| Hi guys, I think the title covers it all. I was wondering of any of you is learning (or allready learned!) Japanese since or because you started watching anime. Just to understand anime better, because you are going (or went) to travel to Japan or for your own social development? I'm very curious. I myself just started learning Japanese because I like the language itself. I also considered to do a study for the Japanese language but in the end choose not to (due to the lack of certainty in terms of job guarantees). I'm wondering what your opinion is! ^^ |
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| Anime made me want to learn Japanese but I don't really want to bother learning it alone and I don't really know anyone who is interested in learning with me. |
| YEAH..... and thats are what we called WEABOOOOOO >learning Japanese to understand anime better.. bloody moron |
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MeinKaiser said: YEAH..... and thats are what we called WEABOOOOOO >learning Japanese to understand anime better.. bloody moron That's indeed also not my motivation but there are people who do so. Just wondering if other people are also learning Japanese. |
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MeinKaiser said: So if next to japanese i want to learn german, latin, spanish, and french and just wanna be a polyglot am i still a weaboo?YEAH..... and thats are what we called WEABOOOOOO >learning Japanese to understand anime better.. bloody moron |
kuuderu said: Is it just me or is this extremely sarcastic?Nope, you're just want to be more educated person. To criticise for such intentions is really moronic. |
Dandy-san said: I'm learning it, I actually can understand about half the stuff they say without subtitles it's pretty funny how much the subtitles change exact meanings to make it more understandable for English speakers, learning the language really changes your experience Amazing. I'm wondering when I will master that stage xD |
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kuuderu said: Then I must be spending too much time with wrong people...No sarcasm or irony.. Just my opinion. |
kuuderu said: There is nothing wrong with a desire to learn something. No matter what your reasons are, you develop yourself. Well people who don't work on intellectually developing themselves think that desire to learn something is stupid and I just mistook you for one of those people. Sorry~ |
ashishkaull said: ShikaruNYAPPY said: Hi guys, I think the title covers it all. I was wondering of any of you is learning (or allready learned!) Japanese since or because you started watching anime. Just to understand anime better, because you are going (or went) to travel to Japan or for your own social development? I'm very curious. I myself just started learning Japanese because I like the language itself. I also considered to do a study for the Japanese language but in the end choose not to (due to the lack of certainty in terms of job guarantees). I'm wondering what your opinion is! ^^ I want to learn Japanese as it will help me play some cool Jrpg's . Is it easy to learn and how long will it take before I can play them without trouble ? Any advice on how and ways to learn will be appreciated ? It's very cool to see you also want to learn some Japanese! Well, I only just started learning Japanese seriously three days ago. I created a profile on Memrise (.com) and then you may select the language(s) you want to learn. You can set a goal for yourself how long you want to study each day. I set mine on 15 minutes a day. This mean you are literally learning words for 15 minutes, not al the time in between (so I guess I'm busy for half an hour a day). With my working schedule, my study and sporting hours, this is really easy to combine and still learn the language you want to learn. Also, in Holland you can take home study courses. Never participated tough. I hope this helps you. Maybe @Dandy-san can also help? |
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ashishkaull said: Oh ! I Will try that site . Few years ago My neighbor used to learn French through Audio Video Compilation . Any advice related to books PDF that can teach basics in Japanese ? No, never researched it myself. I did went to view day for the Japanese study and they gave a beginner lesson. They told me they first learned all the Hiragana and Katakana characters. Maybe you can start with this too? This is also taught in the beginning at Memrise, by the way. |
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| Find a Japanese native to talk to. Maybe not the easiest but the best way to learn Japanese. |
| no, that's why subtitles are here for. lol |
| No I'm learning it because I like the culture and the language + learning new languages is awesome Not because I want to watch Chinese cartoons without subs |
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| I just recently started learning Japanese so I can read untranslated visual novels. I don't care about speaking or writing it. |
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| japanese isn't very useful outside of japan, and yes |
| I'd hate to break it to you but anime is really not that popular as you think it is in Japan. The anime crowd there is like the Marvel/DC crowd in the West. A minority. |
| I haven't learned any Japanese words from watch anime, it does make me interested in learning Japanese though. I don't think i'm going to try though because I had to take two classes a foreign language in high school and I took Spanish and I almost failed both courses of it. |
| I kinda got idea once... to start learning japanese but then i considered everything- why i need japanese if i wount live in Japan and for traveling to Japan i only need english cuzz english language know everyone ... And to learn japanese only for anime or manga... that is crazy! But not stupid- that is grate to have sucha big determination! But why waste your time if u only ll use this dificult language only for anime and manga... kinda disapointing. But for all those who are learning japanese- HAVE LUCK AND STRONG DETERMINATION! I hope that everyone wount even know that your 1st language is not japanese! (u ll be soo good at it) PS. But for me even if i dont want to learn japanese- watching anime sub or from anime names i learned so far quite a loot words but i doubt i ll be ever able to understand writing and long sentences. :DDD (i know that the same have hapened to a lot of u guys too) |
