Japanese studies continue.

[mereilin]

I discovered something amazing today when I was trying to follow kanji lyrics to a Japanese song I was listening to. For the handful of kanji I recognize, I have an immediate, visceral understanding of the meaning of the word -- even if I'm not sure how to pronounce the kanji, which 99 percent of the time is the case. This is ridiculously exciting to me and definitely encourages me to continue this experiment.

Also I just found out the public library has links to free language learning software, so there's something else to try.