A Really Freaking Long Time. You're essentially killing 4 birds with 1 stone. Do you think all Japanese folks have a clear insight to their culture because they speak Japanese or because they learn about it. The rest eventually stopped. There is no try. "Of the hundreds of people I’ve seen study Japanese over the years, only about 10 succeeded in speaking the language with any level of competency.". Sometimes no matter how perfectly you ask a question in Japanese, you'll get an answer in English. 2) The premise that you shouldn't learn Japanese if you're only a tourist could be extrapolated to say if you are a tourist anywhere you never have to learn the language. But, basically, I am just not that interested in anything that would pull me up to fluency. It's just common courtesy I think.

At my work, if I couldn't speak Japanese, I'm guessing no one would bother talking to me. I can just converse in a simple not very long topics. It shows. I got here 27 years ago, never attended a class anywhere, passed the 日本語能力検定１級 (as if that counts for anything) ...it all comes with time and a sincere interest in talking with the sweet people of this country. Just think how refreshing they’d be. (Reading newspapers and magazines, etc). You can say the most profound thing ever in Japanese, make the funniest joke, talk about the earth being taken over by space robots, whatever — and all you’ll get back is “Heeeeey.” But say any stupid thing off the top of your head in English and everybody will bust up laughing. How can I say in japanese: I started to learn japanese in january of last year. This is a term economists use to make you feel bad about your behavior.

Unless you were studying Japanese on academic terms, you should not set unrealistic goals while you study by yourself. If there aren't any, we should create them. May I? Japanese isn't some magical code understood by those who share similar sensibilities. And every time you do it, and tell them about how big the cheeseburgers are back home and how people wear shoes inside the house, their eyes will light up and they’ll be like, wow, amazing! And then find a hobby: listen to Japanese radio/podcasts/youtubers, read shounen/shoujo manga, watch Doraemon, etc. Certainly for Tokyo it is very valid. What is the correct way to say: "I am a beginner in Japanese". "Myself, I can honestly say I’ve spent at least 4,000 hours actively studying, and that’s not counting watching Japanese movies, singing karaoke, having conversations all day long in Japanese, and working in Japan." Amazing that you should post it right as I am considering moving to Japan and learning Japanese. They can't really read, can't really write and have to spend 12 years in the public school system learning kanji. Just because you struggled with the language (or maybe just the motivation of studying it), I can't imagine why you would want to share such a discouraging message to potential language learners. I ended up staying with people, given meals, invited into homes, and made many long term relationships. It only takes a minute to sign up. I am learning Japanese.
Like I said, real culture is not something you learn in a textbook. In that case you shouldn't learn ANY foreign language at all and better still, forget you own language. Can i know if the conversation is going well? Hiragana + kanji: 私は日本語を,勉強しています。 Hiragana: わたしはにほんごを,べんきょうしています。 Romaji: watashi wa nihongo wo benkyou shiteimasu . I was desperate to go to Japan but then realized that it's pretty unrealistic so I quit learning Japanese FOR GOOD. That’s why it’s called Japan, and not heaven" LOL I find this article frustrating because it's not actually helpful at all, just discouraging. Furthermore, how can you truly understand a language without understanding the culture? I've worked at a few places with other foreign employees, and the difference in treatment is pretty striking for those that don't speak Japanese.

Yeah, watching anime and game play throughs, and talking to random people on twitcast definately won't improve you to N1, but its fun. Or you could have gone to the gym and now you’d have abs of steel. The architecture — mmm, it’s not so great. Let's just insult the English speaking world, which isn't much considering that there's lots more languages on Earth though English is one of the most primarily language currently used today. cultural protocols which in turn improve business and thence money in pocket - dah, dah dee, dah,…. Because please do not believe for one second that learning Japanese will hurt you. I chose Japanese because I had always been fascinated by the culture. Do you know any Japanese, or are you just second-guessing from the search results? I wish I hadn't wasted all my time NOT learning Japanese. BUT, You made a lot of great points, and I would agree that most of us here in Japan from other lands can just enjoy the adventure, eat the food, and stick to the essential phrases like "nama-biru kudasai!"

Think about like him at a party. Because, you clearly will never need it outside Japan and shouldn't need it inside Japan if the Japanese would truly prepare for the global economy.

Now that her health is failing, I'm relying on translators and my crappy, broken Japanese to keep in touch with them. Most of the other foreign students were from Asian countries, such as Korea, Taiwan, and Thailand, and our only common language was Japanese. Daily life is much better when you know a few key phrases: Hello. "...the use of Kanji effectually makes it nearly impossible to be able to read." And the more fun you want to have, the more you have to work. I don't remember someone being more popular than me because they COULDN'T speak Japanese. Hardly an academic journal I know, but good enough for JT. The mindset of the author of this article is very egotistical.

They’re all balls-out at the start, and then after several months it dawns on them that it’s a much bigger task than they were led to believe. If there is a pine tree, then climb to the top of that and sit there instead. I am a system engineer and usually leave work before 7:30 (Normal hours are 9:30-6:30). The idea that you should learn Japanese to "understand the culture" is intellectually insulting, as a linguist can easily understand the philosophies behind the language better even than the Japanese people themselves. I frigging won my wife's interest because I could draw the kanji for 薔薇 (bara, rose) from memory...back when I could, before computers ate all my kanji knowledge.
After 6 months i kinda a little bit get used to the language. nandakanda - Probably.

Registered just to say if English is your first language perhaps you should stick to it until you can write an article in proper English. It seems like no person is willing to admit that Japan isnt exactly the dreamland western ding-dongs seem to think it is (me, white girl western ding-dong head of foreign relations).

Many foreigners live here with no more than a handful of simple phrases and do just fine. So I set aside hours every day to study and talk with Japanese people. I want to tell the world that learning Japanese is easy and fun. I actually learned to read and write Hiragana in just 3 days just by repeatedly writing them in sets of 5. If they're "the north pole", "the south pole", etc. Of course japanese is extremely different from english and all the other romance languages,but DIFFERENT may not mean HARD,it's just a question of time,of knowing how these differences work and get used to them,and this,like I said,takes TIME. My friend put it to me this way. There's no such thing or it's different as an adult which is EXACTLY true as kids and adults learn things differently! And what about people who don't like Kanji? Even though they may appear very different, they are in fact very similar. People said I was fluent by the time I was 19 and I could pass for native over the phone in Mandarin by the time I was in my 20s. If you wish to learn a secondary language, first.. learn to love the country, before you utter a word. I need to make large decisions like this with gusto and confidence.

I got hooked up and spent loads of money on books during the 3 years I was trying to study it on my own.

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