milkmanjack
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- 20 Sep 2011
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So I posted here probably a year and a half ago... maybe two years ago? It's been awhile, and I've been learning Japanese on and off ever since in my spare time.
Right now, I'm at the point where my knowledge of the grammar is good enough that I can read Japanese alright. But if I had to guess, I'd say I probably only know about 300 words. Though I probably would only be able to recall out of hand maybe 50. If I read it, I'd remember what it is.
So my question right now is, what's a good resource for learning vocabulary?
My primary method of learning vocabulary has been reading a sentence in a piece of media (manga, book, video game) and looking up the word. I had the idea to compile flashcards of all of the new vocabulary I see while reading something new (book, manga, game). But usually it ends up being about 300 flash cards in about 45 minutes of game play. At least for the wordier ones.
So I was curious. Are there any really good resources for learning vocabulary? Preferably the more commonly used words in the language? Books, movies, shows, programs? I've seen some books dedicated to vocabulary, but most of them have pretty shady reviews.
The way I'm using definitely works, but it's pretty exhausting and begins to grind your nerves just reading a sentence and inscribing each new word into a flashcard with its meaning and associated kanji and such.
edit: seems to be some good answers to this in this post. this post may be redundant.
Right now, I'm at the point where my knowledge of the grammar is good enough that I can read Japanese alright. But if I had to guess, I'd say I probably only know about 300 words. Though I probably would only be able to recall out of hand maybe 50. If I read it, I'd remember what it is.
So my question right now is, what's a good resource for learning vocabulary?
My primary method of learning vocabulary has been reading a sentence in a piece of media (manga, book, video game) and looking up the word. I had the idea to compile flashcards of all of the new vocabulary I see while reading something new (book, manga, game). But usually it ends up being about 300 flash cards in about 45 minutes of game play. At least for the wordier ones.
So I was curious. Are there any really good resources for learning vocabulary? Preferably the more commonly used words in the language? Books, movies, shows, programs? I've seen some books dedicated to vocabulary, but most of them have pretty shady reviews.
The way I'm using definitely works, but it's pretty exhausting and begins to grind your nerves just reading a sentence and inscribing each new word into a flashcard with its meaning and associated kanji and such.
edit: seems to be some good answers to this in this post. this post may be redundant.
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