I have been fascinated with Japanese language and culture for a long time. On 2019, I decided to pick up the language and found a very interesting world.

Until now, I learn Japanese through JapanesePod101 and Duolingo. I also read some Kanji books.

Notes

• 3 sets of characters: Hiragana, Katakana and Kanji.
• Kanji is actually traditional Chinese character.
• There are a lot of onomatopoeia in Japanese.
• 4 levels of politeness.
• There words reserved for either male or female.
• 2 tenses: present and past.
• Japanese loves to shorten words and sometimes, it is significantly shorter.
• Context is heavily depended upon. A single word can mean a lot.
• Particles are very important.
• I think Japanese doesn't have as wide range of vocabulary as other languages but it is very interesting how they used words.
• Correct pronunciation is actually pretty hard, but native speakers can understand you just fine if you miss it.
• Elongated words have different meaning.