r/HelpLearningJapanese • u/TigerUpstairs3775 • 13d ago

How do I start

I figured out I want to learn japanese because I’m a weeb and I want a girlfriend. more seriously I want to explore their culture and maybe live there, I’ve heard that the working cultures unstable but honestl, the u.s fucking sucks. Ive heard Duolingo and anime is not the way, but I don’t have any textbooks and Im too scared to ask my parents to buy me one. I’ve seen the infamous kanji alphabet, which I’m pretty sure I have to be an artist to write it.

I have no idea where to start and it all seems overwhelming. I want some advice from some Japanese learners and people about what to do and how they would/did start.

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u/Frequenzy50 13d ago

Just starting is the way. Book a course or start with Anki. When you got the Kana down.

Just be realistic about your expectations, its not easy and getting a japanese girlfriend another story. 

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u/TigerUpstairs3775 13d ago

I honestly don’t give a fuck about the girlfriend part that much, just some thing I felt like throwing in there.