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Originally Posted by kirakira
Come to Japan with no Japanese? I was in Korea and I don't know a single hint of Hangul and I suffocated because I could not read a single damn thing, nor communicate with anybody (and nobody spoke English... well a lot of people spoke Japanese but whatever, you get the point). I can't imagine Japan being anything but living hell if you come here, wanting to live but have no language skills.
And to the Japanese, a person who doesn't speak Japanese is as annoying as those Mexicans that cross the US border everyday that doesn't speak a hint of English. If you can't communicate, you are finished.
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Dude, i'm sorry but i've got to disagree with you on this. Honestly, me and all my friends knew NO Japanese when we came here. But 2 of my friends passed JLPT1 in 4 years and now make a lot of money translating.
If you come here with no job (but $$$$ savings) then you have a lot of free time when you get here and you can rattle through Japanese for Busy People 1 & 2 or Genki 1 & 2 in no time. Again, i'm not saying this is the way you should do it, just the way me and all my friends did it.