At the end of any abstract “core Japanese vocabulary list”, as soon as you try to take your knowledge into any real area, you are barely literate. But just learning “abstract core” doesn’t prepare you to read any particular thing. Of course, a lot of this will be “pure core Japanese vocabulary” and useful anywhere. So if you start with something you actually want to do: an anime series, a children’s novel or manga (preferably part of a long series) you will start learning the vocabulary that belongs to that area. But it is big and a lot of it does vary with what area you are dealing with. There is such a thing as “core Japanese vocabulary” of course. Every new thing you encounter in Japanese has its own vocabulary. Lazy people take the most trouble!īecause here’s the thing. But when you’ve worked through that, however many months it takes, as soon as you start on a book, you’ll still have to look up a large number of the words anyway. You can use a pre-made core Japanese vocabulary deck. Now you can save yourself the trouble of setting up your Anki with Rikai and making all those single keypresses when you look up a word (Update: Rikaisama is no longer available but you can use Yomichan), Don’t neglect this wonderful gift. Rikaisama will allow you to add words to Anki with a single keypress. Fortunately for you (unlike we ol’ timers who went before you) the process is now completely automated. Well, a little more because you have to make your own deck. Not more than slogging through an abstract “core Japanese vocabulary list”. And so you would (to your horror) if you’d done a huge “core Japanese vocabulary list”. “But I need to look up every other word.” That is where I got most of my vocabulary. It works with Japanese subtitled anime too. Pick a book appropriate to your level and start reading it. You need to look up every other word.ĭon’t be appalled (especially if you came here first and haven’t poured months into core Japanese vocab lists!) because:ĭon’t worry about abstract core Japanese vocabulary lists. You are appalled (if you have been slogging at some core Japanese vocabulary list).
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A simple novel series (something at a level you can reasonably hope to tackle).
It took ages but was wonderful and taught me a huge amount. I started with Tonari no Totoro in Japanese with Japanese subtitles before I was six months into Japanese. At the very early stages maybe a first-grade reader. You are much better with a reasonably simple manga, a children’s book or anime with Japanese subtitles. I personally think that trying to read newspapers while you are still trying to acquire a core Japanese vocabulary is trying to run before you can walk. They may help you if you want to read newspapers. The core Japanese vocabulary decks are actually crafted around newspaper frequency. I hate to be the party pooper here, but no, you wouldn’t.īecause everything you encounter in Japanese has a different vocabulary. “Maybe if I’d done 15,000 Core Japanese Vocabulary words instead of 10,000 I would be able to read that book”. Let’s get back to vocabulary and see how it works: You learn usable Japanese by using Japanese, not by studying or practicing Japanese. The trouble is, that day keeps receding into an ever more distant future. The idea that you prepare and prepare by “study” and then one day you know enough to actually use Japanese and do something fun. The big problem here is part of a bigger problem. What went wrong? Why didn’t it work? What should they have done? The Myth of “Learning Japanese” At this stage (and I have seen this happen pretty often) they become seriously disillusioned and wonder if they haven’t wasted their time. It isn’t a lot better than before they did the “core Japanese Vocabulary” deck. And they have to look up every other word. I have seen people on Forums ask questions like “How many words do I need to know before I can read simple manga?” These people diligently work through Core Japanese Vocabulary Anki decks, often building up to the “magic” 10,000 words over many months.Īnd then what happens? They pick up a manga or a light novel. See a more up-to-date version of this article in this video: In the very beginning you might find a very basic word-list useful. And this includes things like the Anki Core 2000, core 6000 and core 10,000 decks. The wrong way in my view is to use a vocabulary list. What are the wrong ways to build a core Japanese vocabulary? More importantly, what is the right way? And if you go about learning it in the wrong way the results can be devastatingly disappointing. What do you mean, goofing off? I’m building my core Japanese vocabulary - organically!īuilding a core Japanese vocabulary, and then building out from it, is the biggest single task in learning Japanese.
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