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NOTE: to view japanese in this post, change the character encoding to Japanese.

This post is dedicated to Rasha-chan! =)

Any friend of me must be capable of using & understanding at least 5 of these 10 Japanese words successfully!=D :

1-Hai ! = Yes!

2-Arigatŏ! = Thank you!

3-Sumimasen! = Pardon me!,excuse me!

4-Hayaku! = Hurry up!

5-Kon’nichi wa! = good day!

6-Kawaii! = (fill in the blank..lool)

7-Wakatta! = I got it!,understood!

8-Atsui! = Its hot!

9-Samui! = Its cold!

10–chan & -kun

*NOTE: for the pronounciation, the vowels sounds are exactly like the vowels in French! (remember? A I U E O!)

Now, Japanese Language has 3 writing systems (don’t panic, its simple).Japanese use a mix of all the three.

1- Kanji: These characters are originally imported from china. Japanese use about 2000 of these(The original Chinese ones are approx 6000 in total). Kanji must be learnt by heart. This would make no sense for you at the beginning, but when you go a little deeper you’ll discover that learning Kanji is the most exciting thing you can do! + you’ll start to see more logic behind it!
(Kanji includes the meaning of the word..you start to associate shapes with meanings)
For me, I guess that I can recognize approx 350-400 kanji. Studying kanji can be fun & challenging!

2-Hiragana : hiragana is the first system that school kids learn in Japan. They are simply letters (the alphabet of the japanese)

3- Katakana : katakana has the same sounds that Hiragana has, but its written with different set of characters. They are usually used to write names of foreign people & places.

All three systems are used in conjunction.

Examples: (the word EIKYUU=eternity in the three systems)
-KANJI : 永久 (EI - KYUU)
-Hiragana : えいきゅう(E - I – KYU - U)

-Katakana: エイキュウ(E – I - KYU - U)

note that the kanji is all about symbols! Each symbol can be read with multiple letters of hiragana.

The easiest is the 4^th system, the ROMA-JI. In this system we write Japanese in English letters. This is used in books for foreign learners to make reading easy!

ROMA-JI example: writing the word: 　山　（やま） as YAMA, Which means a mountain.

Hope that this was a useful post! Any Questions are welcome! (^_^)y