Education played an important role in Japanese life. Almost all Japanese can read and write. Japanese language is not so easy. First, you have to learn the three forms of spoken Japanese. They are intimate, polite, and the honorific. Intimate is used when you’re at home. Polite is used in well-educated companies. Honorific is used to show respect to your elders.

There are different ways of writing. They are Kanji (used for picture words), Hiragana (used for sounds), and Katakana (used for foreign words borrowed from China.), and Romaji (used for words in Roman). The older you get the more you have to memorize these writing systems.