>>70720602Other tips?
Write in Japanese, everyday.
Uh.. grab raws of Yotsuba and practice reading everyday. Even if it's only a single panel. Add words you don't know to your vocab list, keep re-reading until you understand every word and use of grammar you encounter. In a few months time, you'll be astonished at how much you've learned going back and reading through.
Do your flash-cards/vocab everyday, religiously. Google: Anki
Write in Japanese.
Don't half ass anything. It'll only come back to bite you in the ass later.
Don't stress too much about the kanji. People seem to go overboard and end up tiring themselves out to the point where they just give up. If you work at it everyday, they'll stick into your memory very easily.
When you learn a new kanji, look up how it's commonly used, and with what other kanji to form what words. Then use those words in sentences.
Write in Japanese. Don't worry about stroke order.
Remember that learning a language isn't something you do in a set amount of time, it's something you'll be using for the rest of your life.
>>70721158Not him, but I don't particularly like Hiseig's approach.
He's basically saying you learn the "General meaning" behind a bunch of kanji, without worrying about how to pronounce them.
That way when you see them used, you have some idea of what is being said.
The problem here is you're spending all this time learning the meaning of kanji, but can't even use them since you don't know-
