How I learned Japanese

At 17, Evangelion sparked two years of daily anime; he then self-taught Japanese online, learning the alphabet in about ten days. He spent heavily on YesJapan’s 200+ $1 lessons, passed JLPT Level 2 in 2009, later failed Level 1 on reading. A nearly two-year Japanese-only online relationship ended when she married a Czech man; he now plans April’s meeting quickly to avoid repeating that loss.

Language progress is inseparable from romantic immersion, while past abandonment accelerates present relationship decisions.