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Japanese rules

In high school and in college, I studied Japanese.  Many schools don’t offer this language but when they do and if you take it, it is an experience.  The Japanese language is very difficult yet it is tied to all aspects of life and culture there.  There are four main alphabets, the most difficult being Kanji.  Is is basically beautifully written strokes that mean something.  Each Kanjji can mean more than one word.  It’s how they are placed together when things start to make sense and make sentences.  Katakana is used to help form words that are adopted from other languages. When you read katakana, you can guess what the word is just by the sound of it.  And finally Hiragana.  Hiragana is your basic alphabet.  All learners will need to know this basic alphabet.