Languages & Cultures
Japanese
Careers that use Japanese include:
- Foreign & Civil Service
- Linguistics
- International business
- Banking
- Law
- Travel & Tourism
- Accounting
- Translation and many more
Why Learn Japanese:
- Become part of a global community
- Employment opportunities
- Cultural awareness
- Travel
Japanese Language Facts:
- There are around 134 million speakers of Japanese.
- Japanese uses 3 distinct systems of writing: kanji, hiragana, and katakana.
- Japanese uses 4 different ways of addressing people: kun, chan, san and sama. Kun is somewhat condescending, chan is used for intimates and children, san is the universal mode and sama is deferential.
- There is no distinction between singular and plural. Gender, too, is not indicated grammatically.
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