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The Japanese language uses three writing systems: kanji, hiragana, and katakana.  Kanji are logograms – each character has a specific meaning. It is used to write “content” words such as nouns, verbs, adverbs and adjectives. Hiragana and katakana are syllabaries – each character represents a single syllable sound rather than a meaning. Hiragana is used for showing verb inflections, for prepositions, and otherContinueContinue reading “Japanese Writing Systems”