Yeah, I think there are 2 Japanese scripts, hiragana and katakana. I think that katakana is often used to write out English words in Japanese. Kanji is.. kanji. XD; Probably the hardest to learn for foreigners, because there are more strokes to kanji than hiragana/katakana.
My friend also told me that with hiragana, the edges of each character is round, whereas with katakana, the edges are sharp like triangles. XD I think that's one way to tell which script you are looking at.
Man, I wanna take Japanese classes~ T__T;; no time..
Since I was lurking around~ Try this side: http://www.romaji.org./index.php It gives romaji for all types of Japanese characters^^ But sometimes is a bit tricky, since some kanji have lots of readings. And when it comes to katakana, when you know what was written, you than have to decipher what kind of word it is in English or any other language it was used for. Hope that helps a bit^^;;
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Would this help? http://www.sf.airnet.ne.jp/ts/japanese/table_k.html
シルバーアクセスタイルマガジン = "Shiruba- akusesutairu magazin" = I think "Silver Accessory Magazine"? The "ー" is a dash (based on my Googling)
XD I bet this has to do with Gackt's latest magazine cover~~
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So it's just katakana writing of Silver Accessory!
Yep, the Gackt one ))))
Arigatou!
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My friend also told me that with hiragana, the edges of each character is round, whereas with katakana, the edges are sharp like triangles. XD I think that's one way to tell which script you are looking at.
Man, I wanna take Japanese classes~ T__T;; no time..
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Me too! I so much want to study Japanese!
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It gives romaji for all types of Japanese characters^^ But sometimes is a bit tricky, since some kanji have lots of readings. And when it comes to katakana, when you know what was written, you than have to decipher what kind of word it is in English or any other language it was used for. Hope that helps a bit^^;;
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