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3 years enough to learn Japanese?

Figure I can learn to read Japanese in 3/4 years and just do...
drunken range
  03/20/17
Method? How much time spent studying?
Glittery Bistre Quadroon
  03/20/17
There are online classes that come with online skype tutors....
drunken range
  03/20/17
This is good free language learning material. What we actual...
Glittery Bistre Quadroon
  03/20/17
Sounds like a fool proof plan
Concupiscible Azure Place Of Business Famous Landscape Painting
  03/20/17
Once you learn to write Japanese the rest is easy. Met a bro...
drunken range
  03/20/17
9-5 at Fed is killing you?
Stirring parlor
  03/20/17
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Sticky Library
  03/20/17
It's boring and I have no desire to do this shit.
drunken range
  03/20/17
Office work is soul crushing for some people
Concupiscible Azure Place Of Business Famous Landscape Painting
  03/20/17
9-5?
Emerald wonderful church building
  03/20/17
Okay, it's 9-5:30
drunken range
  03/20/17
you will forgive if my heart doesn't bleed for you as I was ...
Stirring parlor
  03/20/17
Then get the fuck out. Sounds shitty. Why spend the best yea...
drunken range
  03/20/17
cq
Concupiscible Azure Place Of Business Famous Landscape Painting
  03/20/17
devastating, I have no response any Big Fed jobs going w...
Stirring parlor
  03/20/17
Nah, funding is a bit up in the air for some of the people a...
drunken range
  03/20/17
very sad!
Stirring parlor
  03/20/17
...
Electric ape spot
  03/20/17
Why not travel to Japan to learn Japanese?
Amber set
  03/20/17
Japanese will be very useful for traveling the world
cracking lilac wagecucks
  03/20/17
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Impertinent house
  03/20/17
It useful in getting the job that allows it to happen. Not m...
drunken range
  03/20/17
describe the remote job you have in mind...online language t...
cracking lilac wagecucks
  03/20/17
Japanese document review attorney. In NYC they get paid 100 ...
drunken range
  03/20/17
GL bro- I'm versed in the remote legal work market and this ...
cracking lilac wagecucks
  03/20/17
just watch anime porn anime ya PORN ga miru koto shika ya...
Charcoal Depressive
  03/20/17
Understanding japense porn would be a plus. Someone should s...
drunken range
  03/20/17
kimochi iiii!!!
Stirring parlor
  03/20/17
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Charcoal Depressive
  03/20/17
I've read that Japanese people are very insular and will not...
magenta wild theater telephone
  03/20/17
Sorry but not going to happen for you. The average Japanese ...
dashing dead tanning salon keepsake machete
  03/20/17
I've seen it done before. I'm not trying to get into the bus...
drunken range
  03/20/17
15,000 is off by an order of magnitude. not even scholars of...
Impertinent house
  03/20/17
3000 is the modal amount and enough to read a newspaper arti...
Stirring parlor
  03/20/17
Again, you get the point. Japanese kids are exposed to and l...
dashing dead tanning salon keepsake machete
  03/20/17
Again, its contract doc review. It's not rocket science. If ...
drunken range
  03/20/17
kind of a fantasy bro Japan is 180 and learning Japanese ...
gay useless theater stage
  03/20/17
I need some light at the end of the tunnel. The guy I met wa...
drunken range
  03/20/17
yeah it'll take quite awhile before you can read simple thin...
gay useless theater stage
  03/20/17
how long would it take to learn conversational Japanese?
turquoise newt location
  03/20/17
6 months of daily practice would be my guess.
dashing dead tanning salon keepsake machete
  03/20/17
it really depends. if you are really diligent, maybe a year...
chocolate federal fanboi
  03/21/17
Its almost impossible to learn a language competently past y...
Electric ape spot
  03/20/17
Just turned 30. This can't be true.
drunken range
  03/20/17
It is https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/dc/c6/b...
Electric ape spot
  03/20/17
i started russian in my mid to late 20s and became fluent
Curious Rambunctious Meetinghouse Electric Furnace
  03/21/17
No. It's not. I've studied it for over 10 years, have a d...
chocolate federal fanboi
  03/21/17
It is. Cop anki, henshall, a good grammar book, Skype lesson...
Appetizing Frum Public Bath Trump Supporter
  03/21/17


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Date: March 20th, 2017 10:03 AM
Author: drunken range

Figure I can learn to read Japanese in 3/4 years and just do that and travel the world. Going to work everyday just seems like dying a slow death.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3558647&forum_id=2#32872329)



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Date: March 20th, 2017 10:03 AM
Author: Glittery Bistre Quadroon

Method? How much time spent studying?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3558647&forum_id=2#32872333)



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Date: March 20th, 2017 10:06 AM
Author: drunken range

There are online classes that come with online skype tutors. Stuff like Japanesepod101

