I'm planing on going to Japan in a about 6 or so months, I know next to nothing expect for a few words (picked up from anime) and wondering if anyone knows some really useful sites where i can start learning the language. I know its nearly enough time to learn the language to even a reasonable level but i still want to learn Japanese none the less.
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>>170501
Memrise
>>170501
Just gonna say that you need to be able to approach people or else you'll be stuck talking to tourists the whole time. People aren't going to talk to you just because you're foreign, and they won't be impressed by your Japanese (but they'll pretend to be), so get any fantasy images you have about Japan out of your head. Japan has some beautiful locations, but in the end it's just like any other country. Don't expect too much.
Don't go to meme places like Akiba. They're shit.
You don't really need to speak it at all if you're just going there for tourism, since almost all train stations have their names translated to English as well as English announcements (unless you're going to the country, which I don't recommend if you're alone). Help desks don't always have English speakers, but you should be able to do fine with a translation app + phrase book.
If you just want to watch RAWs and read untranslated doujin then I have no respect for you.
Tae Kim's guide (there's an app too for Android)
Anki for grindan kanji
/djt/ on /a/ for more info