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Get a stamp of approval with your own Japanese personal seal complete with your Japanese kanji name.
One topic dominated conversations in Japan this year, and now it’s officially the most significant single kanji character of the past 12 months.
The new era name doesn’t have any of the kanji characters for “Shinzo Abe,” but some people saw the politician’s name all the same.
There’s a beautiful reason why the kanji for cherry blossoms looks the way it does, and remembering it makes the character a snap to write.
Some people in Japan are lamenting the fact that another kanji from the top 20 list wasn’t chosen instead.
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Kanji are one of the hardest parts of leaning Japanese, but they’re easier when they have move sets related to their meanings.
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