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The Japanese writing system začněte se učit		The Japanese writing system uses three alphabets: kanji, hiragana and katakana
What are kanji? začněte se učit		Kanji are the adopted logographic Chinese characters. Each kanji means a word.
What are katakana? začněte se učit		Katakana, like hiragana, are a syllabary. Katakana is mostly used for foreign words, plant and animal names.
What are hiragana? začněte se učit		Hiragana are used for words that cannot be represented in Kanji.
How many people speak Japanese? začněte se učit		Japanese language is spoken by 128 million speakers.
What should I learn first? začněte se učit		We recommend you to start with katakana and hiragana alphabets. Within the next two lessons you will learn its pronunciation and writing.
What's the next step? začněte se učit		We recommend you to learn vocabulary with examples, before you learn grammar rules. Once you get the context it should be much easier to learn grammar.

About Japanese language - introduction