Japanese for beginners. How to learn Japanese from scratch

Japanese- one of the most ancient languages peace. It's definitely worth learning for business or reading. Is it possible to learn Japanese from scratch on your own?

Learning Japanese will require patience and perseverance.

It turns out that to understand without a translator what the characters in the anime and films of Hayao Miyazaki and Takeshi Kitano are talking about, you don’t need much time - only a year and a half. But, of course, you will need some diligence and perseverance.

How to learn Japanese? First, you need to clearly define your goal, since something like “I want to learn a language” is too vague and not suitable for the job. The goal must be clear - it will determine how and what you will study. For example, if you want to read books in Japanese, then this is one thing, if you watch TV series and anime without subtitles, it’s another, and if you communicate with native speakers, then it’s a third. And for each of the listed tasks, language learning will be different. But at the same time, it is best if you use all the options when studying. After all, the main tips on how to learn Japanese on your own in many language learning guides are no different from those given to students of other languages ​​- and it doesn’t matter whether the language uses hieroglyphs or not. But if you are going to only read books, it is still better to learn how to write hieroglyphs - this way you will have a better chance of memorizing. When learning any language, memorization is the most important thing. Therefore, you need to use as many channels as possible to perceive information: read books, watch films with subtitles, listen to songs in the original language and, of course, communicate with native speakers.

It is worth remembering that learning should be interesting and fun - many people quit a language without learning it to the desired level, precisely because learning it has become a monotonous routine. How can you avoid turning it into a routine when you have to learn the same thing over and over again? There is only one answer - a variety of approaches to learning.

However, anyone who nevertheless set out to learn the Japanese language on their own from scratch, and made the first successes in this field, will never forget this amazing feeling, literally the feeling of a miracle - when, behind a previously meaningless set of incomprehensible pictures-hieroglyphs, some kind of symbol suddenly appears clear meaning. It will not be surprising if you want to make this miracle your constant companion. But the first thing you have to do is familiarize yourself with the alphabet, or more precisely, with the Japanese writing. Japanese has three types of writing: kanji, that is, characters of Chinese origin, and two syllabary alphabet created in Japan: hiragana and katakana. Aren't you scared? Then go ahead!

Many people would like to learn Japanese, but don't know where to start. Therefore, I give my own instructions based on my experience. First it will be given brief instructions, giving only the names of points and a minimum of information, and then full instructions.

How to learn Japanese - brief instructions

  1. Learn hiragana.
  2. Learn katakana.
  3. Enable Japanese keyboard.
  4. Watch anime, Japanese films or dramas for at least 20-40 hours (with Russian subtitles).
  5. Read the entire grammar tutorial at this link. This is a very simple and understandable textbook, the best guide for beginners who are not familiar with the Japanese language at all. This point is the most important.
  6. Install the Rikaichan add-on - it's very good dictionary, which allows you to point to any website the right word, the addition itself will find the end of this word and give its translation according to the dictionary and tell you what form this word is in.
  7. Start using dictionaries.
  8. Learn Kanji. The 100 most popular kanji allow you to read 39% of the kanji in the text, 200 - 54%, 400 - 72%, 600 - 82%, 800 - 89%, 1000 - 93%, 1200 - 96%, 1400 - 98%, 1600 - 99 %.
  9. Watch another 50-100 hours of anime/films/dramas with Russian subtitles (can be done in parallel with points 5-8).
  10. This item is described in full instructions below.

Complete instructions for learning Japanese

Introduction - Japanese Writing

If anyone thinks that the Japanese language only uses hieroglyphs, they are wrong; hieroglyphs make up only about 23% of the characters in the text (although in phonetic ratio hieroglyphs make up more, because one hieroglyph on average means more than one syllable). In addition to hieroglyphs, Japanese writing uses two syllabic alphabet - hiragana (46 characters) and katakana (46 characters), for a total of 92 characters. The syllabary alphabet is something like the Russian alphabet. All 3 types of writing are used simultaneously, for example, part of a word can be written in hieroglyphs, and part in kanai. Examples of hiragana characters: あ - a, い - i, う - u, え - e, お - o, か - ka, き - ki, etc.
Examples of katakana characters: ア – a, イ – i, ウ – u, エ – e, オ – o, カ – ka, キ – ki, etc.
Examples of kanji (Japanese characters borrowed from China): 食、誰、大、好、何, etc. There are 2136 characters in total.

