What's the most easy way to learn Basic Japanese words?
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I found a website where they teach some basic japanese pharases. There is even an audio link to these words which should help you in learning the pronounciations.\n\nHope it helps you.\nhttp://www.transparent.com/languagepages/Japanese/JpPhrases.htm
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The easiest way to learn any language bar non is by making a friend who is fluent in the language you want to learn and knows very little of your language (or will agree to speak mostly in their native tongue). I know of this from experience. I was fluent is Italian and had moderate French knowledge when I moved to Japan 5 years ago due to my husband being in the military. I knew not ONE word of Japanese. I bought books, Cd's, DVDs, PC programs etc and  learned close to nothing as Japanese is an EXTREMELY difficult language to learn. Then, once I made a Japanese friend who spoke close to NO English, I started picking up so fast it was unbelievable. I am now FLUENT in Japanese and it took all of 6 months. I could get myself around in about 1 month. Many people had recommended this to me and now tried and true I recommend it to you. There are a couple of ways to find friends for such as well. Finding language exchange partners on-line is easy or visiting local colleges culture clubs which most members are second language English generation. Good Luck on your endeavor!!
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Consider language exchange with a Japanese person wanting to learn English. Many have had some schooling in our language and have enough of the basics down for understanding but want to improve and are willing to help you learn! \n\nIf you work with a Japanese "penpal" for this purpose its free. \n\nTry this: http://www.japan-guide.com/local/  \n\nFor awesome beginner lessons to get started on your own, try japanese.about.com
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I would suggest a class. Learning the pronunciations and the symbols are difficult alone. With a tutor you can learn the katakana and kanji symbols the correct way because there is a process of writing symbols that needs to be done. Also repitition is also a good thing to do when learning Japanese.
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Let's see...\n\nI'd recomend japanese.about.com for japanese if what you wnat are the basics.\n\nI'm a native spanish speaker so I haven't checked it out, but I'm guessing they have a spanish.about.com too.\n\nHope they help.
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The are some good books to start off with. They cover the basics of Japanese grammar and give you some understanding of how you should think when you switch to Japanese from English.\nOne is,"Japanese for busy people" 1 & 2 \nThey are good for absolute beginners. Also I recomment "A dictionary of Japanese grammar"\nIt explains the most useful rules of grammar that you will make use of a lot in everyday conversation.\nAnother bit of advice, I would say get books on Japanese slang and colloquialisms etc. It's best to start straight off speaking a natural brand of Japanese rather than sound like a walking textbook when you finally come here.\nGood luck.\nIt's actually not that hard to learn to communicate if you have the right motivation.
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It is possible to teach yourself, believe it or not. I started out with 'Modern Chinese: A Basic Course' by The Faculty of Peking University. It's put out by Dover and has a CD with native speakers, both male and female, to accompany the text. Quite old, so kind of 'communist', but describes the sound system in detail, gives you a good foundation for the grammar - the basic sentence patterns.\n\nAnd a nice book on the writing system: Teach Yourself Beginner's Chinese Script, put out by Teach Yourself Books.\n\nLater on, I found a very nice (and free!) course on the Internet. Here's the URL: www.hanyu.com.cn/en/default.asp\n\nThis will give you more modern vocabulary, how to use it in conversation.\n\nAlso if you want you can learn Chinese characters, they have very nice animations which slowly take you through each character, like an invisible hand drawing them for you so you know the order and direction of the strokes (every detail IS important - if you don't get it right and you learn with the wrong order or direction, it'll come back to haunt you when you are writing the characters fast and they just 'don't look Chinese'...).\n\nI believe they also have a Japanese and a Korean version of this site - don't have the URL for it handy.\n\nFinally, a nice dictionary for beginners: Oxford Starter Chinese Dictionary.\n\n祝你好运气！Zhu4 ni3 hao3 yun4 qi! Good luck!
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There are lots.  Try searching the web for "kanji tutorial," or check out one of the links below.
