Do you learn japanese language? Why?

Rilene

Joined April 2014

Topic Starter

Rilene 2014-10-16T15:25:24+00:00

Question: Do you learn japanese language? Why?

Choices

1 - Future (jobs, family and etc) that will happen in japan.
2 - Because anime and manga. (it is pretty fun to learn though)
3 - I like japan (includes food cuisine, culture, song (not just anime songs...), climate and anything that isn't just anime and manga).
4 - I learn japanese language because <insert your reason here>
5 - I don't learn japanese language because <insert your reason here>

Mine is "1".
Seriously, I had my dream job that will related with Japan.

Well, since I know many (not that much of all the world (but most of the osu players though)) people like japan (many choices though, not just anime and manga as a reason), I just wanna ask some surveys from players here...

So feel free to share your thoughts and comment.

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0taku

28 posts

Joined January 2014

0taku 2014-10-17T06:15:27+00:00

I learned hiragana and learning basic kanji so I can just buy manga online instead of waiting for scanlators and english publishers for Manga and Light Novels

Rilene

2,105 posts

Joined April 2014

Topic Starter

Rilene 2014-10-19T00:22:22+00:00

[ Z0MBIE ] wrote:
I learned hiragana and learning basic kanji so I can just buy manga online instead of waiting for scanlators and english publishers for Manga and Light Novels

Ok, one survey collected~
Waiting for other surveys.

TheNekoNextDoor

446 posts

Joined March 2014

TheNekoNextDoor 2014-10-19T10:03:38+00:00

Reason 1, mainly. Plus, learning another language is useful.
Also, if I get Vocaloid (Miku V3 bundle), I can use all of the packages to make original songs instead of just the English one. I mean, I really want to use Dark Append! ;;o;;

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Rilene

2,105 posts

Joined April 2014

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Rilene 2014-10-19T10:28:35+00:00

TheNekoNextDoor wrote:
Reason 1, mainly. Plus, learning another language is useful.
Also, if I get Vocaloid (Miku V3 bundle), I can use all of the packages to make original songs instead of just the English one. I mean, I really want to use Dark Append! ;;o;;

Ok, 2 survey collected~
Btw, I'm 1 like you too..

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DeletedUser_3905941 2014-10-19T10:35:57+00:00

Reason 5:
Learning Japanese won't benefit me in anyway.
99% percent of the people I've met online say they only want to learn Japanese to watch anime without subs or read manga without translation.

Rilene

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Joined April 2014

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Rilene 2014-10-19T10:50:24+00:00

RedPanda wrote:
Reason 5:
Learning Japanese won't benefit me in anyway.
99% percent of the people I've met online say they only want to learn Japanese to watch anime without subs or read manga without translation.

Ok, at least someone here knows the unreasonable (it really is though) reason to learn japanese, because it is like a waste of brain memory and time of learning when you stop watching untranslated or subbed anime and reading untranslated manga. (I also agree with that) But still fun to learn anyway~

And another survey collected~

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Rizumu Tenshi

609 posts

Joined May 2011

Rizumu Tenshi 2014-10-19T11:19:27+00:00

I can't really answer this unless I use Reason 4:
I learn the Japanese language because:

Technology before everything and I expect a visit to Japan to learn from their tech
Reason 2
Reason 3
Reason 1
Once I get the hang of the Kanji I'll be able to uncover all there is to be known about any Anime I watch.

復活しても未ログインだったが、正直stdはもうやらない。いざmania。

Rilene

2,105 posts

Joined April 2014

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Rilene 2014-10-19T11:29:44+00:00

Baka Tenshi wrote:
I can't really answer this unless I use Reason 4:
I learn the Japanese language because:
Technology before everything and I expect a visit to Japan to learn from their tech
Reason 2
Reason 3
Reason 1
Once I get the hang of the Kanji I'll be able to uncover all there is to be known about any Anime I watch.

Pretty a nice reason though (their technology is so advanced... ;-; (and also their creative-ness))
And also good (non-essential) to include reason number "2".

Survey collected.~

-AGENT DJ ANGEL

54 posts

Joined September 2013

-AGENT DJ ANGEL 2014-10-27T15:30:37+00:00

2 - Because anime and manga. (it is pretty fun to learn though)
3 - I like japan (includes food cuisine, culture, song (not just anime songs...), climate and anything that isn't just anime and manga).
4 - I learn Japanese language because I want to learn how to speak as many languages as I can.

