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Anonymous commented at 2013-05-30 20:53:24 » #1330843
I think, >>338506, it's a reference to beginner English courses given in Japanese schools. The first few things you learn how to say are "This is a pen" and "I love you".
I think that the characters (I can't write Japanese, so I can't tell if it's Katakana, Kanji, Hirigana or what-have-you) are written to express English phonetics.
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I think, >>338506, it's a reference to beginner English courses given in Japanese schools. The first few things you learn how to say are "This is a pen" and "I love you".
I think that the characters (I can't write Japanese, so I can't tell if it's Katakana, Kanji, Hirigana or what-have-you) are written to express English phonetics.
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Anonymous commented at 2013-05-30 21:02:24 » #1330849
^ You're correct. I CAN read some Japanese, and that's katakana. You're also right about it being written for English phonetics. It was easy to sound out, so cross-checking it was easy.
Also, for future reference, kanji are the detailed-looking characters, hiragana are the rounded more cursive-looking ones, and katakana are the sharp-looking, relatively simple ones. That should help you tell the difference, even if you can't read them yet.
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^ You're correct. I CAN read some Japanese, and that's katakana. You're also right about it being written for English phonetics. It was easy to sound out, so cross-checking it was easy.
Also, for future reference, kanji are the detailed-looking characters, hiragana are the rounded more cursive-looking ones, and katakana are the sharp-looking, relatively simple ones. That should help you tell the difference, even if you can't read them yet.
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