Learning Japanese Since I was a kid I watched anime, and I wanted to learn Japanese. I caught on to a lot of basic Japanese words, but when I was in the 10th grade I took Japanese. I studied Japanese for a semester, but the Japanese teacher I had wasn't a good teacher. After the semester I dropped the class, and it made upset since I wasn't learning. I learned more on my own, than I did with the martial I had for the class which wasn't much. It's been almost two years since I studied Japanese, and I want to learn Japanese. Though, I don't know where to start and if I had someone to practice with it would be easier.