From:  Krogg <krogg@inspace.net>


Jananese writing consists of 3 forms
Hiragana-----A phonetic spelling of words (ka ki ku ke ko....)
Katakana-----Like hiragana but for nonjapanese words(KA KI KU KE KO...)
Kanji--------Derived from Chinese conceptual writing,Mainly
symbols              stand for words,or ideas
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This is kanji for death(Shi).You would combine it with other kanji and
hiragana to get words like dead,dying,ect......




From: Aran Kuntze

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 __\_/__   |-|- -|-      |
  .---.    |-|- /"-.  ___|___
  |-+-|    '-+- ----     |           (ryuukishi)
  '-+-'    ''"| |=||   __|__
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