Essential Japanese: The Mental Model [pdf]
japanesecomplete.com
japanesecomplete.com
See the submission history of the poster:
https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=sova
With that many attempts, bound to connect at some point I suppose.
But today you can just use Google Translate which will give you 3 panels - kanji, romaji and English. So you can see the symbols, their sounds and their meaning at the same time. I like that they are displayed in separate boxes because it forces me to think and not just look for the answer. Furigana is too easy to cheat.
sample: https://translate.google.com/?sl=en&tl=ja&text=I%20like%20th...
"...we teach Japanese according to scientific research and a frequency analysis of Japanese in the wild. We start with grammar fundamentals and our Particles-First Approach. ... Our online Japanese study software focuses on thorough grammar explanations, plentiful examples, and drills and quizzes that make sure you learn and retain what you're studying."
...as the scientific research has shown that grammar explanations and drills are a lousy way to teach a language. Here's an article worth checking out: https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.46...
this is so bizarre. learning in pure frequency order doesn't make sense. e.g. you should learn most of the numbers together instead of spread out like that.