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What's the best way to learn Japanese?
I want to be able to enjoy JP vtubers without relying on clippers and live translators.

>> No.71721179

>>71720431
>clippers

>> No.71721544

>>71720431
using an anki deck. that's about it. search learning japanese neocities. check out /jp/. good luck d00d

https://compellingcontent.neocities.org/longguide

>> No.71721594

>>71720431
Unironically the best way is to go to Japan. The best place would be somewhere in the country where no one would know English, but you might pick up a wierd speech pattern/dialect. If that's not an option, grinding anki and talking with Japs on the internet is the next best option.

>> No.71722068

>>71720431
honest answer:
Personally, understanding vtubers has a very steep learning curve because it's kind of like listening to computer nerds or car guys who don't explain anything so there are a lot of layers of context that you have to slowly process before you get to properly understand what they're saying a lot of the time. Not trying to discourage you though--just being realistic about the scope you're asking about.

If you're starting from scratch, learn the basics (hiragana, katakana, ha/ga, etc.).
Then install the japanese keyboard option (as opposed to the default english keyboard) and use jisho.org or Google Translate to handwrite the kanji you want to know about.

Once you get better, you can pick up common grammar structures and vocabulary (for example, "possible consequences", negation, combining nouns, combining verbs, combining adjectives, and more). This will serve as your bread and butter and will help you make guesses as to what vtubers are saying. If you guess wrong, then you're learning from your mistakes. If you guess right, then well done! You found a good reference point that you can use as a youtube timestamp if you ever feel the need to check again.

Look up JP clippers and animators, seriously! They help a lot because vtubers often speak very fast and you'll need as many subtitles as you can get.

>> No.71723453

>>71720431
Be born in Japan

>> No.71723893

>>71720431
be urself

>> No.71724381

>>71721179
>Anon hates clippers so much the word alone causes a pavlovian response in response to another anon that said it doesn't want to watch clippers. Working against it's own agenda.

>> No.71724531

>>71722068
>like listening to computer nerds
I fucking love trying to translate what some nips are saying and it makes no fucking god damn sense only to realize they're making jujutsu kaisen references. EVERY DAMN TIME

>> No.71724603
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71724603

Learn basic phrases (greetings, goodbyes etc.)
Learn to read kana
Learn to read basic elementary-school kanji
Watch chuuba, write down phrases they often use, look them up in dictionaries
Learn basic elementary-school grammar
Continue watching chuuba
Don't listen to fags who shill Anki decks as the be-all and end-all of language acquisition
etc.

>> No.71724932

Also try to ritualize and gamify your learning. That's why Duolingo is the most widely used language learning platform: you get XP, you get currency, you get a streak.

So do your learning at a consistent time and try using an app like Habitica. Maybe it'll help, maybe it won't.

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