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YookaLaylee
04/27/22 9:58:29 PM
#51:


I have a low intermediate level understanding Spanish already . Id choose Japanese so I can import manga that never got translated to English

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Solid Snake07
04/27/22 10:01:13 PM
#52:


Japanese would be pretty useless to me for anything besides taking a trip to Japan, so Spanish

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Joelypoely
04/27/22 10:27:58 PM
#53:


Spanish, as I have Mexican and South American friends

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Naysaspace
04/27/22 10:28:34 PM
#54:


why are people picking japanese

is it like shortcut to waifuville or what

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Glob
04/27/22 10:29:49 PM
#55:


Naysaspace posted...
why are people picking japanese

I did explain my reasoning.
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YellowSUV
04/27/22 10:47:52 PM
#56:


Naysaspace posted...
why are people picking japanese

is it like shortcut to waifuville or what

1) Spanish is WAY easier to learn for an English speaker

2) To be able to read stuff like manga. There is a ton with no/poor translations

3) Although likely not as useful in everyday life in most places in the world, fluency in Japan can be very lucrative with the right translation jobs. I know someone who as obtained native speaker level fluency of Japanese and he has a very nice translation job in Japan.

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SpiritSephiroth
04/27/22 11:10:27 PM
#57:


Naysaspace posted...
why are people picking japanese

is it like shortcut to waifuville or what

Literally huge media influence around the world. Their shows, music, Jpop, idols, influence in videogames and manga/anime.

Is it any wonder why lol

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Vicious_Dios
04/27/22 11:14:31 PM
#58:


Strider102 posted...
Japanese because I already know the Spanish.


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itachi15243
04/27/22 11:15:52 PM
#59:


Japanese.

It'd be way easier to learn Spanish and I already understand Spanish fairly well

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Tyranthraxus
04/27/22 11:16:16 PM
#60:


I disagree that Spanish is more useful around the world. it might be more useful in America specifically but that's it. Even if you don't watch that Naruto crap there's tons of extremely lucrative business opportunities you can get for being a Japanese interpreter that there's just no equivalents for in Spanish.

Spanish is only more useful around the world in a context of more countries speak it as their main language.

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HungryLuma64
04/27/22 11:20:50 PM
#61:


Anime language babyyyy

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Master Kazuya
04/27/22 11:22:01 PM
#62:


Spanish

It's useful, sounds cool, and I can talk to and impress Spanish speaking women

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Ving_Rhames
04/27/22 11:22:17 PM
#63:


Spanish cuz it's actually useful.

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TheVipaGTS
04/27/22 11:26:22 PM
#64:


Spanish. As others have said more useful where I am, but also I work and live in a heavily Mexican populated area. Knowing spanish would give me an extra edge with the hot mamis >_>

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SpiritSephiroth
04/27/22 11:26:50 PM
#65:


Where did people get the notion here that Japanese is not useful?

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TheVipaGTS
04/27/22 11:35:26 PM
#67:


SpiritSephiroth posted...
Where did people get the notion here that Japanese is not useful?
It is useful. Just not to me where I live currently. I can think of plenty of times Spanish would be useful tho.

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I4NRulez
04/27/22 11:41:27 PM
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Seeing as how a number of people in this topic themselves have said it's for anime/manga and video games my point stands.

and if I were to learn a new language for hypothetical business purposes I still wouldn't pick Japanese. It would be Spanish or Mandarin. Even German or Hindi would come before Japanese in terms of business. Hell, Arabic would have more practicality.


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I4NRulez
04/27/22 11:43:04 PM
#69:


SpiritSephiroth posted...
Where did people get the notion here that Japanese is not useful?

Learning any new language is useful but unless you have a specific use for it Japanese is far down the list for practicality.

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MrWingnut
04/28/22 12:31:53 AM
#71:


Spanish. It seems it would have more practical value to me.
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deoxxys
04/28/22 12:32:58 AM
#72:


ha lol weebs
ima weeb

If you live in America learning Spanish is far more useful.
Even if you moved to Japan knowing perfect Japanese, the culture and your lack of being Japanese would make life horribly difficult and frustrating.

I guess the one benefit would being able to watch anime without needing to read the subs but then again it might awaken you to the fact that a lot of what they say is kinda cringe and no better then watching the english dub (other then the wider diversity of VAs in japanese language).

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deoxxys
04/28/22 12:37:13 AM
#73:


bknight posted...
Japanese so I can watch my anime without subtitles, like it was intended.
I always need subs, even for English because many times I still cant understand what people are saying.

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YellowSUV
04/28/22 12:39:44 AM
#74:


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I don't think many people realize Japan still has the 3rd biggest GDP in the world.

It also can be argued it is 2nd in soft power / cultural power in the world.

