About the guide

• This is not a guide to learn japanese but a guide about how to learn japanese. It's made for absolute beginners, but those more advanced may find some useful information.

• I don't really like any guide that sells you a unique method or pathway. I consider that people are too different when it comes to lifestyle, schedule, goals and tastes, to unite everybody under one universal method. Instead I'll just present you the most popular tools you have at your disposal, with pros and cons for each. Which one you choose is up to you.

• I'm biased to some resources, of course, but I try to be honest in my subjectivity. I'm sure some would disagree with me when it comes to kanji and immersion, because they read different elsewhere. I'm fine with that.

• The list of methods is not exhaustive, you can obviously study in ways that are not presented here.

• In the end, japanese is no different than any languages. You have 4 skills that you can develop.

  • INPUT: Listening, reading

  • OUTPUT: Speaking, writing

  • For each you need to study grammar (including conjugation), vocabulary, and practice or immerse in native content. The only thing special is kanji but just consider it as vocabulary.

  • You'll find links for resources for each part during the guide but they're all listed in the resource page.