this post was submitted on 21 Oct 2023
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You can learn by watching anime, but you'll sound like a 14-year-old. Japanese has various levels of politeness that need to be mastered if you don't want people to think you're an idiot.
*source: speak Japanese, lived in Tokyo since late 00s. I often sound like an idiot in Japanese, so don't get your pants in a bunch.
I was really confused at first because I thought of 1900s.
I'm an old, but not quite that old