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09-15-2007, 01:00 AM

I wanted to tell ya a few things.

katakana - syllabary used for foreign words - such as Texas and New York.
hiragana - syllabary used for native words - such as sensei and sushi, if you don't know the kanji for them, or if there isn't a kanji for them.
* tobacco is evidently the only foreign word that is written in hiragana.
kanji - used for ideas, such as love, bright, child.

now the thing to beware: some characters look EXACTLY ALIKE. the difference between the characters is in the stroke. ...and some look really similar, the difference being in the stroke. examples (all in katakana): shi シ and tsu ツ or so ソ and n ン

just randomly picking up calligraphy when you don't know Japanese isn't going to be an easy task. the strokes are too important.

good luck!



thnx boboloko for the sig!

Last edited by Shaelyn : 09-15-2007 at 04:43 AM.
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