japanese-characters - faqjapan.com

Its true that on the streets of Japan you will need some kind of survival Kanji and Katakana to navigate Japans maps, train network, bus services, restaurant menus and more can be daunting when you are not familiar with the local characters. In fact, Japanese uses 3 different writing systems namely Hiragana, Katakana (Foreign loan words) and Kanji (Chinese Characters) just to add to the confusion.nSo, in these next few chapters, I will try to provide some useful guide on important words and phrases, both in Katakana and Kanji (Chinese Characters) that will help make your trip or life in Japan hopefully a little bit smoother.nIn todays post, I have provided some of the more common Katakana and Kanji words you will see around Japan. Good luck nnnnKatakanan (Toire) Toilet/ Public Restroomn (Bi-ru) Beern (Wain) Winen (Konbini) Convenience Storen (Menyu) MenunKanjin (Otearai) Toilet/Public Restroomn (Densha) Trainn (Denwa) Telephonen (Abunai) Dangerousn (Kiken) Dangerousn (Hijyou) Emergencyn (Deguchi) Exitn (Iriguchi) Entrancen (Ginkou) Bankn (Kinshi) Prohibitionn (Kinen) No-Smoking Arean (Kitsuen) Smoking Arean (Otoko) Malen (Dansei) Malen (Onna) Femalen (Josei) Female

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