how long japanese?

Question

i actually was quite skilled at the japanese language in my middle school years. but like most kids [I] slacked off and was lazy and just quite learning the language. the question is that how long would it take to be where i was back then. education is like school for me so you don't have to worry about how long i study it for. i think i was a little above intermediate level or something. and i'm not panicing of mastering the language because i intend to but can i have an estimate of how long it would take to have a normal conversation with someone who speaks japanese. i feel that if i know an estimate it would help plan my life better or something. i don't know i get this life planning bit from my mom

Answer 1

Hi, if you go to Japan and speak to some locals, you will pick it up in a short time, like a few weeks, and it will all come back to you, and you can have conversation with a Japanese. But if you want a fluent conversation with a Japanese, from where you are at now, you will need a couple of months.

Answer 2

That depends on how hard you study as well as how badly you want to learn, but if you want to be fluent, then I recommend you to learn hiragana, katakana and kanji as well. It is probably not impossible to be able to speak by learning romaji only, but since that is not what actually used in Japanese language, even if you are fluent you are still illiterate. That is not very good. I am Japanese, and I tell you, learning Japanese with romaji only is like me trying to learn English with katakana only. That is useless, I know, because I have tried when I started learning it. I wish you good luck learning Japanese, but my advice is, if you want to be fluent quickly, then learn hiragana, katakana and kanji. As you may know, there are so many words in Japanese with the same pronunciations but with different kanjis, and I think that is particularly hard to understand if you only know romaji. And since romaji is not used in everyday life in Japan, some people find it confusing to read, so you would be better off being able to write Japanese letters.

Answer 3

If you already have a background on Japanese language 6 months will be too much for you to freshen up everything. But if you intend to learn not only conversational Japanese but how to read and write as well. It will take you more. You have to enroll into a Japanese language school where they can teach everything. you want to learn as far as Nippongo is concern.

Answer 4

By the way you write I will estimate that it will take apprx anywhere from 60 to 300 years to learn Japanense with a very heavy accent!

Answer 5

Forget it. Just learn to bow and tell them to speak English.