Japanese from Zero! 1

A learning experience akin to zipping off a hangnail.

I genuinely did not enjoy using this book. I studied halfway through it before I decided to stop. I used the YouTube companion videos as well. I think those have *some *merit to them but I didn't like how the information was presented a majority of the time.

I could NOT stand the "progressive kana" system. Kana that the book hasn't introduced you to appears in Romaji. It breaks any concentration and immersion. If the book did not have that system then it would be salvageable.

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Very slow in kana and grammar.... it takes the whole book to learn all hiragana, no katakana or kanji. I was able to self study all kana very quickly. Also, i do not like the 'progressive' kana, where it slowly replaces romaji with kana. It makes it even more confusing. After studying Japanese through this book and giving up a few years ago, I decided to continue Japanese with more energy. I used a free online grammar guide and in just the first few short lessons, there were so many things I was

I did not like the way this book was set up.

Now, if you are heavily struggling with learning Japanese or hiragana and katakana, then yes, maybe I'd recommend this for a starting book. If you already know your syllabaries, I'd pick something else.

Like someone else said, this book is paced differently. It's way slow for my taste (requiring more textbooks to cover the same as Genki or Minna do in one book, and not because of the amount of exercises). I did not enjoy the progressive intr

The Japanese From Zero series is a fantastic resource designed specifically for self studying. The first book will teach you hiragana and some basic vocab each lesson along with a main grammar topic. Grammar explanations are concise and the book is deliberately crafted to be as easy to grasp for learners as possible.

This series moves at a different pace than a lot of the other popular textbooks. It covers the beginner grammar and vocab over 5 volumes (N5 in books 1-3 and N4 in books 4 and 5).