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I wish I could, I wish I could. I made it a goal in life to learn japanese. Plus I want to visit Japan at least once. Well, and we know how great their english is 🙄 . But it's a cool language! And I probably won't ever be able to write kanji at all 🤣

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This is a place that teach u Japanese tru manga ^^
http://www.punkednoodle.com/champloo/index.php/2008/05/26/learning-japanese/comment-page-1/

In here u sign up to teach somebody ur language and that somebody will teach u the language ur looking for

http://www.livemocha.com/

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I read japanese in school. It's quite difficult...

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I just started attend "Japanese Club" at my school and it held once a week in Saturday morning. It's been almost 3 months since I learned basic beginner for Japanese. I know the "Hiragana" and "Katakana" because the teacher force us ^_^;;, but I thank her <3

Kanji somewhat difficult for me, but my Chinese friend no problem in writing at all so I make a simple conclusion, turn the kanji word to something like an object that I can memorized 🙂

Please exchange me to Japan country next year!! 😮 hehe.

I'm studying a totally unrelated subject in university, and about a year ago, I decided I wanted to learn japanese (because of manga/anime), so I signed up for a study abroad program. And now I'm in Japan.

The language isn't that hard to learn in my opinion, I mean, at least it isn't that hard to get to the point where you can read manga. Might take about a year or so of dedication, and you should get to JLPT-2 level, which is enough to get by in manga and anime.

As for learning tips, like Mogiks mentioned earlier, there is really no other way than following these steps:

1. Memorize Hiragana/Katakana to death. Hiragana is the most important at first, because without it, you can't advance. Katakana will come to you automatically as you read more. Now, if you're serious about this, go get you're electronic dictionary/arm your Nintendo DS with the Japanese dictionary option right away.

2. Go to your local library or on Amazon.com and get some books. However, do not touch anything that teaches Japanese with the alphabet (romaji). You want a book in which the Japanese part is written with Japanese characters, alongside the English explanations. University introductory courses usually use something along the lines of Minna no Nihongo, Genki, or Nakama, so you can't go wrong with those.

3. Getting past the beginning is the hardest part of Japanese. Once you're done with the introductory book and you've mastered Hiragana/Katakana/Basic Kanji/Basic Grammar, you're set. Some people prefer to move onto an intermediate book at this point, and "An integrated approach of Intermediate Japanese" is a great option. However, others can altogether skip this step and move to the next one.

4. The next part is to concentrate on vocabulary expansion. A good target would be to aim for JLPT-2 level vocabulary. 1000 kanji and 6000 words might seem like a pain, but it's a very straightforward process. Just get a book with the listed vocabulary and proceed methodically every day. While kanji might be annoying because of the multiple readings, their meanings are usually consistent. There are also predominant readings that appear more often than others, and once you memorize those, all that's left is to make a note of the exceptions.

5. Now that you are armed with both vocabulary and basic grammar, you can get by quite easily in Japanese, because Japanese grammar is very simple. However, there are some useful grammar points that come up in the intermediate level, so I would suggest a JLPT-2 level grammar point to fill up this gap ("Nihongo Sou Matome Mondaishuu 2kyuu [Bunpouhen]" is a personal favorite, short and concise).

6. With some sample exam practices, you're now ready to pass the JLPT-2 (if you want). This level of Japanese also allows you to read Japanese manga without much problem (speed is obviously a problem, but that comes with practice).

If you're up to it, your eventual goal should be to reach JLPT-1 level, at which point you will be Japanese fluent. Great huh? Now get to work 🙂

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Me and languages don't mix.

I've tried to learn two and I failed. I just can't grasp it.

Learning german was bad enough. I believe trying to learn Japanese would be near suicidal for me 🤣

It's a shame though. I've always wanted to know what it's like to actually know 2 + lanuages fluently. Oh well, you either got it or you don't I guess.

i'm learning it at the moment i use my nintendo DS 😛
i use the game "My japaneese coach" it works but recently someone said i wrote something wrong which in the game was right, so it isn't the best way to learn it but it is fun

(speak 4 other languages by the way 😮 )

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I've been studying for two years now and still studying. I just recently got back from my dream vacation to Japan. I must say that after 5 semesters of studying japanese before going to Japan really came in handy. I would've been totally lost if I hadn't studied before-hand.

I am now able to read childrens manga/books in Japanese. And I'm happy that I now have more of a selection for reading manga and books.

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i'm learning it at the moment i use my nintendo DS 😛
i use the game "My japaneese coach" it works but recently someone said i wrote something wrong which in the game was right, so it isn't the best way to learn it but it is fun

(speak 4 other languages by the way 😮 )

Ah, I have My Japanese Coach as well!
It's pretty great as you start from scratch and it gets more in depth as you level up. From Kana to Kanji (I think...I got pretty far then my sav file got corrupted ;_ 😉
In terms of grammar and sentence structure, it's pretty great. The kana part is, of course, not perfect but as long as you get close enough, it's okay. I mean, sure, if you do a scribble because you are lazy though you know you're gonna get it right, but then you're only cheating yourself :\

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learned*,but then forgot TT___TT
i know SOME.but i honestly need to brush up on my japanese.
*and by 'learned' i mean around 1000 vocabs.isn't that ashame? you only learned a handful and forgot?

Japanese is fun! And pretty easy to learn. I took Japanese for 2 1/2 years in college, although I had a hard time keeping up with it and by now I'm rusted out. I can still read hiragana, katakana, and common kanji though; I just usually don't know what it is I'm reading. Check out the "Genki" textbooks if you want to teach yourself, they rock (get the workbook too). Just remember to practice like hell everyday.

I'd like to learn Japanese because of the medical research done in Japan. If I ever become a med student, it would be amazing to do a term abroad in Japan. So learning the language has always seemed important to me.

...Not to mention being able to read the medical studies and journals without needing English translations.

I am like 6 or 7 months into my Japanese training.

Japanese is a level 1 language and it takes constant effort to get through for even simple comprehension.

I've learned Latin and I'm on my way with Russian. Once I get a good grasp on Russian, I plan on doing Arabic or Mandarin, I don't see myself actively needing a language like Japanese.