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Japanese letters are very beautiful but also extremely complex, so you will be overwhelmed trying to read and write Japanese quickly. In fact, you don't need to learn the full 50,000 Chinese characters in Japanese. Most indigenous people also only know two sets of phonetic characters and about 6,000 Chinese characters. Although it can take years to read and write fluent Japanese, you can learn the basics fairly quickly if you know which part of your study priority needs to be.

Steps

Method 1 of 3: Read Japanese quickly

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   Read Japanese children's articles. Instead of plunging into a complicated essay that requires a large amount of kanji, start with books that will help you grasp the two sets of hiragana and katakana.
   • You can start with translations of stories like "Disney" or "The Gluttony". With this method, you will easily compare the translation with the original to capture the sentence structure.
   • Look for Mari Takabayashi's works while learning hiragana. This author's children's storybooks are written entirely in hiragana, and they will test your proficiency with the charset.
   • "Guri and Gura" is also a popular series for Japanese children that you can try reading when your level is higher. The above series will help you build the basic vocabulary.
   • Try out manga (manga). Once it's easy to read children's stories, you should try to "upgrade" to manga and start reading at a higher level.

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   Focus on basic Japanese grammar and sentence structure. At first, reading Japanese can be difficult because there are no spaces between letters.
   • Basic sentence structure in Japanese is quite different from Vietnamese. For example, the Vietnamese sentence is "I drink water", but the corresponding Japanese sentence is "I drink water". You also need to make sure you know the right letters after the subject or object.

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   Process each content in turn. It can be frustrating trying to read through the first page of a Japanese book, but persevere. When reading an article, you will see many words repeated in the following sections. The more you read and encounter the same words, the faster your reading speed will be, because those words will become familiar.
   • Choose your favorite topics. If you are interested in music, read books related to that topic and your reading level in Japanese. When you are interested in the subject of the book, you will more likely overcome the difficult reading process and learn new things in the language.

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   Don't waste time learning to speak Japanese. If your goal is to read and write Japanese quickly, you will only slow down your speed when choosing a tape course or taking a Japanese communication class. You can learn Japanese without learning to speak. Because Chinese characters use characters to express meaning, you don't need to read the words, you just need to know their meaning and the correct use of words in a sentence.
   • Instead of learning to speak, spend all your time building Chinese characters, learning grammar and writing practice.

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   Turn on Japanese subtitles. Try finding a Vietnamese / English TV show or movie and turning on Japanese subtitles.While you are increasing your reading speed and vocabulary, you can mute the subtitles to read Japanese subtitles. It will be difficult for you to keep up with the subtitles at first, but you can rely on the images on the screen to capture the context and related vocabulary.

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   Build your vocabulary by learning common Chinese characters (Jōyō Kanji). Most Japanese words are Chinese characters borrowed from Chinese. Jōyō Kanji is a list of 2136 Chinese characters considered by the Japanese Government to be the most useful for understanding Japanese.
   • Maintain a kanji blog during the learning process. It can take months, even years, to learn Chinese characters. Blogging will help you review the words you've learned.
   • You should be patient. The process of learning Chinese characters will take a long time and require frequent repetition.
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Method 2 of 3: Write Japanese quickly

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   Remember the hiragana script. Hiragana is the phonetic script in Japanese. This charset is the foundation of the sounds in Japanese, so you can write them all in hiragana.
   • The hiragana alphabet consists of 46 letters. Each letter represents a vowel (a, i, u, ê, ô) or a vowel and a consonant (k, s, t, n, h, m, y, r, w).
   • Use hiragana for adverbs, general words, or uncommon words that the reader may not be clear about.
   • Create a hiragana letter tag with its pronunciation on the other side of the card. Practice this set of letters by pronouncing each letter 1-2 times a day, then look at the pronunciation and rewrite the corresponding hiragana.

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   Learn katakana characters. The katakana also includes 46 characters with the same sound as the hiragana, but katakana are used to transcribe words of foreign origin. This charset is useful when you want to refer to words like "America" ​​(America), "Mozart" (the Mozart musician), or "Halloween" (costume festival).
   • Since Japanese has no long vowels, all long vowels in katakana are represented by a long dash "⏤" after the character. For example, "ケ ー キ" is a transcription of "cake". Dashes represent a long "a" sound.
   • You can learn hiragana and katakana in a few weeks if you practice for a few hours a day.

