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I was an exchange student in Japan. I found out 3 years of studying Japanese didn't help much, but 3 months of speaking in Japanese makes all the difference. Make sure you find a family that doesn't speak English and have a high level of understanding the grammatical difference in the languages. Good Luck

well you will be going to a japanese school so common sense says you must have a pretty good handle on the japanese language.

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