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[–] TokyoMonsterTrucker@lemmy.dbzer0.com 54 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You can learn by watching anime, but you'll sound like a 14-year-old. Japanese has various levels of politeness that need to be mastered if you don't want people to think you're an idiot.

*source: speak Japanese, lived in Tokyo since late 00s. I often sound like an idiot in Japanese, so don't get your pants in a bunch.

[–] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

late 00s

I was really confused at first because I thought of 1900s.

I'm an old, but not quite that old