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Originally Posted by DanielSheen
Thats a good point. Your right. Anyone who wants to learn the "brown brush warbler" in Japanese should be able to read the kana. I never thought of it that way.
Perhapse I would be very benificial to have both romaji and the correct japanese text becide it.
I suppose when we were making the website we were only thinking about those who don't know kana instead of those who already do.
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As someone who likely knows more Japanese than you (I don't know you, so I have to infer from the circumstances) and more experience learning the language as well, I strongly suggest you completely excise romaji from the site. All it does is hurt learners: they'll subconsciously keep looking at the romaji to check if they're reading it correctly, and this is something that is drastically detrimental to learning the language.
You should know kana within a week of studying Japanese, and pretty much nothing other than "dog" and "cat" on that list should be encountered in that first week.
Edit: Just wanted to say again that I think your heart's in the right place, and you seem like a good dude.