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📅 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.

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

🕒 TOTAL STUDY TIME: 4.5–5 hours​

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

🧭 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。")

🔤 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。」

🗣️ 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。」

🧠 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

🎧 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

✍️ 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

🎯 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」

🔁 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)