Many people want to learn Japanese, but find it extremely difficult. You may be one of them. So, in this video, we asked a very famous linguist to give us some tips on learning Japanese. We are happy to help anyone who wants to become as good as possible at Japanese.

●Steve Kaufmann's YouTube Channel
   / @thelinguist  
●Steve Kaufmann's website for you to learn more languages
https://www.thelinguist.com/
●The language learning website mentioned in this video: LingQ
https://www.lingq.com/ja/

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[Japanese] We will be using the studying material "いろどり Irodori (starter level)," which you can download for free. It's specially designed to teach practical Japanese to people who want to live in Japan.
[Iaido] I have been training in Iaido since 2016, and I will share the basic katana techniques I have achieved through the years.

[Timecodes]
0:00 Let's START!
1:07 Introduction
3:23 Why Japanese is Difficult to Learn for English Speakers
5:35 Advice for People Currently Learning Japanese
7:48 Mistakes That Japanese Learners Tend to Make
8:40 Recommended Content for Studying Japanese
11:04 Methods of Studying Japanese Outside of Japan
12:17 Benefits of Being Able to Speak Japanese
14:12 Is Japanese Worth Studying?
15:05 Message from Steve Kaufmann
16:34 Ending

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