The only word you need to know is takoyaki*
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a little Japanese.
Now I don’t know. It feels like I needed to start two years ago to have any shot at knowing even a tiny bit.
This is no way to run a language. These motherfuckers have THREE ALPHABETS! An alphabet for children, an alphabet for foreign words they thought were cool, and an alphabet for “fuck it, let’s just make our own Chinese.”
But I’m no quitter. So I’m gonna see how much I can pick up by June.
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 I’m taking a trip to Tokyo in June, and even though I can probably get by, I decided to try to learn - doubledown February 15, 2026, 11:51:42
- A long time girlfriend of mine passed the Japanese translator's exam and did arbitrage over there... - MtHoodIllini Yesterday, 20:44:02
- The only word you need to know is takoyaki* - Sounder February 18, 2026, 11:44:03
- There are 50,000 letters. Like, the government had to step in. - doubledown February 18, 2026, 11:41:37
- 6 times out of 10 if you say it as English in a katakana accent, it’ll be fine. - assassin February 15, 2026, 13:42:18
- send a message to youtuber xiaoma for tips. dude knows like 100 languages* - lcubed February 15, 2026, 13:18:59
- We won a war so you don’t have to learn that shit* - timmer February 15, 2026, 12:31:12
- More power to you. But having visited Japan, including Tokyo, a couple of summers ago, you can get - DocWalk20 February 15, 2026, 11:59:00
- Hai* - CWR10 February 15, 2026, 11:55:06
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