KANA/KANJI Lesson One - Meet Hiragana.

[Danshoku Kotonii]

Sensei!

How do we write sentences in hirigana?

How do we differentiate between words without using spaces?
D:  

[I Am EarthBound]

How long do you think it will take until I can read all 3 of the alphabets fluently? I just started.  

[Kai Shi]

Kim Vana

How long do you think it will take until I can read all 3 of the alphabets fluently? I just started.

Hiragana and katakana aren't too difficult. If you worked hard you could probably have them down in a week or two (or more, depends how well you can memorize things).

Kanji takes considerably longer because there's around 2000 daily use ones. And most of those have more than one reading.

(A quick easy example of this:
All alone this kanji reads:
月　つき　tsuki = moon
But if I put it with one of the numbers 1-12...:
一月　いちがつ　ichigatsu = January

So as you can see even though its the same kanji 月, it has two different readings and meanings.)

There are some with more than two (in fact 月 has a number more as well). This makes kanji more difficult than just memorizing the kanji, you also need to be able to learn them contextually.

So in answer to your question...It's up to you really! Personally I'm absolutely nowhere near having Kanji memorized. It's going to take me years because I'm not the most steady of studiers.  

[Starry Starry Fright]

Danshoku Kotonii

Sensei!

How do we write sentences in hirigana?

How do we differentiate between words without using spaces?
D:

Differentiating between words is something you learn with practice. IfIleaveallthespacesoutofanEnglishsentenceyoucanstillfigureoutwhatitsays.

The more kanji you learn, the easier it will become to read individual words. Start by mastering all of the kanji I've provided, and make sure that you have the hiragana alphabet down.  

[I Am EarthBound]

Is kanji in video games too?  

[Kai Shi]

Kim Vana

Is kanji in video games too?

Depends on the video game and the age its aimed at. I bought pokemon diamond in Japanese (yeah, yeah... redface ) and its totally in hiragana. Which I find insane. Not to mention that figuring out the attacks is near impossible because often, like in the English version, the attacks are some wort of contraction or pun like way of saying it.

Other games might have some more common kanji or others still totally in kanji. I wouldn't expect anything other than kids games to be in hiragana though.  

[Starry Starry Fright]

Kai Shi

Kim Vana

Is kanji in video games too?

Depends on the video game and the age its aimed at. I bought pokemon diamond in Japanese (yeah, yeah... redface ) and its totally in hiragana. Which I find insane. Not to mention that figuring out the attacks is near impossible because often, like in the English version, the attacks are some wort of contraction or pun like way of saying it.

Other games might have some more common kanji or others still totally in kanji. I wouldn't expect anything other than kids games to be in hiragana though.

*cough cough* Nerd.... razz

... although I did buy Naruto: Clash of Ninja in Japanese, and it's full kanji. Which leaves Starry Starry Fright staring at the dialogue screens while helplessly tracing kanji onto an IME pad.  

[I Am EarthBound]

Kai Shi

Kim Vana

Is kanji in video games too?

Depends on the video game and the age its aimed at. I bought pokemon diamond in Japanese (yeah, yeah... redface ) and its totally in hiragana. Which I find insane. Not to mention that figuring out the attacks is near impossible because often, like in the English version, the attacks are some wort of contraction or pun like way of saying it.

Other games might have some more common kanji or others still totally in kanji. I wouldn't expect anything other than kids games to be in hiragana though.

What about games like the Mother series? Would those games have kanji?  

[Kai Shi]

Kim Vana

Kai Shi

Kim Vana

Is kanji in video games too?

Depends on the video game and the age its aimed at. I bought pokemon diamond in Japanese (yeah, yeah... redface ) and its totally in hiragana. Which I find insane. Not to mention that figuring out the attacks is near impossible because often, like in the English version, the attacks are some wort of contraction or pun like way of saying it.

Other games might have some more common kanji or others still totally in kanji. I wouldn't expect anything other than kids games to be in hiragana though.

What about games like the Mother series? Would those games have kanji?

Not too sure. Is this the game you're talking about? If so, its all hiragana and katakana.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jq30wnQFo9I  

[I Am EarthBound]

Kai Shi

Kim Vana

Kai Shi

Kim Vana

Is kanji in video games too?

Depends on the video game and the age its aimed at. I bought pokemon diamond in Japanese (yeah, yeah... redface ) and its totally in hiragana. Which I find insane. Not to mention that figuring out the attacks is near impossible because often, like in the English version, the attacks are some wort of contraction or pun like way of saying it.

Other games might have some more common kanji or others still totally in kanji. I wouldn't expect anything other than kids games to be in hiragana though.

