1. Japanese Language

2. Compared to Other Languages
Written language originated from China
Syntactically similar to Korean
Includes Chinese characters… but
pronounced differently

3. Written language Three Alphabets
Even though Hiragana and Katakana have the same pronunciations, they are used differently
Typically written vertically using paper called genkoyoshi

5. How the Heck do they Text?
Hiragana keyboards!
OR IME, input method editor, using the English alphabet
On cell phones, keitai, they press the number keys multiple times to get the character they want (sound familiar?)
Due to the difficulty, there is a lot of internet slang such as...

6. More about Slang for “internally screaming”
This can only be done on an English Keyboard

7. Loanwords in Japanese
When a word is borrowed from another language it is spelled with katakana characters.
Japanese uses words derived from a lot of Languages but mostly from English such as...
Computer KONPYUUTAA コンピューター
Television TEREBI テレビ
Fashion FASHON　ファション
Spicy SUPAISHII　スパイシー
Chocolate CHOKOREETO チョコレート

8. Loan Words in English
English borrows words from Japanese as well! You probably use them too...
Anime, Futon, Sumo, Sayonara, Samurai, Sake, Karaoke, Sashimi, Sushi, Ramen, etc.
The most interesting one is “Skosh” meaning “a little,” commonly used in Britain...
少し SUKOSHI a little
“Could you move over just a skosh.”

9. Grammer Typically organized as subject-object-verb
Since there are no spaces to separate words particles are used in between to indicate the subject, verb, possession, etc.
私はりんごが食べます。I eat apples. (lit. I apple eat)
Verbs will indicate your tone as well making you sound polite or rude
The most honorific form of verbs is called keigo, which is extremely difficult to master
Because Japanese is extremely honorific, it is difficult to be sarcastic without sounding like pretentious

10. NAMES
Refer to someone’s last name rather than their first. Family is more important than the individual
Use Suffixes such as -san -sama -chan -kun
FUN JAPANESE INTERNET SLANG FACT!!!
“Last name△” means “He/she is so cool”
△In Japanese is pronounced sankakkei: san (the suffix) and kakkei meaning cool
So クローディア△ Means Claudia is so cool

11. My Thoughts
I wish they’d rewrite their language already to get rid of kanji
It sucks that you can’t play Devil’s Advocate by being commercially sarcastic without sounding rude
Overall the history of how Japanese came to be what it is today is very interesting
Knowing the basics of the language is key to being culturally competent
Even though it’s not as sexy as Spanish it’s still fun to speak it and use straight forward comedy
I will now be using くぁwせdrftgyふじこlp just to confuse my friends

12. Works Cited “Japanese Language.” Japan Fact Sheet.
The Anime Man and AkiDearest. The Japanese Internet Slang Quiz! YouTube, The Anime Man, 3 July 2017, The Japanese Internet Slang Quiz!
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