Super beginner here, been at this for about 3 months. I'm currently working on WaniKani, the Kaishi 1.5k and JLab's beginner course listening comprehension on a daily basis.
I know I do also need to have auditory input, and I do try to listen to podcasts like Nihongo con Teppei and Japanese with Shun when in doing tasks like cooking or exercising… Or sometimes I'll watch anime and dramas that I've seen before without subtitles…. But God, does listening to these podcasts feel exhausting when I feel like I understand so few of the words. I just want to switch to some music or something after about 15 minutes. Especially since it feels like I'm spending minimum half an hour on the Kaishi deck alone considering how much of it is in kanji I don't know (but that's a different post entirely lol)
I know more input is better, that people say listen as much as you can, but I assume most people don't start right away with just listening to the Japanese news all day. So where did you guys start with listening to Japanese? Is starting with 10 to 15 minutes of podcasts or anime without subtitles a day enough for a beginner?
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