💘 Love & dating — Part 3/3

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漢字 kanji

Characters borrowed from Chinese that carry meaning. One character can have several readings depending on the word.

ひらがな hiragana

The core Japanese syllabary. Every word can be written in hiragana — it also shows you exactly how the kanji is pronounced.

カタカナ katakana

The angular syllabary used for loanwords (パン, バス), emphasis and many animal or science terms.

romaji

Latin-alphabet transcription (Hepburn style) — a pronunciation guide while your kana is still warming up.