About Japanese language - introduction

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问题		答案
The Japanese writing system 开始学习		The Japanese writing system uses three alphabets: kanji, hiragana and katakana
What are kanji? 开始学习		Kanji are the adopted logographic Chinese characters. Each kanji means a word.
What are katakana? 开始学习		Katakana, like hiragana, are a syllabary. Katakana is mostly used for foreign words, plant and animal names.
What are hiragana? 开始学习		Hiragana are used for words that cannot be represented in Kanji.
How many people speak Japanese? 开始学习		Japanese language is spoken by 128 million speakers.
What should I learn first? 开始学习		We recommend you to start with katakana and hiragana alphabets. Within the next two lessons you will learn its pronunciation and writing.
What's the next step? 开始学习		We recommend you to learn vocabulary with examples, before you learn grammar rules. Once you get the context it should be much easier to learn grammar.