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Open a Japanese book, menu, or manga page and you will see three completely different kinds of characters mixed together in the same sentence. Some are round and simple. Some are sharp and angular. Some look like tiny, complicated drawin...

You have learned a few Japanese words. You can recognize ねこ and maybe すし. Then you try to actually write something in Japanese on your phone, and nothing happens. Your keyboard only produces English letters. This is the part almost n...

If you have ever looked at Japanese writing and felt completely lost, you are not alone. The good news is that Japanese has a friendly starting point, and it is called hiragana. Almost every Japanese learner begins here, whether they are...