Japanese characters are so complex and beautiful that it can be hard to read and write them quickly.Even though there are over 50,000 characters, you don't need to learn every one of them.The majority of native Japanese speakers don't know a lot of the characters.If you know how to prioritize your studies, you can learn basic Japanese relatively quickly.
Step 1: Start reading the books for children.
If you want to grasp the hiragana and katakana first, begin with books that teach you how to use the kanji.You can start with a translated version of a book.You can compare the translation to the original text to understand the sentence structure.While you learn hiragana, look for books by Mari Takabayashi.Her children's books are written in hiragana and will challenge your knowledge of the script.As you get more advanced, you can try the famous Guri and Gura series of Japanese children's books.They can help build your vocabulary.Try it.If you feel comfortable with children's books, move up to some Manga as a gateway to more advanced reading.
Step 2: The focus should be on basic Japanese sentences.
There are no spaces between the characters in Japanese, making it hard to read.The subject-verb-object structure that English uses is different to the Japanese sentence structure.The Japanese equivalent of the English phrase "I drink water" would be " I water drink"Japanese distinguishes parts of a sentence with particles, for example, an object, location, direction, and so on.The particles are placed after the words that they refer to.
Step 3: Don't tackle one topic at a time.
It can be hard to get past the first page of a Japanese book.Many words will be repeated in the document as you go through a text.As you become more familiar with the same words, your reading will go faster.You can choose subjects.You should get books that are at your Japanese reading level if you are interested in music.If the topic interests you, you can push through the reading and pick up more of the language.
Step 4: Don't learn to speak the language.
If you want to learn to read and write Japanese fast, you need to take an audio learning course or take a class that teaches you how to speak Japanese.It's possible to learn the language without having to speak it.It doesn't matter if you know how to say the words out loud or not.You know what a symbol means and how to use it correctly.If you don't want to speak, spend all your study time building your vocabulary, learning grammar, and practicing writing.
Step 5: Turn on Japanese subtitles.
Put on a show or movie in your native language and watch it with Japanese subtitles.When you begin to build your reading speed and vocabulary, you can change the volume so you have to read the Japanese subtitles.You can use the images on the screen to help you understand what's happening.
Step 6: The Jy Kanji can be used to build your vocabulary.
Chinese characters are used in most of the words in Japanese.The Japanese government promotes 2136 Chinese characters as the most useful to understand the language.As you learn, keep a blog.It can take a long time to learn a new language.It is easy to look back and review the words you have learned.Be patient.It will take a long time to learn Kanji.
Step 7: Write the hiragana script.
The Japanese language uses a script called Hiragana.It is possible to write everything in hiragana since it accounts for every sound used in the language.The hiragana script has 46 characters.They all represent a vowels (a, e, i, o, U) or a consonants (k,s,t,n,h,m,y,r,w) + vowels.The hiragana script can be used to write rare words that may not be known by your reader.You can make flashcards of the hiragana characters with their sound on the backside.Go through them once or twice a day and say the sound that goes with each character.Look at the sound and write the hiragana character.
Step 8: The katakana script is a good one to study.
The katakana script has 46 symbols that create the same sounds and are used for words that came from another language.When you want to talk about things like America, Mozart, or Halloween, this can be useful.All long vowels in katakana are marked by a long dash "" following the character."" is how you say "cake."The long "a" sound is indicated by the dash.If you practice the hiragana and katakana script for a few hours each day, you can learn them in a couple weeks.
Step 9: You can study the characters in a handwritten letter.
Many Japanese computer fonts appear different than handwritten ones, just like the letter 'a' appears different on a computer.Don't forget.A good way to learn is to memorize and write characters for about an hour a day.Take a quiz.Write a bunch of sounds from memory to see if you remember hiragana and katakana.Go over it again if you can't do it.If you want to fill in the sounds with the corresponding hiragana or katakana script, you have to make a chart of all the Japanese sounds.Continue to try until you can do all 46 for each script.
Step 10: Only when you need it.
Even though learning kanji can help to shorten your writing, it is rarely used by native speakers.It's important to be sure that the reader will recognize the kanji you use.If you don't know how to say a word, you can use hiragana to spell it out.
Step 11: The proper stroke order is to be practiced.
It can be necessary to distinguish one character from another with the stroke order.It helps you write much faster, whether it's hiragana, katakana or kanji.Top to bottom, left to right.The horizontal strokes should be made before the vertical strokes.Shapes are made in the middle with strokes on the sides.Smaller strokes should come last.The angles for each stroke should be learned.
Step 12: Writing is a good way to practice.
Writing in Japanese will help you memorize the stroke order of the characters and improve your writing speed.If some of the words are imported, write in hiragana.You can either write it vertically or horizontally, in which case you'd write left to right, as in English.Use kanji to write words.The Chinese language's characters are used in most of the words in Japanese.Since some kanji have different meanings, make sure you use the proper one when writing them.
Step 13: Do not write in it.
romaji is not used by Japanese people and romanization may end up confusing the reader.romaji is not an efficient way to write or read in the Japanese language.
Step 14: It is advisable to write in semi-cursive or cursive.
You can begin to write characters in semi-cursive or cursive once you have mastered the stroke order.Remove the brush or pencil from the page to practice writing sentences and words.You can simply apply less pressure in between the strokes since you have learned the proper stroke order.In other languages, certain characters can be simplified in the writing.The context of the writing will help the reader to understand a sloppily written character.
Step 15: Say hello to them.
means "hello" in Japanese.You say Konnichi wa."Good morning" is what it means.You say it like Ohayo gozaimasu."Good Evening" is what it means.Konban, pronounce it like."Good night" is what it means.Pronounce it like a pro."Goodbye" is what means.Sayonara.
Step 16: Say thank you, very much.
"Thank you very much" is what it means in Japanese.You say it is Arigatou gozaimasu.Say you're welcome if someone thanks you."You're welcome."Do itashimashite, pronounce it.
Step 17: Discuss how someone is doing.
"How are you?" is what it means.Do you say Ogenki desu ka?Let them know you're fine if they ask how you are doing."I'm fine."Go ahead and say it.
Step 18: Have a word with yourself.
means, "My name is..."
Step 19: Learn how to navigate.
It's important to know where you're going.Massugu means straight.means right.means left.