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The more cursive form of kana (syllabic writing) used in
Japanese, primarily used for function words and inflections
“flowing” or “simple” kana.
The backbone to all Japanese learning.
hiragana
The more angular form of kana used in Japanese,
primarily used for words of foreign origins.
Since 1945, katakana have been used, like italics in
English, for the transcription of unfamiliar loanwords
and for emphasis; they
katakana
A System of Japanese writing using Chinese Characters,
used primarily for content words.
Best described as ideographs, or written
representations of ideas.
kanji
a system of romanized spelling
used to transliterate Japanese.
Literally means “Roman Letters”
romaji