Basic Japanese Characters (letters) and pronounciation...

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What is the name of the Japanese characters?
Where Can I find a list of the most widely used characters or phrases with PHONETIC spelling. For example, the phrase:

君が要ること。。。
Kimi ga iru koto...
"I need you..."

I need something along those lines so I can begin to understand each character. (for example, in Mandarin characters, a way to write them in Roman characters is pinyin, what is the Japanese equivalent?)

Asked by Russ on 04:53, 30/08/2008 - 148 views
Learn Japanese , using English Tags: Beginner characters Japanese Lesson letters Pronunciation writing

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George ジョージ

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First there are three different character set. Hiragana ,Katakana and Kanji . I think you are looking for kana charts to start,and they can be found on the web. here is a good place to start. http://www.kanjicafe.com The Roman characters for Japanese is romaji . I hope this helps.

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