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Nice! Feel free to ask if you have any questions.

I'll be sure to do that in the near future^^ Thanks in advance!

It's funny, one of my buggest hurdles when learning was when my Japanese teacher tried to explain grammar using English equivalents only to quickly realise I didn't understand English grammar very well. She then had to teach me English grammar as well, like what the "Gerund verb form" was. XD

The grammar in Japanese is quite difficult to get used to, even if you're already raised with an English approach to linguistics. I'm a second-year student, about to tackle "keigo", or "business Japanese", and I can say without hesitation that the first year was far harder because of how new and foreign the grammar seemed.

Best way to stay in practice is to accustom your ears to the language, by surrounding yourself with Japanese media, like music, dramas, and even movies you know by heart in English, and see how they translate in Japanese. It's very helpful.

I'm curious as to how you are learning Japanese, as different methods seem to work for different folks.

I'm currently learning the alphabet and (Hiragana / Katakana) together with a book for learning japanese basics. Keep in mind that I'm teaching myself and that my native language is german (which might explain my weird english btw).

Interesting, I studied it for two years at college and after graduating continued via self study. I was really lucky to have a native speaker who had immigrated near my college.

I originally planned on doing a course at a school around town, but they don't have those currently. So I thought, why not just start, and what would be better than a power-language course on which one can build upon?

Is anyone of you perhaps left handed? I'm currently thinking of ways to write the symbols more effectively, I already had problems in calligraphy class due to this.

Afraid not. Though I'd imagine you'd get used to it after lots of practice. I find holding the pen vertically helps rather than writing diagonally like I did in English.