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My name is Lutece, i am from Australia and currently studying Japanese and illustration (art) at Curtin University. I hope to one day become fluent in the language and travel the world. I have been to Japan before and love it. I know some Japanese and should be able to have a conversation, however; if i am slow, or hard to understand i apologise! If you would like to talk to me to improve your Japanese feel free! I do not mind and i would love to talk to you :) If you ever come to Western Australia make sure to come say hello and i can show you around! nwn
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    there is a lot on youtube that you could check out!
    if you're going in a group make sure you have at least a day to yourself to go off and explore
    also don't say "sumimasen" too much, they only appreciate it to a point
    when you go into a store, there will be abasket to put all your things in.. (don't forget)
    also you don't give the money to them via your hands... you place it in a small tray that should be there..
    if you go when it's raining, there will be like these bag things, that you put the umbrella into, so that you don't drip it into the store, and also the chance of having things stolen in japan are pretty low, so you can leave an umbrella in the holder out the front of the shop :)
    DON'T jaywalk or anything like that, stick to the traffic laws even if there are no cars etc, it's just a really normal thing to do there
    "gaijin" is the term for outsider.. it's generally used in a negative context, but don't feel too bad about it... my teacher explained to me that even though there might be a lot of forigners in japan, due to the population many japanese people can go through weeks/ days without seeing a forigner, so they may not be being mean... just ignore it
    uhmm my friend and i had some weird experiences with old men being creepy... so watch out for that haha
    the drinking age is 20 or 21?
    you can be kept (by the police) for 24hrs without having a free call... so don't mess up or your family/friends could get very worried! (i think this is the time i can't rember perfectly)
    there are fireworks for sale.. but you generally can't use them so be wary..
    some japanese people will try and practise their english on you, so be patient... and on the other half to this many japanese people who may know english will ignore you as to not embarass themself by having bad english... don't feel bad if you get ignored :s
    hope your trip is awesome!! ^^

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    September 16, 2014
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    I think you can, there are a lot of people on record that have been able to learn a language within 6 months. I think it just takes a lot of dedication and willing to learn.. you can't slack off or let yourself forget things..
    There is a teenager in America who can speak over 20 languages and he is basically self taught (it's a hobby for him). After watching and reading things about him/from him. The things he reccommends is emmersing yourself in the grammar etc first, so you can move forward to more complex things, and watch shows/movies from the country so you can grasp the way they talk and the accent.. also try and speak to as many people as possible. even if you make a fool of yourself, they will correct you and you will learn from it. 
    A good book will also help. it's nice to have one at hand, but online there is so much avaliable as well. There are awesome people on here that will link you to things and help out :)
    Just believe that you can do it, and you will be able to!
    hope it works out! (: 

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    September 15, 2014
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    japanese particles So, i am a first year student for Japanese and i was hoping that some one could explain the particles for me. I have tried looking it up myself but much of it is very confusing, and most people expect that you have prior knowledge before explaining. I was also wondering about sentence structure, i know of the "a is b" type, but there is only so much you can use that for.. if anyone could help, it would be much appreciated!
    September 13, 2014
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