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darkbuster
04/28/22 1:05:17 AM
#75:


Japanese has far more career opportunities. Japan is home to some of the most powerful companies on the planet, such as Sony & Honda. The ability to operate as an expat in Japan could serve as the basis for powerful career building. Also, Japanese would include kanji, which would give me solid foothold of Chinese language. Spanish isn't nearly as useful in that regard, unless I wanted to enter the medical field.

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DocDelicious
04/28/22 1:06:43 AM
#76:


Neither will ever be useful to me.

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Gobstoppers12
04/28/22 1:12:38 AM
#77:


I watch a fair amount of anime, and it'd be really nice to understand the dialogue without the risk of bad translations impacting the story or humor.

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YugiNoob
04/28/22 1:43:46 AM
#78:


deoxxys posted...
ha lol weebs
ima weeb

If you live in America learning Spanish is far more useful.
Even if you moved to Japan knowing perfect Japanese, the culture and your lack of being Japanese would make life horribly difficult and frustrating.

I guess the one benefit would being able to watch anime without needing to read the subs but then again it might awaken you to the fact that a lot of what they say is kinda cringe and no better then watching the english dub (other then the wider diversity of VAs in japanese language).
Objectively false

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Ving_Rhames
04/28/22 1:56:06 AM
#79:


Why are Japanese voters so bent out of shape. Your language is winning!

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YugiNoob
04/28/22 1:59:46 AM
#80:


Because all the Spanish voters be acting like my home state doesn't exist :(

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deoxxys
04/28/22 2:25:43 AM
#81:


YugiNoob posted...
Objectively false
What but theres literally tons of Mexican and other Spanish speaking immigrants all over America.

Also I am Puerto Rican and I would love to be able to converse with the people whom share mine and similar cultures.

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Ratchetrockon
04/28/22 2:35:11 AM
#82:


Japanese. Me speaking it would be a nice surprise to my old hapa friends who are bilingual. They even wanted me to learn japanese so i can understand them half of the time since theyd switch between english and japanese with eachother. I found that aspect of them a bit annoying tbh.

Also would be cool to not have to wait for anime/manga/light novel translations

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YugiNoob
04/28/22 2:35:43 AM
#83:


deoxxys posted...
What but theres literally tons of Mexican and other Spanish speaking immigrants all over America.

Also I am Puerto Rican and I would love to be able to converse with the people whom share mine and similar cultures.
Is Hawaii not part of America anymore?

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deoxxys
04/28/22 2:37:04 AM
#84:


YugiNoob posted...
Is Hawaii not part of America anymore?
it is

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TheVipaGTS
04/28/22 10:20:16 AM
#85:


YugiNoob posted...
Is Hawaii not part of America anymore?
Yea but thats one place out oflike the entire rest of the nation lol Japanese right now, while useful, for many is more of a novelty thing than a practical thing in America.

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Srk700
04/28/22 10:39:39 AM
#86:


I was going to say Spanish, but it's apparently much easier to learn, so I'd probably go with Japanese. Plus if a game I'm playing has superior voice acting with the Japanese cast, I can play it with that instead of sticking to the English voice just so I don't have to read subtitles.
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Trumpo
04/28/22 10:46:15 AM
#87:


I want to learn Spain Spanish, the Dominican and Puerto Rican Spanish I am used to has so many shortened pronunciations and slang.
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Sczoyd
04/28/22 10:47:02 AM
#88:


That's a tough one. Japanese would be great to learn to watch anime, play games or just visit Japan. I have zero interest in anything in Spanish...
but I almost never encounter anyone who speaks Japanese let alone only Japanese, I do sometimes encounter people who speak only Spanish

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bigblu89
04/28/22 10:47:52 AM
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In my current life situation, Spanish would be much more useful for me.

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UnfairRepresent
04/28/22 10:49:21 AM
#90:


Japanese, because 1) it's much more difficult and time-intensive to learn Japanese than Spanish as a native English speaker (the kanji by themselves take forever to learn) a

This

I could learn Spanish pretty easily if o wanted too

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deoxxys
04/28/22 4:43:25 PM
#91:


People say learning Spanish is easier, but I took that class all of my school life and learning a new language fluently is not easy no matter what language it is.

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AssassinFox
04/28/22 5:03:01 PM
#92:


deoxxys posted...
People say learning Spanish is easier, but I took that class all of my school life and learning a new language fluently is not easy no matter what language it is.

It's still much, much easier to learn Spanish than it is to learn Japanese if you're a native English speaker.
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YellowSUV
04/28/22 7:45:26 PM
#93:


AssassinFox posted...
It's still much, much easier to learn Spanish than it is to learn Japanese if you're a native English speaker.

This. Spanish essentially uses the same alphabet as English for starters.

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