LEARNING JAPANESE LANGUAGE: SOME FACTS
What do Japanese enjoy most? Work. After Japan faced the dance of destruction when the Pearl Harbor was bombed during World War II, daring the monumental loss of life and property, they rose as a nation to work their way to reach where they are today, the World’s second largest economy. The Martial Arts, Automobiles, Steel, Electronics are only a representative list of engagements where the Japanese enjoy leadership position. Even Industrial unrest manifests in a different form in Japan. . Japanese workers often turn out more goods than scheduled during a particular time frame to choke the storage and delivery logistics. Some protest that?
The Japanese script is entirely different from most other languages. “Mandarin” the Chinese language is perhaps one which holds same level of challenge in the process of learning. But, once you master the Japanese language, you could figure yourself among the smart ones. Japan is known as a highly refined civilization and has some cultural institutions which are incredibly sophisticated. Once you learn spoken Japanese, it can give you that extra edge through the mere association with this world of philosophical martial arts, tea ceremonies and refined foods.
The Japanese Language is spoken throughout the islands of Japan and small communities, comprising largely of expatriates in US, South Korea, Hawaii, Taiwan and South Korea. The Highly industrious Japanese people ship out several million tones of high quality products all over the world. Yet, they have great love for their own language and are not known to lay much emphasis on learning English as a world link language. Therefore, when you speak their language, it would be a worthy asset especially if you have reasons to deal with the Japanese in your career.
Japan has a mountainous terrain and people from opposite ends of the island may not be conversing in the same dialect. However, a common standard language is taught in schools and the same is used by the media too. Therefore, the Japanese you learn will be understood throughout Japan. Understanding a local dialect response can be relatively difficult.
Even the Japanese animation, comics and computer games are quite different from the western products in that class and can provide a deep insight into Japanese life and language practice. Interestingly, two of Japan’s national daily newspapers claim to have the highest number of readers among any newspaper in the world! Some literacy level that? In your pursuit of learning the Japanese language, the Japanese Television can be incomprehensible atleast to begin with.
Climbing the peak is always demanding and challenging. The task of learning the Japanese language has been rendered relatively easy by the Internet and the resources available are limitless. Once you reach the peak, the joy and ecstasy it brings along is unfathomable.
Enjoy learning the Japanese language. |
