Inspiration

Culture and products from Japan inspired me to learn and explore their language. It is fascinating how advanced Japan is compared to other countries with their technology. Car culture from Japan has heavily inspired and made a huge impact on the car community within the past decades. Vehicles such as the Toyota Supra, Nissan R32/34/35, and 350z are just a few staple JDM (Japan Domestic Market) vehicles that people around the world modify and tune.

Goal

Having a basic understanding of Japanese to get a grasp of what products or descriptions of items say, and to watch Japanese shows while doing something else without needing to watch it in dub. Having a basic understanding of Japanese will allow me to understand what an item may say that comes from Japan as many modern or simplistic items are made there. It’d also be nice to eventually understand enough Japanese to watch anime without requiring to read the subtitles so I can focus on the show itself.

Motivation

By setting small goals I’d be taking small steps in order to reach my final goal instead of having an expectation of taking one huge step, which would essentially be skipping all the basics in order to achieve my goal. This would include, but isn’t limited to, understanding the alphabet, pronunciation of words, and proper writing style of words. Having small goals allows me to have less stress and more motivation as it’d be easier but slightly challenging instead of trying to do everything at once which would be impossible and stress-inducing.