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Most likely, you know what your teachers says about kanji, or what Rosetta Stone Japanese (doesn\u2019t) say about kanji, or what your textbook throws at you\u2026 But, here\u2019s the problem, though: You\u2019re learning kanji from native Japanese speakers, and they have no idea what it\u2019s like to learn kanji anymore (and even if they do, they just emulate the way Japanese school children learn kanji), which really just doesn\u2019t work.<\/p>\n<p>The Japanese learning industry, on a whole, has failed us when it comes to kanji learning. But, you can learn from their mistakes, and in doing so, learn how to fix the way you learn kanji.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Japanese learning industry has, for all intents and purposes, failed you. It\u2019s not your fault that learning kanji is like hitting your face on a curb, it\u2019s the industry as a whole. Sure, there are pockets here and there that are pretty smart about it, but they tend to be small and nobody really knows about them. Most likely, you know what your teachers \u2026 <span style=\"font-style:normal; white-space: nowrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yookoso.com\/the-5-biggest-mistakes-people-make-when-learning-kanji\/\" style=\"text-decoration:none;\">[ Read more <i class=\"fa fa-arrow-circle-o-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i> ]<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"extra-post-info\"><strong>Source<\/strong>: <a href=\"\/sources\/tofugu\/\">Tofugu<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Subjects<\/strong>: <a href=\"\/category\/kanji\/\">Kanji<\/a>, <a href=\"\/category\/learning-tips\/\">Language Learning Tips<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[45,565],"tags":[],"authors":[],"sources":[504],"class_list":["post-565","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-kanji","category-learning-tips","sources-tofugu"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The 5 Biggest Mistakes People Make When Learning Kanji - Yookoso!<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"March 26, 2010 - The Japanese learning industry has, for all intents and purposes, failed you. 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