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Spoken by over 130 million people, Japanese is an agglutinative language characterized by a complex system of honorifics, which guides verb formation and vocabulary choice based on the relative status of speaker and listener. The language's vocabulary is heavily influenced by words borrowed from Chinese and several different Indo-European languages including English.
This page contains resources for learning and studying the Japanese language.
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- Language Family: Japonic
- Number of Speakers: 130 million
- Official Language: Japan
- Major Dialects: Tokyo-type; Kyoto-Osaka-type
- Hiragana
- Katakana (primarily used for foreign words)
- Kanji (Chinese characters)
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Common Words and Phrases
- Good morning: Ohayo gozaimasu
- Good day: Konnichiwa
- Bye: Sayonara
- How are you?: O genki desu ka?
- Thank you: Domo arigato
- I am sorry: Gomen nasai
- Do you speak English?: Anata wa eigo o hanashimasu ka?
- My name is ___: Watashi no namae wa ___ desu
- How much is it?: Sore wa ikura desu ka?
- It's beautiful: Kirei desu
- Hello (on telephone only): Moshi moshi
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Japanese on Amazon
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Japanese Headbands ("Fighting Spirit" and "Ichiban (#1)"Set of 2 - $9.95
Set of 2 Japanese headbands that tie in the back. Use these headbands for martial arts, cooking or just for fun! Each headband is 2 2/3 inches wide by 36 inches long.
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Benriner Japanese Mandolin Slicer - $41.99
The Benriner Slicer is a professional piece of equipment that no chef should be without. Its sharp super high quality stainless steel blades provide a clean and sharp cut to any vegetable. It comes equipped with 4 different blades giving yo...
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Japanese Candlestick Charting Techniques, Second Edition - $100.00
Japanese Candlestick Charting Techniques, 2nd Edition, provides an in-depth explanation of candlestick plotting and analysis, conveying to the reader, in easy-to-understand language, the author’s years of practical experience in this increa...
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Unfinished Business - The Japanese-American Internment Cases - $26.95
In the spring of 1942, more than 110,000 American citizens of Japanese ancestry were uprooted from their homes and businesses and incarcerated in desolate relocation camps. Without hearings or trials, men, women and children were evacuated ...
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Iwako Japanese Eraser / Animal / Frog & Duck / 6PCS - $3.12
Environmentally friendly, lead-free, recyclable, non-toxic, non-PVC, clean and safe, collectible erasers.
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