Thinking of taking Japanese....?
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learning the basics are pretty easy but the older you get the harder it is.  i've been taking it since kindergarten and now i'm in  8th grade but it isn't a stupid language it is actually VERY FUN!!!! i would recommend taking japanese you get to have parties with sushi and most of it is really good \ni hope this helped u with your question
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you wont be able too. you could use a image and insert that into your html code. \n\nTo view japanese on your comp, you need to install a language pack. this is why when you go to a chinese site, it asks you to install a language pack. \n\nTake a picture, of find a picture of your word, and use that.
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Get a book first. Learn some basic stuff (couple of nouns, verbs, adj...etc) and see if you have anyone that speaks the language around you. \nReading Roomaji (the way pronounciation is written) is pretty easy. "fu" is "fu" in Roomaji, and never "f" or "ph" like English (this used to confuse the hell out of me when I was younger).\nIf not, going to Japan is the best way. Oh yeah, you'll learn fast (esp, "kore ikuradesuka?")
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You can download some free teaching software from the internet to learn basics. But to learn it for good, you do need to go to Japan and actually speak it.\n\nIf you are serious...Here you can get one of the best software to learn a foreight language...\n\nhttp://www2.rosettastone.com/en/general/ppc/overture/jpn\n\nHave fun!
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you might try learnig to spell JAPANESE first- just a thought
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♡Well, Tokyo is very big and you don't say where in Tokyo you'll be so, I'll just give you a few choices and depending on where you are, you can look into them if you're interested. Most City Hall offices offer FREE (or very CHEAP) Japanese language classes for foreigners. They're pretty good classes and the people are very kind and helpful. Good luck and I hope this helps!♡\n**For example, here's some info on classes offered in Itabashi:\nhttp://www.city.itabashi.tokyo.jp/icief/iciefboard/english/mar_17_e.pdf#search='tokyo%20City%20hall'\n**Or Meguro:\nhttp://home.h08.itscom.net/crayons/Japanese%20Class.htm\nhttp://home.h08.itscom.net/crayons/Map.htm\n**Or you can choose schools from these English lists:\nhttp://www.aikgroup.co.jp/j-school/english/alphabet/menu/t.htm\nhttp://www.murasakishikibu.co.jp/jls/
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Living Language is a good company to use. I have Spanish and Japanese learning course. They are very easy to use and to understand. Here is there web site to check out.\n\nhttp://www.randomhouse.com/livinglanguage/
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To be honest, it is very difficult, unless you also speak Japanese. Unless you can find position in some multinational companies, your only choice is to teach English to Japanese. There are some English learning centres in Tokyo, however, I think you need to have a work permit. Teaching English to Japanese, like me, could be very difficult and annoying. Not to upset you, however, learning Japanese is not difficult at all, if you really want to work in Tokyo. You can claim to be a Japanese expert one day.
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Guide or teacher it is best to have the help of a person who has gone before.  To start you should learn hiragana as you can write everything in it.  But, you should not neglect katakana.  And, you should start in using kanji as soon as you've hiragana down.  Japanese is a mix of all three.  While you are learning hiragana you can learn to pronounce Japanese.  That part is very simple. To learn by yourself you will need some books on grammar.  I think grasping the grammar and learning to read and write kanji are what makes Japanese seem difficult.  Kanji just takes time. You can learn about 100 a year.  You just write them CORRECTLY over and over.  and it gets easier and begins to make sense.  When you write them also you learn the pronunciations (the Chinese and Japanese readings called onyomi and kunyomi.)  Japanese syntax is SubjectObjectVerb.and is aided by postpositionals called particles or joshi in Japanese.  A good book on grammar should have ample examples of this.  And, the other difficulty is verbs and their conjugations.  Learning hiragana will help you with this, you will see.  Just realise that you are going to have to put some time in to learn it.\nI found that teachers can help with the kinds of things that we learn in school.  Reading and writing kanji would be one of the things that I found classes helpful with.  But, it was a college class on Japanese overall.   And, also friends in particular native speakers will inform you of your shortcommings.  They are teachers.\nI taught Japanese in college here and basically you need to know hiragana.  Katakana is used like we use italics for foreign words and for emphasis.  It is the same syllables as hiragana over again. Learn hiragana first.\nI basically taught Japanese grammar as I thought that the most important  to learn and yes there are various levels of politeness but you only need to learn one to start and the verbs and endings that go along with that.  You will learn the others almost automatically.  As Japanese is frought with polite expressions.\nI repeat  you need to learn the postpositionals (particles) and the verb conjugations... knowing hiragana will help you with this.
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Some magnet schools (including elementary schools) in Chicago teach Japanese, as do some prep schools.  My (private prep) high school in Virginia didn't teach Japanese, but our brother school did.  So some of the better high schools in all parts of the country do teach it, though a lot do not.  I think Chinese is the new hot language for prep schools to teach, and this has taken away from Japanese.\n\nIf you love learning Japanese, you should consider doing the JET Programme after college (http://www.jetprogramme.org).  It's a good way to improve you language skills, make some money, and live somewhere a little different.
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I have not used it for spanish but for Japanese.  The program itself is okay but I don't feel it's worth the money.  It gives a picture, then says a phrase.  It never formally tells you what the phrase means or what each part of the sentence means.  It basically teaches you by immersing you in the language, not a good study for if you'd want to learn it completely in my opinion.
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♡This question gets asked often and most of the sites given in reply are those listed. Please check them all and find the one or ones that work BEST for YOU! Hope this helps. Good luck and enjoy learning Japanese!♡ \nThe best site seems to be:\nhttp://yesjapan.com/.\nBut these sites may be useful as well:\nhttp://www.freejapaneselessons.com/\nhttp://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/wwwjdic.html\nhttp://www.learn-japanese.info/\nhttp://genki.yousei-ziploc.com/main.php\nhttp://www.learn-japanese.net/webpages/1/\nhttp://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/nihongo/contents.html\nhttp://www.japaneselearning.com/index.php?option=content&task=category&sectionid=2&id=8&Itemid=27\nhttp://www.japanippon.com/japanese/classroom.htm\nhttp://www.kanachart.com/\nhttp://www.kanjisite.com/\nhttp://www.nhk.or.jp/lesson/\nhttp://home.inter.net/kenbutler/cyber.html\nhttp://www.ajalt.org/sj/\nhttp://kana.gerke-preussner.de/\nhttp://users.tmok.com/~tumble/qadgtj.html\n\nCheck the language exchange Network:\nhttp://www.sharedtalk.com/
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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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If you think that your ready, just take it. if it's just about learning the language, i think that you should do a pretty good job.
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Japan would love to have you!  If you're in college, see your study abroad office for home-stay and study abroad opportunities.  Most are the same cost a semester's tuition, though there are scholarships you can apply for.  If you've already graduated, look into teaching positions (like the JET Program) so you can study in Japan during your free (non-teaching) time.  I live here, teach English, study Japanese when I can...and love it!  Good luck!
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I love physics and astrology too but ended up studying japanese. I still regret it a bit. Studying japanese has given me a lot but I still wonder what would have happened had I followed my dream.\n日本語を勉強してよかったけどな。。。\n天文学を勉強すればどうなったのかな？？？
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Your easiest entre to Japan would be to take an opportunity teaching English.  (Perhaps your breadth of language skills would allow you to teach other languages as well, but English is still in highest demand).  Check into some of the websites below.