掲示板 Forums - [Megathread] Looking for study buddies? Post here!

Japanese Level: Maybe N4-N3 (I've been studying for years but no longer taking classes so I am forgetting a lot)

Japanese Focus: I would love conversational practice and working on reading and writing, I have a few books I am interested in reading.

Study Time(s): Maybe for around an hour a day but if time allows for it longer hours

About You: I'm a 20 year old digital media major interested in illustration and design. I am trying to work out study abroad applications for Japan this upcoming fall semester. I also lead a small Japanese Language interest group at school. I like art, music, manga, and Nintendo!!

I do use discord and other platform but here is also fine. Thank you and good luck with your studies!!

Ps kao-chan is a cat

Japanese level: novice, I've been studying for several months, but I'm nowhere near good enough to have a conversation in Japanese.

Focus: Literacy.

Study time: variable, anywhere between 30 minutes and six hours. I do very little sleeping.

About me: I'm a American teenager, complete with depression and social ineptitude. I'd love to be able to read in Japanese, and I'll read anything that's engaging, with the exception of anything scary. I love anime, manga, fantasy, rom-coms, the smell of new books, Yuri, and extreme weirdness. I'm quite lonely. Also I like board games, MTG, and situational jokes. I speak sarcasm fluently, but I prefer to be genuine in conversation. That's everything I can think of, and my favorite color is purple.

Japanese level: I’m very much a beginner, but I do know hiragana and katakana by heart and a few kanji. My accent is VERY bad (at least, in my opinion) since American English is my first language.

Focus: my dream is to go to Japan for university, be able to understand anime, and to be able to have a real conversation with a Japanese person, but I’m a bit lazy with my studies.

Study time: I live in the UAE and don’t really know the time zone, but I usually study from 10:00 to 12:00 and from 4:00 to 5:00 in that time zone.

About me: I’m a girl who’s in the age range of 13-15 and I love Nintendo, Studio Ghibli, Japanese food, some manga, and Japanese culture in general. I’m mostly an introvert and I get lonely a lot because I’m homeschooled. I would love to have a study buddy to help me, and I will totally try to help you as best as I can. It doesn’t matter what your level is, I want to meet you and get to know you! Let’s learn 日本語 together!

Hiiiii!!! I'm also a beginner who knows the alphabets by heart (not kanji though) , and right now I am working on sentences. I am on the younger side (aka 9-11) but would love to study w/ you! Pls message me if you wanna study

That's a great idea, would it be here on renshuu tho? Since some peaple aren't able to go onto Discord or other apps like that, id say make a forum to put out information about the group chat so peaple can give suggestions and also tell you what will and won't work for them

Hi, I am Brazilian. I speak Portuguese and English. Learning Japanese.

I'd say I am a beginner. I know hiragana and have trouble with some katakana here and there.

I know some N5 and N4 grammar, but not all. Guess I rushed and started studying a few advanced things before a had some basics completely memorized.

I want to meet someone who I can chat with and is able to correct me whenever I say something wrong.

My studying time is irregular, sometimes I can reply to many messages in a row, other times I will take a whole day to reply.

Japanese level: Currently aiming for N5. I know all hiragana and katakana, and I know about 20 kanji.

Japanese focus: My goal is to have conversations with Japanese people.

Study time: I study during the afternoon (central Europe time)

About me: I am a teenage boy and I like Japanese songs. I am looking for a study buddy, so that's why I am writing here.

If anyone is interested in being my study buddy message me.

Japanese level: I know all hiragana, about half of the katakana, and a couple kanji.
Focus: Understand songs, anime, and manga
Study Time: About an hour or two a day (EST zone)
About Me: Another teenager looking for a study buddy.

We have similar goals and knowledge. Would you want to be study buddies?

Hello !

Level : Slowly closing out Japanese Basics program. I am finishing clearing out my word mastery schedule as I had stopped for some time. Overall, I know some vocabulary, a few kanjis (around 50), and I can do basic sentences (presentation, basic questions, tastes…). I've been studying inconsistently for around one year.

Focus : Practicing oral japanese, is my main motivation for finding a study buddy. I need to build a little bit of confidence with conversation, as my written japanese is fine for the concept I mastered, but I want to be able to use it in conversations. It will also keep me motivated to learn consistently and more interactively than alone !

Study time : Fairly inconsistent. I am curently in India, and I do japanese whenever I can. However, there is no problem planning sizeable practice sessions during the week-end. I usually aim for around 1h - 1h30 of practice a day.

About me : I'm 21m I am French, but English is not a problem for me. Currently volunteering in India (UTC +5:30). I like drawing, hiking, reading and probably lots of other things which I havent given a try yet . We will talk about that in japanese if you wish !

If you are interested, please feel free to reply so we can plan out study sessions (on Discord or any other suitable mediums)