What about games like the Mother series? Would those games have kanji?

Not too sure. Is this the game you're talking about? If so, its all hiragana and katakana.
]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jq30wnQFo9I

Sorta that's the remake I'm talking about these games: Mother,,Mother 3  

[Kai Shi]

Kim Vana

Kai Shi

Kim Vana

Kai Shi

Kim Vana

Is kanji in video games too?

Depends on the video game and the age its aimed at. I bought pokemon diamond in Japanese (yeah, yeah... redface ) and its totally in hiragana. Which I find insane. Not to mention that figuring out the attacks is near impossible because often, like in the English version, the attacks are some wort of contraction or pun like way of saying it.

Other games might have some more common kanji or others still totally in kanji. I wouldn't expect anything other than kids games to be in hiragana though.

What about games like the Mother series? Would those games have kanji?

Not too sure. Is this the game you're talking about? If so, its all hiragana and katakana.
]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jq30wnQFo9I

Sorta that's the remake I'm talking about these games: Mother,,Mother 3

Did a little hunting for clips on youtube and it looks like its all hiragana and katakana for both of those as well.  

[I Am EarthBound]

Kai Shi

Kim Vana

Kai Shi

Kim Vana

Kai Shi

Kim Vana

Is kanji in video games too?

Depends on the video game and the age its aimed at. I bought pokemon diamond in Japanese (yeah, yeah... redface ) and its totally in hiragana. Which I find insane. Not to mention that figuring out the attacks is near impossible because often, like in the English version, the attacks are some wort of contraction or pun like way of saying it.

Other games might have some more common kanji or others still totally in kanji. I wouldn't expect anything other than kids games to be in hiragana though.

What about games like the Mother series? Would those games have kanji?

Not too sure. Is this the game you're talking about? If so, its all hiragana and katakana.
]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jq30wnQFo9I

Sorta that's the remake I'm talking about these games: Mother,,Mother 3

Did a little hunting for clips on youtube and it looks like its all hiragana and katakana for both of those as well.
Thank you the reason i wanted to know is because I want to impress my friends and parents by playing a game they won't understand.  

[Kai Shi]

Kim Vana

Kai Shi

Kim Vana

Kai Shi

Kim Vana

What about games like the Mother series? Would those games have kanji?

Not too sure. Is this the game you're talking about? If so, its all hiragana and katakana.
]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jq30wnQFo9I

Sorta that's the remake I'm talking about these games: Mother,,Mother 3

Did a little hunting for clips on youtube and it looks like its all hiragana and katakana for both of those as well.

Thank you the reason i wanted to know is because I want to impress my friends and parents by playing a game they won't understand.

Good luck~ Enjoy yourself  

[Danshoku Kotonii]

Starry Starry Fright

Kai Shi

Kim Vana

Is kanji in video games too?

Depends on the video game and the age its aimed at. I bought pokemon diamond in Japanese (yeah, yeah... redface ) and its totally in hiragana. Which I find insane. Not to mention that figuring out the attacks is near impossible because often, like in the English version, the attacks are some wort of contraction or pun like way of saying it.

Other games might have some more common kanji or others still totally in kanji. I wouldn't expect anything other than kids games to be in hiragana though.

*cough cough* Nerd.... razz

... although I did buy Naruto: Clash of Ninja in Japanese, and it's full kanji. Which leaves Starry Starry Fright staring at the dialogue screens while helplessly tracing kanji onto an IME pad.

xDD
I got that game in Japanese too!
..
I just press random buttons until it lets me fight. ^^;  

[Starry Starry Fright]

Danshoku Kotonii

Starry Starry Fright

Kai Shi

Kim Vana

Is kanji in video games too?

Depends on the video game and the age its aimed at. I bought pokemon diamond in Japanese (yeah, yeah... redface ) and its totally in hiragana. Which I find insane. Not to mention that figuring out the attacks is near impossible because often, like in the English version, the attacks are some wort of contraction or pun like way of saying it.

Other games might have some more common kanji or others still totally in kanji. I wouldn't expect anything other than kids games to be in hiragana though.

*cough cough* Nerd.... razz

... although I did buy Naruto: Clash of Ninja in Japanese, and it's full kanji. Which leaves Starry Starry Fright staring at the dialogue screens while helplessly tracing kanji onto an IME pad.

xDD
I got that game in Japanese too!
..
I just press random buttons until it lets me fight. ^^;

Haha yeah, I usually just select "はい" until I get to a fight screen. I'm an impatient person sometimes.

My dad got me a Naruto RPG game a while back that was completely in Japanese, and it was impossible to play. I couldn't read the dialogue telling me what to do... razz