| My main reason to learn Japanese would be to play their games. understanding anime better is a + but japan keeps alot of their games to them self's. Makes me cry every time i hear a new monster hunter isnt coming to the west. q.q |
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| I gave up, I'm already stupid enough when it comes to English, let alone Kanji |
| はいはい！ I started watching anime because I moved away from other Japanese speakers. I prefer anime to normal TV shows because all the words are spoken clearly. Also cause I'm too stupid to read hard novels. Good luck with learning the Chinese characters though, I'm still barely at the N3 level because of it. |
| in the west: "I'm learning Japanese because I like anime" typical response: omg you noob f*** weaaboo go kill yourself. in Japan or with Japanese natives: 日本のアニメが結構好きなんで、日本語を勉強しはじめた。 I started learning Japanese because i like Japanese animation. typical response you'll get from real people: いいね。頑張ってください。 nice! good luck with your studies. ... |
| You can buy lossless digital music from your favorite Japanese artists on https://ototoy.jp/. The songs are all DRM-free and you can re-download your purchased albums as you wish. Show your support to your favorite artist if you can! ps. if you are looking for Japanese albums, you have to search it in Japanese (not romaji). Just copy and paste the name. For those who want to learn Japanese through anime Resources for learning the language |
| I'm not smart enough to learn the kanji stuff, though i understand the anime i watch without the subs...btw the more complicated one between eng and jap is definitely former, when it comes to understanding through hearing - the english is on a different frequency =_= it's like eror 404 - my brain simply reject the english >,> ah the question - no, i don't try to learn it anymore, though i once did and failed. |
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| Um I learn by watching anime? Certain simple sentences and words just for the fun of it. |
Gin-chan said: Anime - it's not something that can be thought of in a hall for conferences. It is made out of strange juices current from the brain of animators.  |
| anime made me to learn some japanese even when i dont want to .. |
| Anime is not a reason for me to do so. I learn bits of Japanese when hearing same stuffs several times in anime but I'd rather have a Japanese friend teach me instead. |
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| I'm slowly learning it and will probably study it too. Here in France making a living out of it is doable with the amount of manga and anime we're importing (and destroying with our dubs). I'm also learning to cook japanese so beware ladies and gentlemen, I think it's a severe case of weeabooism. Might be contagious. |
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Clebardman said: I'm also learning to cook japanese you cook Japanese..? >__<;; i'm not Japanese, so i'm safe :p |
| You can buy lossless digital music from your favorite Japanese artists on https://ototoy.jp/. The songs are all DRM-free and you can re-download your purchased albums as you wish. Show your support to your favorite artist if you can! ps. if you are looking for Japanese albums, you have to search it in Japanese (not romaji). Just copy and paste the name. For those who want to learn Japanese through anime Resources for learning the language |
DreamingBeats said: Clebardman said: I'm also learning to cook japanese you cook Japanese..? >__<;; i'm not Japanese, so i'm safe :p Errrr, you know, "cook japanese dishes" or something like that. I'm more confortable with a spoon than a keyboard mate :p. But I'm pretty sure you'd make a cute tonkatsu hahahaha.  |
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| I learn Japanese by hanging out with the Japanese businessmen at the strip club. Key words seem to include "kane" and "oppai" |
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| Its one of the first signs that you are either a weeabo or turning into one. |
| I know katakana and hiragana, it was a fun learning process. Trying to learn some kanji but it's hard. I don't wanna learn it because of anime, it's just beneficial for me to understand the language when communicating with the japanese scene of certain fighting games. And I'm also currently in Japan and it's more rewarding navigating around yourself rather than having to rely on Google translate. |
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| i learning japanese because there are historical events between japanese and my county, beside japanese are one of subjects we should learning in my highschool. i only got some word from animu. japanese is hard dude. dont even think you can learn japanese only from anime, you need talking with native japanese peoples directly. also i like history, and talking with foreigners. in my points, everyone who learning japanese aren't a weeaboo. |
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YaDiList said: True, I think a lot of people don't realize that the way people talk in anime and the way real japanese people talk is sooo different.japanese is hard dude. dont even think you can learn japanese only from anime, you need talking with native japanese peoples directly. |
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| Anime's encouraged me to keep learning Japanese. But it isn't the main reason I want to learn the language. I'm genuinely interested in Japanese culture and would like to travel there someday ^-^ But alas, my level is no better than intermediate |
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| If I could learn the entire language in a month I would. But there's no reason for me to learn the language just to watch cartoons. I don't plan to visit Japan nor do I know anyone who speaks it. So it would be basically useless. |
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| I've learned the general words over time from watching anime but might take a class on it soon because I would maybe want to live there for a while or forever in the future. |
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