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はじめまして！Welcome to my blog!

This year will be my first time learning Japanese, though I've been thinking of starting for a while now; there are several aspects of the culture, like the music and anime, that I follow, and I don't like the idea of just blindly relying on translations. And especially with Japanese, Bing translation services are generally awful, anyway. That aside, learning another language seems fun, and I'll probably never get another chance, so... (#yolo)

From the first few days of class, I've found speaking more difficult than I'd imagined; prior to this, I'd had plenty of chances to listen to Japanese and even try to read it (as I follow a lot of Japanese groups on Twitter), but I never did get an opportunity to practice speaking it. It's kind of exciting to actually converse in the language--as limited as those conversations have been, so far--and I'm looking forward to much more of it throughout the year. c:

In case you're wondering, the name and URL of my blog are some of the various ways a friend tried to pronounce "Rilakkuma" (the bear in the background). Shh.

じゃまた！