Welcome to Learn Japanese Now. My name is Chris. This is my on-going blog of someone who is learning Japanese and all the excitement, difficulties, shortcuts, methods, and overall fun that I’m having learning Japanese. It is my hope that you will be able to avoid some of the pitfalls that I have experienced and learn something too!
More about me. I’m from Southern California. I go to Japan at least once a year and I am studying Japanese with the help of a private tutor. As I work full-time, I only have 1 hour a week to meet with the tutor and 1 to 2 hours a week to actually study. Some weeks are without study as I have a hectic schedule and travel a bit for work. Please excuse me if I don’t post as often as you might like. Adding this blog is adding another item to manage in my life. But I would like to do this as I know that when I focus on the blog I will also be focusing on my Japanese studies. Perhaps I should have named this blog “Study Japanese Now!”
My goal is to post relevant topics on Japanese Language study and tools and aids I use to learn this interesting and sometimes unusual language. I personally find that Japanese is not difficult. What is difficult is the vocabulary and kanji memorization. Surprisingly enough, I don’t find the grammer all that difficult, just different.
Please feel free to comment and let me know what techniques or learning methods you use. I’d like to make this a collaborative environment.
Thank you for reading and I hope we will all learn better together!
