dogboydog
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- 12 Sep 2014
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I'm guessing at some point it does, but I wonder how long it usually takes? What I mean is that for native (literate) speakers of English, English writing looks completely normal and you can even read things that aren't written clearly or that are very stylized etc.. I'm wondering if this is only really achievable through growing up with the kanji and being absolutely surrounded by it every day. Is it possible just through practice and study? Does it maybe require at least some amount of time living in Japan? Just something I've been really curious about. I've been studying Japanese for about four months now, took an intensive class and am now studying Kanji with Heisig/Anki. Hiragana and to a lesser extent katakana are much easier to read now than they were before but I still feel like there is a big layer of psychological distance between me and the writing. Obviously that goes away with time, but I'm wondering if anyone can say from experience to what extent it does.
Although I do wonder if at that point Kanji won't seem as interesting/beautiful, since they would become similar to English letters in your mind.
Although I do wonder if at that point Kanji won't seem as interesting/beautiful, since they would become similar to English letters in your mind.