Hi,

Lastly, I have been digging further into kanji studies for jlpt 1 (failed jlpt2 last year) and managed to strengthen my inner will.
I will move to Japan in less than 2 months now, and I really expect to reach fluency before landing there (being able to understand newspaper without dictionary etc..) Well, sadly I'm really far from it right now, it might sounds like a too high goal but I know for sure I can get closer to it. Still, I also wish to reach Native level in all its aspect one day..

Here's what I have been thinking though. Reading a japanese dictionary without making efforts to retain informations.. The main benefit would be to learn natural patterns to define words and be able to think entirely in japanese.

Did anyone try it ? even for a small part ?
I am really dying to buy a dictionary paper and give it a try before sleeping. It may be hard at first sight but sounds like a richful experience..

What do you think ?

Thank you.

Hi.
I think we had a thread like that last year. The gist was, definitions are basically technical, so you might not know every words (>looking up defeats the purpose), and since they're bland, you can't rely on context and practice inference like you do in the wild. Example sentences could be alright if they're good (note "good" doesn't equal "natural"), but a whole reading of disconnected sentences could prove boring.

So you can do it, but I don't think it's efficient. Better work on those parts of JLPT you missed, or if you already did, do something practical like increase vocab/grammar/speaking/reading. Two months is a really short amount of time, don't waste it on a dictionary.

EDIT: have you finished Remembering The Kanji? There is a version with Japanese keywords that could appeal to you.
https://sites.google.com/site/wrightak2/

Thank you for your answer.

Somehow I see the point. Reading a dictionary might enhance core knowledge however it seems tough to find something fastly valuable in doing it (Can't be applied for daily practice purpose I guess).

Honestly, I have never been too much into RTK, I gave it many shots in the past but felt frustrated about not being able to read with it. RTK is a nice tool for grasping meaning and understand radicals or breaking through kanji I admit.
Therefore, I just went for raw kanji learning. I am trying to finish N1 kanji by now (still need many reviews until it comes up to mind fast)

Sounds a bit of a turn up, but I finally decided to go through interviews in japanese.
Sentences patterns, adverbs, practical, every ingredient seems to be there...

Thank you Eratik for your advices

EDIT : I am definitely giving a shot at your link, didn't hear about it before ~~