Matt in Tokyo
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Matt in Tokyo
@mattintokyo.bsky.social
Japanese and self-improvement.
Check out my Japanese study platform Kanpeki Study.
https://linktr.ee/mattintokyo
Although you gotta be hyper-vigilant of any step or raised platform or someone'll yell "Shoes!" at you 😂
January 17, 2026 at 1:02 PM
Also I made a free resource that goes into detail for all 80 of those kanji!

You can access it here:
Kanji - Kanpeki Study
kanpekistudy.com
January 15, 2026 at 1:01 PM
65. 赤 red
66. 右 right
67. 百 hundred
68. 左 left
69. 休 rest
70. 林 grove
71. 森 forest
72. 雨 rain
73. 草 grass
74. 玉 gem
75. 竹 bamboo
76. 犬 dog
77. 耳 ear
78. 虫 insect
79. 糸 thread
80. 貝 seashell

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January 15, 2026 at 1:01 PM
40. 車 wheel
41. 男 man
42. 天 heaven
43. 円 circle
44. 空 sky
45. 八 eight
46. 六 six
47. 校 school
48. 村 village
49. 白 white
50. 町 town
51. 足 foot
52. 四 four
53. 五 five
54. 音 sound
55. 石 stone
56. 早 early
57. 千 thousand
58. 九 nine
59. 字 character
60. 花 flower
61. 火 fire
62. 青 blue
63. 王 king
64. 七 seven
January 15, 2026 at 1:01 PM
16. 手 hand
17. 入 enter
18. 学 study
19. 気 energy
20. 月 moon
21. 下 down
22. 立 stand
23. 力 power
24. 小 small
25. 十 ten
26. 金 gold
27. 夕 dusk
28. 名 name
29. 女 woman
30. 三 three
31. 山 mountain
32. 田 rice field
33. 二 two
34. 文 writing
35. 土 soil
36. 先 ahead
37. 水 water
38. 正 correct
39. 川 river
January 15, 2026 at 1:01 PM
Btw if you want to join a community of Japanese learners you can join my Discord!
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January 14, 2026 at 1:04 PM
When I was immersing I'd spend HOURS every day calling with people and sitting in voice rooms.

b.) Tandem

This is another app for language exchange.

It's a bit more serious than HelloTalk, but I use both.

Hope you found these helpful!

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January 14, 2026 at 1:04 PM
It'll read it out with native pronunciation and show exactly whether the pitch is high or low on each mora (syllable), so you can mimic it.

[Speaking]

a.) HelloTalk

This is kinda like Instagram but for language learning.

You can connect with people and do language exchange.
January 14, 2026 at 1:04 PM
c.) MieruTone
https://www.mierutone.com/

I actually only came across this 2 days ago. It's an incredible resource for pitch accent.

You can look up the pitch accent of any word, or even paste in a Japanese sentence.
MieruTone | Master Japanese Pitch Accent
Cozy, gamified ear training for Japanese learners. Visualize and practice pitch patterns.
www.mierutone.com
January 14, 2026 at 1:04 PM
You can listen to podcasts in Japanese (including ones aimed at beginners).

Some of my favourites are:

- Bilingual News (half Japanese half English)

- Nihongo con Teppei (a guy talking about topics in an accessible way)

- NHK Radio News (perfect for daily news)
January 14, 2026 at 1:03 PM
On your Japanese account you should ONLY watch Japanese videos - that way the algorithm will only show you Japanese videos.

You can watch videos on basically any topic. Including videos aimed at beginners. VERY useful.

b.) Podcasts
January 14, 2026 at 1:03 PM
You can find TONS of public-domain Japanese ebooks on there.

Highly recommended if your Japanese is good enough to read books!

[Listening]

a.) Japanese YouTube

You can actually create a second YouTube account and easily switch between them.
January 14, 2026 at 1:03 PM