| And in the same way, making a mistake on a Kanji, or even worse, using hiragana when a kanji could have been used is a sign of ignorance. |
| Japanese grammar is in an easy script, hiragana, in which each symbol is a semi syllable, as in hi-ra-ga-na. |
| I've pretty much done the hiragana and katakana sections now, which was a major stumbling block. |
| The real principle at work is that hiragana is the default, while katakana is marked. |
| If someone wants to send a message in kanji, he works first in hiragana or katakana. |
| Each kana, as these two systems are called, is a separate phonetic syllabary and each hiragana character has a corresponding katakana character. |