When to use kana and when to use hieroglyphs

Hiragana:
  1. All particles.
  2. All the parts of words that change (and sometimes the parts that don't).
  3. Some words.
Katakana:
  1. All foreign words.
Kanji (hieroglyphs):
  1. All basic words.

1. Learn hiragana

The best hiragana tablet is in the akanji app on . You can also read about hiragana on Wikipedia. Hiragana consists of only 46 characters and takes about 6 hours to learn. Hiragana is a syllabic alphabet, something like the Russian alphabet. Please note that when writing kana characters, the order of the strokes is very important. You need to find a website that lists the order of the strokes. You must also be able to write in hiragana by hand on paper (if it’s crooked, it’s okay). Personally, I taught it this way: first I wrote in a notebook and pronounced the first character あ (a). When I remembered it, I added another sign to it, and copied 2 signs into the notebook at once (from memory). Then 3 signs at once, and so on until the very end. I also advise you to check the table you have learned with other sites at the very end, this is important. Also, in some cases, this technique can help: hold down the Ctrl key and roll the mouse wheel up - the size of the site will become larger, this will allow you to better see the signs. To reset the scale, press Ctrl+0 (try zero, both the one above the letters and the one on the numeric keypad, Num Lock must be turned on). When you learn hiragana, be sure to pay attention to the following things:
  1. If you add small ゃ (ya), ゅ (yu), ょ (yo) to syllables ending in “i”, you can create a syllable ending in ya/yu/yo. For example, きゃ is “kya”, but きや is kiya, because in the second case や is big. Your tablet should contain columns with syllables ending in i/yu/ё.
  2. If you add two sticks, you can voice the consonant, for example, か is ka, が is ga. Your sign must contain lines starting with “g”, “z”, “d”, “b”, “p”.
  3. う (y) after "o" denotes a long vowel. For example, the word ありがとう (arigatou) is read as "arigato", where the colon indicates the length of the vowel. When writing in Latin, it is allowed to write arigatō instead of arigatou (the stick on top is a macron), but it is better to write arigatou. When writing in Russian letters, longitude is not shown and they are simply written “arigato”.
  4. aa, ii, uu, ee are also long vowels, for example かわいい (kawaii) is read as “ka-wa-i:”.
  5. You can see how to pronounce sounds in this video.
    1. The syllables し (shi), しゃ (sha), しゅ (shu), しょ (sho) use the sound "soft sh". There is no such sound in the Russian language. That is, it is correct to say not “sha”, but “shya”.
    2. The syllables じ (ji), じゃ (ja), じゅ (ju) じょ (jo) use the sound “soft zh”. There is no such sound in the Russian language. That is, it is correct to say not “zha”, but “zha”. Examples: じゃない - jyanai, 大丈夫 - daijo:bu.
    3. In the syllables ち (chi), ちゃ (cha), ちゅ (chu), ちょ (cho) the sound “ch” is softer than in Russian. That is, it is correct to say not “cha”, but “cha”. You don’t have to try it for now, but in the future, to make the “ch” sound softer, pay attention to how this happens with other sounds in the Russian language (for example, ta-tya, na-nya, ka-kya).
    4. The sound わ (wa) is not labiodental, but labiolabial. To pronounce it, try to pronounce it as close as possible to the regular Russian "va", but passing air through the gap between the two lips, rather than between the lip and teeth.
    5. ざ、ず、ぜ、ぞ - at the beginning of words it is more like “dz”, in the middle it is more like “z”.
    6. じ、じゃ、じゅ、じょ - at the beginning of words it is more like “j”, in the middle it is more like “zh”.
    7. Other sounds that differ from Russian are “u” and “e”, but I have no description for them. I think you don’t have to bother with this for now; in the future, understanding will come by itself.
  6. Small っ (tsu) is sokuon, indicating doubling of the preceding consonant, for example, ずっと - dzutto. In pronunciation, if you break it down by syllable, then っ will refer to the syllable in front: zu-tto. There is even a word in Japanese that starts with sokuon - って (tte).
  7. ん before "p", "b" and "m" is pronounced "m".
  8. You can also find general rules order of features in the General Guide section, but there are many exceptions to the rules.

2. Learn katakana

The best katakana tablet is also in the akanji app and is available at . Katakana consists of only 46 characters and can be learned in approximately 6 hours. Katakana is a syllabary alphabet, something like the Russian alphabet. Everything is absolutely the same as in hiragana. When you learn katakana, be sure to pay attention to the following things:
  1. There is an informal katakana table, compiled by me personally. There is no point in learning katakana using it; this table can only help you understand how some combinations are composed in katakana.
  2. In katakana, a long vowel is indicated by a ー stroke, for example, デート. Doubling a consonant is also using small tsu, but from katakana: ッ.

