I’ve always wanted to learn a language, and have struggled to settle on one. I took two years of German, and while I liked the language, I was not interested in enough German culture to learn more of the language.
I’ve settled on Japanese because of how much interest I’ve expressed over the course of my life. For reference, I’m 21 and have regularly been engaging in some form of interest in Japanese media/things (Jrock/pop, JDM cars, anime, manga, art, history, etc.) for about eight years straight.
I understand becoming proficient takes around 2200 hours and is very difficult for a native English speaker such as myself. Is it worth all that time and effort? Japanese doesn’t seem all that useful outside of Japan, and what if I grow disinterested in Japan after investing a bunch of time into the language? What are the practical benefits of Japanese fluency?
TL;DR I’m unsure if learning Japanese is worth it, despite my constant, captivated interest in the country’s media/culture/products/etc. for a good amount of time.
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