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if you have a japanese 3ds or can get one, i'd suggest the new animal crossing as it has furigana. you can play it on any nintendo ds system (i've tried it on my old ds lite, dsi, and my 3ds). i recently got おいでよどうぶつの森 (aka animal crossing wild world) and i've been using it to study. I thought i'd bring back this thread to suggest something that has been working for me lately. When I lived in Denver there was always a Japanese conversation group that met weekly, so it was handy to have those reminders. I need to find someone and just practice. The other sponsor would always speak English with us, so a lot of us became lazy linguistically. One girl, our sponsor, at our dorm would only speak Japanese to the gaijin but I assumed she knew English. It helps too that I have Japanese and American Japanese friends so I can still have the desire to communicate and not forget what I've learned though I get super nervous when I try to talk. So I'm not sure why or how it got its claws stuck in me but I'd like to learn more because I got lazy for a while. It was pretty interesting being there, around a whole homogenous culture though it felt like home too at points. It was a fun challenge at the time but I never thought it was to be like my Japanez animes or that when I went to Japan it would be sparkles and Pocky. Of course anime had an influence but for me I realized I could pick up words from watching the subtitles and making connections that way so I began teaching myself.
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My dad lived in Japan and Malaysia growing up so I'd hear their stories and I'd want to go. A Buddha painting, a carved wooden screen, small figures, a fan, Japanese triptych painting of cranes, kimono, scrolls, that sort of thing. >1609 My dad's side was military so growing up my grandmother had a lot of asian art in her home. It also makes me kick my own ass to make sure I study because I actually have a solid reason for learning the language now. I'm really shy so it was hard to get comfortable at first but I found someone who is so kind and encouraging and I'm learning at quadruple speed now just from daily chitchat and bullshit. I can't stress how important it is to talk to someone. Doing quizzes and reading example sentences got me down since I never felt like I was able to actually do things on my own. Speaking to someone who doesn't give a shit about English has forced me to really think and improve. I've been lazily studying for a few years but this past year is what finally made everything stick. Old Japanese people learning English are super kind and patient. If you're nervous I'd recommend talking to some old people to begin with. Livemocha is useful for getting those first connections though. The concept is fantastic, however, and I wish I had the confidence to utilize it. Places like lang-8 aren't so great for me either since I don't really like blogging. I have a decent network of friends from the people I met there and then meeting their friends and so on. >1605 I used livemocha a few years ago to make friends.