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v. t. e. The romanization of Japanese is the use of Latin script to write the Japanese language. [ 1 ] This method of writing is sometimes referred to in Japanese as rōmaji (ローマ字, lit.'Roman letters', [ɾoːma (d)ʑi] ⓘ or [ɾoːmaꜜ (d)ʑi]). Japanese is normally written in a combination of logographic characters borrowed from ...
Hiragana (平仮名, ひらがな, IPA: [çiɾaɡaꜜna, çiɾaɡana (ꜜ)]) is a Japanese syllabary, part of the Japanese writing system, along with katakana as well as kanji. It is a phonetic lettering system. The word hiragana means "common" or "plain" kana (originally also "easy", as contrasted with kanji). [ 1 ][ 2 ][ 3 ] Hiragana and ...
Katakana are commonly used on signs, advertisements, and hoardings (i.e., billboards), for example, ココ (koko, "here"), ゴミ (gomi, "trash"), or メガネ (megane, "glasses"). Words the writer wishes to emphasize in a sentence are also sometimes written in katakana, mirroring the usage of italics in European languages.
Indonesian (Bahasa Indonesia; [baˈhasa indoˈnesija]) is the official and national language of Indonesia. [ 9 ] It is a standardized variety of Malay, [ 10 ] an Austronesian language that has been used as a lingua franca in the multilingual Indonesian archipelago for centuries.
Japanese (日本語, Nihongo, [ɲihoŋɡo] ⓘ) is the principal language of the Japonic language family spoken by the Japanese people. It has around 123 million speakers, primarily in Japan, the only country where it is the national language, and within the Japanese diaspora worldwide. The Japonic family also includes the Ryukyuan languages ...
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7th day of the 1st month: 人日(Jinjitsu), 七草の節句(Nanakusa no sekku) held on 7 January. 3rd day of the 3rd month: 上巳(Jōshi), 桃の節句(Momo no sekku) held on 3 March in many areas, but in some area on 3 April. 雛祭り(Hina matsuri), Girls' Day. 5th day of the 5th month: Tango(端午): mostly held on 5 May.
An elementary school class in Japan. In Japan, elementary schools (小学校, Shōgakkō) are compulsory to all children begin first grade in the April after they turn six— kindergarten is growing increasingly popular, but is not mandatory—and starting school is considered a very important event in a child's life.