Community Recommendations

First and foremost

• learn the japanese hiragana + katakana alphabets
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6p9Il_j0zjc (Hiragana)
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6DKRgtVLGA (Katakana)

Helpful websites

• https://imabi.org/

Apps

• kana (hiragana + katakana) review app https://apps.apple.com/us/app/kana-hiragana-and-katakana/id1454200955

• anki (https://apps.ankiweb.net/) - spaced repetition flashcard app

  • search on r/learnjapanese you can find more info about how to use anki
  • https://refold.la/japanese/deck/
  • https://ankiweb.net/shared/info/2141233552

• watching anime w japanese subtitles

  • Use Language Reactor to aid learning on Youtube/Netflix https://www.languagereactor.com/

• youtube lessons

  • Comprehensible Japanese https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPdNX2arS9Mb1iiA0xHkxj3KVwssHQxYP

  • yuto

    • https://www.japanesevocabularyshortcut.com/
    • https://www.japanesevocabularyshortcut.com/category/japanese-vocabulary-lessons/

  • cure dolly

    • https://youtu.be/pSvH9vH60Ig
    • series on grammar:

    Japanese from scratch: the game-changing course in organic Japanese

• toucan chrome extension

  • https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/toucan-language-learning/lokjgaehpcnlmkebpmjiofccpklbmoci?hl=en

• japanese.io

  • adds hiragana + grammar / context + meaning

• duolingo

• lingo deer

• drops

• busuu

• mango (free through the LA library) https://mangolanguages.com/

• wani kani

• language reactor https://www.languagereactor.com/