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http://japanese.about.com/blbeginner.htm
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You should grab a copy of the book "Remembering the Kana" by James Heisig.  You may be able to find it at your library or from Amazon.com.  If you find a more recent version of the book it will teach you both the hiragana and the katakana.  You should be able to master both in a matter of hours (over the course of a few days at least) with this excellent book.  It worked for me!
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You asked "is Japanese easy (to learn)?" I have learned Japanese for more than two years and I can tell you it is not easy at all. It isn't like English--You can study all the grammar at the first place then the problem is only about vocabulary. Japanese grammar system is very complecated.  English native speakers may not understand its honorifics! However, comparatively speaking, Japanese language is somewhat easier for the Chinese or Korean.
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Japanese for Dummies... great book. Otherwise, I'd suggest getting a human teacher. I take Japanese in school... and I find it easier than Spanish. Imagine, no future tenses. Easy words. Easy sentence-structures. It's... awesome. I suggest you go and find a living-person to be your teacher. ^_^ Or take a trip to Japan for a month, you'll pick up Japanese really fast, then!\n\nHiragana has 46 characters\nKatakana has 45 characters\nKanji has too many characters
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I'm going to assume you want a pronunciation guide, so I'm going to do this in preference to cleaning the bath ... ; )\nAlphabet followed by romaji/katakana/hiragana\na ei エイ／えい\nb bii ビイ／びい\nc shii シイ／しい\nd dii ディイ／でぃい\ne ii イイ／いい\nf efu エフ／えふ\ng jii ジイ／じい\nh eichi エイチ／えいち\ni ai アイ／あい\nj jiei ジエイ／じえい\nk kei ケイ／けい\nl eru エル／える\nm emu エム／えむ\nn enu エヌ／えぬ\no oo オオ／おお\np pii ピイ／ぴい\nq kyuu キュウ／きゅう\nr aaru アアル／あある\ns esu エス／えす\nt tii (or te)　ティイ／てぃい　(テ／て）\nu yuu ユウ／ゆう\nv bui (or vii) ブイ／ぶい　（ヴィイ／ゔぃい）\nw daburyu ダブリュ／だぶりゅ\nx ekkusu エックス／えっくす\ny wai ワイ／わい\nz zeddo ゼッド／ぜっど\n\nNot very simple I know! ; D
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best/easiest is to install the Japanese input IME (must have your original Windows XP CD, and do the following:\n\nControl Panel->Regional and Language Options->Languages->Install Files for East Asian Languages\nand\nControl Panel->Regional and Language Options->Languages->Details->Add->Japanese\n\nyou will hafta reboot, then learn to use the IME.\n\nor you can just ask me to do it.. ;-)\n\nYou can then input any Japanese (kana and kanji) in almost any application (graphics and word processors included), as well as view Japanese websites.  This is how I have been entering/creating Japanese text within graphics programs, web sites, and Flash.  \n\nYou probably want something like this:\nhttp://www.torimoto.net\n\nFeel free to contact me if you'd like help.
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Get a "LEARN JAPANESE" DVD...\n\nthey aren't terribly expensive (I see them advertised in flight magazines)... and you can learn ANYWHERE\n\neven in NC.
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These sites can help you in your search. \n\nLearn Japanese - Phrase A Day\nhttp://japanese.about.com/blpod052701.htm\n\nLearn Japanese Online\nhttp://www.rosettastone.com/ind/catalog;jsessionid=D67633744CDCF1F3A4C46472075259EB?affiliate=overture4&language=jpn\n\nEnglish to Japanese Dictionary\nhttp://www.freedict.com/onldict/jap.html
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Hi Larry, try these links.\n\nLanguages other than English.\n\n\nhttp://www.word2word.com/\n\nhttp://www.freelang.net/\n\nhttp://www.languageguide.org/\n\nhttp://www.nvtc.gov/lotw/index.html\n\nhttp://www.japanese-online.com/\n\nGood luck.\n\nKevin, Liverpool, England.