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ssjevot 02/19/21 4:14:56 AM #36:	KYOJIROKAGENUMA posted... Wow exactly Excellent explanation. I have actually never been to Japan, and I've been told the same thing by many people. Studying books by yourself can only get you so far (lol I have a minor in Japanese too, so embarrassing) A huge thing in Japanese is that words do not map onto English words very well. Not even loanwords from English (here is a fun video on that: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIgJR5ZQe94 ). I recommend using words you understand the nuance of well rather than trying to use more words. It is very easy to make a nuance mistake even if you have seen a word many times. Lived here for four years now. Been reading Japanese in games/manga for almost two decades and I still make mistakes every day. Don't ever expect to be perfect. It's never going to happen. These people chasing no accent, perfect Japanese, sound like a Native or whatever are just ruining their experience. You learn a language to talk to people in that language, for work, and/or to consume media in that language, not to trick people into thinking you're a native speaker. Who cares about that, they will know you are foreign no matter how hard you try, so just accept it and enjoy yourself instead. --- Favorite Games: BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Street Fighter III: Third Strike, Bayonetta, Bloodborne thats a username you habe - chuckyhacksss <cite>ssjevot posted [p:950825447] in ITT: Japan... [t:79293002]...</cite> <quote>KYOJIROKAGENUMA posted... </cite> <quote>Wow exactly Excellent explanation. I have actually never been to Japan, and I've been told the same thing by many people. Studying books by yourself can only get you so far (lol I have a minor in Japanese too, so embarrassing)</quote> A huge thing in Japanese is that words do not map onto English words very well. Not even loanwords from English (here is a fun video on that: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIgJR5ZQe94 ). I recommend using words you understand the nuance of well rather than trying to use more words. It is very easy to make a nuance mistake even if you have seen a word many times. Lived here for four years now. Been reading Japanese in games/manga for almost two decades and I still make mistakes every day. Don't ever expect to be perfect. It's never going to happen. These people chasing no accent, perfect Japanese, sound like a Native or whatever are just ruining their experience. You learn a language to talk to people in that language, for work, and/or to consume media in that language, not to trick people into thinking you're a native speaker. Who cares about that, they will know you are foreign no matter how hard you try, so just accept it and enjoy yourself instead. --- Favorite Games: BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Street Fighter III: Third Strike, Bayonetta, Bloodborne thats a username you habe - chuckyhacksss</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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