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In reply to the discussion: So, yeah... I've started trying to learn some Japanese [View all]EastMeetsWest
(191 posts)24. Well, that happens to all of us
I tried learning various languages at one time, including Chinese, but it's difficult to continue if you don't have a motivation.
My motivation for learning Japanese at the time was a Japanese girlfriend, but later, i came to respect the Japanese culture and how they have managed to come from a society that worships their emperor as a god, to one which allows me, as a foreigner, to work in the country and travel around with no problems. I love this country, and I love the fact that it is now allied with my native country, the United States.
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I learned Japanese in the 1980s and although I have been back several times in the last few years,
HUAJIAO
Jan 2022
#23
Well, I know some dynamite restaurants in Kyoto that are NOT on the tourist lists,
HUAJIAO
Jan 2022
#29
It's too bad our savantic ability to naturally acquire languages pretty much dries up at puberty.
PSPS
Nov 2021
#8
I've got a friend from a tiny Midwest town who became a Japanese interpreter.
Midnight Writer
Nov 2021
#13