You know you are addicted to learning Japanese when...

[burythesystem]

......you look forward to running into other gaijin, who you can speak japanese in front of and show off your skills.

[DaemonForce]

....you buy a DS just to use the Kanji sono mama rakubiki jiten dictionary >.<

The brain of Seattle.

一期一会

The sig of Seattle!

Studying now consumes the majority of my time simply because I have that kind power to force myself. My only regret is that the dictionary is incomplete.

Yes it's incomplete. You won't find obnoxiously long phrases like しゆっぱつしんこ (departure advancement: "Let's GO!") and it's equally useless since I'll never use it or hear anyone use that entire line. Nevertheless, horribly long phrases like this will forever stick in my mind. I wish kanji would do this instead.

=/

[emay]

random phrases pop into your head, and you are able to translate them. (it might take a minute, but still. . . )

[jaypunkrawk]

... you wake your wife up speaking Japanese in your sleep.

Yeah, I was gonna say "when you dream in Japanese". I'm sure I've spoken it aloud but with no one there to hear it. Haha. Awesome!

[bluejazz87]

You want a Japanese girlfriend haha.

[Psy]

You want a Japanese girlfriend haha.

Nah, the obsession isn't clear enough there. I know a few people who have gotten into the language specifically for that reason, so the ladies become the object of their obsessions and not the language.

Now, assuming you had said Japanese girlfriend, waking her up in the middle of the night to ask her, ね、あげるって、他動詞だよね、でもこみ上げるって自動詞だったっけ・・・不思議だなぁ (hey, ageru is a transitive verb, right? But wasn't komiageru intransitive? Weird...)... now that would be obsession.

There's no way I'm talking from personal experience here.

[bluejazz87]

You want a Japanese girlfriend haha.

Nah, the obsession isn't clear enough there. I know a few people who have gotten into the language specifically for that reason, so the ladies become the object of their obsessions and not the language.

Now, assuming you had said Japanese girlfriend, waking her up in the middle of the night to ask her, ね、あげるって、他動詞だよね、でもこみ上げるって自動詞だったっけ・・・不思議だなぁ (hey, ageru is a transitive verb, right? But wasn't komiageru intransitive? Weird...)... now that would be obsession.

There's no way I'm talking from personal experience here.

Hahaha, I'm just kidding. But hey, it would be a good benefit as long as you keep in mind that the language is the focus.

[Ulver_684]

Mina-sama!

I got addicted when I wanted to sing my Jpop and Jrock favorite songs without a translation!

[Psy]

Hahaha, I'm just kidding. But hey, it would be a good benefit as long as you keep in mind that the language is the focus.

It would be and is, no question, don't get me wrong. It's just that these special "certain types" of which I speak aren't in it for that.

Not to veer off topic: ... you set your homepage to be http://ja.wikipedia.org/

[kc8ufv]

Not to veer off topic: ... you set your homepage to be http://ja.wikipedia.org/

Is http://slashdot.jp close enough?

[nanairo]

... you start speaking Japanese instead of Spanish on the oral session of the Spanish AP exam (and don't realize until halfway through).

[ShiroiNeko]

... when you have your first dream where everyone speaks Japanese
... when you answer your office phone with " Moshi moshi"
... when you respond to annoyances with Japanese exclamations
... when you pause Godzilla DVD's so you can try and read the advertising signs
... when you call to your cat in Japanese, to come inside the house in Japanese - and it does !!

... and finally ... when your wife buys you a "naughty" Japanese phrase book for your birthday

FierceCat

ooOO ( Grrrr )

[Psy]

... when you have your first dream where everyone speaks Japanese
... when you answer your office phone with " Moshi moshi"
... when you respond to annoyances with Japanese exclamations
... when you pause Godzilla DVD's so you can try and read the advertising signs
... when you call to your cat in Japanese, to come inside the house in Japanese - and it does !!

... and finally ... when your wife buys you a "naughty" Japanese phrase book for your birthday

FierceCat

ooOO ( Grrrr )

Just to note a common misunderstanding, you don't answer the phone with "moshi moshi," you only say it to someone whom you've called. Anyway, to continue:

... you bow without realizing it in what would be an appropriate situation, except you aren't in east Asia.

[Joey]

you still meet up w/ your high school japanese teacher during summer break >.<

[thomasz]

Only one way, just learn it, Japanese.