Vocabulary-first Japanese

Manashū

Spaced repetition with deeper context, visual memory, and conjugation intuition. Learn Japanese words in a way that actually sticks.

A coined study name: 学集, with mana from 学ぶ and shū from 集.

Today's word

食べる

たべる

N5freq 482

to eat

simple

りんごを食べる。

I eat an apple.

natural

朝はよくパンを食べます。

I often eat bread in the morning.

real usage

時間がないので、駅で軽く食べた。

I did not have time, so I grabbed something light at the station.

Picture a table becoming a place to eat: ta-be-ru begins with the same soft cue as table.

Encode deeply

Each word has mnemonic, sentence, reading, and visual memory layers.

Scheduling separates recognition, recall, and reading confidence.

Examples move from simple learner sentences toward natural usage.

Seed words

食たべる

たべる

to eat

Picture a table becoming a place to eat: ta-be-ru begins with the same soft cue as table.

見みる

みる

to see, to watch, to look

The eye notices the small み sound first: 見る is seeing with attention.

起おきる

おきる

to wake up, to get up, to occur

起 looks like something rising; 起きる is the moment the day lifts you up.