Also, approximately 2 hours a day. 4 hours on Sat and Sun.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3558647&forum_id=2#32872347)



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Date: March 20th, 2017 10:09 AM
Author: Glittery Bistre Quadroon

This is good free language learning material. What we actually used in the military, not that rofl Rosetta Stone bs.

https://gloss.dliflc.edu/

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3558647&forum_id=2#32872374)



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Date: March 20th, 2017 10:04 AM
Author: Concupiscible Azure Place Of Business Famous Landscape Painting

Sounds like a fool proof plan

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3558647&forum_id=2#32872337)



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Date: March 20th, 2017 10:08 AM
Author: drunken range

Once you learn to write Japanese the rest is easy. Met a bro a few years ago that does this. He works about 6 months out of the year and travels the world. There are remote doc review shit for those fluent in Japan that pay 100 per hour. I'd have no problem doing that from Starbucks 6 months per year so I could travel. 9-5 at Fed is killing me.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3558647&forum_id=2#32872362)



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Date: March 20th, 2017 10:12 AM
Author: Stirring parlor

9-5 at Fed is killing you?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3558647&forum_id=2#32872402)



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Date: March 20th, 2017 10:13 AM
Author: Sticky Library



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3558647&forum_id=2#32872411)



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Date: March 20th, 2017 10:13 AM
Author: drunken range

It's boring and I have no desire to do this shit.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3558647&forum_id=2#32872413)



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Date: March 20th, 2017 10:19 AM
Author: Concupiscible Azure Place Of Business Famous Landscape Painting

Office work is soul crushing for some people

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3558647&forum_id=2#32872461)



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Date: March 20th, 2017 10:42 AM
Author: Emerald wonderful church building

9-5?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3558647&forum_id=2#32872614)



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Date: March 20th, 2017 10:44 AM
Author: drunken range

Okay, it's 9-5:30

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3558647&forum_id=2#32872627)



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Date: March 20th, 2017 10:47 AM
Author: Stirring parlor

you will forgive if my heart doesn't bleed for you as I was up to 2am last few nights

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3558647&forum_id=2#32872648)



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Date: March 20th, 2017 10:48 AM
Author: drunken range

Then get the fuck out. Sounds shitty. Why spend the best years of your life slaving away for someone?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3558647&forum_id=2#32872656)



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Date: March 20th, 2017 10:56 AM
Author: Concupiscible Azure Place Of Business Famous Landscape Painting

cq

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3558647&forum_id=2#32872690)



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Date: March 20th, 2017 11:00 AM
Author: Stirring parlor

devastating, I have no response

any Big Fed jobs going where you are?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3558647&forum_id=2#32872731)



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Date: March 20th, 2017 11:02 AM
Author: drunken range

Nah, funding is a bit up in the air for some of the people already here.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3558647&forum_id=2#32872744)



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Date: March 20th, 2017 11:03 AM
Author: Stirring parlor

very sad!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3558647&forum_id=2#32872759)



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Date: March 20th, 2017 11:53 AM
Author: Electric ape spot



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3558647&forum_id=2#32873067)



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Date: March 20th, 2017 10:07 AM
Author: Amber set

Why not travel to Japan to learn Japanese?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3558647&forum_id=2#32872357)



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Date: March 20th, 2017 10:07 AM
Author: cracking lilac wagecucks

Japanese will be very useful for traveling the world

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3558647&forum_id=2#32872359)



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Date: March 20th, 2017 10:08 AM
Author: Impertinent house



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3558647&forum_id=2#32872364)



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Date: March 20th, 2017 10:09 AM
Author: drunken range

It useful in getting the job that allows it to happen. Not many remote jobs that allow you to earn six figures in 6 months

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3558647&forum_id=2#32872372)



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Date: March 20th, 2017 10:10 AM
Author: cracking lilac wagecucks

describe the remote job you have in mind...online language tutor?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3558647&forum_id=2#32872381)



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Date: March 20th, 2017 10:11 AM
Author: drunken range

Japanese document review attorney. In NYC they get paid 100 per hour plus OT and get to work from home

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3558647&forum_id=2#32872389)



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Date: March 20th, 2017 10:15 AM
Author: cracking lilac wagecucks

GL bro- I'm versed in the remote legal work market and this seems as decent a plan as any. I'd be worried about this work getting automated/outsourced before you're qualified to take it on, but that could be said about many jobs i suppose.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3558647&forum_id=2#32872429)



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Date: March 20th, 2017 10:12 AM
Author: Charcoal Depressive

just watch anime porn

anime ya PORN ga miru koto shika yattenakatta no ni, nihongo ga dekita.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3558647&forum_id=2#32872396)



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Date: March 20th, 2017 10:50 AM
Author: drunken range

Understanding japense porn would be a plus. Someone should subtitle these things.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3558647&forum_id=2#32872664)



