Learning a new language?

[Eddie Teach]

Only nuclear arms.

[garbon]

Only nuclear arms.

Hug you.

[Josquius]

Slime forest -> kanji damage -> struggle

[Monoriu]

Japanese kanji is the easiest part of the language 

[Josquius]

Japanese kanji is the easiest part of the language 

It is also the base through which the language should be learned.

[Savonarola]

I've used Duolingo (which, unfortunately, doesn't offer Japanese) and Memrise in tandem for French, Spanish and Italian.  I think they work reasonably well.  You could probably use Rosetta Stone in place of Duolingo.

News in Slow... is a good podcast once you have mastered the basics.

I've found that some of the blogs on FluentU have decent tips for more advanced podcasts.

[Brazen]

Do you have Meetup groups or similar? They have regular get-togethers for native speakers and learners to mingle and try out conversations at all levels.

[The Brain]

Thanks for the tips. I shall dive into stuff and see.

Yeah I heard that there's a sex difference in Japanese. I shall endeavour to be manly.

Is it OK to speak 16th century Japanese if I wear an appropriate outfit?

[viper37]

The one thing with using samurai and ninja movies... the Japanese they speak is not necessarily modern conversational Japanese.

yeah, he should tried animes instead.

[CountDeMoney]

My 13 year old niece has been taking Japanese for a few years now;  has such an ear for it, she's been winning awards in school for it.

Think she's getting a little Dances With Snow Monkeys on me, though...when I told her what the Japanese translation for the capital of Hawaii was, she got all tsk-tsky.  Apparently "Honoruru" is not only incorrect, but makes tweenager girls roll their eyes.

[Josquius]

Hawaii and japan is really weird.  It's like their 48th prefecture.  There's japan then theres America then theres hawai.  Pronounced with only one I.

[Jacob]

My 13 year old niece has been taking Japanese for a few years now;  has such an ear for it, she's been winning awards in school for it.

Think she's getting a little Dances With Snow Monkeys on me, though...when I told her what the Japanese translation for the capital of Hawaii was, she got all tsk-tsky.  Apparently "Honoruru" is not only incorrect, but makes tweenager girls roll their eyes.

I think your "Asian stereotypes from the 70s LOL!" schtick only really is well received by a subset of old white Americans.

[CountDeMoney]

I think your "Asian stereotypes from the 70s LOL!" schtick only really is well received by a subset of old white Americans.

Thanks.

[Ed Anger]

I enjoyed it. 

[CountDeMoney]

Bet it made your Nippons hard.