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Does anyone learn Jap. w/ 'romanization' rather than Kanji?
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furiousmilksheikali



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PostPosted: Fri Aug 17, 2007 10:11 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

It's perfectly possible to speak a language and be illiterate in it which is what you would be if you decided to eschew kanji altogether. But, as others have suggested, you would be doing yourself a massive favour if you learnt hiragana as romanized Japanese is often quite counterintuitive for native English speakers.

By the way, it is romaji not romanji.
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alexcase



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PostPosted: Fri Aug 17, 2007 10:23 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Ali is quite right, but as I still make the roma(n)ji mistake occassionally after 4 years, don't let it get you down before you've even started!
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gaijinalways



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PostPosted: Fri Aug 17, 2007 11:55 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I misspelled it too. But the OP was referring to romanized Japanese, so I suppose we could be excused for our mistake.
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