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Comment #17832372
That's a fair point and I agree in general. However, in this specific case I disagree. To show that I agree, allow me to point out how in my earlier comment I used the word "radica…
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Comment #17832104
Pitch accent + clarification when needed. Subtitles are extremely common here. See my response to a response of this comment for more details. The tl;dr is that the language is har…
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Comment #17832084
Actually this is just incorrect. Spoken Japanese is much more ambiguous. There's a reason subtitles are ubiquitous here. Americans who didn't understand the language tried and fail…
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Comment #17828550
I respectfully disagree. As someone with knowledge on the subject, the post I responded to was just incorrect. Alphabet is a specific term with a specific meaning and connotations.…
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Comment #17828180
Sorry, but I really strongly disagree with this. I've studied Japanese for 6 years, Chinese for 3 and am currently in Japan. Some of your comments come off as extremely ignorant. F…