https://blog.levelkana.com/ Guides for learning Japanese through games, manga, lessons, vocabulary, and SRS practice. en Fri, 19 Jun 2026 09:09:06 GMT https://blog.levelkana.com/posts/japanese-numbers-and-counters-for-beginners/ https://blog.levelkana.com/posts/japanese-numbers-and-counters-for-beginners/ Fri, 19 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Learn Japanese numbers and counters through practical reading examples from prices, dates, game UI, item counts, levels, and manga dialogue. https://blog.levelkana.com/posts/japanese-sentence-structure-for-beginners/ https://blog.levelkana.com/posts/japanese-sentence-structure-for-beginners/ Sat, 06 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT A beginner-friendly guide to Japanese sentence structure, particles, omitted subjects, and real manga/game dialogue examples. https://blog.levelkana.com/posts/beginner-japanese-manga/ https://blog.levelkana.com/posts/beginner-japanese-manga/ Thu, 04 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT A practical guide to beginner Japanese manga, with concrete examples like Yotsuba&!, Chi’s Sweet Home, and Crystal Hunters. https://blog.levelkana.com/posts/how-to-practice-kana-every-day/ https://blog.levelkana.com/posts/how-to-practice-kana-every-day/ Wed, 03 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT A practical daily kana practice plan for hiragana, katakana, and kana recall so beginners can move from charts into real reading. https://blog.levelkana.com/posts/hiragana-vs-katakana-what-to-learn-first/ https://blog.levelkana.com/posts/hiragana-vs-katakana-what-to-learn-first/ Tue, 02 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT A practical beginner guide to hiragana vs katakana: what each kana system does, which one to learn first, and how to start reading in context. https://blog.levelkana.com/posts/japanese-reading-practice-plan-for-beginners/ https://blog.levelkana.com/posts/japanese-reading-practice-plan-for-beginners/ Tue, 02 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT A practical one-week Japanese reading practice plan that moves from kana recognition to short manga, game, and LevelKana-style reading tasks. https://blog.levelkana.com/posts/how-to-learn-japanese-through-pokemon/ https://blog.levelkana.com/posts/how-to-learn-japanese-through-pokemon/ Wed, 20 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT Learn Japanese with Pokémon using a beginner-friendly route, menu, battle, and kana practice plan instead of turning the game into endless lookups. https://blog.levelkana.com/posts/best-japanese-games-for-beginners/ https://blog.levelkana.com/posts/best-japanese-games-for-beginners/ Wed, 13 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT A practical guide to the best games to learn Japanese, which genres are beginner-friendly, and how to use game text as reading practice. https://blog.levelkana.com/posts/how-to-start-reading-manga-in-japanese/ https://blog.levelkana.com/posts/how-to-start-reading-manga-in-japanese/ Wed, 13 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT A practical beginner-friendly system for reading manga in Japanese without turning every panel into a dictionary project. https://blog.levelkana.com/posts/wanikani-vs-real-reading-why-kanji-knowledge-is-not-enough/ https://blog.levelkana.com/posts/wanikani-vs-real-reading-why-kanji-knowledge-is-not-enough/ Wed, 13 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT Kanji study helps, but reading manga and games requires grammar, vocabulary, context, speed, and tolerance for ambiguity. https://blog.levelkana.com/posts/what-to-do-after-learning-hiragana-and-katakana/ https://blog.levelkana.com/posts/what-to-do-after-learning-hiragana-and-katakana/ Wed, 13 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT A clear next-step roadmap after kana: pronunciation, core grammar, starter vocabulary, kanji habits, and your first real reading practice. https://blog.levelkana.com/posts/why-textbook-japanese-feels-different-from-manga-japanese/ https://blog.levelkana.com/posts/why-textbook-japanese-feels-different-from-manga-japanese/ Wed, 13 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT Why textbook Japanese and manga Japanese feel different, from casual speech and omissions to character voice and visual context.