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Re:An introduction to Japanese by new299 on Sunday August 14, 2016 @12:22PM (#12286168)
He's mostly talking about Kanji from what I can tell. Learning Hiragana is probably a big different. It takes about a weekend and helps with pronunciation. Everybody is different, but I found it useful to at least know about...
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Re:An introduction to Japanese by redthrow on Sunday August 14, 2016 @12:32PM (#12286206)
I agree, I'd recommend learners to learn kana because you can learn it in a few weeks (as opposed to many years for kanji, and even after that many years, people - including natives - don't remember them very well).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJNxPRBvRQg

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Re:An introduction to Japanese by Ezhik on Sunday August 14, 2016 @07:58PM (#12287888)
With kana there's really no better way to do it than just writing it.

Like a certain Japanese guide puts it, "write it 100 times and drink some beer".

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