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복숭아/ 桃子 (táozi) / peach 배/ 梨子 (lízi) / pear 자두/ 李子 (lǐzi) / plum 포도/ 葡萄 (pútao) / grape 바나나/ 香蕉 (xiāngjiāo) / banana 오렌지/ 橙子 (chéngzi) / orange 레몬/ 柠檬 (níngméng) / lemon 자몽/ 葡萄柚 (pútaoyòu) / grapefruit 사과 / 苹果 (píngguǒ) / apple 파인/ 凤梨 (fènglí) / pineapple 수박/ 西瓜 (xīguā) / watermelon 멜론/ 瓜 (guā) / melon 망고/ 芒果 (mángguǒ) / mango 살구/ 杏子 (xìngzi) / apricot 딸기/ 草莓 (cǎoméi) / strawberry 산딸기/ 覆盆子 (fùpénzi) / raspberry 체리/ 樱桃 (yīngtáo) / cherry 블랙베리/ 黑莓 (hēiméi) / blackberry 블루베리/ 蓝莓 (lánméi) / blueberry 크랜베리/ 小红莓 (xiǎohóngméi) / cranberry

You get to witness the lives of the people of other nations - their music, their television, their poetry, their fashion, cuisine, stories, art, the things that make these people excited, what is beloved and what is despised.

Its true when they say languages are “a door to another world.” You discover how people from far away lands talk to their loved ones, how they describe objects, what they see in the world, what these people do on rainy days and the way birthdays are celebrated.

• the narrators talk sooo slow (especially in nature documentaries !!!)

• slow enough that you almost don’t need subtitles which makes you feel super cool

• it gives you a picture of how people actually talk (better than school or an app can) without being too slang-heavy (like a tv show or movie can be)

• lots of times they interview people who talk less formally which is the perfect mix of formal and informal!

Learning Japanese is no easy feat. It requires dedication and hard work, especially if you have decided to self-study. If you are absolutely brand new to Japanese, here are some fast facts about the language to get you started:

* Contains two alphabets: Hiragana and Katakana

* Each alphabet has 46 phonetic characters (72 in total)

* Kanji is a Chinese based script that has thousands of characters

* You’ll need to know about 2000-3000 characters to be considered fluent inn Japanese writing (according to the JLPT)

* Japanese is an SOV language (Subject - Object - Verb)

* There are no tones in Japanese, but there are intonations (yukuri vs yukkuri)

* There are 4 politeness levels

* Japanese uses verb conjugations like European languages

* Japanese uses particles to mark parts of speech (example: は  and が )

* Often times the subject is omitted in sentences if the subject is clear based on the context

*Pronunciation in Japanese is perhaps the easiest part of learning the language

* It typically takes 5-6 years to gain fluency in Japanese

So now that you have the absolute basics of the language, here is the best way, I have found after 7 years of language study, to learn Japanese.

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