Japanese locale
July 13, 2022 — Tatsumoto
A Locale is a set of information that most programs use for determining country and language specific settings. Since you're learning Japanese, generate and enable the Japanese locale on your system.
Condensing active immersion
June 24, 2022 — Tatsumoto
Watching movies and TV shows counts towards active immersion and requires full attention to the content. We can apply a little optimization to condense active immersion. This small trick helps if you're watching something boring or if you're tight on time.
Kana Anki decks
June 20, 2022 — Tatsumoto
These Anki deck teach hiragana and katakana. There's a Recognition deck and a Production deck. The Recognition deck teaches how to read kana, the Production deck teaches how to write kana from memory.
Matrix quickstart guide
June 15, 2022 — Tatsumoto
This article is a user guide to Matrix. It also covers the most popular Matrix client program, Element.
How Anki works
June 13, 2022 — Tatsumoto
Since in this guide we are going to use Anki to study our target language, let's talk about how it works.
Spaced repetition
June 12, 2022 — Tatsumoto
To study efficiently and help you keep track of the learning process one of the first things you're going to want to do is obtain a spaced repetition system. In this article let's cover the theory behind spaced repetition, why you need it and what system to use.
JLPT Tango N1 Anki deck
April 10, 2022 — Tatsumoto
3000 Essential Vocabulary for the JLPT N1, also known as JLPT Tango N1, is a textbook to prepare for the JLPT N1. It contains ~2000 Japanese sentences and their English translations. The book includes vocabulary found commonly on the JLPT and often used in everyday life.
With the help of our chat members, we have created an Anki deck from sentences listed in the book and native audio that comes with it.
Learning grammar
March 31, 2022 — Tatsumoto
What's grammar? Should you learn grammar? How to learn grammar? Let's answer these question in this article.