I just got into uni, starting with japanese from August(yay me!)
What im wondering is, how difficult is Japanese compared to chinese?
I wanted to go for Japanese because apparantly Chinese is EXTREMELY hard and i didnt want to go to hardcore.
Also i love Japanese culture alot more.
For now ive memorized Hiragana and katakana before school, yet here is the problem...
FRIGGIN KANJI!
I heard theres 8000 of them and you are supposed to memorize atleast 2000. LOL!
I thought i was "rid" of kanji by NOT studying Chinese, yet these stupid things will probably haunt me for all my life now xD
So yeah basicly what im wondering is how hard they are compared, and if thinking about jobs, i shouldve chosen Chinese?
Will another depression in the US ruin the Japanese economy aswell? How will my choise in Japanese over Chinese be affected overall?
(Ultra tired, havent slept in days so im rambling abit as usual, anyway thanks for any answers)