3. Enable Japanese keyboard

You can do this in the control panel. After switching on, you can simply write in English letters- they themselves will transform into hiragana. Hiragana will be converted to Kanji by pressing the space bar. Helpful information:
  1. On Windows, the Japanese layout has an English layout built into it, so you can disable the English layout. To switch between Latin and Cana, press Alt+~ (Alt+Ё).
  2. Ctrl+Caps Lock - hiragana.
  3. Alt+Caps Lock - katakana.
  4. F7 - convert the entered word to katakana.
  5. An "x" or "l" in front of the required character will make the character small.
  6. In the settings, you can also make it print hiragana without the Latin alphabet, but for this you need to have a Japanese keyboard with hiragana characters on it, and since you don’t have one, this method will not work for you.
  7. On phones, the method described above will still work for you, because phones have a touch keyboard.
  8. Other combinations are possible.
There is also MUCH more convenient way switching layouts, he .

4. Watch anime, Japanese films or dramas for at least 20–40 hours (with Russian subtitles)

This will allow you to understand the sounds used in the kana you have learned. This will also allow you to study it much faster during your further study of grammar, and to understand the intonation with which you will need to read the examples. If you have already watched so many anime before this, you can skip this point.

5. Read the entire grammar tutorial at this link

Read the entire grammar tutorial at this link. This is a very simple and understandable textbook, the best guide for beginners who are not familiar with the Japanese language at all. This point is the most important.

6. Install the Rikaichan add-on

Install the add-on for Mozilla Firefox Rikaichan (requires old Firefox 56, you can download it from this link). Rikaichan is a very good dictionary: on any website you can hover over the desired word, the addition itself will find the end of this word and give its translation according to the dictionary. The addition will also tell you what form the word is in. Additionally, Rikaichan requires the installation of a Japanese-Russian dictionary. Also on the official website of the add-on there is another Japanese-Russian dictionary from warodai.ru. You can install two dictionaries at once and switch between them by pressing Shift. Rikaichan can be used without hovering the pointer: the desired word can simply be entered into a special field, in which case Rikaichan will work like a regular smart dictionary that understands word forms.

7. Start using dictionaries

Quite often there is a very great need to translate some word into Russian. The Rikaichan add-on solves this problem, but its base is not so large, or you may want to look at more detailed information. These dictionaries may help you:
  1. Yarxi - installed on almost all platforms, a very powerful dictionary, but with a complex interface. There is also an online version.
  2. Those who do not have the opportunity to install Rikaichan, which has two Japanese-Russian dictionaries at once, can use the online version of one of them + there you can download it in its entirety.
  3. The list is not finished.

8. Learning Kanji

After you have read the entire textbook, if you wish, you can start learning kanji.
  • If you have no desire to learn, I advise you to learn 1 part of kyoiku kanji (80 pieces) + 170 of the most popular kanji (250 kanji in total). This will allow you to read 58% of all kanji in the text! (not read 42%).
  • If there is a desire, but not very great, then 1 part and 420 of the most popular (500 in total) - this will allow you to read 77% of the kanji in the text (23% cannot be read).
  • If there is a strong desire, then 1 part and 920 of the most popular (1000 in total) - this will allow you to read 93% of the kanji in the text (7% cannot be read), and 2000 kanji will allow you to read everything.
Tips for learning kanji can be found here. The best way to learn kanji is with . In the same application, on the “Statistics” tab, you can find more detailed statistics on kanji.

9. Watch another 50-100 hours of anime/movies/dramas with Russian subtitles

This point can be performed in parallel with points 5-8. For example, you are completing point 5 and have learned a new grammatical structure. You know her, but you have no intuition for her, she seems alien and unfamiliar to you. In fact, there is nothing terrible, as soon as you have learned a construction and start watching anime, you will immediately begin to recognize this construction in speech and very soon you will not even be able to understand how you did not notice it before. Watching anime will help you understand what intonation and how to pronounce phrases, and will also allow you to understand other people's speech. It is impossible to learn a language without ever hearing it. If you have already watched so much anime before, then 10-20 hours will be enough.

