However trying to speak some Japanese while traveling or living in Japan is worthwhile, and will be greatly appreciated by Japanese people. He found Japanese a relatively difficult language to learn, even compared to other Asian languages. The author of this website spent around one and a half years in Japan studying the Japanese language part-time. Is the Japanese language difficult to learn? In modern times numerous English loanwords have been incorporated into Japanese.

Although Japanese uses the Chinese script, and a considerable proportion of Japanese words derive from Chinese, the languages are not related. Apart from the Ryukyuan languages of the islands to the south of Japan, there are no languages similar to Japanese, and the origins of Japanese remain unclear. Japanese is spoken by around 128 million people, almost all of whom live in Japan where Japanese is the national language. For learning Japanese vocabulary before testing with the practice quizzes, we host several Japanese picture dictionaries with audio as well as some interactive Japanese flashcards. Choose the Japanese topic you would like to revise, brush up on the phrases, vocabulary or characters, and then test your Japanese language skills with the language acquisition games. Unlike the mammoth task of learning the Japanese kanji writing system, the hiragana and katakana alphabets are fairly easy to learn and are a good place to begin studying the sounds in the Japanese language. We advise beginning with the hiragana alphabet section for those quite serious about progressing with Japanese. Japanese uses three writing systems kanji, katakana and hiragana.

When learning words written in katakana and hiragana it is advisable to listen to the audio that features on the vocabulary list.

Japanese study topics include vocabulary lists with audio for learning the correct pronunciation. Young kids will find the visual and colorful animals and fruit vocabulary games enjoyable, and visitors to Japan may find the phrases sections useful, as well as the numbers games and some of the basic vocabulary sections. Designed for use in Japanese language classrooms or as a self-study resource for independent students of Japanese. All Japanese acquisition games on this website are completely free to use, do not require registration or logins, and have been designed for Japanese language students of various ages, abilities and learning needs.

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