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[Lenyo]

Hey, I've been seriously considering it for a WHILE.

I've got tons of free time on my hand, I finish all my chores early in the morning, and I decided I want to start an intensive study on the Japanese language. And further delving into such matters later, I wish to learn to read Kanji.


I know we have a plethora of Japanese speaking people on this forum, and I don't know of any classes I can take in real life to help me learn Japanese, so could anybody here help give me tips, teach me the tricks and stuff, and help me out?

Thanks.

[Mizukithepanda]

Well, there really aren't any "tricks" that I can think of, honestly. There are tons of Japanese-language learning sites on the internet that offer intensive study, so if I were you, I'd check out some of those. One of the places I used to use was http://www.japanesepod101.com. They're pretty good and they do offer free lessons, though to get all of the pdf files and kanji-stuff you have to have a paid subscription, which kinda sucks. There are also places like http://www.jgram.org that list many different bits of Japanese grammar and explain them in short. I also know of an old (and slightly outdated) video series that teaches Japanese to English speakers. It's a little hard to find on the internet, but it works too.