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1
Q

what are the three types of Japanese scripts?

A

Hirigana
Katakana
Kanji

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2
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what is hiragana?

A

the words of jap origin

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3
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what is katakana

A

the words for foreign origin

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4
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what is kanji

A

chinese pictorgrams and ideograms

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5
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how did Japanese script start?

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japanese had a language but no scripts- so when traveling increased trade happened- from CHINA and KOREA a lot of pictograms crossed over

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6
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t/f women were allowed to use kanji or pictorgram

A

false

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7
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what is the difference between katakana and hiragana with writing styles?

A

Hiragana is very cursive round and circular

examples

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8
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what is 日

A

the sun it is what you draw- what does the sun do? It divides day and night so you divide it- if you want to show it in lines you would draw a square and divide with line in middle- so when you look at this character the first picture that comes is the sun below- so you will think with light brightness- this is how pictograms and ideograms have come into play

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9
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how many symbols are in hiragana and katakana

A

46 symbols each

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10
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what matters when writing in jap

A

stroke order- how the character is to be made and what is to be drawn first

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11
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in hiragana what are the exceptions in the chart in pronunciation ?

A

Si Ci Tu

instead it should be Shi Chi Tsu

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12
Q

what do all constant end with only with one exception?

A

they all end a vowel except for n

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13
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ん

A

N HIRAGANA

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14
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わ

A

wa HIRAGANA

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15
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ゐ

A

Wi HIRAGANA

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16
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ゑ

A

we HIRAGANA

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17
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を

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wo hiragana

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18
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ら

A

ra HIRAGANA

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19
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り

A

ri HIRAGANA

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20
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る

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ru HIRAGANA

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21
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れ

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RE HIRAGANA

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22
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ろ

A

RO HIRAGANA

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23
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や

A

YA HIRAGANA

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24
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ゆ

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YU HIRAGANA

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25
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よ

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YO HIRAGANA

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26
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ま

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MA HIRAGANA

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27
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み

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MI HIRAGANA

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28
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む

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MU HIRAGANA

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29
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め

A

ME HIRAGANA

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30
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も

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MO HIRAGANA

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31
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は

A

HA HIRAGANA

32
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ひ

A

HI HIRAGANA

33
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ふ

A

FU HIRAGANA

34
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へ

A

HE HIRAGANA

35
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ほ

A

HO HIRAGANA

36
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な

A

NA HIRAGANA

37
Q

に

A

NI HIRAGANA

38
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ぬ

A

NU HIRAGANA

39
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ね

A

NE HIRAGANA

40
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の

A

NO HIRAGANA

41
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た

A

TA HIRAGANA

42
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ち

A

CHI HIRAGANA

43
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つ

A

TSU HIRAGANA

44
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て

A

TE HIRAGANA

45
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と

A

TO HIRAGANA

46
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さ

A

SA HIRAGANA

47
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し

A

SHI HIRAGANA

48
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す

A

SU HIRAGANA

49
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せ

A

SE HIRAGANA

50
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そ

A

SO HIRAGANA

51
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か

A

KA HIRAGANA

52
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き

A

KI HIRAGANA

53
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く

A

KU HIRAGANA

54
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け

A

KE HIRAGANA

55
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こ

A

KO HIRAGANA

56
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あ

A

A HIRAGANA

57
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い

A

I HIRAGANA

58
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う

A

U HIRAGANA

59
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え

A

E HIRAGANA

60
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お

A

O HIRAGANA

61
Q

When Japanese is written vertically how is it read

A

begins on the right

62
Q

When Japanese is written horizontally how is it read

A

begins on the left

63
Q

are there spaces between japanese words?

64
Q

いち , 一

A

ichi - one

65
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二

に

66
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三

さん

67
Q

四
し
よん

A

SHI/ YON FOUR

68
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五

ご

69
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六

ろく

70
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七
しち
なな

A

NANA/SHICHI SEVEN

71
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八

はち

A

HACHI/EIGHT

72
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九

きゅう

A

KYU/KU

NINE

73
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十

じゅう

74
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KANJI 日本

75
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火山 KANJI

76
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人口 KANJI

A

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