After World War II there was a sharp increase in Japan of printed materials, notices, and signboards in foreign languages, particularly English. Seen everywhere, they were so prolific that foreign languages became an aspect of everyday life for the Japanese. The English letter styles in the var...
While you're still familiarizing yourself with hiragana and katakana, it might help to take a look at the rōmaji. Rōmaji is the romanization of Japanese words using Latin script - that is, the same letters that we use in English. Rōmaji is read the same way as you would read a text...
This novel use of Roman letters is particularly evident in the field of advertising. Japanese is now unique because it uses the three existing types of writing systems in the world: alphabetical, sy...
Even more fascinating than the history of the Japanese alphabet is watching someone write Japanese letters. Japanese calligraphy is called shodō 書道, and many foreigners seem to be attracted by it. You’ve seen someone with a tattoo of a Japanese letter at least once in your life, didn’t ...
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I have loved the Japanese language since I was five and had looked forward to this puzzle. Unfortunately there is a MAJOR bug in it. When you try to start a puzzle, even the Demo puzzle, the letters scatter and stay on the screen even as the puzzle tries to begin. You have real puz...
If you have already learned Japanese alphabet, Hiragana, next to learn is Katakana! Katakana is mainly used for foreign origin words. Are you scared that you need to learn more letters? Don’t worry. It would be much easier to learn Katakana than Hiragana. ...
Alphabet Lore: ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ: Created by Mike Salcedo. With Mike Salcedo. The letters will be go on a adventure. First, they will have to be in a good group. Then, they will take a cab. Last, they will have a final battle with F. At the end
The first step to learning the Japanese language is to learn the alphabet. Or, at least, to learn the sounds that exist in the language. There are absolute…
Direction of writing: left to right in horizontal lines Vowels are smaller than consonants and are written below them. Standard punctuation is used (, . ! ? etc) Lines and Circles alphabet Examples of how the letters fit together Sample text in the Lines and Circles alphabet ...