Kanji

[Jncocontrol]

Is Kanji absolutely necessary to learn to "know" Japanese. Cause from my understanding, Kanji is a Chinese, and i personally have no interest [yet] to learn Chinese lettering.

I apologies if this is in the wrong section.

 

[ganma]

If you want to be literate, then yes, it's necessary.

 

[Jericho Desu]

The characters are borrowed from the Chinese but that doesn't mean your learning Chinese, your learning Japanese, just like how Germany/France etc uses the Latin alphabet like English. As for being absolutely necessary maybe not but you will have a much much rougher ride in my opinion.

 

[nekojita]

Some kanji were actually 和製 （made in Japan) - 働 of 働く is one of the most common ones, I think. Also 匂 of 匂い.

You don't need to know kanji to speak and listen, of course, and you could always make friends with these people: 公益社団法人 日本ローマ字会