How important is sentence structure/word order? Since particles (の, は, が, etc.) show how the parts of the sentence relate to each other, is it necessary to follow a certain order, or is it more “free?”
“自業自得だよ”
Could you explain this?
こんにちは！ I’m looking for music recommendations.
What songs are considered common knowledge in Japan? Which songs are known by virtually anyone? It doesn’t matter if it’s old or new, pop or rock or techno, fast paced or melancholic.
Only thing I would ask for is that it has Japanese in the lyrics. If there’s a little bit of English (or any other language) it’s fine, but I want to study some Japanese by doing this.
i see in your title you said hello, i don’t fully have kana down yet so i put it into a translator, i noticed ha (は) was used and not (わ), the translator put wa as the rōmaji for both. are ya and wa pronounced the same normally, in this particular usage, or are they pronounced differently always? thanks in advance!
off topic but i was wondering what you generally think abt nyc compared to saitama/tokyo? i live in nyc but feel like tokyo is sooo much better as a city. also what are ur favorite places to eat here?
How are you?
Why are vending machines so popular? Are the prices not that different as if you’d buy the items in a store? Because in Germany, they’re almost double the price, so no one actually bothers to buy from them.
That’s why you only ever see them on train stations and rarely anywhere else
How do I know when to use けど as a “softener” rather than just to mean “but”? ちなみに、返信は日本語でもOKです
私の満身が青になりました。普通ですか。それとも…医者に行ったらどうですか。
とにかく初めまして。
エディット：どのよう四字熟語が一番好きですか。
僕は何でまだ独身ですか？！
Why are flower and nose the same word. Same with “no” and “house” 😭
Are there any resources that you would recommend in learning how to form sentences or be able to understand one? I tried learning the grammar rules such as particles, topic marker,s etc, and some kanji vocabulary.
However, unless it is a sentence I’ve learned and memorized the meaning by heart, either I’m unable to form an understanding of the sentence, or my interpretation of the sentence is very far off the actual meaning. Thank you in advance!
How difficult to understand are Japanese dialects for you?
こんばんはニュージーランド人です日本語の学生です元気ですか?
What are some hidden gems in Saitama? I plan to visit and was wondering about small secret locations. Anything that could be interesting like a nature spot, shrine, cafe, …
Could you recommend books for people at an intermediate level (N3-N2) that make you not want to stop reading?
The material I have read so far at this level (コンビニ人間、かがみの孤城、カラフル) has been pretty boring which does not help me stay focused while reading it late at night >.<
Thank you very much!
(Even if you are not OP, feel free to reply! The more the merrier 😉 )
What YouTube channels you would recommend for immersion and with simple/comprehendible Japanese?
I’m Mexican, and I love japanese culture and obviously the language. But I also suffer from social anxiety and I’m extremely afraid of speaking with Japanese people, because I don’t want them to think I’m stupid, weird or very exotic haha. I also don’t want to bother you, guys or being disrespectful because of the manners difference. Do you have any advice regarding approaching Japanese people for the first time? Do you think I’d need to study even more things related to japanese manners so they don’t think I’m being rude or disrespectful? 🙁
I appreciate that you want to help people like me! I hope you’re doing great, by the way uwu !!!
Are there any good children songs for beginners to learn the basics? Thanks!
What are your favorite Japanese jokes or puns?
This is a kind of a joke question but it’s going to lead into a serious question… do Japanese people hate kanji as much as learners tend to… but in seriousness is there a way to kinda… learn the symbols
How much grammar do you actually really need to know? JLPT N3 is generally the standard for basic survival, but as more and more people use slang like やばい, マジで, 超[verb], is it still important to learn complex grammarical concepts for basic survival in Japanese society?
I myself have been able to communicate with my peers in casual language while gaming and I have hardly found the use for complex grammar. I have been focusing on building my vocabulary instead. (now part way through N1)
Where can I find Musashi’s quotes in actual japanese?
Would you say as a native, learning Japanese is ‘pointless’ for anything other than interest?
My bad if that comes across wrong, I’ve just started but I think of how long it’ll take to improve to maybe only speak with a few natives for a week if I ever go to Japan.. other than that how else? 🥲
What is the high school life like? I’m planning on doing a year abroad my senior year in order to go to college there.
This is probably a stupid question but I have wondered about this for quite some time. Are there people in Japan with bad (as in “ugly”) handwriting? My handwriting isn´t the tidiest and I struggle quite a bit with writing nice kanji and I have always wondered if people would be able to read what I am trying to write. I also had never seen anyone with bad handwriting write in Japanese.
