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「七つの海商社」“7 Seas Trading Co.” as formal name for a company
wanted to ask a question re:company names in 日本語.
Would「七つの海商社」work as a name for a company? Or does this combo of kana+kanji not work in formal business names?
Greatly appreciate any help. Thank ...
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Meaning of given character
I was just wondering the character shown in image is Japanese or not. If yes then can you please tell me the meaning of it.
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How and when do Japanese children learn kanas and kanji?
I wonder how exactly Japanese children learn to write. It may help a foreigner to know what is important to memorize or not. The only thing I know is that first of all, hiragana are learnt, and then ...
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Ruby text in Documents
Note: I know they might not strictly be interchangeable, but I might end up using "Furigana" and "Ruby text" in an interchangeable manner in this question.
Hi all,
I'm in the process of writing a ...
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Which kana/kanji are used to write Yoshitoshi's death poem?
Browsing for art late at night, I came across this beautiful poem by Yoshitoshi, said to be his death poem:
yo o tsumete
terimasarishi wa
natsu no tsuki
translated as:
holding back ...
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Names for strokes
What do we call the different types of strokes of kanji/kana in Japanese?
For example, in Chinese the left-downward stroke is called 撇[piě] and the right-downward stroke is called 捺[nà]. And if I ...
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Distinguishing certain characters in handwriting and print
Japanese has some sets of characters which look very similar or even identical. Obviously, context is usually more than enough to distinguish which character is intended, but I'm wondering if there ...
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What are the origins of ヶ?
The ヶ in e.g. 一ヶ月 is a bit of an odd character - it looks a lot like a small version of the katakana ケ, but is it derived from that katakana originally? Or is it a normal kanji? Or is it something ...