10. Last point

On this moment The instructions have not yet been completed, i.e. there is no tenth point yet, but I can still give some advice:
  1. You can use it to expand your vocabulary.
  2. You can look for other grammar books. I think that after you complete the previous points, this question will no longer seem so difficult for you. Personally, I have not yet reached this point, so I cannot recommend any specific textbook. The instructions will be updated. Do not learn from "Minna no Hihongo" - this textbook is intended for learning with a teacher, not on your own.
  3. You can read manga in pure Japanese. There is a manga that has hiragana reading above the characters, i.e. to read such manga you do not need to know all the kanji. When reading manga, no one rushes you; if you don’t know some words, you can look them up in the dictionary.
  4. You can watch anime WITHOUT subtitles. In the previous paragraphs, I advised watching with subtitles, because you have just become acquainted with the Japanese language and without them it is impossible to understand anything, but over time, subtitles, on the contrary, begin to interfere - instead of listening to Japanese speech, you stupidly take the meaning from text on the screen without learning the language.
  5. Start communicating with Japanese people. Ask them to correct your mistakes.
  6. Start reading light novels.

Feedback

If something is unclear while following the instructions, or if you want to add something to the instructions, you can write to me

みなさんこんにちは 。(MINASAN KONNICHIWA)! Good afternoon everyone!

Two words about me, I wrote earlier that six months ago I started learning Japanese on my own using the Minna no Nihongo textbook and the NHK WORLD website, now I continue, or rather do not continue, and my like-minded people and I are learning Japanese from scratch in courses with native speakers. I think many people have questions:

The first two points, although they sound similar, have different meanings.

Each of us has a reason why we wanted to learn Japanese. I won’t be mistaken that the vast majority of guys who started learning Nihongo ( ほんご) started with anime, a very good and pleasant reason to set out on the difficult path of mastering the language. But just as it’s easy to watch anime, it’s also easy to give up on studying. That is, this good reason, but only the most patient and persistent anime lovers will be able to learn the language just to watch their favorite anime in the original or read manga.

For many, the love for anime develops into an interest in Japan and a desire to travel to the Country rising sun, or even better, or work there. This desire gives rise to great motivation to learn the language. Therefore, if there is such a desire or such an opportunity, then Japanese will be easy to learn.

Let's summarize: in order to start learning a language, you need to find an interest related to Japan: anime, manga, a desire to study in Japan or work. Find your favorite among Japanese actors, Maybe politicians, so interesting to you that you will want to read information about them or listen (watch) in Japanese. It is also possible to get carried away by traditional art, such as calligraphy, ekibana, bonsai, origami. All of these interests can be a step towards learning Japanese. In general, you can learn a language just like that and without a goal, but this sounds implausible.

Where to start learning a language

The correct thing to do is to immediately learn the Japanese alphabet, or rather the syllabic alphabet and. It is recommended to learn Japanese not with words, but with phrases. Japanese has a lot of standard phrases that are used in a polite style of speech. That is, if you learn the form of introduction, greeting, first acquaintance with colleagues, then with 100% probability this is exactly what the Japanese themselves say. At first I didn’t believe that the language should be taught in phrases, so imagine if you learned the Russian language only in phrases, what would happen? Because our language is multifaceted and unpredictable. Japanese spoken is also very lively and interesting language, but polite style is strictly regulated.

But still, to learn phrases, it’s better to have a small one. lexicon know the most common words. It is also easier to learn a language with phrases because in Japanese the sequence of words in a sentence (noun, verb, defined word, etc.) is fundamentally different from the Russian language. Having learned individual words it will be very difficult to put them into a sentence.

To learn a language you need to purchase:

  • a block of opaque paper 9 x 9, these will be educational cards. On the one hand, it will be necessary to write down alphabet characters, words in Hiragana (Katakana), phrases, and on the other hand, the Russian translation. With such cards you can learn a language anywhere, in your spare time. And testing your knowledge using cards is easier and more convenient than in a textbook.
  • a simple pencil marked B - soft or HB - hard-soft (you cannot use a pen, neither can you use an automatic pencil) and an eraser
  • notebook in a square
  • a textbook that you will use to learn the language, I wrote about it

How difficult is it to learn Japanese?

We must think soberly - learning Japanese is difficult, but possible. Basically, everyone merges when it comes to kanji, even the caring hand of the sensei does not help. But in any language there is a system, not chaotic memorization, and you need to gather all your will into a fist and continue learning.

