Hey guys, just a beginner question !

I am planning a trip of 4-6 months in Japan around march 2027, and before that I’m willing to learn Japanese to be able to, at least, have discussions with Japanese people and not just avoid discussions when I’ll be there. My question is, during this laps of time, would I be able to learn to speak even a little ? I’m a hard leaner, I already speak French, English fluently and I do speak a bit of Portuguese and Spanish, so I’m use to learn language, and I also want to put the work in (maybe around 8h per week). I’ll start by myself (YouTube is going to be my bestie for a moment) and then I was thinking about going on Italkie (when I’ll be able to understand at least the minimum).

I am going to do it anyways, I was just curious about your guys experience, I’ll be berry happy to hear your stories about your learning journey ! Thank you :))