Top 4 Disorienting Aspects of the Japanese Language (Notes from Under the Tatami Mats–9 … My Adventures in Japan)

[majes.tytyty]

“Maybe” probably means “no,” but it might mean “yes.”

Just learn the basics, and start understanding

After a year or two in Japan and after learning the language beyond a rudimentary level, the reverse sentence structure ceased to be an issue. It even started to sound natural.

Then learn some advanced elements, and start speaking

And over the years, I learned quite a few of the kanji pictograms – enough to get by very easily in daily life. Also, I learned that double or even triple negatives are sometimes the easiest way to say certain things in Japanese.     _{(Image source)}

Then forget reason, logic, and common sense.

But I could never wrap my head around the fact that “Yes” can sometimes mean “No.” Nor could I comprehend all those other vague, unclear, deceptive, and evasive expressions.

I still can’t. I never will.  

   Introduction to – “Notes from Under the Tatami Mats”  _{(right-click on title)}

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Links to my Other Series …

      Introduction – "Intro to Vocab-ability"   _{(right-click on title)}
      Guide – "Guide to Entries"   _{(right-click on title)}
      Index– "Index" to all Chapters and Sections   _{(right-click on title)}

      Lou Reed – "Anthology of Memorable Lyrics, Part 1"   _{(right-click on title)}
      Lou Reed – "Anthology of Memorable Lyrics, Part 2"   _{(right-click on title)
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[lantracy]

Great knowledge. I am studing Chinese now by myself. But may be after finishing it, I will learn Japanese. By the way, thanks for your upvote my post recently. Have a great day

[majes.tytyty]

Thanks, glad you like it. I hope your Chinese-language study proceeds well.

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[iamimran]

Oops! that is something difficult

[majes.tytyty]

It is rather difficult, and it can be very confusing. Still, I learned to speak the language fairly well, and eventually, I even learned how to say "NO" by saying "YES."

Don't ask ... cuz I cannot explain.

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Thanks for the warning.

[roselover]

Japanese language is really difficult I can not learn its characters

[majes.tytyty]

Actually, it's not that difficult. I studied it part-time for about 4 years total, and learned quite a bit. The grammar is quite simple, and the pronunciation is very easy.

Of course, the characters are a bit daunting at first, but even they are not very difficult to learn. And once you start learning them and seeing the history and logic behind the characters, it becomes very interesting.

[husnainali4]

Thanks for the information by the way
The Japanese writing system consists of three different character sets Kanji (several thousands of Chinese characters) and Hiragana and Katakana (two syllabaries of 46 characters each; together called Kana). Japanese texts can be written in two ways: In Western style, i.e. in horizontal rows from the top to the bottom of the page, or in traditional Japanese style, i.e. in vertical columns from the right to the left side of the page. Both writing styles exist side by side today.

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[zerokun]

The kanjis are the worse too hard to understand and mix with other ones XD