Japan spent a century trying to abolish kanji, from an 1866 petition to the shogun to a postwar novelist who wanted Japan to adopt French. Here's why it failed.
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Japan spent a century trying to abolish kanji, from an 1866 petition to the shogun to a postwar novelist who wanted Japan to adopt French. Here's why it failed.
In English, words are rarely deleted from dictionaries. So why in 2021 did a Japanese dictionary publisher give 1,100 words the boot?
It's a phrase that confuses Tokyoites. But to many in the Kansai region, it's a daily expression rooted in the region's unique breakfast habits.
How do you refer to yourself in Japanese? For most women, it’s some variant of "watashi." But for many young girls, the traditionally male "boku" is winning - and they’re using it as early as elementary school.