- kyorochan parentNot strictly calisthenic, but you can do a lot with bands as well.
- Remembering the Kanji is for learning how to write kanji, which does help with reading as well, but that's not its primary purpose. If you actually do want to be able to write by hand (which I think most people (understandably) don't want to invest the time for), it's well worth the time investment.
> it's not something you should spend your entire focus on before you start learning the actual language of Japanese This is also true. You can do both. In fact I think you /should/ do both, learning new vocabulary using the kanji you've learned so far to help motivate you to learn more. It's quite addicting when you can see your progress day-to-day.
- As @presentation already mentioned, Japanese pronunciation has more layers to it than you think.
Additionally, I think a foreigner who actually puts time into practicing Chinese pronunciation can sound very close to native. Most people learning most languages seem to only aim for good enough pronunciation and then focus on acquiring vocabulary instead.
I don't know what languages you speak, but I speak a good amount of Japanese and will occasionally have a hard time being understood in Japan, probably when the person I'm talking to is not used to talking to foreigners. On the other hand, I've had Chinese people compliment me on my Chinese, and I would not even pass HSK 1. From what I've heard from the Chinese people I've talked to you can get away with a lot of tonal mistakes and still be understood, although you will of course sound like a foreigner.
- Buy good rice. At the very least it has to be round grain. Wash the rice thoroughly. Use a little less water than you think you need. Experiment with different recipes for mixing vinegar/mirin/sugar, and save the one you like.
It's not particularly hard, just takes some trial and error. If you already make good rice you are almost done already, then it's just down to flavoring.
- I'm super happy to see this project. I was thinking about doing something similar a while ago to use in flashcards. I find spaced repetition really useful in a lot of areas, but for math exercises it never really made sense as I would just memorize the answer rather than actually doing the calculation to see if I remember the steps! Ultimately I gave up as it felt like a way to procrastinate by doing something I like (programming) instead of something I don't really enjoy (math).
I might poke around with this and Anki sometime though and see if I was onto something!
- Cartoon Modern was recently made available digitally, for free [1]. Well worth the download.
[1] https://animationobsessive.substack.com/p/our-treat-to-you