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#303

Hopefully this is the right thread for this :slight_smile:

I’ve been rewatching Jujutsu Kaisen with my family. We watch it in Japanese with English subtitles. I try to scan each subtitle ASAP then listen along with the Japanese to see how much I can identify.

This is the 3rd time we’ve watched the series over the past 2 years. Previously I’ve been able to pick out the odd word here and there. But now that I have started N4 grammar/vocab, there are whole sentences that I understand completely.

I’ve read before that shonen manga/anime is roughly pitched at N3 level, so hopefully by the time we watch the series for a fourth time I might not need subtitles…? Lol.

#304

I recommend natively to check the difficulty level. here is the jujutsu kaisen page on natively https://learnnatively.com/tv/5a57da84c2/. it seems to be ranked at N2.

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#305

Thanks for that, that is a useful website :slight_smile:

It might take me a bit longer until I can understand it all without subtitles then!

I also have a couple of Japanese manga, Spy x Family and Frieren, so I might start with Frieren first as it’s graded lower :+1:

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#306

Yes this is the right thread!
The actual answer is “comprehensable input”, there is more than one strat…

  • ‘Slice of life manga like yotsuba, shirokuma cafe, nichijo ect’ is the easiest becuase they use normal words, like the words you are studying
  • ‘Tolerate the ambiguity’ accept that you won’t understand everything and start already, you need to practice listening before you can start understanding
  • My strat is find something you can understand from the pictures.

Recipies show you the Japanese word while showing you the ingredient or action.
Also why I enjoyed dungeon meishi
Jujitsu kaizen the jokes didn’t quite land, but I enjoyed the fight scenes
One Punch Man manga, wasn’t fun without the jokes
Spy family I enjoyed fun action scenes, but wasn’t able to follow the East/West Berlin politics.
And Blue Exorcist is my fav

Hope that helps you start immersing :slight_smile:

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#307

Thanks for the tips :smiley:

We love Dungeon meshi! We’ve watched season 1 and just bought the complete manga box set (in English).

I think maybe watching something in Japanese where I’ve already seen and read the English (Dungeon meshi, Spy Family, Frieren, JJK) might be productive.

I’ve tried playing Pokemon Violet in Japanese, making notes on each word or grammar point I don’t understand, but it is taking ages and I spend more time looking things up than I do playing.

I think, for me, immersion at N5 level is too much of a time-sink, so I’ll wait until I know a bit more, so my known-unknown ratio is a bit better!

#308

I spent 24 hours this weekend playing Atelier Lydie and Suille

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#309

I recommend watching things in Japanese with Japanese subtitles for immersion :slight_smile:
It takes a while to get used to it in the beginning but after awhile you’ll not even realize it isn’t in English, even at N5 level!

The main issue I noticed though is that you need to watch or read things you’re actually interested in. There are a lot of shows that could be good to watch for a learner but if you have no interest in it, you’ll just be bored.

Good luck! :slight_smile:

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#310

Another episode of Blue Exorcist
some more Lydie and Suille game,
I finished chapter 1 of かがみの孤城
And went to the Japanese class at the community center

#311

Watched the second to last blue Exorcist episode today.
I’m thinking of watching 僕のいない町 next. I plan on doing the Subs2srs deck along side watching it on Netflix.

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