Why did you decide to start learning Japanese, and why have you continued learning it?

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  coolguyarik

  2025-07-16

  日本への憧れと「日本語話せたら面白そうかな」と思って始めたんだけど、日本で家族を築きたくなって、日本国籍を取得するのを目指しています

• TH

  thisiseight

  2025-07-16

  日本語を学ぶ理由は、家族と話すことだ

• GU

  guarana1230

  2025-07-16

  日本の学校に通っているから 日本語からは逃げられない（？）

• SH

  shutaro10_20

  2025-07-16

  I’m a native Japanese speaker.

• 11

  111_smokey_111

  2025-07-16

  Well i am planning on living there in the future so yeah I'll probably need some basic japanese

• BA

  baker_boy

  2025-07-16

  スームズでてりやきバーガーセット購入したい

• DW

  dwoo_0312

  2025-07-16

  As a guy who has traveled to Japan more than anywhere else since elementary school and has been enjoying Japanese media since junior high, I wanna connect to the Japanese culture further by learning Japanese. Also, it feels rewarding to communicate with locals (despite my poor listening skills).

• HO

  hoshimi.ka

  2025-07-16

  Because i am half Japanese but raised in Mexico and I feel bad for not being able to properly communicate with most of my family at my grown age😭

• WO

  wolfy_813

  2025-07-15

  cus I live in japan

• LO

  lockbart

  2025-07-15

  I wanted to learn a new language and Japanese was the winner. Points in favour of Japanese: Completely different way of thinking. Interesting stories (books, light novels, manga ...) Exciting writing system (lots of alphabets, no spaces) A friend wanted to learn Japanese. (unfortunately he decided against it) Today it's more meditative learning, with the hope that I'll figure it out one day and I don't like to give up.

• JI

  jifeng3177

  2025-07-15

  'cos I am Japanese and I live in a Japanese environment and my first language is Japanese

• S1

  s1mply.raven

  2025-07-15

  I wanted to learn Japanese to make connections with more people and to make enjoying Japanese media easier. I’ve continued to learn for those reasons, it motivates me to keep going

• KA

  kazvm1_

  2025-07-15

  なんとなく

• RA

  rannisc0nsort

  2025-07-15

  about 6 years ago when i wanted to start learning, about a month ago is when i started

• NA

  narwallcanart

  2024-11-02

  planning on living there when I finish uni because im going to get forced to marry a man 🗣️ 🗣️

• HI

  hitmehardermakemestrong

  2024-11-02

  Because I want to visit Japan, work too maybe and they're not good with English

• CO

  coolguyarik

  2024-11-02

  始めたの理由は、子供の頃からずっと日本のことが大好きだったから日本語も気になりました。まだ続けてる理由は、日本で家庭を築きたくなってきたから、試練として日本語を学んでいます。僕の夢のために、誰かに幸せと安心をさせるように、今この僕の全てをあげれなければ日本での生活に値しません

• LI

  linkyourlocalgod

  2024-11-02

  I was in a better headspace for a while and when it went back to shit I stopped

• TE

  teacupthug

  2024-11-02

  My aunt + I'd be down to visit Japan sometime

• FE

  fedor.v.emelianenko

  2024-11-01

  https://tenor.com/view/high-kick-karate-karateka-slam-kumite-gif-22593583

• WI

  willafly

  2024-11-01

  I liked how the kana (or "letters" as I called them at the time) looked 😭

• AF

  afkrobot

  2024-11-01

  I remember when I was 13 and a friend of mine asked me "Do you watch anime?" and I didn't know what she was talking about. Never really bothered with anime. I watched some on TV when I was a kid, but that was all it was to me, childhood shows. At some point I started playing "osu!", when the game hadn't been around long still. I loved the idea of a fast precision game like that and learned to love rythm games through it. A lot of the music was Japanese and I found that some of the animes I watched as a kid continued being made. I started watching anime then. I never realized how different our cultures were before, it was quite fascinating. From then on I was hooked, slowly sliding into the language more and more. I've just been slacking for years, but I am learning, slowly.

• JA

  jad_99

  2024-11-01

  Because I got very into the culture back in high school. and what keeps me going is the people I have met from japan that have been very sweet to me

• NO

  not_neutral

  2024-11-01

  I started learning it to torture myself

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