Is there a online website or web forma where people can go and discuss the language and help newbies learn?
know any study/reading materials that is good to have?
How much Japanese do you think one should know before considering immersion learning?
I don’t want to seek a Japanese tutor just yet, so what would be the best resources for learning Japanese?
I’m really loving the fact that OP hasn’t answered a single question yet, lol. I guess technically they never said they would.
Jokes aside they’re probably busy, I hope you can get to my question OP.
How did you learn kanji when you were growing up?
Have you been to the fake FamilyMart in Queens yet?
What’s the japanese version of the JRE?
How accurate is the reputation of Saitama?
What do you do when you find a kanji that you can’t read?
本を読みたいです。 何かのおすすめがありますか？
OP said he would answer question, but hasn’t answered a single one. Getting free karma for doing nothing – great strat.
ITT: “Not OP, but”
Is it just me or he hasn’t answered to a single question? 😂
Is there a reddit like site that is all Japanese?
I’ve been attempting to learn, where’d you suggest?
Assuming the country is open in 2 years, what level of speaking will I need to not entirely embarrass myself as a tourist for a week?
I hope this finds you well. My gf is native Japanese and I am planning on asking her to marry me in a few Months but wanted to ask her father first. Can you help me learn the phrase to ask him for her daughters hand in marriage ?
Yoooo this is crazy lol I wasn’t expecting my post to go like this, thank y’all for all the questions and stuff. It might take some time but I’ll read them through and respond.
For some of the questions I saw like what’s the good app to learn Japanese or what text book I would recommend, I can’t really say much about those because I’ve never used them to learn Japanese or English. I’m sorry I’m not professional teacher so my knowledges are limited when it comes to that side of learning Japanese 😬
But definitely will be able to talk about Japanese culture or meaning of sentences and stuff. Also if there’s anyone wants to practice speaking or need help for your homework, message me directly too!
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こんばんわ!
I’m a beginner learner, one question I have is:
How important is sentence structure/word order? Since particles (の, は, が, etc.) show how the parts of the sentence relate to each other, is it necessary to follow a certain order, or is it more “free?”
“自業自得だよ”
Could you explain this?
こんにちは！ I’m looking for music recommendations.
What songs are considered common knowledge in Japan? Which songs are known by virtually anyone? It doesn’t matter if it’s old or new, pop or rock or techno, fast paced or melancholic.
Only thing I would ask for is that it has Japanese in the lyrics. If there’s a little bit of English (or any other language) it’s fine, but I want to study some Japanese by doing this.
i see in your title you said hello, i don’t fully have kana down yet so i put it into a translator, i noticed ha (は) was used and not (わ), the translator put wa as the rōmaji for both. are ya and wa pronounced the same normally, in this particular usage, or are they pronounced differently always? thanks in advance!
off topic but i was wondering what you generally think abt nyc compared to saitama/tokyo? i live in nyc but feel like tokyo is sooo much better as a city. also what are ur favorite places to eat here?
How are you?
Why are vending machines so popular? Are the prices not that different as if you’d buy the items in a store? Because in Germany, they’re almost double the price, so no one actually bothers to buy from them.
That’s why you only ever see them on train stations and rarely anywhere else
How do I know when to use けど as a “softener” rather than just to mean “but”?
ちなみに、返信は日本語でもOKです
私の満身が青になりました。普通ですか。それとも…医者に行ったらどうですか。
とにかく初めまして。
エディット：どのよう四字熟語が一番好きですか。
僕は何でまだ独身ですか？！
Why are flower and nose the same word. Same with “no” and “house” 😭
こんにちは！ユーミンのあの日にかえりたいっていう曲には”今愛を捨ててしまえば傷つける人もないけど”っていう歌詞があるんですけど、よくわかりません。これは”傷つく人はいない” という意味ですか？傷つける人もないとは僕にとって変な文章だけど…😅
Are there any resources that you would recommend in learning how to form sentences or be able to understand one? I tried learning the grammar rules such as particles, topic marker,s etc, and some kanji vocabulary.
However, unless it is a sentence I’ve learned and memorized the meaning by heart, either I’m unable to form an understanding of the sentence, or my interpretation of the sentence is very far off the actual meaning. Thank you in advance!
How difficult to understand are Japanese dialects for you?
