Learn Japanese

I haven’t been taking classes recently at all, but I didn’t want my Japanese to go rusty. Most of my friends who know Japanese have moved back home, so I’m stuck!

But recently I started:

1) Playing video games in Japanese
2) Watching JDoramas again
3) Helping scanslators translate manga

It’s easy to just skim text, but having to translate word for word is a great challenge!

I studied Japanese a lot on my own, but did take courses for 6-7 years in high school and college also! I haven’t become fluent, but what you learn teaches you how to find the rest of the knowledge you need. Usually it’s just vocabulary that you need to look up (the same as English). The grammar is a lot more organized and strict than the English language, so I think it’d be totally worth it to learn!!

I’ve noticed also, that some people are better at reading or speaking, usually because of their hobbies. The ones with better reading/grammar tend to be ones who read novels and news in Japanese. The ones better at speaking usually watch a lot of Japanese TV (not just anime) and use it more often in their daily lives.

My Japanese has gotten rusty, so I hope to start practicing again. There are a few Japanese video games I need to play through, and TV shows to watch. I might start reading manga again… hmmmm laugh Perhaps, I can get the chance to go to Japan again when I get rich and jobless! [Oxymoron?]