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After you’ve got some kanji knowledge under your belt (about level 10 or 20 in WaniKani), it’s time to pick up a textbook and start learning the framework in which you can use all the Japanese you’ve learned.

But which textbook to choose? There are so many. And beyond textbooks, there is a wealth of reference books, dictionaries, and other things that expand on your textbook’s lessons. And you’ll need those to reach intermediate and beyond.

We’ve compiled a list of the best Japanese textbooks out there to solve this exact problem. Stop spending time searching and start studying.

Before we dive in, here’s a list of things we’ll assume all textbooks include:

Dialogues with target vocabulary and/or grammar

Vocabulary lists

Grammar explanations

Exercises

Kanji practice

We won’t mention these features in the reviews below, unless there’s something noteworthy to say about them.

Also, we won’t be talking much about the kanji learning these textbooks offer. For the most part, Japanese grammar textbooks teach kanji slowly (and sometimes poorly).

If you’re following our path to Japanese fluency, you’ll already know upwards of 650 kanji from your WaniKani lessons at level 20. With so much kanji packed in your brain, not only will these textbooks be much easier to use, but you’ll be able to skip the kanji lessons and use that time to move your Japanese ability forward in other ways.

04.02.19

so I actually finished my habit tracker for january which I feel is kinda impressive lmao. the mix of colors are maybe a bit too much (didn’t really think that through) but I like the overall design. I have decided to make another one for february that I’ll post soon!

¡你好 Langblr!

Sorry that I haven’t been uploading recently I’ve just been busy with uni preparations and stuff. I’m hoping to do some more Spanish stuff soon but in the meantime I’ve been starting to re-learn some basic Mandarin Chinese. The education system I was in “tried” to teach me Chinese throughout primary school but we never actually got to constructing even the most basic of phrases. So the language seems familiar even though I didn’t actually learn much of it previously.

Washi, lettering, Chinese and Psychology.

- history notes on the Cuban Missile Crisis

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I’ve been thinking a lot about what I wanna do after IB, and idk but I’ve been really excited this year about going to university🌼 I’ve also been feeling quite good about my dancing this week, and yeah i’ve just been having a really happy week

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golden tones;;;; pic creds: insta— @/weheartit @/spostophoto and @/3ce_official tumblr— @sofierceoh

My monthly spread for June, where I have my last two exams and my second internship at the end of the month!