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Writing down things a lot really helps me as well. Especially when learning vocabulary.

I think English or French people succeeds to have different level of politeness without resorting to another alphabet. Familiar language isn't a new thing. That's not an argument in my opinion. I don't think Japanese have more diverse emotions than other human beings just because of their language. The way they have to express it is different, however. The problem with the culture is what culture would you lost? What part of the culture would you suddenly loose because of that? As long as there's people who can understand the meaning of the historical texts, they would be able to translate it into the new language (that would be part of the archiving work, much like in modern world we have often to convert files to new formats) and so it wouldn't be loosed. Thanks for your point, +1

So that's how they were called? Didn't even know that. 楽々 (raku raku) = easy 中々 (naka naka) = quite 数々 (kazu kazu) = many 全然 (zen zen) = never クンクン (kun kun) = sniff どんどん (don don) = drumming 多々 (ta ta) = very much コロコロ (koro koro) = a popular Japanese comic book

I think a lot of misunderstandings would be cleared up. To be honest, even though my native language is English, I would be in favor of making the world language whatever is easiest for the majority of learners. I bet that would stop a lot of Americans from saying, "they shouldn't live here if they can't learn the language".

I was too once learnig multiple languages at a time. However, I've discovered that by distributing your attention to 5 different things, each one receives only 20% of your best. It's not practical from my point of view, especially if you plan to speak those languages. Yes, you can learn 10 languages at one time, but only to get some certifications, but on the long run, you will forget almost everything, especially if you don't use them.

I don't really trust Rosetta Stone. I know others whom have tried it and they said that when it comes to speaking on a conversational level, it made them sound rather silly to the native party. I've gotten this reply from more than one person. I've found that most free tapes and listening to actual conversation as well as free language lessons on YouTube are some of the best courses of action as an alternative to paying for Rosetta Stone. In addition, I think Rosetta Stone charges too much for what little it can teach you. However, that's mainly my personal opinion on the matter. If you feel that the product is helping you to improve then you should use it. If not, there are other means of learning a foreign language.