My Tips For Japanes Learners①
I have been thinking of a convenient tip for Japanese learners as I am a language learner.
In my case, I have studied English for a long time. However, I do not think I am very good at English. Then, I sometimes stress out. English is totally different from my mother tongue. Google translation is not a friend of Japanese language.
I appreciate that English speakers, who study Japanese or can speak the language fluently, are able to understand how different Japanese is from English or other languages.
that is why I decided to write down these tips on the notebook. If my tips are helpful for you, I would be grateful.
They are just my opinions. So, if it is not convenient, try to find other tips please.
1, Do not worry about your pronunciation, please.
Most of Japanese people try to understand what you want to say and explain in Japanese. Do not care of your Japanese pronunciation. The language is not English. Otherwise, context in conversation is very important because Japanese language has many same words. For instance, はし means 端(edge), 箸(chopstick) and 橋(bridge) at least.
2, Try to remember all of the three literal characters in Japanese, please.
We have three characters as ひらがな, カタカナ and 漢字. If you give up Kanji, you might never understand Japanese. Because we frequently try to understand our conversation from Kanji when we are confused. Some words are quite similar as I wrote above. If you have 100 Kanji, it must be useful to remember the next one. I know someone who tries to remember three Kanji every day. I really think that makes sense. You could find a Kanji textbook for peers. Do not feel ashamed. A lot of Japanese people make mistakes to use proper Kanji.
3, Do not be obsessed by the Japanese one-sided culture such as manga, but try to understand the Japanese Keigo custom, please.
Manga is a part of Japanese culture. The field of Japanese culture is pretty huge. You are expected to enjoy learning Japanese. The more you are interested in other things, the more you can enjoy it.
In addition, this is the most important thing. If you like Japan, you should understand Japanese custom in speaking. Japanese people are very sensitive to politeness and rudeness. I sometimes see someone trying to speak to me with Kansai dialect for the first time. Unfortunately, it is just rude.
When in Rome, do as the Roman do. In Japan, there is the same word '郷に入れば郷に従え'. I hope you can read the writing one day. You can do it :)
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My Tips For Japanes Learners①
I have been thinking of a convenient tip for Japanese learners as I am a language learner.In my case, I have studied English for a long time. However, I do not think I am very good at English. But then again, I sometimes stress myself out / get stressed about it. English is totally different from my mother tongue. Google translation is not a friend of Japanese language.
I appreciate that English speakers who study Japanese or can speak the language fluently are able to understand how different Japanese is from English or other languages.
That is why I decided to write down these tips on the notebook. If my tips are helpful for you, I will be happy would be grateful.
They are just my opinions. So, if they do not help you, it is not convenient, try to find other tips please.
1, Do not worry about your pronunciation, please.
Most of Japanese people try to understand what you want to say and explain in Japanese. Do not worry about care of your Japanese pronunciation. The language is not English. Otherwise, context in conversation is very important because Japanese language has many same similar words. For instance, はし means 端(edge), 箸(chopstick) and 橋(bridge) at least.
2, Try to remember all of the three literal characters in Japanese, please.
We have these three characters as ひらがな, カタカナ and 漢字. If you give up Kanji, you might never understand Japanese. Because we frequently try to understand our conversation from Kanji when we are confused. Some words are quite similar as I wrote above. If you have 100 Kanji, it must be useful to remember the next one. I know someone who tries to remember three Kanji every day. I really think that makes sense. You could find a Kanji textbook for peers. Do not feel ashamed. A lot of Japanese people make mistakes when trying to use proper Kanji.
3, Do not be obsessed by the Japanese one-sided culture ? such as manga, but try to understand the Japanese Keigo custom, please.
Manga is a part of Japanese culture. The field of Japanese culture is pretty big / huge. You are expected to enjoy learning Japanese. The more you are interested in other things, the more you can enjoy it.
In addition, this is the most important thing. If you like Japan, you should understand Japanese customs in speech / when speaking. Japanese people are very sensitive to politeness and rudeness. I sometimes see someone trying to speak to me with Kansai dialect for the first time. Unfortunately, it is just rude.
When in Rome, do as the Roman do. In Japan, there is the same word expression '郷に入れば郷に従え'. I hope you can read the writing one day. You can do it :)
Use "I would be grateful" only when you imagine circumstances in which someone helps you and you would then like to thank them.
I don't know what you mean by "one-sided culture".
"huge" is an ungradable adjective.
Your language is generally very clear and very accurate. Well done. Michael
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My Tips For Japanese Learners①
I have been thinking about some useful tips for Japanese learners as I am a language learner myself.In my case, I have studied English for a long time. However, I do not think I am very good at English and sometimes it stresses me out. English is totally different from my mother tongue. Google translation is not a friend of the Japanese language.
I appreciate the English speakers who study Japanese or can speak the language fluently, as they are able to understand how different Japanese is from English and other languages.
That is why I have decided to write these tips in my notebook. If my tips are helpful to you, I will be grateful.
These are just my opinions so, if you do not find them helpful please look elsewhere.
1, Do not worry about your pronunciation.
Most Japanese people will try to understand what you are trying to say and explain in Japanese, so don't worry about it. The language is not English. Instead, focus on context in conversation, as it is very important due to Japanese having many similar words. For instance, the words: 端(edge), 箸(chopstick) and 橋(bridge) are pronounced はし (Hashi).
2, Try to remember all of three of the Japanese writing systems.
We have two syllabaries, ひらがな (Hiragana) and カタカナ (Katakana), as well as 漢字 (Kanji) (Chinese characters which have been adopted into the Japanese writing system). If you give up on Kanji, you might never understand Japanese because we frequently try to understand conversations using Kanji when we are confused. Some words are quite similar, as I stated above. If you know 100 Kanji, it is always worth learning more. I know someone who tries to remember three Kanji every day and I really think that makes sense. You could find a Kanji textbook for peers. Do not feel ashamed. A lot of Japanese people make mistakes when using proper Kanji.
3, Do not be obsessed by Japanese one-sided culture such as manga. Instead, please try to understand the Japanese Keigo custom.
Manga is a part of Japanese culture, but Japanese culture is not limited to that alone. You should enjoy learning Japanese and the more you try other things, the more you will enjoy it.
Most importantly, if you like Japan, you should understand how the Japanese culture affects the language. Japanese people are very sensitive to politeness and rudeness. I sometimes see people using Kansai dialect when trying to speak Japanese for the first time. Unfortunately, this is considered rude.
When in Rome, do as the Romans do. In Japan, there is the same word '郷に入れば郷に従え'. I hope that one day you are able to read it. You can do it :)
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Kansai dialect is sometimes too casual. And when foreigners speak the accent, it sounds weird. When people in Kanto speak the accent, it also sounds awkward.
I mean Japa has the Japanese custom and rule. The UK has the British custom and rule. Learners are supposed to know about individual ones when studying lanaguages. They deeply connected with each other in my opinion.
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Do you mean that Kansai dialect is rude? Or because foreigners don't know how to use it and end up sounding offensive to you?
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Hi Steve. Thank you for your feedback. I will make it better for Japanese learners.
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