こんにちはすべて私はデボラです私はローマでイタリアのドレスであり、私は日本語で多くの単語を知っているが、私は日本語のおかげで多くを愛しているので、私はもっと知りたい!

Since I have been away a lot of people have joined this club. I apologize for having left it inactive. I'm going to be picking up studying again soon and will most likely beginning updating to help everyone get involved again. Before I do so... is there any volunteers to help with content etc. I am only one person and I am not exactly fluent, but I would like to help everyone as much as possible.

Name: Let's just go with monkeybanana4 Age: Too old Years studied: informally - too many years (on and off - I need more discipline, lol); formally - 4 years Estimated level: Moderate/Advanced (I've slacked off ever since I graduated from uni ;A;) Knowledge of Hiragana/Katakana: All (Having a chart of both hiragana and katakana stuck on my wall really helped me memorize it) Kanji: That's a tough question >w< Probably a couple of hundred. (According to estimates, to pass N3 for the JLPT one needs to know about approximately 650 kanji characters. So let's just go with that XP) What is your main goal with studying Japanese?: Being able to converse and understand Japanese. Would also love to understand the Japanese culture, too. What materials have you used before?: Genki books, various prep books, and many online resources

Maybe also useful to learn Japanese http://lang-8.com/ You can write your story in Japanese or whatever language and you have 99% chance that someone will correct your Japanese. However it is not useful for asking for Translation checks (Japanese -> English). Because then 99% the lyric or article you translated would be corrected, or your own English or any other language.

Hello! Happy to see so many fellow learners here <3 I am hoping to be able to ask questions that I can't normally ask (*wink wink nudge nudge) and help out with questions if there are any. Name: Let's just go with Meat Age: Old enough to remember Kuroyume Years studied: 10yrs+ Estimated level: Got N1 certified a few years ago but still really bad at speaking from lack of exposure and have problems with kenjougo (basically, I can respect others but I don't now how to lower myself :P) Knowledge of Hiragana/Katakana: All Kanji: approx. 8000 What is your main goal with studying Japanese?: I tell polite company that I want to be able to read Mishima Yukio but really I just want to be able to tell rude people in Japan to f-off What materials have you used before?: At uni we used Situational Functional Japanese. I also used JLPT N1&2 prep books and grammar dictionaries when self-studying. Nowadays I read manga, books, newspaper, etc. everyday to keep it going. And despite the lack of exposure to speaking & listening Japanese, it seems that my conversational Japanese has improved just from reading manga and listening to Jrock! Yoroshiku~

Name: Beatrice Age: 23 Years studied: 3 years of university, and one year in Japan that helped me more than I ever expected XD Estimated level: I'm calling myself Moderate XD Knowledge of Hiragana/Katakana: All. I'm still struggling with katakana sometimes, like how to tell "tsu" from "shi" apart XD. Kanji: Oh my god this is a hard question XD. 1000-ish I guess? I mean I did pretty well so far, but I'm not going to cocky until I pass N2 and graduate from university XD. What is your main goal with studying Japanese?: Well, to be honest, I only decided to learn Japanese 4 years ago when I was deciding what major I should pick to study in university. 4 years ago was when I discovered MUCC and made this big goal of learning Japanese to understand their lyrics. Then, I continued studying it and I found a lot of fun and interesting things and now my main goal is to become as fluent as possible so I can go back to Japan and live there and ride unicorns into the sunset. What materials have you used before?: All the textbooks my teachers have provided me with (Minna no nihongo all the way and some others that I can't remember), a lot of N3 and N2 books, a book that was recommended by my teacher during my one year abroad in Japan called "Ryugakusei no tame no kanji no kyoukasho" (please excuse my romaji, the original title is : 留学生のための教科書) for intermediate level and I liked it very much, especially the illustrations in it XD . Oh and online dictionaries like imiwa, jisho-shirabe and good ol' google translate XD. I tried translating some lyrics, and when I watch anything in Japanese I try looking for words I don't know and kinda save the word somewhere on a piece of paper or on my phone. I tried keeping a notebook with vocabulary but failed to update it. And making Japanese friends on twitter helped me too.

Hey guys I haven't forgot about this club. I've just been slammed with work and taking as much over time as I can before my trip. I'll have a lot of time on the plane to set stuff up as I will have internet. Please bare with me here *___* Thank you for your understanding. In the meantime... if anyone would like to share resources they have found here so i can add it to our resources page. :} I'll try to get Katakana and Hiragana up soon for the beginners and some vocabulary etc.

