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| For me it was a big fat YES. I was actually going to take German instead but I got into Sailor Moon and other "gateway shows" before I entered high school and decided to take the Japanese classes there. I'm glad I did. I found the language to be utterly beautiful and fascinating to learn and as a student who only poured her passion into art up until that point, this was a very big deal. I hate studying but I love to study Japanese. I never thought I could put "love" and "study" in the same sentence. XD I think the language itself both looks and sounds really cool. I'd like to get a career that relates to it somehow. Honestly, I'm dying to work for Yen Press or Kodansha to translate manga but they normally are only interested in internships. :/ Still, I might make it into free-lancing. How about the rest of you? |
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| yee i learned some basic japanese via the 4chan's japanese learning threads |
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| I guess in a way. I'm taking a Japanese course in my university right now, but the reason why I wanted to learn Japanese was to read LNs/play JRPGs. |
| not at all, I figured since I never learned italian from my mother's side I didn't have enough confidence to learn any other language (I still want to learn a language though) although, my first kiss was with this japanese kid, so maybe it sparked some interest there O_O |
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| Bruh if I had the actual time to fit it into my schedule I would but working full time and being in college doesnt really give you a whole lot of patience to learn a new language |
 "I wish I was sober to feel the pain So many dark days I can’t explain" -----  -----My Sigs MAL Interview |
| Nop, I already know two languages and a have no interest in learning another one, maybe I'm just a failure as an anime fan. |
 NasalShark said: I'd love to squeeze your nipples until they look like a purple slushie, Senpai. |
PraetorPat said: Bruh if I had the actual time to fit it into my schedule I would but working full time and being in college doesnt really give you a whole lot of patience to learn a new language I hear that. I once tried college + two part time jobs. I wanted to kill myself by the end of the month. :/ |
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| Yes, I chose Japanese as a minor in college. |
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| I want to but I don't really have enough motivation yet funny thing I'm planning to learn German as well XD because I'm aiming to join my friend after a few years in Hannover ,Germany Learning the japanese language so I can watch anime without subtitles so I can focus more on the anime itself rather than read text would be one of the biggest reasons |
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| I mean, it seems like a nice language, now that's I've heard it in subs so much lol. But it's not like Japanese would be the only language I want to learn. It'd be nice to be a cultured individual who could speak like seven languages. |
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| Yes, it is a language I have contact with on a daily basis through this medium, of course I'd want to learn it. It would be weird if I didn't specially considering that I aim to learn many languages. |
| Japanese? It got me into the Japanese culture in general! I'm learning the language and even plan to live there in two years. |
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| Where is a simple option: No, I am not a weeaboo |
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| Kinda, I do wanna know Japanese just so I can watch anime sooner/read LN's, however I'm way to lazy to put in the effort. |
| Big Order (TV):great anime or greatest anime? |
| I'v wanted too since it only made sense with all my interest in things from japan but im pretty lazy |
| It's sparked an interest I will probably never follow through on, yeah. |
| I kinda want to learn Japanese sure, but I don't think I'll actually give it a try anytime soon. |
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| Not at all It was 4chan that made me want to learn Chinese |
 Nico- said: Conversations with people pinging/quoting me to argue about some old post I wrote years ago will not be entertained@Comic_Sans oh no y arnt ppl dieing i need more ppl dieing rly gud plot avansement jus liek tokyo ghoul if erbudy dies amirite |
| No, I'd rather learn languages that are useful. |
Eminem said: No, I'd rather learn languages that are useful. This. The fuck is Japanese going to do for my life. Mandarin, Spanish, or French can help me land a job or bump up my pay. Nobody except weebs are interested in learning Japanese. |
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Nvortex said: Didn't know wanting to learn a language that isn't a lingua franca meant you were a something-phile... Guess I'm a Hungariophile for wanting to learn HungarianEminem said: No, I'd rather learn languages that are useful. This. The fuck is Japanese going to do for my life. Mandarin, Spanish, or French can help me land a job or bump up my pay. Nobody except weebs are interested in learning Japanese. Jänkarinsults aside, Japanese is actually a pretty useful business language, so I have no idea what you are talking about (depends on the job obviously) Spanish on the other hand is nearly useless if you don't live in Murica |
Comic_SansJan 29, 2016 3:06 AM
