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Originally Posted by LunaSlave
Hi there! I'm trying to learn Japanese using something similar to the AJATT method - except not nearly as hardcore - there's still lots of English-only time in my life.
I'm currently on the "Remembering the Kanji" phase, and even before I'm finished with learning kanji, I've decided upon a little experiment.
I'm going to read an entire Japanese-English dictionary (the Basic Japanese-English Dictionary from the Japan Foundation) cover to cover, all 923 pages of entries.
Interestingly, I was inspired to try this after watching the movie Malcolm X and seeing the scene with him in jail, copying the dictionary out an entry at a time.
Unlike Malcolm, I'm not writing anything down along the way other than on a twitter feed to keep track of my progress. I'll also make brief observations there as well. I'm not going to make any concerted effort to memorize specific entries, either. If I was trying to memorize them, I'd make cards in Anki or something for each entry, but I'm far too lazy for that!
I'm just going to read the word, the English definition, and all of the example sentences in each entry, maybe a couple times over as I go in order to allow the words and sentences to sink in a bit before I move on. That's it. ^___^
My current understanding of Japanese is quite limited - I know little bits here and there but not very much. I am actually really wondering if this process will change that at all. If so, awesome - if not, no harm done as it's an interesting experiment and hopefully others can gain some insight from it. Honestly, I think the sheer volume of input will help a lot.
The dictionary in question has lots of furigana to help me understand in places where I can't understand the kanji, and it also has English translations on the other side of the page. I'm going to try to avoid the romaji wherever I can.
The more followers I have on here and the more interest this can generate, the more inspired I'll be to carry it through to the end ^__^ so if you're interested to see how this turns out, please follow me on twitter @ my new account:
jpncover2cover
Thanks!
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If this is just for fun, I wish you luck, but if this is to actually help learn Japanese, it's a colossal waste of time.