Japanese letters?

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Bounty Hunter

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i'am very interested in learning japanese am currently learning how to talk japanese but i also want to write as well but i don't know where to download (writing japanese) software.

Can anyone help ?

 

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PaulTB

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HITMAN-X said:

i'am very interested in learning japanese am currently learning how to talk japanese but i also want to write as well but i don't know where to download (writing japanese) software.

Can anyone help ?

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Declan's Guide to Installing and Using Microsoft's Japanese IME - Windows 7, Windows Vista, XP, 2000
Japanese Writing
JWPce - Japanese Text Editor and Dictionary

 

Emoni

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I recommend college books like "Learn Japanese" by Young and Nakajima-Okano, and I heard "Genki" was good too.

Take a Japanese course at a community college. If you REALLY want to learn that is the way to do it, and if you get a great teacher you will be in heaven

 

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Bounty Hunter

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Thanks for your help. both of you.

 

Inuyasha-the-kid

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WORLF RAIN

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RockLee

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What's that suppose to mean???

 

Glenn

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Yeah, really. what was that?

 

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PaulTB

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Glenn said:

Yeah, really. what was that?

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Impressionable young poster sees avatar from anime that he recognizes.

Paul "Film at 11" TB

 

Glenn

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Oh, alright. That makes a bit more sense now, even though I have no idea what anime it is. Thanks, Film at 11!!

 

Inuyasha-the-kid

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犬夜叉 which means Inuyasha

駕篭め which means Ka Go Me

 

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PaulTB

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Inuyasha-the-kid said:

犬夜叉 which means Inuyasha

駕篭め which means Ka Go Me

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Actually her given name is in hiragana. Her family name is 日暮 (ひぐらし).

Nice to see you got the 'Japanese letters' bit working

 

Inuyasha-the-kid

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I though every body hates 犬夜叉 but I watch it too!

also why cant I spell inuyasha like this イヌヤシャ

why cant I write japanese in a .doc

 

MetalGear RAY

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Inuyasha-the-kid said:

why cant I write japanese in a .doc

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'Cause you need the Microsoft IME for Japanese. And it is WAY easier to type Japanese with JWPce than the IME. So don't spend much time on the IME, and download JWPce instead.

To download JWPce:
ftp://ftp.edrdg.org/pub/Nihongo/00INDEX.html

 

fixelbrumpf

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Inuyasha-the-kid said:

I though every body hates 犬夜叉 but I watch it too!

also why cant I spell inuyasha like this イヌヤシャ

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Well, as "Inuyasha" is a proper Japanese word/name, you'd usually write it in kanji, not in katakana. Katakana is usually used to write foreign words or loan words, such as "koohii" (coffee), "keeki" (cake), and so on.

By the way, MetalGear RAY, a hand-written "watashi" would look more like this, (the component on the right that looks like a katakana "mu" and means "private", I think) is usually written a bit smaller in handwriting. There's often a marked difference between hand-written and printed kanji.