aprendiendo Japonés, empecé hace menos de un año y voy a poner en práctica lo que mencionas. Me alegra mucho que estés aprendiendo Español ❤ いっしょにがんばりましょ！！

先生の日本語がわかりやすいです。助かりました。面白かった。ありがとうございました。

You speak so clearly... subscribed!

Wow, what a great video with such great points! This made me super motivated to try embarrassing myself some more by saying things out loud, and it feels like it's going to work wonders on retaining new vocab! Thanks a lot :D

@purpleplays69420

9 ай бұрын

I’m also motivated to do the same at my school which is mostly English speakers, I’ll start with small sentences and work my way up to speaking it for a whole day, which means forcing myself to say as little as I can in English

I like your videos so much , thank you for making them ! I’m really appreciate that you added a translation to arabic because I can listen to your word and develop my japaness😆

Muchas gracias por tu video!

Thanks for the great video!!! ❤️❤️ I find that I always study and remember stuff best when I'm interested in it, as well as what you mentioned. Sometimes if it's really boring I just fall asleep LOL

OMG THANK YOU FOR THIS

Your knowledge of medicine and psychology is great. I have just started to study these subjects. I hope I can good be like you

Thanks for the video😊

すごく貴重なコツを丁寧に教えていただき、本当にありがとうございます!　参考にさせて貰います!　優しい日本語で良かったです。新たなコンテンツを楽しみにしています。

Estoy aprendiendo japonés y puedo decir que estos consejos son muy buenos, me están ayudando mucho. ありがとうございます

Thank you for this really interesting video! Yes, all you say is absolutely true when it comes to memorization. This is the first time I'm hearing the process explained so nicely. For me, I've managed to learn many Japanese words through my favourite songs because of the emotions they make me feel - I listen to Buck-Tick, Hyde, SID and Vistlip among many, many others. I learn a lot through dramas as well. Ever since I started learning Japanese, I've been watching Japanese dramas and movies a lot, so a lot of those words have stuck in memory too. There are a few things I do a lot when learning new words: I write sentences, or sometimes even poetry with a set of words, or a very brief paragraph where I challenge myself to somehow include those words. I have a friend who majored in Chinese, and he knows Japanese too. I send him my writing, and when he corrects my mistakes, it helps me remember really well how to use a particular word or grammar rule. I speak with my cats in Japanese, and always to my siblings, especially when I'm trying to annoy them :D I play around by translating my poetry, stories and even my university lecture notes into Japanese to see how it feels, and say them aloud. These are the things that I do to help me remember, and I can say they're working. Thanks so much for your detailed explanation, I'm going to show this to my sister too to help her understand how to memorize! Wishing you all the best!

ひときく、watching your videos, i believe that i’ll learn 日本語❣️ありがとうございます😭

Que bueno que estás aprendiendo el español! Mucho suerte a ti! Gracias por tus videos tan interesantes y bonitos. Eres uno de mis favoritos you tubers.

Do your best with your spanish study!! Im mexican and i start to study japanese and English!! you're videos are always useful for my japanese study!! 頑張って下さい！！

Thank you so much :) Keep growing buddy 💜

Love your videos

thank you sensei

日本語　勉強している　私にとって　理解やすかったです。 本当に　ありがとうございます🥰

ありがとうございます😊

Your videos are really helpful and motivating! Thank you

Thank you🤗

Suerte con tu español y gracias por el video 💕

Thank you, I forgot that we learn from muscle memory, emotion, and experience more than memorizing Thus is why schools are less effective at teaching us

これから、変な事言えば、恥ずかしのに、日本語を使うようにします! 教えてくれてありがとうございます、ひとき先生!

Muito bom hahaha! Obrigado pelas dicas! Thank you

A cool tips ! cheers from インドネシア人！オノマップさんの授業は分かりやすいと思います！And also, I would.like to appreciate you using a clear and simple.japanese words to explain and as well as to improve the listener's listening skills. ありがとう！

とっても面白い動画シェアしてくれて、ありがとうございます。 ¡Gracias por compartir tan interesante video!

Your video make me a move to learn Japanese language more and more🤩🤩ありがとうございます✨

I'm going in an exchange study this year to Japan and here I am. These past few day I have been doing my best to learn the language I'm kinda struggling but I know I can do it.

I'm early for once haha Love to see your videos! I'm slowly starting to switch to Japanese only subtitles, and it feels great! Thanks for the hard work 🙏

Thank you so much. It is very helpful :D

いつもありがとうございました

このヴィデオは面白い! 頑張ります!

ありがとう

Emotional is important too, because easy to forget. I will be try it, thank you.

Thanks you very much✨

Thanks for the Portuguese subtitles! :)

すごい貴重な情報教えてくださってありがとうございます。　因みにですが、eju の勉強方法などもぜひ参考にしたいと思います。

本当にありがとう :)

im blind guessing what you saying and images reinforcement helping a lot, very good content in general!

Thanks for Rus subtitle!♥

Wow ! Wonderful idea ! 😊

When it comes to Japanese language, you are our 1) experience and 2) emotion 😃 So we'll get this 😂 Thank you...........

I'm early for once!! Really love all your videos! And you're really cute

I'm learning japonese. I loved this video. ありがとうございます。

Amaziiiinggg💕💕💕💕💕💕

Thank you! I have been studying on my own and I'm struggling with the vocabulary. I'm using Genki and I feel like as soon as I move on to the next lesson, I've forgotten what I just learnt. 😓

Noiceee... Just wat i needed for japanese test

このヴィデオは本当に役に立ちます。どうも

I learned many words/expressions through anime, and they remain kinda fresh in my memory even after years. just like you said, that's because anime used to arouse many emotions inside of me, like sadness, angry, happiness, etc.