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Hopefully some of you will find this useful! I have uploaded The Gentle Twelve to YouTube, upscaled and with EN + JP subtitles. It was on YouTube previously in very low quality and without subtitles.
[12人の優しい日本人 / Juninin no yasashii nihonjin (The Gentle Twelve)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AeLi9HCAzo8)
More info: This film was recommended to me by Dogen in a Q&A livestream a few years ago, and I believe he has mentioned it in some of his videos as well. It’s a very useful learning tool as it contains nearly two hours of natural sounding Japanese dialogue, but it’s not easy to find in good quality with subtitles. I bought a copy of the film, upscaled it using Topaz Video AI and combined JP and EN subtitle files to enhance the viewing (and learning) experience as much as possible.
Please note that the EN subs are from [OpenSubtitles.org](http://OpenSubtitles.org) and they are not 100% perfect – some dialogue is missing here and there, and many translations are simplified. Still, I hope this will be a great resource to many. Enjoy!
Hey everyone,
I am looking for people learning Japanese to participate in a study on memory retention conducted at Lund University by Emin, a master’s student in Japanese linguistics. Please help me out finishing my master and contribute to Anki and memory retention research.
The study lasts for four weeks. Participants will use either a program or their own method to study 10 new words each day until they have studied 150 words. After reaching this goal, they will continue actively reviewing these words daily, either using the program or their own method. After four weeks, no further vocabulary study is required.
The study includes two interviews: one before the study begins and one after its completion. Additionally, participants will take three short vocabulary tests, all of which can be completed online via Google Forms.
To participate, you must be able to read Hiragana and be either a current or former student of Japanese. More information will be provided to those who join the study.
Participation can be completely anonymous. If you prefer, you can use a fake email or a fake name to maintain anonymity is completely acceptable.
If you’re interested, please apply through link: [https://forms.gle/pjASK4FNYL34Giix5](https://forms.gle/pjASK4FNYL34Giix5) or send an email to [em4733ga-s@student.lu.se](mailto:em4733ga-s@student.lu.se)
Alpha version of YouTube immersion website:
[hanabira.org](http://hanabira.org/)
free, open-source, self-hostable
Has built in dictionary with audio, vocabulary and sentence mining, furigana injection, Japanese and English subtitles side by side, custom simple flashcards and much more.
And is buggy.
For anyone who moved from Xitter to Bluesky, I made a custom feed related to Japanese language study. You can also pin it to your dashboard.
[Link ](https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:3mtgmdwkthou2ynms5z6dcyz/feed/aaaijt7eiwjpg)
So far I tried to incorporate keywords like study/learn Japanese, kanji, hiragana, katakana etc and I’m adding teacher accounts.
Most of the content is probably aimed at beginners, if you’re ready to immerse I recommend adding the [Japanese Cluster feed](https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:q6gjnaw2blty4crticxkmujt/feed/cl-japanese) (will show you all Japanese written posts)!
Let me know if you’d like to add a certain account/make suggestions. I’m by no means technically versed but I’m trying my best.