Why Japanese?

Thursday, September 12, 2013

2:23 PM

こんにちは。

Some of the first television shows I watched as a kid were Japanese animes (translated into English, of course). I still enjoy watching anime and reading manga. For a good long while now, I've wanted to be able to understand the Japanese without having someone else translate it for me. So now I'm taking a Japanese class at Princeton University. Not just because of anime or manga, though. I'd like to learn more about the Japanese culture and perhaps be able to visit Japan someday. In past years, I've studied a little French and Latin, so I wanted to try something completely different as well. Those are a few of the reasons I chose to take Japanese.

Even though it has only been two days, Japanese 101 is one of my favorite classes of the day. I'm especially excited at the idea of learning the three scripts. I am finding it difficult to listen carefully and repeat phrases back accurately, but I suppose that's true for most of my classmates.

So that's all for right now.

P.S.  (2:57 PM) Writing the Japanese at the top was very interesting! It was a lot simpler than I thought it would be. Though it took a little while to figure out, I enjoyed experimenting with it greatly.