How hard is it really to learn Japanese? 

Risa-sensei, so nice to see you! Thank you for all of your videos and your educational content! It really helps to inspire me to become better at 私の日本語の学問！

As English/Spanish native with an advanced level of understanding in Japanese, Japanese was perhaps the easiest yet hardest thing I’ve had the pleasure of learning. It was the hardest because of the sheer amount of time/hours/sweat/dedication it took me to get to my level. it was the easiest because I could go through 12 hours of daily study while I was actually studying the language and every day it would feel like it had only been 30 minutes…. Motivation is key. Yes, you could brute force anything into your brain, but without motivation you will make things 10 times harder For example, learning Korean (from Japanese) is perhaps the absolute hardest thing I’ve had to learn simply because I could hardly bring myself to do 1 hour daily because I don’t really have motivation to learn it as much…and yet doing a single hour of Korean feels like it’s already been 20 consecutive hours. Moral of the story, find what makes you want to learn the language and incorporate it into your studies….time will fly by

I have a blended learning style. I learn best with videos and taking notes. I am learning multiple languages at this time. With Japanese, Im learning the Hiragana and Katakana characters and some basic vocabulary. I will try my best to follow learning pathway for Japanese Pod 101. I enjoy learning from the instructors from these videos. Thank you.

Thank you so much that kanji book helps a lot

I just got married in Tokyo. These lessons have been a huge boost. Arigato gozaimashita Risa!

As a native english speaker, the hardest part of learning Japanese is the completely new alphabets. After that its not so bad.

the only thing that makes japanese hard to learn is the writing system. if you have the chance to live and work there, have a few lessons every week, a small dictionnary in your pocket then you can pick it up very quickly. and japanese people are patient with gaijins and also helpful. if you study japanese at school, no native speaker as teacher, then it is very hard...

The hardest part to me is trying to be familiar with SOV system because the 2 languages I can speak are SVO systems. Also Kanji sometimes makes me feel a bit overwhelmed 😂

I personally think Japanese isn't too difficult to learn, just takes a lot of time and dedication. If you often take breaks you'll probably find it difficult to learn in the long run ^^"

வணக்கம்❤

日本語はそんなに簡単ではないと思いますが、僕の一番好きな言語です。

漢字は難しいです

와 한국인 센세

As an aspiring polyglot speaker, I find the writing is hard to learn, but speaking Japanese is very easy.

はい　トいや、日本語は難しいです😢．I didn’t realise until I heard it that ‘美しい’ was pronounced ‘ootskooshi’ and not ‘utsukushi’.

ko ni chi wa

Why へ against に? I mean.. 私は図書館に行きます

Learning hiragana/katakana 😀 Learning kanji ☹️

I'm an English speaker learning Japanese. Learning Japanese has put things in perspective for me, that as difficult as Japanese is, English must be CRAZY difficult for non-English speakers to learn. Like, super 10 on the difficulty scale. Confusing, non-sensical, and just plain hard.

I speak English and Spanish.... No its not easy to learn, but hey keep at it, than it will become more easy

難しいですよ

I’m Japanese. I found why I feel difficult to learn English through the video😂

Kanji is a pain...

I don't know what anyone here is saying