>>512728713
The most important thing (as other anons have said) is learning to speak it as the japanese do, and not as textbooks (or especially anime) say.

If you go around calling everyone あなた (Anata) you'll just fucking embarrass yourself. ESPECIALLY if you use Omae, Teme, Kimi, Anta, etc. instead of just using the name of the person you're speaking to, or just leaving it out entirely because it's implied.

Same to a lesser extent with stuff like Samui, Atsui. In regular speech it's just Samu, Atsu. And the regular greetings / sayings (yoroshiku onegaishimasu, ohayou gozaimasu) end up just getting shortened down until you're almost saying USSSSS after a certain point. One of my favorite exchanges is below, it's why you have to learn all the ways to say what you need so there's no misunderstandings.

a itai!
あー痛い
Oh, it hurts

aitai?
会いたい?
Do you wanna see someone?

ore ni?
俺に?
Me?

chigau!
違う!
No!

i
胃
Stomach
i itai!
胃痛い
My stomach hurts

iitai?
言いたい?
Do you wanna say something?

nani o?
何を?
What do you wanna say?

chigau!
違う!
No!

>>281282644
I think I'd take a catboy before a MILF at this point