Nico- said: Conversations with people pinging/quoting me to argue about some old post I wrote years ago will not be entertained@Comic_Sans oh no y arnt ppl dieing i need more ppl dieing rly gud plot avansement jus liek tokyo ghoul if erbudy dies amirite |
| Yeah. But I don't have time to actually start learning:( |
| "There's your truth and there's my truth. As for the Universal Truth - it doesn't exist." |
| I like the language but I'm satisfied with what I pick up from anime. Don't have that much interest in entirely learning a new language. |
JosineJan 29, 2016 11:02 AM
| Yes, starting March I'll participate in a Japenese course :3 |
| lmao at option 4 yea i study it..... GOML >:D |
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| Lol. both option 1 and 4. Only watch subs and learning little Japanese everyday.. But that's only for understanding anime better. I don't have the slightest interest in going to Japan or doing a full course language training in Japanese. |
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| Yes and no, i am interested to learn japanese but i am too lazy to do it. But in another context, anime is surely make me love japan as the whole. |
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| interest in the language but not really prefer learning them cause I know how hard is it, life's too short to learn Chinese and Japanese |
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| Got inspired, tried to, learnt the hiragana and katakana alphabets, and then gave up because of the structure and kanji which are too difficult for my rigid brain. English is hard enough. |
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| Well sure, though visual novels did it more since so many of them don't have translations in the first place |
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| I guess. I am trying to find a teacher/institute, but everything related to Japan is rare in my country, and thus very expensive. And limited. |
Seiya0890 said: But its still disgusting from my point of view, and from the word's point of view, therefore its disgusting. Wise words. |
| Yes, a little. Sure it would be nice to be able to play untranslated VN and watch RAW anime, but learning it seems to be harder than learning English. |
 (っ◔◡◔)っ 𝓘 𝔀𝓲𝓼𝓱 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓪𝓵𝓵 𝓱𝓪𝓿𝓮 𝓪 𝔀𝓸𝓷𝓭𝓮𝓻𝓯𝓾𝓵 𝓭𝓪𝔂 ♥ |
| The language? Well yeah, I had my Nihonggo subject and it helped me during oral presentations and had been praised for pretty good accent *.* |
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| Yes, I started attending Japanese courses at a close university last year. Mainly started cause I want to play VNs etc, but Im also planning to go to Japan for a month in 2017. |
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Nvortex said: Eminem said: No, I'd rather learn languages that are useful. This. The fuck is Japanese going to do for my life. Mandarin, Spanish, or French can help me land a job or bump up my pay. Nobody except weebs are interested in learning Japanese. Bruh Japanese is one of the most useful languages. Idk about you but my phone, my brothers phone, my mom's phone,my TV,my gaming consoles (all three of them),my computer, my car and even my washing machine are all Japanese. Also my dad had to visit Japan every year or so for work purposes. So yea.. |
Gesu-Jan 29, 2016 2:56 AM
| Not really. Like, I like the language in anime, because the lipsinc is better and all, but it has never occured to me that I actually want to speak Japanese. |
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| Yes, though I've always been interested in learning Japanese, even before watching anime bc dem samurai mang Really sad that I missed the opportunity to take a Jap class in uni this semester ;__; |
You are afraid to die, and you're afraid to live. What a way to exist. Neale Donald Walsch |
| Nah I'm not interested in Japan enough to want too and it probably would be useful in my daily life. I like anime but because it's from Japan. If any language it would probably be Spanish. |
| I grew up with watching anime The thing that spiked my interest is when I started to get deeper into jrock and visual<3 Most of my family knows a little bit because I forced it on them to understand what im trying to say in japanese. They had no choice but to understand! |
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| Yes but I was already studying English and Spanish (and Swedish since I'm from Sweden hah) at the time so starting Japanese too felt like a little too much. So for now I'm saving it for later. |
| Yeah, Back then most people who knew me often told me that I was born in the wrong country. I even bought Japanese dictionaries and asked this Japanese student in my school to tutor me to learn Japanese. Lol |
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| Yeah, it made me want to learn japanese quite a lot. Unfortunately, lack of time, money and resources has made it quite a hard task. I still hope to learn it in the future. |
Don't talk to me about character development if Kaizuka Inaho or Slaine Troyard are in your favorites. |
| Nope, i just picked some up some words but don't care about enough to learn the language, since it will not currently benefit me in any way |
| Nope,its the other way around. Learning Japanese got me interested in anime. |
| When I was a kid, I wanted to learn English so that I could read my favorite authors in original. Now I'm writing on an English-language forum for fun. But now my favorite authors are Japanese, so now I'm learning Japanese. I wonder if when I'm older I would get into some other culture (alien?) and start learning their language too... Anyway, big yes. |
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