P.s. Having studied the first 50 kanji (hieroglyphs), I still didn’t see this system; it’s just difficult to memorize, since you have to constantly repeat the material you’ve covered. And the point is not even in memorizing kanji, but in how it is pronounced in a particular word, i.e., in fact, you need to memorize all the words. Having asked what the secret of memorization is knowledgeable people, they told me that the first 300 just need to be memorized, and then the system will be clear. Well... let's cram.

What will those who have already learned Japanese say?

Pronunciation of words in Japanese is easy, since the set of sounds in Russian and Japanese is the same with some subtleties. At first, learning takes place entirely with the help of hiragana (katakana), and since in Japanese words are both pronounced and written, there should be no problems in writing and memorizing words (phrases).

The grammar in Japanese is not very complicated, but it also has its own characteristics; there are certain exceptions to the rules, but not in large numbers. As in any language, success will only come if you work on the language and preferably every day. You can learn a language on your own, but how correctly you learn it is a moot point. Still, there must be control on the part of the teacher.

Still from the film: Japanese that the Japanese don’t know

How long does it take to learn a language?

Everyone has their own pace of language learning. Offline courses require three years of study (half a year for each course). It is neither a fast nor a slow pace of learning. During this time, you can learn all the skills: speaking, listening, reading, writing. Studying for a period of three years does not mean that the knowledge is 100% obtained. It would be more correct to say that during this time the student will acquire basic skills and in the future will be able to independently continue to improve their language. Learning a language in a year or two is unlikely outside of Japan.

What basic words should you learn?

To learn a language more effectively, you first need to learn:

  1. main verbs
  2. if the training takes place in courses, then grammatical words that allow you to understand the teacher’s speech
  3. time expression
  4. and probably those that surround a person, for example: a friend, a car, a tree, the sky, a house and
  5. for practice you can learn, written in kanji, hiragana, transcription and translation into Russian

To consolidate your knowledge of the Japanese language, use online service Duolingo, I wrote about it in an article. Classes on this resource are offered absolutely free, I recommend them.

Oh, by the way, why are you learning Japanese? Was it easy to learn? And do you think it’s possible to learn a language on your own at a decent level?

For self-study languages ​​you may need:

A set of 333 cards, words written in hieroglyphs, syllabary (hiragana/katakana) and romaji

Notebook for writing hieroglyphs, soft cover, number of pages 32.

Various Japanese language textbooks for beginners can be found here.

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Japanese teachers

Catherine

Education: ISAA Moscow State University, majoring in oriental philology with knowledge of Japanese, internship at Ryukoku Daigaku University (Japan, Kyoto). Fluent in Japanese...

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Learning Japanese is a rather lengthy process, but extremely exciting. However, according to statistics, more than half of those who start studying stop studying in the first six months of study. This cannot be said to be due to the exceptional difficulty of the language - it is much simpler than Russian. Some refer to a lack of free time, others to the ineffectiveness of the chosen training program and the weakness of the offered teaching aids, and someone simply changed their interests and life goals. In any case, the result is wasted time, financial costs and creeping doubts about your capabilities.

Despite the assurances of some brochures, books and courses, it is impossible to learn a single foreign language in 3 months (without setting this goal as the key and only one). And if you decide to conquer the fascinating world of hieroglyphs and grammatical intricacies of the Japanese language, classes, even half an hour, but daily, should become one of the components of your life. Self-study sessions that take place in convenient time and in a familiar environment. Even long trips and business trips will not become an obstacle on your path to knowledge - a computer and world wide web The Internet will provide continuous access to educational materials anywhere in the country.

An initial acquaintance with the structure of the language will allow you to determine the degree of proficiency you desire. Without any special financial investments, you will master materials sufficient to communicate in household topics on a tourist trip or during a business meeting with Japanese partners. If you decide to improve the knowledge you have acquired, the materials you have learned on your own will become the foundation for further studies.

Naturally, in studying foreign language can't do without practice colloquial speech. In this sense, distance self-education is to some extent inferior to face-to-face classes. However, we should not forget that full communication is possible only with at least minimal knowledge of the grammatical foundations of the language and common vocabulary. These basics are provided by the material presented on the site, and numerous audio tasks and dialogues located in its different sections will help you learn to recognize Japanese speech. In the future, having mastered the basic lessons and taken advantage of modern computer and telecommunication technologies, you can easily find pen pals and interlocutors among native speakers.

So, without a doubt, start your classes, and our specialists will help you solve complex questions that arise when mastering the material - you will find the address for contacting teachers-methodologists in the contacts section.