こちらのスレを読んでTHE NOVEMBERSを聴きたくなった。 お勧めの曲は何ですか？

行く is for movement away from your location while 来る is for movement to your location. If you were already there you can say "...ライブに来た". 行く already explains the action of "going" thus "ている" form isn't necessary. Hope that helped somewhat.

@plastic_rainbow こちらこそよろしく👍 そうだね。私は旅したり、フィギュアとグッズを集めたりするのが好きです。シンプルなやつがいいですよ @Takadanobabaalienありがとう

みなさんはとてもラッキーですよ。 日本に行くことがありません。 旅行は高いし、ちょっと若いだろうしww. THE NOVEMBERSは一番大好きなバンドですよ。（もちろん、ヴィシャル系のバンドが大好きです。）コンサートに行きたいなあ〜

Name: Maya (or Mel doesn't really matter) Age: 18 (turning 19 next month) Years studied: 4 years self study, half a semester (and many more to come since it's one of my majors) Estimated level: Moderate. Still so much to learn though :'D (and classes are just a tad slow for me, despite being in "Intermediate JPNS") Knowledge of Hiragana/Katakana: All Kanji: ~250? It's bound to change since I...surprisingly, enjoy kanji. What is your main goal with studying Japanese?: To read my favorite novels in Japanese, translate lyrics and interviews of my favorite musicians, live in Japan for a few years..so basically, become fluent. What materials have you used before?: I have used too many lol. I mainly use Genki series (even though I hate it with a burning passion), Japanese Demystified, Memrise (for vocab), Rikaikun, lang 8, and Hello Talk

So in my experience--which is 5 years of going to concerts here--it is 100% normal to say 行く for going to a concert (or ライブ as it is often referred to--コンサート is usually used for things like orchestras etc). I hear it, I use it, and I am asked it all the time in relation to lives. ○○に行く ⇒ I am going to (whatever concert, whatever band) ○○に行くつもりです or ○○行く予定です⇒ I intend on going to~ or I plan on going to~ are completely fine. Another point is in English we say "I am going to~" as future tense. You cannot use ～ている form as future tense. It is a current state of being. If you say (concert)に来ている！ you are saying that you are coming to the concert right now (it's not quite the right word choice in that situation either, but that's another topic). It would be the same for a band coming to a place--you wouldn't say ～に来ている unless they are on their way right now, instead it would be ～に来る However, imagine you just told your friend you are going to a live. After you have revealed that, imagine that you now want to know if they are going too. In that situation, you are more likely to ask 来る？ or to tell them something like 来てね！/来てほしい right. If you are undecided about whether or not you are going to the concert you would ask them 行く？ An important note, when someone is going to a concert, whether you are there are not, and you want to tell them to enjoy it you would NOT say 楽しんでいって instead you would tell them 楽しんできて I hope that's helpful

Name: James (God, 神様, etc.) Age: 24 Years studied: Never really committed to "studying" but I started trying to read the language about 9 years ago Estimated level: Pre-Beginner Knowledge of Hiragana/Katakana: Can read all kana, but for some reason my brain can process hiragana much quicker. Kanji: Maybe 50? But I can only remember to handwrite a few (if any). What is your main goal with studying Japanese? Reading, Conversational, Vocabulary, and Grammar. I went to Japan back in May and felt very bad that I couldn't hold a conversation in Japanese with *anyone* and I also didn't like having to rely on the English menus at restaurants (haha). What materials have you used before? I'll try to translate song/album titles whenever possible. I use WWWJDIC, imiwa?, and shirabe-jisho for vocabulary, and as for grammar, I'd just use Google (both translate and search, though the former is not very reliable). Also, I need to just go on a tangent about how fucking stupid it is that people on the internet will translate song lyrics and go into deep analysis about it but they won't even bother trying to translate the actual title! WHY?!

何か質問があったら、私に聞いてもいいですよ。 私もTHE NOVEMBERSが好きです！ 東京と大阪はとても素敵なところです。名古屋は行ったことないけど。 留学で２０１４年から２０１５まで日本に行った。北海道の大学で勉強していて、いい経験だったと思う。 日本にいる間THE NOVEMBERSのライブにも行ってたよ！^^ @akipponまずは自己紹介をしたらどうでしょうか？ 自分の自己紹介忘れたけど。^^; はじめまして。 plasticあるいはプレインボーって呼んでいいです。趣味は音楽を聴くことや読むことやビデオゲームをすることです。 よろしくお願いします！ （とても簡単な自己紹介でした．．．）

