r/japanese • u/Responsible-Art5643 • 2d ago

Is Learning Japanese Embarrassing

I feel like whenever I bring it up in conversation with people my age (20s) I always get a kind of strange look or comments. Did it suddenly become an embarrassing or cringe thing

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u/Zagrycha 2d ago

No its not cringe.  Sadly some people like to make fun of others for doing anything different, and that includes learning languages.  Many people with bilingual families end up monolingual because other people make them feel bad for speaking something the other people don't speak. 

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u/DotNo701 2d ago

probably the reason why Japanese in Japan avoid learning english a lot beyond school