Gravity Blog
Notes on language, memory, and the small daily moments that make learning stick.
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Gravity vs Duolingo for Japanese: an honest comparison (2026)
Duolingo isn't a scam. It's just solving a different problem than the one you think you're paying for. Here's where the green bird app actually gets you in Japanese.
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The Best Apps to Learn Japanese in 2026 (By What You Actually Need)
There's no single best app for Japanese. Here's an honest breakdown of Airlearn, WaniKani, Anki, Migaku, and more, organized by what each one is actually for.
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How to Learn Japanese Through Immersion (A Realistic Guide)
Immersion isn't just watching anime with subtitles and hoping you'll absorb something. Here's how to actually immerse in Japanese without spending 10+ hours a day pretending you're in Japan.
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Why being mid at Chinese completely ruins learning Kanji at the intermediate level
Growing up Chinese-Canadian, I thought knowing hanzi would make learning kanji easy. It did until it didn't. Here's my experience with two systems colliding.
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Sentence Mining: Why it's more effective than your textbook
Turns out that sentence mining accidentally aligns with a lot of research on memory and language acquisition.
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Hello from Gravity
What we're building, who it's for, and why we think language apps have lost the plot.
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