# My Little Japanese Dictionary ### Checkout my profile on Duolingo . If you're on Duolingo, let's connect! ### How I came about Duolingo? Four of us iOS Developers planned to attend try! Swift Tokyo event in 2017, so we all prepared by learning Japanese together for fun. ![](https://1882978219-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-legacy-files/o/assets%2F-MC7D7WPp53mXSXggY2_%2F-MC7Y6smy5Ra6Tj7l_EJ%2F-MC7_pxsPvyDeYQwoP9K%2FIMG_8964.PNG?alt=media\&token=a1a8bff9-e9c0-405f-ae8e-ad8cd895c6f1) ### Duolingo with colleagues I gave a talk title "How Duolingo Helps Me Learn Japanese" in a Barcamp event (2018.11.07) in our company. Surprisingly, a few language enthusiast colleagues started and even maintaining a longer streak than me now! And, yes, most of them learns Japanese. ![](https://1882978219-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-legacy-files/o/assets%2F-MC7D7WPp53mXSXggY2_%2F-MC7Y6smy5Ra6Tj7l_EJ%2F-MC7Z67WALiC4Wl9mLTs%2FIMG_20181107_105722.jpg?alt=media\&token=09cd6c33-2a64-448c-8f39-6673f095d2c6) ### Becoming an Duolingo Event organiser I often visit Kinokuniya book store in Takashimaya to check out what are the learning materials available. One day, I was curious if there's a study-together group and surprisingly, there is one consistent group for Spanish learners! However, none for Japanese. So, I reached out and held one get together just before Covid19 brought Singapore to a total lockdown. ![2020.02.25](https://1882978219-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-legacy-files/o/assets%2F-MC7D7WPp53mXSXggY2_%2F-MC7Y6smy5Ra6Tj7l_EJ%2F-MC7ab_6J5cOcBn1Mvg4%2FIMG_3525%20duolingo%20events.jpg?alt=media\&token=8a301b02-2bf0-42db-92b9-beef6e0b792c) ### Important Links Besides my cousin James, my go-to person for everything about Japanese and anime, below are some websites that I frequently visit for references: * Jisho () * Good to read, and why Japanese is one the most difficult language to learn ()