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Phase #1 Checklist
Download Anki Flashcards Get Remembering the Kanji Bookmark Reviewing the Kanji Get your listening lesson study tools (from JapanesePod101 or elsewhere) Bookmark Jisho.org (and maybe make it your homepage) Install Rikaichan or Rikaisama in your web browser Download smartphone apps (if applicable) Pick and purchase your grammar study materials Be excited about life Dont let this list intimidate you
Phase #2 Checklist
Learn to Pronounce Japanese Learn Hiragana Learn Katakana Learn 2,042 Kanji o Download Anki o Buy Remembering the Kanji o Download the Heisig Deck o Set Up Anki Preferences o Change New Card Quota o Learn New Kanji Learn up to Kanji #22 (Day #1) Learn up to Kanji #154 (Week #1) Learn up to Kanji #308 (Week #2) Learn up to Kanji #462 (Week #3) Learn up to Kanji #616 (Week #4) Learn up to Kanji #924 (Week #5) Learn up to Kanji #1,078 (Week #6) Learn up to Kanji #1,232 (Week #7) Learn up to Kanji #1,386 (Week #8) Learn up to Kanji #1,540 (Week #9) Learn up to Kanji #1,694 (Week #10) Learn up to Kanji #1,848 (Week #11) Learn up to Kanji #2,002 (Week #12) Learn up to Kanji #2,042 (Week #13) Learn up to Kanji #2,042 (Week #14) Learn more kanji (Week #15 and up)
Phase #3 Checklist
Memorize 3,000+ vocab Listen to 200+ audio lessons Study grammar for 15 minutes per day
Phase #4 Checklist
Continue Phase #3 Studying Flashcards every day Fun with listening Fun with grammar Start Speaking Make some Japanese-speaking friends, co-workers, etc. Start Reading & Writing Get some books Start a journal, story, etc. Go to Japan Enroll in a school, get a job, etc. Find Your Mokuhyou Write down your huge, audacious jouzu goal Stand in awe of your awesomeness