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Anonymous
>>50187 There's this huge myth that Japanese (and Chinese (Mandarin)) is really hard to learn. This applies to the written aspect, but not to the spoken part. Japanese has no plurals, no articles, no genders, and only 2 highly irregular verbs which require effort to memorize. There are actually 5 at best. Compare this to the 178 (not including the verbs which stay the same) irregular verbs in English, 350+ in Dutch, 181 in German, 81 in French, etc. Mandarin is even simpler, with only 1 verb changing, the verb meaning "to have". On top of this, Mandarin's verbs never change depending on who you are talking about. (I Be, You Be, We Be, He Be, She Be, etc).
So anyway OP, the hardest thing about learning Japanese would be reading and writing. It's very easy to speak, especially the basics, so if you're just going for a trip, practice the tourist-type phrases for a while and you'll be fine.
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