JJapanese

Weekly discussion and small questions thread

  • January 11, 2026

In response to user feedback, this is a recurring thread for general discussion about learning Japanese, and for asking your questions about grammar, learning resources, and so on. Let's come together and share our successes, what we've been reading or watching and chat about the ups and downs of Japanese learning.

The /r/Japanese rules (see here) still apply! Translation requests still belong in /r/translator and we ask that you be helpful and considerate of both your own level and the level of the person you're responding to. If you have a question, please check the subreddit's frequently asked questions, but we won't be as strict as usual on the rules here as we are for standalone threads.

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  1. i speak japanese fairly well at a basic level, (i think about n4-n3) and when i went to tokyo last year i didn’t really speak english at all except with other foreigners, so i’m fairly confident in my conversational ability. however, i’m going to kyoto in a couple of months and i don’t really have any experience with the kansai/kyoto dialect. is that likely to be an issue, and if so, where can i learn some kansaiben before my trip? all of the resources i use at the moment are completely focused on standard/tokyo japanese.

  2. Hi! So I have a student right now who knows little to no Japanese. She’s planning on starting university in Tokyo in April 2028, but for that, she needs to pass the JLPT N2 test in July 2027. We do one hour a week of class, and she told me that she’ll soon start a system where every day she’ll learn 3 kanji, and 10 vocabulary words, along with listening to Japanese podcasts everyday. She’s a very determined student who already speaks 3 languages fluently (none of which help her Japanese learning journey but she knows what works for her already in terms of learning and what she can handle). I’m wondering how I can help her in this journey? We’re mainly doing basic vocabulary right now, but I think I might need to crank the level up especially with her goal. Any tips?

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