Would like to meet on zoom. Would love to meet someone, pick a grammar book and work through it together once a week.
I have some basic vocab, but not a lot of grammar experience. I have some different idea for books we can try.
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What time zone are you in? That would be the biggest challenge for a lot of people, I would guess. I’m UTC+9, and, honestly, grammar is something I should really work on more. I rather like Tae Kim’s guide, which is both free and available online, so far, but there are probably plenty of other options that would do me some good as well. 
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Hi! I’d be open to looking at that. How much experience do you have with Japanese? I’m located in Seattle in Washington state. If I understood correctly I think our times zones aren’t so off?
I do work nights so i’m free a lot during the hours i’d expect you to want to meet (I work 11pm-7am my time) M-Sa
I have been learning german for 10 years and having a study parter really helped me. Hope it works out!
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Seattle appears to be UTC-7/8 (depending on daylight savings time I guess), so kind of the opposite (I’m in Osaka). But that can actually be helpful, and I keep odd hours anyway, so maybe we can figure something out. Maybe Sunday morning/afternoon-ish for you?
I have a lot of experience with Japanese, with some significant holes surrounding mainly specific areas of grammar and reading/writing. For reference, I can carry on a conversation just fine…unless/until we venture out of my comfort zone into topics/phrasing I’m unfamiliar with; in many cases that just doesn’t happen and I’m fine, but when it does come up it’s like hitting a brick wall. Regardless, there’s a lot I’m familiar with that I could stand to brush up on anyway, as I haven’t been doing real Japanese “study” (apart from kanji) for a while now.
For the record, I have very little knowledge or experience with German. 
Oh! I was off with the time zones.
Well, i ma very much a beginner. I’m not sure you’d enjoy studying with me to be honest.
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Happy to give it a shot, especially if the timing works for both of us. Honestly, I could use the English practice too. 
Oh! What is your first language.
Let’s do it. If it doesn’t end up working, no worries.
What days are good for you?
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Well…English is my first language, but I get confused sometimes. Use it or lose it, I guess. 
There are probably other days/times that could work depending on the week, but as far as a consistent day/time every week it would be Sunday night, I think. Would Sunday morning work for you? Are you on daylight savings time?
Sunday could work! My work schedule is a little weird because I work from 11pm-7am weekdays.
so it is 7:34am on tuesday where you are right now and 3:34pm monday for me. So your sunday would be my sat which would be even better for me. I think I could do anytime, maybe say a time thats good for you and i’ll double check?
Excited!
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Ah, I’ve had jobs like that…
It sounds like you’re on daylight savings time then. Oh, math… 
So, the time difference is 16 hours currently, therefore we’d be on the same day once it’s evening for me: 22:00 here would be 06:00 for you. Is that feasible? I’m on Twitter, Instagram, Threads, Bluesky, etc. as “abrenty”, so shoot me a message and we can work out the details.
I’ll find you on insta! Give me a couple days, i’m actually starting this new job friday. Maybe we can start not this weekend, but the following?
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Sounds good. I think I’ll probably be out of town this weekend anyway, which isn’t a problem except that I don’t know how the Wi-Fi will be. Good luck with your new job!