📅 DAY 1 – "Zero to Start Line"

Let's kick it off! Here's your Day 1, Week 1 Hardcore Learning Plan — ultra-detailed and focused on mastering Minna no Nihongo Lesson 1, N5 survival grammar, and laying the speaking/listening foundation.

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Main Goals:

• Learn Minna Lesson 1 grammar + vocab
• Shadow basic greetings and expressions
• Clean up katakana
• Begin your Anki SRS
• Write & say your own self-intro

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🕒 TOTAL STUDY TIME: 4.5–5 hours

(Can be split into Morning / Afternoon / Night if needed)

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🧭 PLAN BREAKDOWN

🧩 1. Grammar Focus (Minna no Nihongo I – Lesson 1)

Time: 90 minutes Materials: Main Book + Translation & Grammar Notes

✅ Tasks:

• Read Lesson 1 dialogue (会話) aloud 3x

• Learn key grammar points:

  • AはBです。
  • AはBじゃありません。
  • AはBですか？

• Understand sentence structure and particles

• Practice example sentences (口頭練習 drills)

✅ Action:

• Say all example sentences out loud
• Write each pattern with your own vocabulary (e.g. "私はエンジニアです。")

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🔤 2. Vocabulary (Anki + Minna L1)

Time: 45 minutes Materials: Anki (JLPT N5 deck), Minna vocab list

✅ Tasks:

• Add Minna Lesson 1 vocab to Anki if not already there
• Review 30–50 cards using spaced repetition
• Speak each word as you review

✅ Action:

• Make mini-sentences with each new word: E.g.「せんせいです。」「かいしゃいんです。」

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🗣️ 3. Speaking Practice (Shadowing + Greetings)

Time: 45 minutes Materials: Shadowing Let’s Speak Japanese Vol. 1 + Minna no Nihongo CD

✅ Tasks:

• Shadow greetings: こんにちは, おはようございます, はじめまして, etc.
• Listen & repeat slowly and clearly
• Record your voice & compare

✅ Action:

• Practice introducing yourself: 「はじめまして。わたしは [Name] です。インドネシアじんです。よろしくおねがいします。」

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🧠 4. Katakana Cleanup

Time: 30 minutes Materials: Katakana chart + quiz app or printed worksheet

✅ Tasks:

• Write all katakana in stroke order
• Read katakana words (e.g. コーヒー, テレビ, コンピューター)
• Use RealKana or Tofugu katakana quiz to test yourself

✅ Action:

• Read 20 katakana loanwords aloud
• Write 10 katakana-based words you hear in anime or daily life

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🎧 5. Listening Practice

Time: 30 minutes Materials: YouTube (Comprehensible Japanese / Nihongo no Mori), or Minna audio

✅ Tasks:

• Watch 1 beginner listening video
• Write 3–5 things you understood
• Replay difficult parts & shadow

✅ Suggested Video:

• Comprehensible Japanese: 「はじめまして」level 0–1

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✍️ 6. Writing Practice (Production = retention!)

Time: 30 minutes Materials: Notebook or digital journal

✅ Tasks:

• Write:

  • 5 self-intro sentences using today’s grammar
  • 3 example questions: e.g. 「あなたはせんせいですか？」

• Review them aloud

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🎯 DAY 1 MINI-CHALLENGE:

Write and record a 30-second self-intro

• Use AはBです form
• Use greetings + 「はじめまして」「よろしくおねがいします」

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🔁 NIGHT ROUTINE (Optional / Bonus)

Time: 15–30 min wind-down

• Re-watch your morning shadowing or listening
• Anki review round 2
• Read a few sentences from Minna aloud again (口慣らし)