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The Super Secret Japanese Katakana Key | nihonhacks.com

By tummai 311 days ago from http://nihonhacks.com

Sometimes we want to write a foreign loan word in Japanese. We type it in like normal, but when we hit the space bar, the Japanese Input system doesn't recognize our intention and gives us a bunch of random kanji (Chinese characters). Luckily, there is an easy hotkey to force the Japanese Input system to give us ka

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Is Katakana English Unnecessary?

By j2fi 267 days ago from http://www.j2fi.net

There has been talk about the necessity of the katakana character set, and the obtusely irregular usage of Katakana English, a variation of English that often leaves native speakers of the language scratching their head in confusion.

One particular Japanese English language specialist thinks that the problem exists in the sc