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You could in principle write anything you want in any script you want. But if you write a word that is typically written in kanji in hiragana instead, you are n
by umanwizard 9y ago
You could in principle write anything you want in any script you want. But if you write a word that is typically written in kanji in hiragana instead, you are not writing according to standard Japanese writing conventions.
This is a non sequitur, it is like saying "Chinese writing is not irregular because you could always just write everything in Cyrillic"
- smcl 9y agoWell not really - if a Japanese speaker write a word to another Japanese speaker they could conceivably write the word out through either of these alphabets - they're mutually understood and they are able to perfectly (iirc) represent all of the words used in the language. I don't think anyone would suggest that it's possible to do this with Chinese and Cyrillic characters. I actually think you'd be the first to suggest this is the same thing. I'm really confused why you'd say this.