My Soul, Your Beats

Trauter

213 posts

Joined March 2014

Trauter 2014-11-01T14:15:59+00:00

3 - something around 40%
1 - I think 60%

B1rd

2,974 posts

Joined December 2013

B1rd 2014-11-01T15:01:44+00:00

because I am a weaboo obviously

FrzR

2,237 posts

Joined October 2012

FrzR 2014-11-10T13:11:12+00:00

Because JRPG games are so good and english publishers don't offer localization in which I hate so much.. God Eater 2

Athrun

1,049 posts

Joined December 2013

Athrun 2014-11-11T11:03:30+00:00

1. To play games that are Japanese e.g. Gundam Extreme Vs Full Boost
2. Something to take away when I get older
3. It interests me
4. Read manga. (Wish anime but I'm more of a reader)

-Kyousei-

-Kyousei- 2014-11-18T13:58:09+00:00

to quickly understand the anime raws

MisticAssassin

0 posts

Joined November 2013

MisticAssassin 2014-11-18T14:18:46+00:00

4. I want to work for a government agency, and figured learning a critical language would be a nice start.

lemonadejuice_old

36 posts

Joined June 2012

lemonadejuice_old 2014-11-22T03:18:07+00:00

4. I learn Japanese language, because (at first) it's mandatory at school (no, no.. I'm not live in Japan or somewhere near it). But then I always enjoy manga / anime and stuff as I child (even not as intense as right now), but now i learning it because of... anime and visual novel

kamikin_old

286 posts

Joined June 2014

kamikin_old 2014-11-29T19:36:09+00:00

3

Sorry if my name sounds arrogant!

Friendan

229 posts

Joined April 2014

Friendan 2014-11-29T20:51:43+00:00

Sirade wrote:
because it is like a waste of brain memory

You'd have to live for a very long time in order to run out of "brain memory"
What you're saying is that I should stop playing video games because I enjoy them?

da da da

Mr Capuce

330 posts

Joined April 2014

Mr Capuce 2014-11-30T02:10:01+00:00

4 - I learn japanese language because, I really want to speak with other in Japanese and want to learn a lot of things in there

Elementaires

658 posts

Joined January 2013

Elementaires 2014-12-04T01:15:33+00:00

4 - I learn Japanese because i picked it at school.. i had to choose between a lot of languages, and Japanese was the one that came to my mind

kaetwo

111 posts

Joined October 2012

kaetwo 2014-12-08T10:33:53+00:00

Reason 1 + 3. I took it for a year but I'm too lazy to continue on. orz

[Kanzaki Ranko]

327 posts

Joined June 2009

[Kanzaki Ranko] 2014-12-10T01:08:24+00:00

1, 2 and 3. Mostly 1, though.

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Esupanitix

393 posts

Joined June 2009

Esupanitix 2014-12-24T02:51:19+00:00

5- I don't learn the Japanese language because I tried but I didn't know how to pace myself so I burned myself out after learning hiragana and katakana. Kanji a fucking shit.

No seriously I know how to read hiragana/katakana (Which helps for basic words and names) but I know NOTHING ELSE.

Yes, I get it, my profile doesn't show up to anyone but me. I don't understand it either, but surely there are better conversation topics than my lack of a viewable profile.

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Yonpachi_old

63 posts

Joined November 2013

Yonpachi_old 2014-12-25T12:44:03+00:00

B1rd wrote:
because I am a weaboo obviously

^this

Anxient

1,573 posts

Joined June 2014

Anxient 2015-01-22T14:35:55+00:00

4. I (want to learn) Japanese so that I can actually read Japanese books and besides, I intend to go to japan for education. Japanese is a friggin cool language anyway /o/.

Revolving door of hobbies.

Alarido

1,744 posts

Joined September 2012

Alarido 2015-01-27T15:38:12+00:00

While I'd started with Option #2, currently I found my reason fits better into Option #4 (although Option #2 remains valid for me).

Japanese has some good ideas for constructing languages

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before Geomagnetic Field Inversion Cataclysm
wipe all Cities from the Earth surface
and reset our Technology very soon!

a1l2d3r4e5d6

1,189 posts

Joined February 2014

a1l2d3r4e5d6 2015-01-28T15:03:05+00:00

4 - I want to learn Japanese because I want to add it to my 'known language' collection. That and I want to understand what they're saying in Gaki no Tsukai...

"We've all been asleep for the past 16 years."

Foxtrot

1,165 posts

Joined April 2012

Foxtrot 2015-01-29T08:18:30+00:00

I learned some of it at school but I just know the basics. I was thinking of picking it up again.

HazeL

175 posts

Joined July 2013

HazeL 2015-01-31T06:41:31+00:00

Because anime and manga. (it is pretty fun to learn though)

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