Day Six

The Japanese language, in writing, has been influenced over the years. For a while the Japanese writing was depended on kanji, these are Chinese characters that were used in the Japanese language. However, the kana way of writing soon began to add on to the writing system. There are two ways to write in Japanese script. One way is katakana, which means "fragmentary kana" and it was taken to make a simpler version of the complex kanji. Another way of writing Japanese is the hiragana way. Hiragana is like the cursive version of Japanese writing, and it is also used for words without a kanji character. However, for my story I will use the common modern written language that is commonly used, and this is the romanization Japanese. The romanization is written using letters instead of characters, and it is fairly easy to read since you basically pronounce every syllable with a vowel in it.

Here is a list of common greeting and saying that I might incorporate into my writing:
Good morning - Ohayou
Good afternoon - Konnichiwa
Good evening - Konbanwa
Goodbye - Sayonara
Good Night - Oyasuminasai
What happened? - Dou shita no
Absolutely not - Zettai dame desu
Who did it? - Dare ga shita no
Where are you? - Doko ni iru no
What is your name? - Namae wa nan desu ka
Thanks - Arigatou (Arigato gozaimasu is more polite.)
I love you - Ashiteru (aishiteru wa is usually said by a female)
I like you - Daisuki