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Originally Posted by raiyuu
please be detailed with your answers, I don't mind reading :P
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You apparently do mind using the search function, though. Jeez, this question has been answered about a hundred brazillion times on JF, and I'm tired of responding. Just search for it.
And it will take you years and years to learn Japanese unless you move there or have Japanese friends in your town you can speak with. Without immersion, you won't be fluent.
I've been studying it informally for over a decade, I lived in Japan a year, and I studied for three years at university and have a degree in Japanese—I'm still not fluent. This is a function of me not being diligent the past couple years and the fact that Japanese is not easy at all for a native English speaker.
Koreans and—to a certain extent—Chinese speakers have a bit easier time because of similarity in grammar (Korean) or writing (Chinese).
I studied Spanish, and Japanese is much, much more difficult. Not only is the language nothing at all like English (and has very little shared grammar), but the writing system will be a hindrance on your learning for years.
That being said, it's worth it.