The Japanese Language

A N5 lvl non-native’s journey

The Otaku WItch
4 min readMay 1, 2024
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Hello 😊, what my aim is with this particular post is to give my readers, and potentially new ones, my background and what I will be posting as it’s own blog on my profile that will be housed within its own list.

As stated in the Title and subtitle, I am a non-native of Japan and was born and lived here in the U.S. all of my life. I am currently 40 years old and have always spoken, read, and written the English language. Some of my long-time followers of my other work when I announced that I have begun my journey into learning the 🇯🇵 language we’re encouraging and supportive whilst others…not so much.

As for why I chose to begin this journey there are several reasons.

  1. Better understanding of Japanese music.
  2. Understand anime that is not dubbed and/or subbed in English.
  3. Have the ability to read historical Japanese documents and works on my own.
  4. Speak, read, and write so that I can interact with like minded people and not have the language barrier.

As this is a new profile and content for me, I have been excited to begin this journey and document my journey as I continually learn 😊. What is planned (so far) for me to post about is not only the language and my journey into learning…

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The Otaku WItch

WItch & Japanese topics writer. Also work in the adult industry as well.