The Japanese language is known to employ three different writing systems in recording the language, with the hiragana and katakana syllabaries, as well as kanji. While there are 46 basic characters for hiragana and katakana, these numbers are greatly dwarfed by the number of kanji currently in frequent use, such as the 2136 kanji taught … Continue reading The kanji that most likely aren’t
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Word Bites — Why does the word “irregardless” exist?
It sounds ungrammatical, yet seemingly so intuitive to say. Even so, this word has attracted much controversy about its use in the twentieth century, in definition, usage, and the like. While it has been recognised as a dictionary entry decades ago, it still shows up as a spelling error in some text editors, including the … Continue reading Word Bites — Why does the word “irregardless” exist?
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