Why I Want to Study Japanese

I am very excited by the prospect of learning Japanese. I am a speaker of Arabic, Chinese, some Hebrew, some French, and some Uyghur. I really enjoy learning languages and I am so happy to have the opportunity to study Japanese in the next few years. For me, learning Japanese will open up a world of new academic scholarship and a new invaluable wealth of information However, besides my academic reasons for learning Japanese, I am incredibly moved to study Japanese by the profound legacy of Japanese language literature. Growing up when I was twelve, my aunt bought me a book of Japanese poetry. It included classics such as Sugawara no Michizane and Fujiwara no Kintō, as well as some modern works. Stories from the 源氏物語 have also been a major inspiration of me as I grew up.

In the future, I would also like to live in Japan for some time, so I hope Japanese could greatly help me with that.