I am a native Japanese speaker, born and raised in Japan. I became fascinated in English language at the age of 13 and taught myself how to read and write it. I came to the U.S. for the first time as an exchange student in 2001 and that's when I really started speaking English. They threw me in the middle of nowhere where I was forced to speak English 24/7. After going back and finishing high school in Japan, I came back for college. I am now a freelance translator (English to Japanese) as we...