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Japanese learning pitfall: Don’t wait too long to learn hiragana! [Beginner]

ひらがな、よめますか? If I could go back to the time when I first began learning Japanese and change one thing, it would be to learn the hiragana alphabet as fast as possible, and avoid romaji (the romanized version of japanese script) like the plague. This is something I’ve seen expressed on other Japanese-learning web sites and… Read More »