I always readed english translated but never readed raw LN. I need to know which language i need to learn to read them :/ (i said new LN so it will be the topic of danmachi, i dont have spoilers.*) sry for taking your time. When i search in internet there is kanji ,wasei eigo,hiragana and 1 or 2 more. Idk which to learn or are they the same....
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When i look at japanese lessons there is 2 options
Hiragana and a another. With kanji to.
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I think it's kanji.
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Oh
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You need to learn both of them.
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Thx. Should i delete this question(LN*) or is it ok to stay?
It's fine.
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Ok
Hey, I don't know if you still need help, but if you do, here it is.
From what I understood, there are three types of writting in japanese: hiragana, katakana and kanji. Hiragana and katakana just have different ways of being written and the pronunciation doesn't change. In other wors, I think it is just a matter of formal, informal, etc. context. Kanji is without a doubt the hardest to learn, since each character literally represents one idea and there are thousands of them. Actually, even japanese have a hard time learning them, so kanji always come with smaller hiragana characters next to it, so that you know what they mean. I think manga's and novel's are written in hiragana, but maybe I'm wrong on that one. If you want to start learning japanese, I think you should start with hiragana.
Here is my advise: go to youtube and search for japanese vocabulary. I think you will find a video that says: Learn ALL hiragana in 1 hour. Watch it. It is really helpfull.
@Percyolimpo You are right for most of those points, I'll just add that no kanji do not always come with hiragana, this is called a furigana, it is in fact present in manga, but it isn't in novels there are exception with names for example where since it is and isn't an actual word you can't be sure of the pronunciation so they will put a furigana next to it so you know how to say it but other than that I don't think novels and light novels have furigana.
Manga and Novels are written in Japanese so it is a mix of kanji and hiragana/katakana, for example "to see" is pronounced miru (みる in hiragana) but in novels, newspapers, manga etc. it will be written 見る.
You should start with Hiragana otherwise you won't be able to even read anything, it would be like learning English without first learning the alphabet and the pronunciation of our letters.
Also If you want to learn Japanese Percyolimpo's advice is great but I would also recommend taking a look at this thread: https://danmachi.fandom.com/wiki/Message_Wall:Kisaki_Tosane?threadId=4400000000000352273 where Kisaki Tosane gives his advice on where and how to start learning and his experience.
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@MrSuntastic and thank you for the link
What do you think?