AJATT is a language learning approach that encourages full immersion in Japanese. It involves surrounding yourself with the language in everyday life, sentence mining for effective vocabulary acquisition, and using timeboxing for focused study periods. Customizable to individual needs, AJATT commonly uses resources like Anki flashcards, Japanese media, and books. Here are a few references:
Anki is a popular and powerful spaced repetition software (SRS) designed to help users with efficient learning. It allows you to create and manage flashcards on various subjects, enabling the reinforcement of memory through regular and strategically timed reviews.
Here are some of the Anki Addons I use:
- AJT Flexible Grading
- AJT Pitch Accent
- AJT Furigana
- Review Heatmap
- Paste Images As WebP
- Edit Field During Review Cloze
- Add Hyperlink
MPV is a powerful, open-source media player appreciated for its cross-platform capabilities, customization, and scripting options. With its light design and wide compatibility with various media formats, it is a favored choice for many.
One of the notable features of MPV is its seamless integration with yt-dlp, an enhanced fork of youtube-dl. This integration allows users to directly stream videos from platforms like YouTube as well as download content. You can find my configuration for yt-dlp in the yt-dlp folder.
For language learning, MPV's scripting capacity is a valuable asset. By incorporating Lua scripts, you can tailor MPV to boost your learning experience with additional functionalities. The mpv folder in this repository includes my current configuration of MPV.
Learning Japanese becomes significantly easier with the help of dictionaries, especially JP-JP ones.
Use qolibri to search multiple dictionaries simultaneously. It requires dictionaries in EPWING format. Here are some downloadable EPWING dictionaries for qolibri:
Vimium is a handy extension that brings the efficiency of Vim-style keyboard navigation to your web browsing experience. With Vimium, you can scroll, follow links, navigate through history, and more, all without leaving your keyboard.
To add an extra layer of convenience, I've created a custom configuration file in the Vimium folder with my personal key mappings, mainly for quick access to various search functions. You can import these mappings into your own Vimium setup. This is a short overview of them:
gi: https://www.google.com/search?q=%s&tbm=isch
ya: https://yandex.ru/search/?text=%s
yh: https://search.yahoo.co.jp/search?p=%s
y: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%s
w: https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%s
go: https://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/srch/all/%s/m1u
ji: https://jisho.org/search/%s
With these shortcuts, you can quickly search Google Images (gi), Yandex (ya), Yahoo Japan (yh), YouTube (y), Japanese Wikipedia (w), Goo dictionary (go), and Jisho dictionary (ji).
In addition to dictionaries, some other tools can enhance your Japanese learning experience. Here are some of them:
- Textractor: A handy tool for extracting text from Visual Novels. This can help improve your reading comprehension skills
- VPNGate: A VPN service that allows you to unlock Japanese content, broadening your exposure to authentic language use
- subs2cia: Allows you to condense the audio from videos to increase passive immersion density