Do you prefer to watch or read raws? If you cant, do you want to?

Do you prefer to watch or read raws? If you cant, do you want to?

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Now that the jannies are gone, any tips for remembering the different smilely face looking letters on katakana? Aside from n, so, and zo I cannot find a pattern to memorize the rest

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I don't watch raw anime unless that's literally the only option (not good enough at Japanese to understand everything without subs), but I do read raw manga because at least it's easier to look up an unfamiliar printed word than to try to make out spoken dialogue when the audio itself might be low quality. Also I've read way too many manga translations in my life where I've only learned after the fact they mistranslated/got a character's name wrong/censored stuff/etc.

At least when watching subbed anime, you can still tell how characters' names are pronounced and/or sort of compare what you're hearing to what you're reading if you know a little Japanese, so imperfect subs don't kill the experience.

Also for some reason I think shi somehow "looks" like a combo of those letters (and tsu is the one that's not shi) but I think that's just a weird synesthesia thing so IDK

I definitely don't see that lol. I guess shi and zi just have upward strokes while tsu and dzu have downward. I'll just have to find something out of that. Hiragana was much easier desu. Kinda scared to get to Kanji

Katakana was easier for me because of how angular it was. I think it made me associate them more easily with the Roman alphabet.

And yeah kanji sucks. I think it's one of those things where there's no easy way except practice to learn many of them if you don't already have background knowledge.

How much Kanji should I learn before I start trying grammar and sentence structure? 2000-4000? I have a guide but I want to see others opinions.

Honestly I started with grammar/sentence structure before (most) kanji in Japanese classes. Like practicing some of the most common phrases and grammatical structures first, and then combining more advanced grammar with kanji as the lessons progressed. So not sure what to tell you there.

I definitely don't think I know 2000-4000 kanji right now, but know enough basic grammatical structures etc. to at least get the gist of (not super complex) manga sentences and then either look up/infer the meaning of new kanji from context.

And yeah in case it's not clear I'm definitely not fluent in Japanese.

The ッ looks at you it's a common way at least in here.

Ya but you're well on the way to being fluent. I still have to at least drill a decent amount of Kanji because that's when I'm supposed to start learning vocabulary

Tsu and zhu looks at you. Shit, that's perfect

The starting points of the strokes follow the stroke order of their hiragana counterparts. It's very easy once you see it.

I can make do with raws, but only if it is shounen. Seinen stuff is kinda difficult to read especially if they have a lot of hobby specific or technical terms like in Yuru Camp. I can even recognize a quarter of those kanjis and there aren’t any furigana so it is a pain to search it up. Watching raws is just way too time consuming especially if I intend to watch it subbed as well

But shi strokes downward in hiragana then upward in katakana?

Ah, one of these threads. Here’s a question, does anyone have any podcasts for recommendations? I don’t want fucking let’s learn Japanese podcast, but something more conversational without explanation or something like storytelling. I just want to listen to something while I’m doing gunpla and not at my computer

>you're well on the way to being fluent

Damn I hope so. Good luck with the kanji!

The starting points of the three strokes of シ are all along the left edge, matching the initially downward stroke of し. The starting points of the three strokes of ツ are all along the top edge, matching the initially horizontal stroke of つ.

It's not something you can learn by listening to something in the background

I only read manga raw. I'll check subs occasionally as a crutch, or out of curiosity about how something was translated, unless they're slow like with Summer Time Render and Prima Doll. I think I'm not going to improve much more without socializing with natives.

Doesn't the initial stroke of tsu start on the middle left though? I understand your point though, I just don't think It'll stick with me as easily as a ryhme will

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But you wouldn't get the written Kanji through verbal immersion anyway?

Yeah, it's a little off, but it's enough to make a pretty good comparison. I think I saw a diagram for preschoolers that stuck with me.