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Japanese Writing System
Besides the three forms of writing (kanji, hiragana, katakana), Japanese is sometimes written in romaji. With romaji, one can read Japanese without knowing any Japanese writing system.
Omniglot: Japanese Rômaji
Introduction to romaji system.

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