Sure, I didn't mean to suggest it can't be done in short spurts. But reading a novel that way would be hellish. The larger point being, Japanese isn't locked i

Sure, I didn't mean to suggest it can't be done in short spurts. But reading a novel that way would be hellish. The larger point being, Japanese isn't locked into using a logographic system - it already has two phonetic syllabaries that people could start using exclusively if there was some advantage to doing so.