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Difference between ひらがな and 漢字 in this poetry
I wouldn’t have stopped to think why あした is written in hiragana. I might have if 今日 were written as きょう. I guess I’m simply more used to seeing あした than きょう.
We would have to ask the author why he ...
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Difference between ひらがな and 漢字 in this poetry
"Tomorrow" is seldom written as あした in daily usage. It may be that the writer would like emphasize the word "tomorrow" as the main subject of this poem, and write it in a "...
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Difference between ひらがな and 漢字 in this poetry
I think both of the reasons you listed are right.
Probably the primary reason why he chose Hiragana instead of Kanji is that using Hiragana normally has an effect to convey softer, warmer, and more ...
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Difference between ひらがな and 漢字 in this poetry
I think you're thinking too much, you should focus on other things to speed up your JP learning process, instead of wasting your time to pondering these stuffs.
Imagine you're writing a letter for ...
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The different ways to say "forever"
Since this is a question about a tattoo, I'd recommend against anything other than Kanji, unless you guys have a specific preference towards Kana's. That said, let's examine the options:
Kanji term 永遠 ...
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Reading: 日々【ひび】 or 日々【にちにち】?
When 日々 means "day by day", "day-to-day" or "everyday" in modern Japanese, you can safely assume its reading is ひび. The にちにち reading is almost obsolete now, and you can ...
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