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Introductory Japanese Lessons (3)

Japanese Writing Systems 

The Japanese writing system is totally different from English, because it does not use an alphabet. It may be the most difficult part of Japanese to learn, but I think it is also fun and interesting. There are three different types of writing scripts in Japanese.
  1. Kanji
  2. Hiragana
  3. Katakana

One writes Japanese using a combination of all three. Click here to read the article, "Katakana in the Matrix" to learn how kanji, hiragana and katakana are used in a sentence. 

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