The hiragana and katakana often seem like a daunting first step - two whole alphabets to learn! There is no shortcut - you need to memorize 48 symbols for each one. However, the rewards are enormous. In every Japanese sentence, 50-75% of the characters are hiragana or katakana. They are...
Later katakana was used to write grammatical and inflectional elements just as hiragana is now used. Today katakana is used to write non-Japanese words, names, and technical terms in Japanese.Along with the basic characters, there are also a few modifiers commonly used with both of the kana....
Hello! your message is great.l 'm really feel happy that you to learn Japnese so hard. If I were you,l will learn hiragana and katakana first,and at the same time,I will learn daily simple words. こんにちは はじめまして ありがとうございます ごめんなさ
How about unlucky numbers? The cultural meaning of numbers is reflected on various things like words or customs. With the knowledge of numbers in Japanese, you could see the association more easily.Who doesn’t love wordplay?When written in kanji (characters adapted ...
For many words, there are three different ways to write them – two phonetic ways (hiragana, katakana) and then a kanji (+ katakana/hiragana) if the word requires it. Add in homonyms, and it seems like there’s a lot you could do with miscommunication between people. Maybe they got ...
Also we have three types of characters (Hiragana , Katakana, Kanji) so it’s not too hard to recognize each word. Don’t worry, you’ll get used to it :)” わたし (watashi) =I ” is the subject / topic in this sentence.Then...
mainly for loan words (other than Chinese origin words) and foreign proper nouns,onomatopoeia and how to read the name|We use Katakana for imported words, foreign things/country and scientific words. ビニール ビール ビーフシチュー アメリカ メキシコ マグ
I have an article in the Japan Times today: “Complicated characters: Let us now praise difficult kanji.” This column was inspired by two of my biggest Japanese-related realizations of all time: 1. Katakana are not inherently more difficult than hiragana. ...
One of the most striking differences lies in its writing system. Japanese employs a combination of logographic characters called kanji—borrowed and adapted from Chinese—and two syllabaries, hiragana and katakana. Hiragana is primarily used for native Japanese words and grammatical functions, while ...
One of the first things to understand about Japanese is its writing system. Japanese uses three different scripts: kanji, hiragana, and katakana. Kanji are Chinese characters that were introduced to Japan in the 5th century. Hiragana and katakana are phonetic alphabets that were developed in Japan...