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Japan Language, Manga and Anime.

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JapanLanguage, Manga and Anime.

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Japanese Language

Japanese ( 日本語 Nihongo) is a language spoken by over 130 million people in Japan

and in Japanese emigrant communities. The Japanese language is written with a

combination of three scripts: kanji, hiragana and katakana. The Latin alphabet,

rōmaji, is also often used in modern Japanese. Arabic numerals are generally

used for numbers.

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Kanji

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Hiragana

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Katakana

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Manga

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Anime

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