r/Japaneselanguage

i tried looking up online but there wasn't really an answer for it. Is this a thing i can attach to any verb or...?

Heyy! My Japanese learning story is kinda long so I will try to keep it short. I started studying jpn in high school and I took the AP test and I got a 3 which is kinda bad considering i was learning it for four years. I took jpn classes in my hs. After hs I took a year break studied here and there but I want to restart. I feel ashamed and embarrassed of how bad my skills are even though I studied for so long. To put it in perspective, i can pass n4 but barely and I can barely speak the language.

This happened so fast my brain still hasn’t processed it properly.

I was watching a random Japanese street interview clip earlier and someone said something and I just… understood it.

No subtitles.

No mentally translating word by word.

No pausing the video every three seconds like a detective trying to solve a crime.

I just heard the sentence and knew what it meant instantly.

The crazy part is I didn’t even realize it happened at first. My brain registered the meaning before my conscious thoughts caught up. Then like two seconds later I froze and rewound the clip because WAIT. Did I actually understand that??

I replayed it five times just to make sure I wasn’t hallucinating.

And now I’m having this weird crisis because if you ask me to explain the grammar I probably couldn’t even do it properly. But somehow my brain absorbed enough Japanese over time for that sentence to just click naturally for a moment.

Language learning is so weird.

You spend months feeling like nothing is sticking and then suddenly your brain decides to surprise you out of nowhere.

Anyway the next sentence completely destroyed me and I understood nothing again so we stay humble 😭

I want to start learning japanese from base level. Can someone tell me from where I can learn it, it's fine even if it's paid.

If any of you have taken N5 or plan to take it, could you recommend some free and relevant mock tests?

Just wanted to test my learnings

I am learning Japanese in school right now and I'm wondering if my introduction is correct?

Also how do you say you love something? I know _____ ga suki desu is for stuff u like so how would I say I love something??

Here is my Introduction. Tip r appreciated!

はじめまして

私はエリンです。

ニュージーランドでうまらましたばからニュージーランド人です。

私の誕生日は三月二十一日です。

すしがすきです。あにめがすきです。まんががすきです。

どうぞよろしく。

Released IMS module for QMK/Via. It's a Japanese thumb-shift character input module but transcends closed language implementation and gives free chosen simultaneous key-press operation.
[GitHub repository](qmk_firmware/keyboards/ymdk/ymd40/air40/keymaps/via_ims at IMS-module · pinekz/qmk_firmware)

BASE US layer 0

Language layer 3

As a native Japanese speaker, one thing that surprises me is how difficult Japanese can become at an advanced level.

A sentence can be grammatically correct and still sound unusual to native speakers.

Many learners think vocabulary and grammar are the hardest part.

But natural Japanese often depends on context, tone, and how people actually speak.

Even Japanese people sometimes explain things with:
"It just sounds more natural."

For people learning Japanese:
What part feels the most difficult or unexpected?

As a Japanese native who immigrated to the US while quite young and have forgotten many things about the Japanese language, there is one thing I'm very curious about.

I noticed that there are Japanese people who say "見して" instead of "見せて". Is this just a regional thing? I don't remember hearing this when I lived in Western Japan.

There is an English YouTuber who I follow speaking fluent Japanese, and I've even heard him saying this.

Would someone please explain this mystery to me? It's driving me crazy.

I don't mean "father" as a parental figure, I mean "father", like a priest. In English, let's say there is a priest called "Kuro", you would call him "Father Kuro". But, in Japanese, how would that be? "___黒" or "黒___"?

Hi! I am learning Japanese about one year and half. Today I found out, that usually after that long time I should be N4-N3. But I am not even N5!!! 😭 Please, tell me someone, that its not only me. I don’t want to give up but …

Hey I’m new here and new to learning Japanese. I don’t know much but I’ve seen the use of Chan, Sama, San, Kun, etc. when do I use these?

Also is it inappropriate to use it with English?
Example: if I’m speaking to someone that is Japanese in English and I refer to them and use their name could I use Chan etc and it still be respectful?

I’m currently studying Japanese From Zero! 1 and using Anki to memorise the vocabulary from each lesson. I only move on to the next lesson once I can remember most of the words and feel comfortable with them.

The problem is that once I’ve finished my daily Anki reviews, I’m not really sure what to do next. I can’t do more reviews, but I also don’t want to move on to the next lesson too early.

I already know hiragana and katakana, so I was thinking maybe I should start learning kanji?