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Japanese Pronunciation

Japanese Writing System

Education System

Writing System 2

Japanese Characteristics

Greetings & Expressions

Statements and Questions

Shopping

Months

Adjectives

Verbs

How to Tell Time

Summary

Japanese Lessons

 Japanese Pronunciation
The Japanese language has only 5 vowels: A, I, U, E, O. They are terse vowels, pronounced clearly and sharply. If one pronounces the vowels in the following sentence one will have their approximate sounds. Please note: the "U" is pronounced with no forward movement of the lips.
Ah (a), we (i) soon (u) get (e) old (o).

Here are some characteristics of Japanese grammar.
1. Japanese nouns have no gender and number.
2. Verb conjugation is not affected by the gender or number.
3. Japanese verbs have only two tenses: the present and the past.

Japanese writing system

The Japanese writing system is totally different from English, because it does not use an alphabet. It may be the most difficult part of Japanese to learn, but I think it is also fun and interesting. There are three different types of writing scripts in Japanese.
1. Kanji
2. Hiragana
3. Katakana
One writes Japanese using a combination of all three.