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  • Hello #NinjaArmy, it's Emily here.

  • And today i thought i would share with you my top three favourite apps for studying Japanese.

  • This weekend I'm taking the JLPT the highest level that you can take.

  • So the first level.

  • And I am literally freaking out because I know I'm not going to pass,

  • but i will use this experience in the weekend like a practice run

  • for the test that I will take in the future that I know that I could possibly pass.

  • So to cram for that test i have three apps that i really really really recommend.

  • The first app that I really really really recommend is calledimiwa’.

  • It is a Japanese to English dictionary, but this one is really really good and has some awesome features.

  • You can search words in English, romaji, hiragana, katakana or kanji.

  • If you click on the word you have searched you can scroll down and find the kanji associated with it.

  • If you click on that it will give you all the details on that kanji and show you how to write it.

  • When you search a verb, you can actually click on that verb

  • and it will give you a list on how to conjugate it

  • into the many different forms needed for certain grammatical points.

  • Which i think is really helpful because sometimes struggle with this myself.

  • Some other features include flashcard list, kanji search by radicals, stroke count, JLPT lists and a text analyser.

  • Which is really helpful for long texts.

  • The second app that I recommend is called memrise.

  • Memrise is a flash card app with options to create your own flashcards or to download ones created by other users.

  • Not only do they have Japanese, but they have literally any language that you would like to learn.

  • First off it will show you some of the words that are in the list and quiz them on you.

  • You get points for how well you remember the words and how often you review them.

  • You can also create memes to help you remember words that you are struggling with.

  • There are many similar apps like this but what sets memrise apart is that it is more interactive.

  • There are weekly and monthly leader boards and competitions so that you can verse friends.

  • Not only is memrise an app, it's also an internet website too.

  • Which I thought really useful when I was teaching in Australia.

  • I set up my own set of flash cards my class to use.

  • Which they could access using the Internet and the computers at school.

  • and it really created a great sense of healthy competition between students

  • while they were having fun studying and learning together.

  • The third app that I recommend is just called N1 JLPT.

  • but they have all the different levels available in the app store.

  • What's really good about this app is that focuses on three main areas of the JLPT:

  • Kanji, Vocab and Grammar.

  • In the kanji and vocab sections you can choose how many words want to study and how long you want to study them for.

  • In the grammar section there is a huge list of grammar that you will come across studying that level of the JLPT.

  • And if you click on one of the grammar points you are struggling with it will give you numerous examples on how to use that particular grammar point.

  • I will link all of the information for these apps in the description below.

  • And if you are studying for the N1 JLPT I will leave a link below to my current list of flashcards.

  • Hopefully you will come and join me on memrise and we can have a bit of a competition.

  • So they were my 3 favorite Japanese studying apps.

  • If you use any other apps that you think I should know of please let me know in the comments below.

  • I'm always open to finding and trying interesting apps.

  • I hope that you enjoyed this video and that it was helpful, if you did please give it a thumbs up.

  • I will see you guys next time bye!

Hello #NinjaArmy, it's Emily here.

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