He doesn't even have to learn all of it if he doesn't want to. I got my spouse to learn hangul so he could help me drill Korean vocab and grammar.

But you will need to put yourself out there. You'll never been ready to speak with a native person, and you will make mistakes, but that's okay! That's how you learn.

Get a teacher and/or language partner and put yourself in situations where you have to speak and try to speak as much as you can.

You can do a few exercises by yourself to train your brain to get used to speaking and listening:

- Read out loud,
- Actively listen to podcasts in Japanese,
- Drill grammar patterns by saying them,
- Shadow podcasts and audio exercises,
- Memorize frequently used phrases.

If you keep think "I need to study more before I try speaking Japanese" then you're going to have a bad time.

Speaking and listening are different skills from reading and writing, and you need to train and practice both of them.

Are You Really N3? (Test Your Japanese) YouTube video by Kaname Naito

I've been planning to take the JLPT at N3 level this year, but working with the local Japanese community last week shook my confidence a bit (mostly cuz of my speaking)

But I followed this little exercise nearly perfectly and easily, and is helping me regain that confidence >w<
youtu.be/jIS_jfpvofg

You've been making really good pace! It's been great seeing your daily updates with Japanese learning too.

If you're interested, that is.

頑張ってください！

How to Use Podcasts to Study Japanese - Japanese Talk How can you use podcasts to study Japanese? You can just listen to podcasts, but improving your listening requires a little more work.

Here's an exercise to work on your active listening.
jtalkonline.com/how-to-use-p...

And some monolingual podcasts.
jtalkonline.com/recommended-...

Renshuu and Lingodeer are good alternatives to Duo for Japanese. Renshuu is free and includes grammar explanations, while Lingodeer has a more polished UI and additional practice.

Full Metal Alchemist. It was one of my first manga because a friend lent it to me. We read the whole series together. But I also love it for its diverse characters (where many manga at the time were not) and it's many important discussions about war and ethics. And a fantastic story.

Have you tried graded readers? There are some free ones online or you can buy physical books.

【BOOKTALK🎬】個性や愛がたっぷりつまった文庫の魅力を語ろう｜個人的推し文庫BEST3👑 YouTube video by JIRIKO

Today's listening practice is this video about different styles of bunkobon (small print paperbacks).

She speaks really clearly, not too fast, uses naturally polite Japanese, and has Japanese subs.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=nVr-...

Three small corrections.

It's strange to mix て form with すれば. You can say 買えば but it's used for hypothetical situations. たら would be more natural here.

You're missing の between 日本語 and 練習

And you're missing an う at the end of でしょう

Tomodachi Lifeを買ったら日本語の練習になるでしょう？

いい練習になると思います。買えばいいです。

One minor correction, your sentence is missing a particle and the end of it.

日本語を食べる時間だ

Without the だ indicating the end of the sentence I initially read that as "the time that eats Japanese" and not "it's time to eat Japanese" 😅

頑張ってください！

Why not check out some of the books in the 本屋大賞? You can read free samples on Bookwalker Japan and see if you can find anything that gels with you.
www.hontai.or.jp

大変お疲れ様です！！！！！

A great exercise you can do to strengthen your Japanese is practice writing sentences without looking anything up. Doesn't matter if you don't know the kanji for a word, try writing in hiragana.

Once your done check your spelling and grammar, then practice what you got wrong.

A great exercise you can do to strengthen your Japanese is practice writing sentences without looking anything up. Doesn't matter if you don't know the kanji for a word, try writing in hiragana.

Once your done check your spelling and grammar, then practice what you got wrong.

How to Use Anki to Learn Japanese | Japanese Anki Deck & Setup for Core Japanese Vocabulary YouTube video by Alivia's Japanese Nook

You might have set it up by now, but I've found this video to be helpful.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=Zbrq...

That is something they discuss in the novel! Along with a whole bunch of other implications and moral dilemmas.

楽園とは探偵の不在なり (Rakuen to wa Tantei no Fuzai Nari)

I started reading 楽園とは探偵の不在なり (There are No Detectives in Heaven) a few weeks ago and I can't put it down. The story is so compelling.

It's a murder mystery in a world where angels will drag you to hell if you kill two or more people.

I've never heard of this book. Would be interesting to see how it teaches the language and what you think of it after going through it.

Renshuu is a good app that provides grammar explanations and teaches you Japanese in a logical manner. (And it's free, no ads, and no AI.) Might be worth checking out?

試験は役に立つが人生、特に母との人生のほうが大事です。後悔はしないと思います。ご家族にお大事にしてください。

GitHub - matt-m-o/YomiNinja: Open-source OCR and dictionary tool. Open-source OCR and dictionary tool. Contribute to matt-m-o/YomiNinja development by creating an account on GitHub.

BTW for Japanese learners that want to graduate to manga and books and games: I've been using Yomininja and it's an absolute gamechanger for quickly looking up words painlessly. I learn best through reading so the kanji wall was really tough for me, this has Solved it github.com/matt-m-o/Yom...

Gboard tegaki Japanese handwriting keyboard

You can use a dictionary app and a handwriting keyboard on your phone. I use Gboard 手書き keyboard, but I'm sure there are ones for iOS of you use iPhone.

Day 200 of formally studying Japanese with WaniKani [as opposed to informal methods like deconstructing anime/manga] and I genuinely did not think I would come this far this fast

reading digital manga is now much more a question of "do I want to spend the time" over "am I able to understand"

Sadly Hellotalk's turned into a mix of creeps and AI. Which is a shame because it used to be great for practicing Japanese. Perhaps hide your gender to reduce the number of creeps at least?

This is why I had to quit Instagram. It just turned into a mess of AI slop.

Everyone disliked that. (Fallout meme)

Gross.