sorry @togzi hope i didn't confuse you with my correction from the other thread .__. i might need more context with what you're trying to say. the usage can also differ depending on how you phrase it. i think for に来ている you use it when the 'subject' is coming/visiting/is here. an example would be "BANDはPLACEに来ている" (BAND is coming to/is at PLACE). Or it can be shortened as "PLACEに来ている" ([they are] coming to/visiting/at PLACE). using the later example you can also say "ライブに来ている" ([they are/someone is] coming to/at this live), which might have been what you're friends were referring to? it's also important to note that the particle に designates a place or target of action. so in this case whatever comes before に来ている will always be a place/event. if you replace the particle with が though, the preceding noun will be a person. for example, Aさんが来てる (A is coming/here). can you tell me the phrase you used for 行き? sorry if my explanation is not very clear but i hope that helps. Dx

Name: suji Age: >20 Years studied: 2-3 yrs maybe?? on and off, i'm too fuckin lazy Estimated level: beginner af Knowledge of Hiragana/Katakana: I'm way more experienced with katakana than hiragana ;w; Just now trying to get the hang of hiragana tho Kanji: the kanji for "ai"...that's it What is your main goal with studying Japanese?: to be able to experience japanese culture instead of just watching from a distance for the rest of my life :/ What materials have you used before?:

２０１３年から２０１５年まで東京に住んでたよ。冬休みに一時的に帰国したんだけど笑 なるほどね。ライブ楽しんでね。でもそうじゃなくて、何かライブじゃなくて、観光とか、友達と遊ぶとか、そういう予定もあるんですか？って聞いたんだよ　＞＜ 僕の本命は黒百合と影とグリーヴァだからAINS PRESENTSライブによく行ってた。アインスのバンドだけじゃないけどね。 @akippon会話のやりとりは難しいよね！　頑張ってください！(◕‿◕)

Name: MyakuHaku Age: 16 Years studied: Just a few months on and off. Estimated level: Beginner. Knowledge of Hiragana/Katakana: Few Hiragana, Hardly any katakana, Kanji: None? What is your main goal with studying Japanese?: I wanna understand more of course but as of now, I'd like to work more on Hiragana and Katakana and grammar, eventually kanji. Then work on speaking and hearing. Also hoping to go to college in japan too. What materials have you used before?: So far only a few books and mostly websites.

はろー 何話したらいいんでしょう… (会話を始めるのは苦手んですよ)

Edit: This got clarified by much more adept speakers than me.

んー　そうですね。 でも。。。大阪でTHE NOVEMBERSとFABLED NUMBERのライブに行きます。 26日、タトゥーを取得します。 ビジュアル系をしばしば聞きません。 メタルバンドがすきですよー HNIBが一番好きです。でもライブに行きません。悲しいです。。。 タミーナです！ 元気ですか？ｗ いつはアメリカに行きますか？

Thank you everyone who has participated so far even in the introductions alone. I myself am somewhat of a beginner to moderate level. More on the beginner side. But I did notice some advanced peeps joined the club which I'm very happy for. Don't get me wrong I don't want to just take take take. I hope to be up to that level to contribute to conversational stuff and just keeping things fresh. We do have a few people in here just starting out, so I will be making a beginners post soon.... However, I am taking volunteers to help me set up more advanced stuff. I won't expect you to do much other than correct me if I'm incorrect. I'm teaching myself currently... and would accept any help but I don't want to be too greedy with running the club and also asking everyone for help haha. I AM SUPER AMAZED HOW WELL THIS IS TURNING OUT JUST IN A DAYS TIME.

I really need to get back into studying! Nice to see this group @togz! Name: Kelly Age: 35 Years studied: Maybe 2-3 years seriously, but a lot of time on and off trying to teach myself. Estimated level: I've completed beginners level classes and books and I can read a bit but listening skills, pronunciation, and formulating grammar just... i need lots of help lol. Knowledge of Hiragana/Katakana: All Kanji: I used to be closer to 500 but I think I've backslid to probably around 300 at this point. What is your main goal with studying Japanese?: I guess conversational, definitely grammar. What materials have you used before?: My online classes had us working out of Japanese for Busy People workbooks, since then I do some duolingo and watch youtube channels like Japanesepod101 and tomoko tomoko.

まだ10月末にライブの予定は無いなぁ 間違えないけど最近のバロックとかにあんまり興味無い 昔のは大好きだけど 昔にトミナ？とか書いたけど正しくタミーナなの？ アメリカは別にいいけど、アメリカより、家族＆犬会いたいよ ありがとう 頑張る💪(˘ω˘ 💪)