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常用漢字. A subset of (currently 2136) kanji approved by the Ministry of Education.

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Legal characters for first names include: hiragana, katakana, jinmeiyo and joyo kanji. What about latin letters?

Is it legal for parents to give to their child a first name with latin letters (romaji, I guess), instead of using katakana, hiragana, or kanji? For example, if Japanese parents want to give their ...
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aru Kanji confusion

In the sentence: 今日は宿題があります。 would I use 在る or 有る? (I know that today it's almost always written in Kana) Thanks in advance :)!
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澤 vs 沢... is the former still in use?

I've asked about 澤 before here on Stack Exchange, but have a follow up question: Is 沢 the modern replacement for 澤? Is 澤 deprecated by the Ministry that decides such matters?
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Why is りんご written in hiragana?

I recently bought some apples and the term was written in hiragana.
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How many Shinjitai and Kyūjitai characters are there?

Kanji Jōyō Jinmeiyō Hyōgai Shinjitai 2127 ? 0 Kyūjitai 0 ? ? Kokuji 9 16 0 Total 2136 863 ? I wonder if the above table is the exact concept of the use of Kanji in Japanese language. Can you help ...
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Are Jinmeiyō kanji part of the Hyōgai kanji?

This question arised as part of the discussion here. At first (see entry 1. here) I thought that 表外{ひょうがい} (hyōgai) was a label for any kanji that is outside the 常用{じょうよう} (jōyō) list. However, in ...
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