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  What would you suggest for immersion if you are new to the language. I recently learned the 2 writing systems but I basically don't know any vocab yet.. is it better to grind a few hundred flashcards first or is jumping in when you don't know the vast majority of words ok?


I also was very concerned about watching the "right" content at first, but ultimately I just let that go and started watching the stuff that was the reason I started japanese (for me at the time Super mario 64 JP speedrun livestreams lol) with 0 comprehension. I essentially only knew all the hiragana and 私 when I started. Yes of course I learned vocab along side. Why are you learning japanese? Just watch what you want to watch when your fluent. I admit I didn't have a ton of reasons to learn JP at first either but over time I discovered stuff that I can't imagine my life without anymore. Of like the first 50 youtube channels I watched none of them are in my top 10 now. Give stuff a real shot before bailing. If you want to be a better student than I was, right at the start look for vocab that you are seeing and study those. After you've got like a few hundred hours under your belt I promise you will have enough confidence to make more fine tuned decisions on your own!

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