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Date: March 20th, 2017 10:12 AM
Author: Stirring parlor

kimochi iiii!!!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3558647&forum_id=2#32872408)



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Date: March 20th, 2017 10:13 AM
Author: Charcoal Depressive



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3558647&forum_id=2#32872412)



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Date: March 20th, 2017 10:16 AM
Author: magenta wild theater telephone

I've read that Japanese people are very insular and will not speak with outsiders.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3558647&forum_id=2#32872434)



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Date: March 20th, 2017 10:40 AM
Author: dashing dead tanning salon keepsake machete

Sorry but not going to happen for you. The average Japanese student learns and memorizes something like 15,000 Chinese characters. You can learn the basics to speak and hit on girls, but good luck in the business world if you can't read Chinese characters.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3558647&forum_id=2#32872603)



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Date: March 20th, 2017 10:45 AM
Author: drunken range

I've seen it done before. I'm not trying to get into the business world. I only have to do doc review.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3558647&forum_id=2#32872638)



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Date: March 20th, 2017 10:58 AM
Author: Impertinent house

15,000 is off by an order of magnitude. not even scholars of ancient chinese would know that many. I would guess 10K is the max a human has ever known, and nos. 10001-15K are trivially minor variations OR not chinese at all (wasei kanji, khitan script, etc.)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3558647&forum_id=2#32872703)



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Date: March 20th, 2017 11:05 AM
Author: Stirring parlor

3000 is the modal amount and enough to read a newspaper article fluently

but that is still a lot when you also consider the weird ass Japanese grammar

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3558647&forum_id=2#32872773)



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Date: March 20th, 2017 11:12 AM
Author: dashing dead tanning salon keepsake machete

Again, you get the point. Japanese kids are exposed to and learn thousands of Chinese characters throughout the entirety of their schooling.

There is a shit-ton of Chinese characters used in professional fields like law, which even average Japanese natives have no idea the meaning of.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3558647&forum_id=2#32872822)



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Date: March 20th, 2017 11:27 AM
Author: drunken range

Again, its contract doc review. It's not rocket science. If you have an issue understanding you can ask people or research it.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3558647&forum_id=2#32872926)



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Date: March 20th, 2017 10:53 AM
Author: gay useless theater stage

kind of a fantasy bro

Japan is 180 and learning Japanese is a fun hobby but to do it at that level will take thousands of hours of memorization and a lot of those jobs go to second gen Japanese or people who grew up learning it



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3558647&forum_id=2#32872678)



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Date: March 20th, 2017 11:03 AM
Author: drunken range

I need some light at the end of the tunnel. The guy I met was just some bro from PA that studied his ass off for years. But, I wouldn't be surprised if that is rare.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3558647&forum_id=2#32872753)



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Date: March 20th, 2017 11:15 AM
Author: gay useless theater stage

yeah it'll take quite awhile before you can read simple things like manga comics at a normal speed

you'll have to get there first

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3558647&forum_id=2#32872855)



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Date: March 20th, 2017 11:11 AM
Author: turquoise newt location

how long would it take to learn conversational Japanese?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3558647&forum_id=2#32872818)



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Date: March 20th, 2017 11:15 AM
Author: dashing dead tanning salon keepsake machete

6 months of daily practice would be my guess.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3558647&forum_id=2#32872848)



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Date: March 21st, 2017 8:48 AM
Author: chocolate federal fanboi

it really depends. if you are really diligent, maybe a year.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3558647&forum_id=2#32879486)



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Date: March 20th, 2017 11:53 AM
Author: Electric ape spot

Its almost impossible to learn a language competently past your early 20s

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3558647&forum_id=2#32873070)



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Date: March 20th, 2017 12:12 PM
Author: drunken range

Just turned 30. This can't be true.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3558647&forum_id=2#32873213)



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Date: March 20th, 2017 12:33 PM
Author: Electric ape spot

It is https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/dc/c6/ba/dcc6babc6141c89ccce0a1de491b5c7c.jpg

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3558647&forum_id=2#32873413)



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Date: March 21st, 2017 8:53 AM
Author: Curious Rambunctious Meetinghouse Electric Furnace

i started russian in my mid to late 20s and became fluent

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3558647&forum_id=2#32879500)



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Date: March 21st, 2017 8:49 AM
Author: chocolate federal fanboi

No. It's not.

I've studied it for over 10 years, have a degree related to it and still am not "fluent".

Proficient yes. Fluent no.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3558647&forum_id=2#32879494)



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Date: March 21st, 2017 9:14 AM
Author: Appetizing Frum Public Bath Trump Supporter

It is. Cop anki, henshall, a good grammar book, Skype lessons, and the book how to learn any language.

You can do it in a year and a half with practice.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3558647&forum_id=2#32879613)