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Originally Posted by Renkurai
Help me, I'm a 13 year old obsessed with wanting to go to Japan. I really want to go there, but I'm scared cuz I hardly know how to speak Japanese. So, do any of you know how I can start learning Japanese? I have my whole life ahead of me so I'm not that worried. This is just a question that's been bugging me for a while. To be able to survive in Japan, is it necessary to be fluent in speaking Japanese?  |
No, you don't need it to survive. I didn't know any Japanese when I went to Japan to live there for 2 years, and I survived just fine. I picked up a little while I was there, and you will too, but you can get by without it.
Of course, the more Japanese you know, the easier it can be to get around, talk to people, etc...