Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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It takes Japan's own public education system 10 years of kanji study just to read a newspaper. 📰

Terumi Kai does the math: at 10 minutes a day on a language app, that stretches to 30 or 40 years. If you have 5-6 hours a day, kanji is a fine investment. But for everyone else, JLF student John said it best in the comments — focus on speaking first, the way every native Japanese child does. Speak before you write. Hold a real conversation for 30 minutes, even an hour, on everyday topics. Then layer in writing once speaking is solid.

It's not a shortcut. It's just how people actually learn language.

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