I wish I could understand Japanese
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Kevo Wrote:Sure there are. On the top of my head...some simple words...

計:ji/jie
的 : de/di
還: hai/huan
了: le/liao

Keep in mind, that some Kanji have multiple sounds, but Japanese have their non Kanji characters. Chinese is totally in "Kanji".

For comparison, here are the Japanese pronounciations :

計:haka(ru)/kei
的 : mato/teki
還: kae(ru)/kan
了: ryou


spideyjvc Wrote:I've no idea, but I've had some pretty strange experiences with English -> Japanese dictionaries. Mostly because it's kinda vague with it's translations. For instance, you look up something like "circular" and get two kanji for it. 丸 and 円. I've never seen 円, you probably won't be needing that one. But because your dictionary put it, you'll be using it assuming it's right.

円 is mainly only used for the Japanese currency. It's used for some other stuff, but en (yen) is its main purpose. Now that I think about it, 円 is used a lot... Maybe as much as 丸 is.
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I wish I could understand Japanese - by DrRusty - 2009-11-28, 12:35 AM
I wish I could understand Japanese - by Milelke - 2009-11-28, 12:37 AM
I wish I could understand Japanese - by Dual - 2009-11-28, 12:37 AM
I wish I could understand Japanese - by Spideyjvc - 2009-11-28, 12:46 AM
I wish I could understand Japanese - by DrRusty - 2009-11-28, 12:53 AM
I wish I could understand Japanese - by Dyxanije - 2009-11-28, 12:54 AM
I wish I could understand Japanese - by Spaz - 2009-11-28, 12:57 AM
I wish I could understand Japanese - by Spideyjvc - 2009-11-28, 12:57 AM
I wish I could understand Japanese - by Spideyjvc - 2009-11-28, 01:28 AM
I wish I could understand Japanese - by Spideyjvc - 2009-11-28, 02:09 AM
I wish I could understand Japanese - by bio9205 - 2009-11-28, 02:20 AM
I wish I could understand Japanese - by Bacon - 2009-11-28, 02:29 AM
I wish I could understand Japanese - by Spideyjvc - 2009-11-28, 02:32 AM
I wish I could understand Japanese - by DrRusty - 2009-11-28, 02:34 AM
I wish I could understand Japanese - by Spideyjvc - 2009-11-28, 02:46 AM
I wish I could understand Japanese - by DrRusty - 2009-11-28, 02:48 AM
I wish I could understand Japanese - by Bacon - 2009-11-28, 02:48 AM
I wish I could understand Japanese - by DrRusty - 2009-11-28, 02:50 AM
I wish I could understand Japanese - by Kevo - 2009-11-28, 02:54 AM
I wish I could understand Japanese - by DrRusty - 2009-11-28, 02:54 AM
I wish I could understand Japanese - by Spideyjvc - 2009-11-28, 02:56 AM
I wish I could understand Japanese - by DrRusty - 2009-11-28, 02:58 AM
I wish I could understand Japanese - by Spideyjvc - 2009-11-28, 03:04 AM
I wish I could understand Japanese - by Spideyjvc - 2009-11-28, 03:14 AM
I wish I could understand Japanese - by Kevo - 2009-11-28, 03:29 AM
I wish I could understand Japanese - by Spideyjvc - 2009-11-28, 03:33 AM
I wish I could understand Japanese - by Kevo - 2009-11-28, 03:39 AM
I wish I could understand Japanese - by Spideyjvc - 2009-11-28, 03:42 AM
I wish I could understand Japanese - by Turtally - 2009-11-28, 03:43 AM
I wish I could understand Japanese - by Spideyjvc - 2009-11-28, 03:44 AM
I wish I could understand Japanese - by Turtally - 2009-11-28, 03:45 AM
I wish I could understand Japanese - by Kevo - 2009-11-28, 03:48 AM
I wish I could understand Japanese - by Spideyjvc - 2009-11-28, 03:51 AM
I wish I could understand Japanese - by 昇平森膣 - 2009-11-28, 03:53 AM
I wish I could understand Japanese - by Spideyjvc - 2009-11-28, 03:53 AM
I wish I could understand Japanese - by Kevo - 2009-11-28, 04:02 AM
I wish I could understand Japanese - by Spideyjvc - 2009-11-28, 04:10 AM
I wish I could understand Japanese - by Kevo - 2009-11-28, 04:14 AM
I wish I could understand Japanese - by Spideyjvc - 2009-11-28, 04:21 AM
I wish I could understand Japanese - by Kevo - 2009-11-28, 04:23 AM
I wish I could understand Japanese - by Spideyjvc - 2009-11-28, 04:27 AM
I wish I could understand Japanese - by AngelSL - 2009-11-28, 09:54 AM
I wish I could understand Japanese - by Spideyjvc - 2009-11-28, 10:33 AM
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