Do you really need to learn kanji? Isn't being able to

>>160827795
As someone who is just starting to learn 日本語, NO. You may as well ask whether you can speak English without learning all those dumb "nouns".

Yes if you're fine with being illiterate.

>>160827966
with that said I'm starting to believe those that insisted you would learn their meanings and readings as you learned vocabulary.

>>160827795
It depends on what you want to do.

>>160827795
Every material,signs in Japan are written in Kanji.