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s. English;</b> instead of saying I ate cake, you say “I cake ate.”</li><li><b>Very little common vocabulary with English</b> (<a href="https://readmedium.com/the-english-language-is-a-lot-more-french-than-we-thought-heres-why-4db2db3542b3">unlike with other European languages</a>); 50% of core words are native to Japan, 40% are of Sino-origin, and 10% are foreign loanwords (<a href="https://web.mit.edu/jpnet/articles/JapaneseLanguage.html">source</a>).</li><li><b>An extensive system of social honorifics;</b> vocabulary and grammatical forms change depending on who you’re talking to!</li></ul><p id="3656">So, if you see an ad that promises you that you can master Japanese in two months, you can be sure that it’s a false claim.</p><div id="43cb" class="link-block">
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<h2>Do You Want to “Master the Japanese Language in Just Two Months?”</h2>
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<h2>Five Things about Japan I Didn’t Fully Appreciate until I Lived There</h2>
<div><h3>What I discovered changed the way I think about Japan.</h3></div>
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