February 2022: Study Progress

Welcome back to another edition of my linguistic study progress! As I showed in my previous post, I'm using a Notion template to keep track of my studies. Feel free to check it out hereThis month, I updated the template to now include all labels written in Japanese. This is a minor change but…

January 2022: Study Progress

Hello ~
I've been using Notion to keep track of my study progress this month. I've had Notion for the past year or so, but I haven't used it much since I prefer to use my digital notebook or write on paper. However, I found a template that has totally revolutionized my study habits and h…

Japanese-French Youtube Channels To Subscribe To!

Breaking news: My big move to France is only 14 days away! Bags are being packed, jobs are being wrapped up, and everything is coming to a close. With all this change, I've taken a look at my Youtube subscriptions to try and tailor the content I'm watching to my target languages: Japanese a…

How to Sign up for the JLPT in the US

If you're looking to take the JLPT in December of this year and are not sure when signups open, I'll be the first one to break it to you: it's today!

This morning at around 9 am the signup portal for online registration opened, and I committed to taking N2! I am beyond nervous, excited…

Using Instagram to Learn Languages

If you recently become interested in learning a language, you may be surprised when I tell you that Instagram can be a great tool to help you study new words in a visual way. If you are the type of learner that likes to see pictures and word associations, Instagram can be a great resource for find…

90 Days of Memrise - JLPT N3 Vocab

I am excited to be making this post about my recent journey with Memrise!! 

Memrise and I have a love-love relationship, I use them pretty exclusively to study Japanese flashcards because I love their gamification system and leaderboard. Anki is another very popular resource for SRS based studying …

日本語 Memrise Sets for August 2018

I've decided to take the plunge and start dialing and creating my own Memrise sets.  I took a stab at it about a year ago when I tried to make a course for a class I was taking,  but for some reason, I couldn't make my courses look as fancy or nice as the others that were pre-made by users…

Tangorin vs Tatoeba: Best Sites for Japanese Examples

When studying a language, having a plethora of examples is an extremely useful tool for seeing how the word is used.

I have used both Tangorin and Tatoeba in the past when looking for example sentences for new JLPT vocab! I thought it would be fun to compare them, so here we are!

I wanted to make a…

Softly Spoken Study With Me

I really enjoy watching 'Study with me' videos on Youtube, so I decided to try something new and record my own 'Study with me' video on how I like to study Japanese from reading various books. In the past, I wrote a guide on how to study, but I feel like a video articulates it way …

KanjiStudy: The Best App for Studying Kanji?

(As of August 2021 I am currently reworking this post for a new release!)
Today I'll be reviewing the Kanji app that I personally feel is the best app out there for studying Kanji. I'll start off by saying I've gone through a lot of Kanji apps looking for one that suited me, had an aesth…