Beginner Japanese/Introduction to the Japanese Language

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Words to know

  • About this sound Kanji : Chinese ideographic characters.
  • Kana: The syllabaries used to write Japanese words and particles using characters that represent syllables. The two syllabaries are called hiragana and katakana.
  • About this sound Rōmaji : Romanized Japanese.

Quiz

Please write all answers in lowercase and rōmaji, where applicable.

1

  How would you write, "Cats eat mice" in Japanese?

2

 English is an SVO (Subject Verb Object) language. What kind of language is Japanese? (Answer is possible with three letters or all written.)

3

 What is the name for people of higher status and lower status (comma separated)

4

 How many general-use characters set forth by the Ministry of Education should one know in order to be literate in Japanese?

5

 What is the name of the group of general-use characters set forth by the Ministry of Education one should know in order to be literate in Japanese?

6

 What are the names of the two syllabaries that make up the writing form Kana (comma separated)?


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