| Learn Japanese for a real communication for | | | | Ga To U". Normally, you will write this word |
| your work, school project, and communicating | | | | in Hiragana symbol, but in a formal letter, |
| with your Japanese mate properly. | | | | you should use Kanji symbol. Although it is |
| | | | not wrong to use katakana symbol to write |
| Many people think that Learning to speak | | | | "Thank you" in Japanese, not many Japanese |
| Japanese language is more difficult than | | | | people would do so. |
| learning to write Japanese. But, it is | | | | |
| actually vice versa, because there are 3 | | | | If you travel to Japan, you would see how |
| different Japanese symbol called Kanji, | | | | each Japanese Kanji Symbols, Hiragana and |
| Hiragana and Katakana, if you want to learn | | | | Katakana symbols are used |
| to write Japanese. | | | | |
| | | | For example, Japanese Magazine normally use |
| Normally, many Westerners think that kanji | | | | 80% of Kanji symbols, and 10% of Hiragana and |
| symbol is the only writing form we use in | | | | Katakana symbols. |
| Japanese. It is true that we use kanji | | | | |
| symbols more than hiragana or katakana | | | | Another case is the singboard of the place in |
| symbols when writing something in Japanese. | | | | a subway. Almost all the sings are written |
| However, unlike Chinese people who use only | | | | with the Kanji symbols. By the way, we can |
| Kanji symbols, we mix up all Japanese | | | | write numbers in kanji symbols as well, but |
| scripts. | | | | normally use the numerical sign to represent. |
| | | | |
| So, when do you have to use which script? The | | | | Also, Japanese language is changing everyday. |
| answer is it all depends on a type of | | | | There are new Japanese words in which old |
| sentence used. Generally, the majority of | | | | Japanese people cannot understand and those |
| Japanese textbooks says that Hiragana symbol | | | | words are usually written by Katakana symbol |
| is used when a word cannot be written in | | | | or Hiragana symbol. |
| Kanji symbol, and Katakana symbol is mainly | | | | |
| used to represent foreign words, or names | | | | Although they are not proper Japanese |
| which have adopted into the Japanese writing | | | | language, many young Japanese people use such |
| system. | | | | characters nowadays, and those words are |
| | | | normally abbreviated words. |
| However, it is always the case. | | | | |
| | | | That is why leaning to write Japanese is more |
| For example, "Thank you" in Japanese is "A Ri | | | | difficult than speaking Japanese. |