awdrifter wrote on March 12, 2021 at 3:32 PM

Reply to comment by Wahaha in The Worst Alphabet Book Ever™ by Wahaha

I feel like watching anime with dual language sub helps (though that's hard to come by). I have forgotten a lot of the Japanese grammar rules now, due to not using it for many years. If only I had tried to go to Japan right after graduating college and live there for a year or 2, that probably would've improved my Japanese and cemented the skills.

For learning kanji, I think the only way is to be exposed to it constantly, which is not easy if you don't live in Japan. Maybe there are some language learning apps that helps? Writing it out (even on a touch screen) should help with memorization.

Wahaha OP wrote on March 12, 2021 at 7:43 PM

There's no shortage of apps, but I can't stay motivated. Worse, if I learn these without context, it's less effective. I'd need to play a game that doesn't have too much Japanese and then look up things as I go, but alas, looking up Kanji is a pain in the butt.

awdrifter wrote on March 13, 2021 at 2:03 AM

That's true, it's hard to get motivated to keep learning/practicing a language.