Answers to Questions on "Learning Japanese"

A quick video to answer some of the questions from the comments of the previous videos on using manga as an aide to start learning Japanese.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• japanese
• manga
• comic
• otaku
• まんが
• 漫画
• 日本語

[girchick107]

i have a question~! if you have a manga in original japanese and the same one only in english, can you use the english one to see what the japanese mean and then memorize the japanese words?

[tokirocket]

@girchick107 No, the English translations in the bookstores are not going to be reliably the same as the original (they sometimes change wording on joke, they sometimes censor information, and they sometimes move text around between different talk bubbles). A more reliable option would be the "bilingual" manga, where they have some English along with the original Japanese. I do not recommend them, however, as they are a crutch and would slow down learning progress.

[silentk1987]

could you explain the best way to learn kanji and how long did it take you to read write and speak fluently, and would it be okay to just memorize the english term for the kanji, or is that a bad idea.

[tokirocket]

@silentk1987 Well firstly, I'm not fluent! lol (reading is the easiest thing for me) I was actually closer to fluency ten years ago (because I was using Japanese on a daily basis). Later on I stopped having places to use Japanese, and got rusty. Using flash cards, or smart flash cards (like Anki, or the "Kanji Flip" app for iphone) are the best way to memorize the kanji. Yes, at first you will use then English words to memorize the meanings, eventually it will come naturally.

[Gameguy1100]

i love manga only have english VS but i dont think i would be able to learn =(

[tokirocket]

@Gameguy1100 That's ok... you could get one or two Japanese manga and try it out and see how you feel. If you watch my #5-2 video it explains where to find manga, and cheap manga in Japanese.

[StrrawberryBunny]

would you have to learn ''yoon'' kana to know how to read japanese?

[qpae123]

Is something wrong with the camera ...or ur eyes are way to big?:D  Must be the Manga effect on u :P

[aAnomalyOfAutumn]

i love your hair! it really suits you in this video ! and i would kill for all that manga in the background , there are no ''book offs'' in the UK :( manga is like 6 pounds a book and i dont have a job yet :/ so my collection is growing really slowwwly haha i love your japanese dolls in the background too XD

[sandlmull]

I see there hasn't been a video since 2010, but I just recently watched these. If you ever want to do another one I would love to see one of your dolls or a manga collection update.

[PolishCutie93]

thanks for taking the time

[BrutalFates]

Has anyone ever said you look a bit like Mary Elizabeth Winstead? Though you do have nicer eyes then her.

[ultraali453]

The method you are suggesting is somewhat how i learned English. Except i watched TV.

[OtakuCasper]

Wouldn't you have to learn to speak japanese first, or at least to understand it so that when you read a word and, know what it said, you would know the translation to english. Because if you could just read it surly you would not understand? or does that come with learning it?