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Convenient way to use 漢字(Kanji)、ひらがな(Hiragana) andカタカナ(Katakana) Japanese language has three types of letters; 漢字(Kanji)、ひらがな(Hiragana) andカタカナ(Katakana) (We also use Alphabet these days). Today, I’d like to show you one convenient way to use these three letters to express the same thing. <example 1> When we write the word ありがとう(Arigatou-thank you) we can choose 1. 有難うごさいます　(Arigatou-gozaimasu) 2. ありがとうございます (Arigatou-gozaimasu) 3. ありがとう (Arigatou) 4. アリガトウ (Arigatou) 5. サンキュー (thank you) No1 is the most polite expression and No5 is very casual. <example 2> When we write the word よろしく (Yorosiku) we can choose, 1. 宜しくお願いします (Yorosiku-onegai-simasu) 2. よろしく (Yorosiku) 3. よろしくネ (Yorosiku-ne) 4. ヨロシク (Yorosiku) No1 is the most polite expression and No4 is very casual. As I showed you above, we can choose the level of politeness and how serious we are by choosing these three letters.

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Convenient way to use 漢字(Kanji)、ひらがな(Hiragana) andカタカナ(Katakana)

The Japanese language has three types of letters; 漢字(Kanji)、ひらがな(Hiragana) andカタカナ(Katakana)
(We also use the western* Alphabet quite a bit these days).
Today, I’d like to show you one** convenient way to use these three letters writing systems*** to express the same thing.


When we write the word ありがとう(Arigatou-thank you) we can choose
1. 有難うごさいます　(Arigatou-gozaimasu)
2. ありがとうございます (Arigatou-gozaimasu)
3. ありがとう (Arigatou)
4. アリガトウ (Arigatou)
5. サンキュー (thank you)
No1 is the most polite expression and No5 is very casual.


When we write the word よろしく (Yorosiku) we can choose,
1. 宜しくお願いします (Yorosiku-onegai-simasu)
2. よろしく (Yorosiku)
3. よろしくネ (Yorosiku-ne)
4. ヨロシク (Yorosiku)
No1 is the most polite expression and No4 is very casual.

As I showed you above, we can choose the level of politeness and how serious we are by choosing from these three letters writing systems.

This is interesting and helpful. I like how you show a sequence from most casual to most formal.  I think maybe it would help non-Japanese speakers if you also provide translations the show the similar nuances in English (like 1. Thank you so very much, 2. Thank you very much, 3. Thanks you 4. Thanks, 5. Thanx)

* "Western Alphabet" or "Roman Alphabet"

** You use the expression "one convenient way" but this is confusing because you then how us five ways to write ありがとう and four ways to write よろしく. I understand that "one . . . way" is talking about something different. You are referring to one way to understand how we use かな。Perhaps you could say, "Today I'd like to show you a way we can use the different writing systems to express different nuances of the same word."

*** "Letters" doesn't seem right. Possibly, you can say "characters," but I like using "writing systems" to distinguish ひらがな、カタカナ、and 漢字

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