こんばんはニュージーランド人です日本語の学生です元気ですか?
What are some hidden gems in Saitama? I plan to visit and was wondering about small secret locations. Anything that could be interesting like a nature spot, shrine, cafe, …
Could you recommend books for people at an intermediate level (N3-N2) that make you not want to stop reading?
The material I have read so far at this level (コンビニ人間、かがみの孤城、カラフル) has been pretty boring which does not help me stay focused while reading it late at night >.<
Thank you very much!
(Even if you are not OP, feel free to reply! The more the merrier 😉 )
What YouTube channels you would recommend for immersion and with simple/comprehendible Japanese?
I’m Mexican, and I love japanese culture and obviously the language. But I also suffer from social anxiety and I’m extremely afraid of speaking with Japanese people, because I don’t want them to think I’m stupid, weird or very exotic haha. I also don’t want to bother you, guys or being disrespectful because of the manners difference. Do you have any advice regarding approaching Japanese people for the first time? Do you think I’d need to study even more things related to japanese manners so they don’t think I’m being rude or disrespectful? 🙁
I appreciate that you want to help people like me! I hope you’re doing great, by the way uwu !!!
Are there any good children songs for beginners to learn the basics? Thanks!
What are your favorite Japanese jokes or puns?
This is a kind of a joke question but it’s going to lead into a serious question… do Japanese people hate kanji as much as learners tend to… but in seriousness is there a way to kinda… learn the symbols
How much grammar do you actually really need to know? JLPT N3 is generally the standard for basic survival, but as more and more people use slang like やばい, マジで, 超[verb], is it still important to learn complex grammarical concepts for basic survival in Japanese society?
I myself have been able to communicate with my peers in casual language while gaming and I have hardly found the use for complex grammar. I have been focusing on building my vocabulary instead. (now part way through N1)
Where can I find Musashi’s quotes in actual japanese?
Would you say as a native, learning Japanese is ‘pointless’ for anything other than interest?
My bad if that comes across wrong, I’ve just started but I think of how long it’ll take to improve to maybe only speak with a few natives for a week if I ever go to Japan.. other than that how else? 🥲
What is the high school life like? I’m planning on doing a year abroad my senior year in order to go to college there.
This is probably a stupid question but I have wondered about this for quite some time. Are there people in Japan with bad (as in “ugly”) handwriting? My handwriting isn´t the tidiest and I struggle quite a bit with writing nice kanji and I have always wondered if people would be able to read what I am trying to write. I also had never seen anyone with bad handwriting write in Japanese.
Is there a online website or web forma where people can go and discuss the language and help newbies learn?
know any study/reading materials that is good to have?
How much Japanese do you think one should know before considering immersion learning?
I don’t want to seek a Japanese tutor just yet, so what would be the best resources for learning Japanese?
I’m really loving the fact that OP hasn’t answered a single question yet, lol. I guess technically they never said they would.
Jokes aside they’re probably busy, I hope you can get to my question OP.
How did you learn kanji when you were growing up?
Have you been to the fake FamilyMart in Queens yet?
What’s the japanese version of the JRE?
How accurate is the reputation of Saitama?
What do you do when you find a kanji that you can’t read?
本を読みたいです。
何かのおすすめがありますか？
OP said he would answer question, but hasn’t answered a single one. Getting free karma for doing nothing – great strat.
ITT: “Not OP, but”
Is it just me or he hasn’t answered to a single question? 😂
Is there a reddit like site that is all Japanese?
I’ve been attempting to learn, where’d you suggest?
Assuming the country is open in 2 years, what level of speaking will I need to not entirely embarrass myself as a tourist for a week?
I hope this finds you well. My gf is native Japanese and I am planning on asking her to marry me in a few Months but wanted to ask her father first. Can you help me learn the phrase to ask him for her daughters hand in marriage ?
Yoooo this is crazy lol I wasn’t expecting my post to go like this, thank y’all for all the questions and stuff. It might take some time but I’ll read them through and respond.
For some of the questions I saw like what’s the good app to learn Japanese or what text book I would recommend, I can’t really say much about those because I’ve never used them to learn Japanese or English. I’m sorry I’m not professional teacher so my knowledges are limited when it comes to that side of learning Japanese 😬
But definitely will be able to talk about Japanese culture or meaning of sentences and stuff. Also if there’s anyone wants to practice speaking or need help for your homework, message me directly too!
Now let me read all the comments! Haha
What question should I ask?