How to read Japanese?

Question

Whats a good way to learn how to read Japanese quickly? By quickly I in like 4-6 months. I don't have much interest in speaking it, but my friend plays a lot of games that are only available in Japanese, and I would like to be able to play them too.

Answer 1

Impossible.



In school Japanese children take up till they are completed high school to learn all the kanji nessisary to know in their life. So learning to read in 6 months is not possible.



Learning a language just so you can play a game is almost impossible, the language used in a game comes deep into your studies, since theres no a website that will teach you these terms. Japanese learning books, websites and everything else teaches actual terms that apply to everyone. Terms you find in video games are terms related to the video game your playing. I am goin to use pokemon for example.



"pokeball" "pokemon badge" and all the names of the pokemon are not vocab you will learn ...anywhere. unless you study them yourself.



You wanna learn Japanese, learn for the right reasons

http://www.123japanese.com

Answer 2

Japanese is a hard language to learn, i watch anime, most is Japanese, maybe you could find a dubbed version of the game, or some sub titles for the game. but if that is not possible then using Google translate would be good, you write down some important things in the game, type them in on Google and write down the English term.

Answer 3

ahaha impossible. no way you could learn that fast. i have been learning japanese for 4 years and i still don't understand it. plus if it is a game then there should be kanji. meaning chinese symbols. i could read japanese but i don't understand what the word means. believe me kanji is so hard i failed my kanji test the other day. believe me i am not stupid.

Answer 4

for games i would say search teh interenet for a transcript of the game in english, othere wise, just find out what is yes and what is no and your half way there.



japanese is not an easy language, \i am learning chinese and, god damn, i wish i wasnt haha

Answer 5

we have to available in market Japanese speaks cd-rom so you can buy that cd rom and installation in your computer or laptop than you click thesaurus automatically from there u can learned.