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Doweneedspaces?IassumeIamrightinthinkingthatmostlanguagesmakeuseofspacesto separatewordsinsentences.Howeverthisiscertainlynotthecasefor Japanesewhichhasnosuchsystem.Itdoeshoweverhavepunctuation whichwillhelpaidreadibilityandfurthermoretheuseofkanji (pictorgraphiccaracterswithoftenmultipleassociatedmeaningsand pronunciations)helps.Somewordsbeginwithkanjiandendwith hiragana(anothercharactersetconsitingofonly46primarycharacters). Somewordsareentirelywritteninkanjiandallparicles(tothebestofmy knowlege)arewritteninhiragana.Thereisnowayofmeemulatingthisin English,theclosestI couldcometoemulationitwouldbethis: UsingCaptalLetterstoBreakUpWordsbutnotBreakUpSmallerWords Suchas,and,my,not,butWhichCouldAllbeLikenedtoParticles.When WritteninThisWayTheSentanceBecomesMuchMoreLegible.soThe NeedforSpacesThatatFirstSeemstoCreateSuchDifficultlyMaynot ActuallybeasNeededasitFirstAppearstobe!  If you have just started learning Japanese or are considering doing so, don't let the lack of spaces put you off. The question of whether or not Japanese could benefit from the addition of spaces is, as far as I am concerned, still open to debate. Even if it does not aid readability for fluent users I think it would certainly help newcomers get to grips with the writing system   0 Comments
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