How I Acquire New Vocab

  Everyone has their own way of learning new vocab words so I'd like to share with you the way I do things. ( you need to know hiragana first for this to be effective )

Step 1: Watch anime on crunchyroll.com and turn the subtitles off by right clicking on the video (some videos don't have this option) 

Step 2: When you hear a word repeated often during the show, pause the video, try to type out the word and look it up online using Jisho. 

Step 3: Use Evernote to add the word to my vocab list. Put in the hiragana AND kanji form of the word and the definition in your native language.

Step 4: Every time you add a new word, you'll see the other words on your list. The repeated exposure to these words will eventually cause them to be etched into your memory.

I recommend that you watch Kaasan - Mom's Life on Crunchyroll since the language used is simple and it should be easy for you to pick out individual words.

Add Evernote to your Japanese language arsenal: evernote.com