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   Learn the above letters through handwriting. Similar to the difference between a 'a' on a computer and a handwriting, many Japanese typefaces on a computer are different from handwriting.
   • Memorize. A great way to learn is to spend each day memorizing and transcribing letters.
   • Test yourself. To test if you remember hiragana and katakana, try writing a group of sounds that you remember. If you cannot record any sounds, you should learn the alphabet again. Make a table of Japanese sounds, then complete it with the letters hiragana and katakana. Practice every day until you can complete all 46 letters in each charset.

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   Use Chinese characters but only when necessary. Kanji can significantly shorten your sentence length, but Chinese characters are used quite a bit, even by native speakers. You often have to make sure that your readers will recognize the kanji you use as well. If you know how to read a word but don't know the corresponding kanji, you can write that word in hiragana form.

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   Practice precise stroke order. The stroke order doesn't seem to matter but it will help you write much faster, whether it's hiragana, katakana or kanji.
   • Write words from top to bottom, left to right.
   • Write horizontal strokes before vertical strokes.
   • Make a shape in the center, then stroke the sides.
   • Short dots or strokes will be written at the end.
   • Learn the right angles for each stroke.

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   Write a sentence. The sentence does not need to fly, but is as simple as "I'm a girl" or "I'm a boy".
   • Written in hiragana, except for borrowed words. You can write horizontally (ie write from left to right as in Vietnamese) or adopt traditional vertical Japanese writing (ie from top to bottom, right to left).
   • Write nouns, adjectives, and verbs in Chinese characters. Most Japanese words are Chinese characters borrowed from Chinese. When starting to write Chinese characters, make sure you are using it and writing it correctly.

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   Not written in romaji (Japanese Latin phonetic). While it will be easier for you to write sounds in Latin letters, Japanese people don't use romaji and your writing style will confuse readers. Japanese has many different homonyms, so romaji is not an effective way to read and write.

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   Use cursive to speed up writing. Once you have mastered the handwriting order, you can start writing in cursive. Practice writing sentences and avoid lifting a broom or pencil as little as possible. Since you have mastered the correct stroke order, you can reduce pressure between strokes and seamless handwriting.
   • Similar to other languages, some words in Japanese can be simplified to make writing faster. You will not want your handwriting to be difficult to read, but the content of the article will help readers understand a letter that is written in a jumble.
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Method 3 of 3: Use basic Japanese

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   Say hello.こ ん に ち は means "hello" in Japanese. The pronunciation is Kun-ni-chi-goa.
   • お 早 う ご ざ い ま す means "Good morning." The pronunciation is Oh-ha-yô gô-dai-cool-monks.
   • こ ん ば ん は means "Good evening." The pronunciation is Kun-ban goa.
   • お 休 み な さ い means "Good night." The pronunciation is Oh-ya-mi-mi-na-sai.
   • さ よ う な ら means "Goodbye." The pronunciation is Sa-yahana.

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   Say Thank you. あ り が と う ご ざ い ま す means "Thank you very much" in Japanese. The pronunciation is Archdiocese of goliath-gurus.
   • When someone thanks you, say "Nothing".ど う い た し ま し て means "Nothing." The pronunciation is: I-shi-shi-shi-shi.

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   Ask someone how. お 元 気 で す か means "How are you?" The pronunciation is Oh-ken-kizi-fish?
   • If someone asks you how are you doing, answer "I'm fine".元 気 で す means "I'm fine." The pronunciation is jealousy.

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   Introduce yourself. 私 の 名 前 は means "My name is ..." The pronunciation is Guatemala City ....

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   Learn the direction. You need to know how to get where you want to go.
   • ま す ぐ (ma-ma-g) means going straight.
   • 右 (mi-record) means right.
   • 左 (hi-ri) means to the left.
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Advice

• Japanese learning softwares may also assist you.
• Try to study in an environment that is not distracting.
• Studying a little and 'often' to achieve the desired effect.
• Check out your local bookstore or library for textbooks.
• Searching for your time '. Some people learn best in the morning, others at night before bed.
• Try to find a Japanese-Vietnamese dictionary with a transliteration into Latin; they can be useful. However, don't rely too much on Latin characters to read Japanese!
• Looking for someone who is fluent in Japanese, even a native! Most likely they will be more than happy to help you out.
• Be patient. Japanese is one of the most difficult languages ​​to learn in the world.

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