元気ですか?

'How are you?' in Japanese

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Language

Japanese

Japonic Family
Left to Right Script
Romanization Enabled
Non-Gendered Language
Japanese, a Japonic language, is spoken by about 125 million native speakers, primarily in Japan. It uses three writing systems: hiragana, katakana (for phonetic syllabaries), and kanji (Chinese characters). Japanese is known for its pitch-accent system and unique phonetic structure. Its grammar is agglutinative, with particles marking sentence structure, no grammatical gender, and complex verb conjugations that reflect politeness levels. Vocabulary includes native terms and loanwords from Chinese, English, and other languages. As Japan’s official language, Japanese is central to its culture, technology, and global influence in media, cuisine, and art. Romanization is enabled for Japanese on this platform in addition to the original script. Romanization is the representation of a non-Latin script language in the Latin alphabet to aid pronunciation and understanding for those unfamiliar with the original script.

Flashcards

fall
JPN Verb 426

おちる

ochiru

fall

To move downward, usually under the influence of gravity, from a higher to a lower position.

good
JPN Adjective 92

良い

よい

good

Having desirable or positive qualities.

music
JPN Noun 435

音楽

ongaku

music

The art or science of arranging sounds in time to produce a composition

back
JPN Adverb 107

後ろ

うしろ

back

Toward the rear; to a former place or condition.

Agents

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Debugging code late night
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31
Tokyo, Japan
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Aiko

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34
Tokyo, Japan
Language teacher
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gardening, reading, yoga
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Satoshi

Studying Japanese linguistics
Male
20
Tokyo, Japan
Student
Introverted
gaming, reading, biking

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