28th July – 文月
Nearly 2 months has passed since I started studying Korean. For native Japanese speaker, it seems easier to study Korean rather than English or other languages, as Japanese and Korean have the same grammar and there are many words that have similar pronunciation with same meanings.
Here are just a few evidences that I can think of right now:
English – Japanese – Korean
Continue – 継続 (Keizoku) → 계속 (gyesog)
Preparation – 準備 (Junbi) → 준비 (Junbi)
Promise – 約束 (Yakusoku) →약속 (yagsog)
Time – 時間 (Jikan) →시간 (Sigan)
Satisfied – 満足 (Manzoku) →만족 (manjog)
Highway – 高速道路 (Kousoku Douro) → 고속도로 (gosogdolo)
Don’t they sound similar? Of course all words have the same meanings in both languages.
What I would like to say here is, if you study Japanese right now, you may be able to learn Korean at the same time easily too, especially vocabulary. Moreover, Korean has one type of character so no need to study 3 different characters like Japanese.
For me it is very hard to study Chinese even though there are many Chinese characters that Japanese also use – this is because Chinese have different grammar with Japanese and especially the pronunciation of the words are very complicated. It might be understandable to see the written sentences (if there are same Chinese characters we use), however listening Chinese needs a lot practice.
Someday, hopefully I can master Chinese and other languages as well, as my dream is to become a polyglot:) First of all, I will just keep studying Korean so that I can watch my favorite Korean drama without subtitles!
Little Japan Dictionary 
Haha it’s like getting three benefits while purchasing one. And many people here too wish to learn japanese language so they can watch animes without focusing downward disturbing subtitle.
In Nepal also indian or hindi language has now become 2nd most speak language. We can now here enjoy bollywood or hindi movies without any difficulty.
Best wishes for your korean classes!
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Wow, that’s nice you can understand Hindi and Indian, you can gain a lot information by knowing them! For me it was a huge innovation to learn English, many information here in Japan is limited so it’s interesting to learn things from other people’s perspectives. Good luck for your Japanese learning, plus Korean too now?!haha
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I dont need to learn much japanese. I know very important and few japanese words from your blog like Arigato and sake. And thats enough. You know when a person is drunk or in sake everything gets friendly familiar and well itself. Haha
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